Leading UK fintech payments processor, Paymentology, has hit its target of being able to set up an all-embracing payments platform in just 24 hours. This enables card programmes to be established and operating in a timeframe considered impossible just 12 months ago.

Covering all aspects of the issuer side payments infrastructure and creating an end-to-end solution, the Paymentology model comprises:

• Full scheme and card manufacture integration

• Ledger management

Form3, a leading cloud-native, payment technology provider has announced that they have earned Advanced Technology Partner status in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Partner Network (APN) as well as AWS Financial Services Competency status.

To qualify for the Advanced Technology Partner status, APN Partners must meet thorough requirements that demonstrate the scale of their AWS expertise, capabilities, and engagement in AWS.

The Derivatives Service Bureau (DSB), founded by the Association of National Numbering Agencies (ANNA) to facilitate the allocation and maintenance of International Securities Identification Numbers (ISINs), Classification of Financial Instrument codes (CFIs) and Financial Instrument Short Names (FISNs), for OTC derivatives, has today announced more detail on the 2020 Indust

PayNearby, India’s largest hyperlocal fintech startup network has launched JobsNearby, an assisted job registry that will help migrant workers who have been affected by the pandemic lockdown to seek gainful employment. The company has decided to announce the initiative on 01^st May, which also happens to be the ‘International Worker’s Day’.

Singapore – technocratic, efficient, capable of containing Covid-19 – was forced to impose East Asia’s strictest lockdown last week. The loss of liberties to all of its residents in recent days has been swift and uncompromising, and comes in stark contrast to other parts of Asia Pacific, from Taiwan to New Zealand, who are now emerging from the deep freezer of disease.

Eventus Systems, Inc., a multi-award winning global trade surveillance and risk management software platform provider, announced today the appointment of four seasoned finance, market and technology professionals who collectively bring 80 years of experience to key positions.  The firm has appointed Perry Barth as Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Dan Burton as Vice President of Engineering, Nolan Schiff as Director of Relationship Management and Sharad Kumar as Sales Engineer.

As industries begin to assess the fallout from COVID-19, it’s almost certain that a global recession is on the horizon. The director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) recently stated that the world economy is taking a substantial hit and “global growth will turn sharply negative in 2020.” In the U.S., the Fed announced provisions of up to $2.3 trillion in loans to support the economy.

A new EIT Digital-supported project is going to hit the market. As Europe’s innovation engine, EIT Digital has put together the University of Barcelona, Bright Cape and the University of Rennes1, which led the activity, to leverage the innovation proposal of VIPO, a startup combining computer vision and Artificial Intelligence to help retail and fashion companies customize their users’ experience.

How can your payments provider help you when you cannot deal face-to-face with a customer?

 Moorwand, a BIN sponsor, issuer and acquirer that transforms compliance into an enabler of innovation, today announced that it has been selected by wearables payment company, K Wearables, to provide issuing, BIN Sponsorship and digital banking services for its innovative contactless payment ring.