Payments modernisation is a hot topic right now—and for good reason. New and innovative digital payment technologies and instruments are emerging constantly, sharpening competition across the payments landscape.

The Swedish association PropTech Sweden, sponsoring Propel by MIPIM in New York between 9-11th November, has chosen Navian as one of the PropTech companies to watch out for in the Swedish PropTech ecosystem. Moreover, they have also selected Navian to represent Sweden in the event.  

Freedom Finance, one of the UK’s leading digital lending marketplaces and embedded finance providers, is adding nine credit cards offered by American Express to its panel.

American Express is one of the leading providers of credit cards in the UK and its inclusion in Freedom Finance’s marketplace further strengthens the platform’s growing card offering.

Rimes, the industry leader in transformative data management and investment intelligence solutions, is delighted to announce that they have been awarded 'Best buy-side managed data service' by Waters Technology.

Policy Expert, the UK’s leading personal lines insurtech, today announces the expansion plans of its technology division, including building out the team to 100 people by the end of this year as it adds to its data, pricing and development expertise.

The addition of more than 20 new, highly skilled technology roles will take the business to over 640 employees in total, almost doubling the tech team size over the last two years as it builds on its position among the UK’s fastest-growing home insurance providers.

AstroPay, the online payment solution of choice for millions of users worldwide, is delighted to launch its new product in Brazil, a Mastercard prepaid card. This move will provide both new and existing AstroPay customers with the ability to pay in any store that accepts Mastercard.

Lloyds Bank Corporate & Institutional Banking has continued to strengthen its Transaction Banking Solutions team with the appointment of Mansour Davarian.

In his role as Head of Corporate Trade Finance and Working Capital Sales, Mansour will be responsible for delivering Lloyds Bank’s full range of trade and working capital solutions to corporate clients.

Paga, Nigeria’s leading payments and financial services company, is delighted to announce the launch of its Visa cards. Consumers now have the option of both virtual and physical cards that give them the ability to pay at over 100m+ merchant locations where Visa is accepted globally. The cards will be available first in naira, soon to be followed by US dollar-denominated cards.

As part of its continued efforts to democratize the fight against online fraud for businesses of all sizes, SEON has officially launched a ‘forever free’ version of its industry-leading fraud prevention platform accessible to any online business.

Ezra, the fintech company that partners with financial service providers to offer credit solutions to financially underserved consumers and SMEs, has appointed Erwan Gelebart as its new CEO to drive its agenda for growth.

Built upon 12 years of success, Ezra was born from TransferTo Group along with leading Fintech companies including DTOne and Thunes. Gelebart now leads a 100-strong team which operates across three offices in Dubai, Nairobi and Singapore.