Australian Payments Plus (AP+) today announced global financial services technology leader Worldpay from FIS®, has joined Australia’s domestic debit network eftpos as a Member, enabling Worldpay’s customers to benefit from eftpos secure online payments capabilities and features, designed to keep Australians safe in the Digital Economy.

AP+ brings together Australia’s three domestic payment organisations, BPAY Group, eftpos and NPP Australia into one entity.

Oxane Partners ("Oxane"), a leading technology-driven solutions provider to private markets, announced that it has been recognised as ‘Best-Of-Breed’ by Chartis Research ("Chartis") in its Chartis RiskTech Quadrant® for Credit Risk Reporting Solutions 2023.

Rimes is pleased to announce that JANA, the Australian- based asset management consultancy firm, has selected the Rimes Matrix solution as a critical component of their five-year digital transformation program.

SumUp, the financial partner for over 4 million businesses worldwide, has selected Form3, the cloud-native account-to-account payments platform, to provide direct access into the UK Faster Payments Scheme (FPS) and Bacs Scheme to further enhance its business account offering for UK customers.

Notion Capital (“Notion”), Europe’s leading early-stage venture investor in business software and fintech, has today announced the final close of its new €300m fund Notion Capital V SCSp (“Notion V” or “the fund”), which closed at its ‘hard cap’. The successful fundraising progress is testament to Notion’s strategy, past performance and strong base of supporters, as well as the resilience of the European tech sector in the face of macroeconomic headwinds. 

wefox, one of the world’s leading insurtechs, and GATE (Green & Advanced Transport Ecosystem), have formed a new partnership that uses digital solutions and a pay-per-use formula for the long-term rental of electric commercial vehicles, founded by Iveco Group. 

The impact of money laundering is devastating – it’s a crime that funds other serious crimes such as modern slavery, drug trafficking, fraud, corruption and terrorism. It is also a crime without borders, affecting institutions, payers and other victims across the globe. And it’s on the rise. So much so that in 2021 the EU announced its intention to form a central Anti-Money Laundering Authority (AMLA) with the aim of plugging legislative and bureaucratic gaps that criminals are exploiting. 

Chinese travelers on average spent 24% more on Alipay when being abroad during the first half of 2023 compared with H1 2019, which signals new growth trends in China's outbound tourism, said Alipay, China’s leading open platform under Ant Group.

Adyen, the global financial technology platform of choice for leading businesses, announces the launch of Data Connect for Marketing, a new product enabling omnichannel retailers to leverage payments data to improve marketing initiatives and provide an enhanced understanding of customers. Unique profile identifiers can link previously unidentified in-store transactions to shopper profiles, unlocking a breadth of analytics-driven use cases.