Lloyds Banking Group has invested £3 million in Coadjute, an innovative fintech designed to connect all parties involved in the homeownership journey. Coadjute has also received funding from NatWest, Nationwide, and Rightmove. 

Adyen, the global financial technology platform of choice for leading enterprise businesses, today announced its partnership with PayMe by HSBC (“PayMe”) in Hong Kong to become an acquirer for the mobile payment service. Through this partnership, Adyen’s merchants can now accept PayMe as a payment method when their Hong Kong customers check out their purchases online.

nCino, Inc., a pioneer in cloud banking for the global financial services industry, today announced a series of enhancements to its Consumer Banking Solution. The upgrades to nCino’s platform provide bankers with the tools to interact with consumers where and how they want to engage while providing a foundation of flexibility and agility. These tools enable financial institutions to stay ahead of market shifts and proactively meet the evolving needs of their clients and members.

Worldline, a global leader in payment services,  announces the extension of its 16-year partnership with ASDA, the UK’s third-largest supermarket group, to deliver a full omnichannel payment solution, for an initial period of five years.

Mastercard and Women Choice have expanded their partnership to launch two programs – ImpactHer and EmpowerHer – to support women entrepreneurs grow their businesses and create jobs across the Middle East and Africa.

A study by PensionBee, a leading online pension provider, reveals a strong belief among pension savers that shareholder resolutions can convey robust messages to management and address areas of concern, ahead of this year’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) season.

Informatica, the enterprise cloud data management leader, today launched its AI-powered Intelligent Data Management Cloud™ (IDMC) in Saudi Arabia, a first for the Kingdom. The investment includes establishing a new Point of Delivery (PoD) in Riyadh, and reflects a commitment to support local, scalable, cloud-first data management services.

ACI Worldwide, a global leader in mission-critical, real-time payments software, has announced a 10-year strategic partnership with Arab Financial Services (AFS), the Middle East and Africa region’s leading digital payment solutions provider and fintech enabler. This partnership will see them collaboratively drive digital payments modernization for banks, fintechs and merchants across the region.

New data from Thredd, a leading next-generation payments processor, reveals that over half (60 percent) of OTA’s struggle to find qualified payment partners with the necessary expertise to support and guide them.