With summer firmly upon us, Lisbon’s tech scene is beginning to heat up as it welcomes the launch of Plug-and-Play Finance provider, Weavr, to Portugal.

In recent times, Portugal has become a noted hub for start-ups. In fact, the number of start-ups per capita in the country is currently 13% higher than the average in Europe.

OmniCard, an omnichannel spending platform with a keen focus on youth and underserved consumers, has tied up with Mobileware Technologies for their interoperable UPI solutions for wallet-wallet/bank-wallet transactions. A market leader in UPI interoperability, Mobileware also offers scalable payment solutions to organizations that require digital payment transactions for seamless access to the payments ecosystem.

ZikZuk Technologies, a leading player in solving credit challenges faced by MSMEs, has been selected by the RBI for the ‘Test Phase’ for MSME lending as part of the third cohort under RBI’s Regulatory Sandbox.

AllianceBernstein Holding L.P., a leading global asset management firm, and Allfunds Blockchain, the arm of Allfunds (AMS:ALLFG) specialising in blockchain technology, have announced a collaboration to adapt AB’s asset services activities to the blockchain ecosystem.

APEXX Global, (“APEXX”), the multi-award-winning Payment  Orchestration Platform, has partnered with Ryanair to transform the low-cost carrier’s legacy payments infrastructure as Europe continues to reopen borders and international travel returns to pre-Covid levels. APEXX’s pan-European payments solution will boost Ryanair’s conversion rates and lower local and cross-border transaction costs, helping Ryanair continue to deliver its market-leading low-cost delivery. 

Australia’s leading bank, Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA), has selected market-leading SaaS cloud banking platform Mambu as the technology foundation of its next-gen digital mo

Paysend, the UK-based fintech with over 7 million customers, today announces the launch of Paysend Business, a new product that aims to accelerate the financial growth of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) by providing them with the end-to-end payments platform and tools they need to take control of their financial health and to succeed.

TV shopping channel Ideal World TV has partnered with Clearpay, a leader in “Buy Now, Pay Later” payments known as Afterpay outside the UK and Europe, to offer increased payment flexibility and choice to its customers.

If you were to rely solely on Twitter threads and tabloid newspapers, you might think that day traders, crypto bros and meme coin scams were all there was to the crypto industry. While there are a few of these characters and ploys present, what’s much less reported is the wide range of other crypto adopters and use cases, and more importantly, the huge accumulated wealth that’s now held in crypto assets.