The regulatory environment around funds has drastically increased in recent years and this  trend is expected to continue. As a leading provider of the fund industry in Luxembourg, EFA  is committed to providing its clients with the best service and the most up-to-date tools to  respond to their existing and future regulatory requirements.  

To this end, the EFA wanted to adopt a dedicated platform to industrialise the operations of  its teams of experts. 

Open Banking Expo, the largest global community of Open Banking and Open Finance executives driving the biggest digital transformation in the financial services sector, will this November bring back together European innovators, disruptors and visionaries.

Binance is pleased to announce that Binance Labs, the venture capital and incubator of Binance, and Multicoin Capital co-led the $6M funding round for LayerZero, an omnichain interoperability protocol that unites decentralized applications across disparate blockchains.

Sino Global Capital, Defiance, Delphi Digital, Robot Ventures, Spartan, Hypersphere Ventures, Protocol Ventures, Gen Block Capital, Echelon Capital also participated in this round.

If it feels like somewhere in the middle of your payments department, there is a hidden black hole, invisible yet very real, and your budget seems to disappear there month after month, consider it a sign. A sign that it is time for you to switch your payment provider and instead opt for a white-label payments orchestration platform like the Netherlands-based Akurateco.

Increased signs of financial pressure as government support reduces and spending opportunities increase, even though percentage of payments to balance maintains upward trend

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Compass Plus’ innovative universal mobile payments service, MobiCash, has been shortlisted for Best Mobile Payments Solution at the Payments Awards. The award recognises the most innovative mobile payments solutions across the globe and their contribution to the payments industry.

Unbanked, a global fintech provider that connects traditional enterprise and banking systems with blockchain, today announced that it has been certified as a Visa Ready partner for Program Management within the Visa Fast Track Program. Unbanked was approved in 2020 as a Fast Track Enablement Partner, and with this VISA Ready certification, will expand its capabilities to its suite of partners.

• New white paper identifies the best-positioned markets for the payments industry

• UK “will remain an attractive market for payments issuers”

• Nordics will be the first in the  world to “realise digital transformation in payments”

• Germany and Spain will see dramatic growth in corporate credit products

Qumulo is the central data platform to enhance safety and security for 49ers fans

Only one in six investors sufficiently understand the value and potential of cryptocurrency, reveals a survey conducted by Cardify. In addition, a third of buyers have either zero knowledge about the space or would call their level of understanding “emerging”.