HPS, a multinational company and leading provider of electronic payment solutions for financial institutions, card processors, merchant acquirers, independent sales organizations (ISOs), and national and regional switches around the world, has increased its presence within Africa with a new office in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Saxo Bank, the leading Fintech specialist focused on multi-asset trading and investment, has today announced that its transformative fixed income offering, available on mobile via SaxoTraderGO, has won the Best Mobile Trading Initiative at the 2018 Sell Side Technology Awards.

The Sell Side Technology Awards recognise the leading technologies and third party vendors in their areas of expertise through an auditable and transparent methodology developed by the publication’s senior journalists. 

Swedbank and Meniga have partnered since 2017 to improve Swedbank’s digital customer experience through a personal finance activity feed and data aggregation platform, which will give customers better control over their daily finances and a more personal, engaging experience than today.

Now, Swedbank is further strengthening this partnership with Meniga by making an equity investment of EUR 3m in the company. Meniga is a leader within software for personal finance management and has a large number of leading banks as their customers in over 20 countries.

The TALL Group of Companies, the UK leader in the provision of secure paper and electronic payment solutions, is honoured to have secured the UK’s highest official accolade for business success. Her Majesty The Queen has approved the Prime Minister's recommendation that the organisation should receive a Queen's Award for Enterprise in the International Trade category this year.

FlexTrade today announced the official release of FlexNOW, an out-of-the-box, broker neutral EMS to address the needs of hedge funds and mini-primes who require a streamlined, multi-asset trading system at the click of a button.

The major payment networks Visa, Mastercard and American Express say they are preparing for a better online payments experience by backing the EMVCo Secure Remote Commerce specification (SRC). 

In a world first, GoldCrypto is protecting and guaranteeing its cryptocurrency tokens from any theft through hacking. In the unlikely event of any hacking theft, stolen tokens will be replaced. This positions GoldCrypto AuX tokens as a better than bank-standard cryptocurrency.

GoldCrypto offers a gold-backed token with over a 50% premium in physical gold that keeps increasing over time. As well as having this token protected from hacking theft, it presents a rock-solid entry into the gold and cryptocurrency markets that is unmatched anywhere.

The downfall of US brick-and-mortar commerce is overblown—despite sharp gains in e-commerce, which will nearly double between now and 2021, the lion’s share of purchasing continues to take place in-store. And that’s unlikely to change anytime soon, since the online environment can’t yet compensate for the reasons customers like brick-and-mortar shopping.