additiv, a global SaaS provider to the wealth management industry, today announces the opening of a new office in Dubai as well as the appointment of a Managing Director for UAE, as it seeks to expand its footprint in the Middle East.

Temenos (SIX: TEMN), the banking software company, today announced that its cloud-native technology platform has gone live with Varo Bank, N.A. (“Varo”). Varo, the first consumer fintech granted a national bank charter in the US, is using Temenos Transact as its core banking technology.

While many consumers have migrated to digital banking for everyday transactions, there are instances where a person is required to phone their bank or credit card provider to deal with urgent or complex enquiries. Similarly, there may be cause for a bank to call its customers if they identify fraudulent activity on an account.

Nationwide Building Society has implemented a new Speed Layer as part of its continued investment in innovation and technology. The Speed Layer is a new set of cloud native technologies that work together to provide accurate, real time and secure data. Being built in the cloud, the Speed Layer provides a resilient foundation for future products and services which can be delivered more quickly, with less disruption to members.

Finzly, a fintech provider of modern banking applications for payments, foreign exchange, trade finance and digital banking, announced that it has partnered with Derivative Logic, an independent hedge advisory firm that provides proven hedge structuring and execution capabilities.  

New ways to earn cash back on dining, drug store and travel purchased through Chase make Freedom Flex and Unlimited the ultimate no-fee credit cards to unlock value on everyday spending

PayPal Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: PYPL) today announced "Pay in 4," a short-term installment offering for customers in the U.S.

GTreasury, a treasury and risk management platform provider, today announced the release of SmartPredictions™, which improves cash forecasting accuracy by applying artificial intelligence to short- and long-term treasury data.

Huobi Futures, the crypto derivatives market of Huobi Group, today announced the upcoming launch of Bitcoin (BTC) options for trading on September 1st at 10:00 UTC. The new options product follows the successful roll-out of Huobi Futures’ Perpetual Swaps earlier this year and aims to give traders more ways to create arbitrage and hedge risk in the crypto market.

Tinkoff Business started opening accounts for foreign companies operating in Russia and businesses launching branches abroad.

The first customer to benefit from these services is Aviasales, the world’s largest independent travel search service, which, in addition to its Russian accounts with Tinkoff, decided to get involved in a payroll project for its Thai office. Tinkoff Business opened a current account for the company and helped deliver payroll cards to Phuket, Thailand.