Brazil’s Open Banking and Finance ecosystem will soon be the largest in the world, according to speakers at an industry event. Open Banking Excellence (OBE), the global centre of community and knowledge, driving change in Open Finance, gathered key players in the finance industry around its digital Campfire to celebrate the launch of payment initiation in Brazil and discuss the future ahead.

Arteria AI, an award-winning global leader in enterprise digital documentation, today announced it has received strategic investments from Citi SPRINT (Spread Products Investment Technologies), the strategic investing arm of the bank’s industry-leading Global Spread Products division, and BDC Capital.  

Unlimint, the award-winning global fintech company, announced that it has partnered together with Alipay+ to further expand its global online payment portfolio. This partnership will further strengthen Unlimint's global offering and open up new opportunities for eCommerce and online businesses worldwide, enabling them better reach the over 1 billion users of digital payment tools brought by Alipay+.

Sherpa CRM has joined forces with freemium platform Nordigen to enable clients to connect their bank accounts directly to their online tool. 

Asia's first decentralized NFT-Fi platform, SOLARR, announced today that prominent Hong Kong socialite, Yvette Yung, acclaimed philanthropist, Rowena Wan, and leading regulatory and compliance lawyer, Sherman Yan, have been appointed as advisors for the project.

• 48% of respondents are 'barely breaking even' when asked if their business is still profitable based on the increase of trade cost, with a further 20.2% stating that they're losing money.

The payments industry is constantly evolving. In an effort to stay ahead of payments trends and address potential challenges, the U.S. Payments Forum today announces its upcoming Summer Member Meeting.

InsureTech Connect Asia (ITC Asia) will be hosting the first 3-day in-person event since the pandemic from 7 – 9 June 2022 at Suntec Convention & Exhibition Centre, Singapore. Exploring the growth potential of the Asia Pacific Region, the conference will gather senior industry executives, investors, and start-ups to share and showcase how they have adapted in the face of the pandemic.

A modern, intelligent payments platform is worth pursuing any financial institution, regardless of size. Long term, this can provide significant cost savings, enhance the client experience, enable new product offerings with quicker go-to-market time, and provide an efficient foundation for all new payment workstreams going forward.