The Department for International Trade (DIT) has announced 7 British FinTech companies have been chosen for the third trade mission to Finnosummit, the largest FinTech conference in the Latin America and the Caribbean region.

The conference, which will have over 3000 entrepreneurs, financial services innovators, financial executives, and international investors in attendance, will take place in Mexico City from 9-13 September, and will offer UK FinTech firms the opportunity to:

An Interview with Richard Ransom, Head of E-ME Payments Practice at Virtusa.

1. What is the impact of a ISO20022 standard for banks, fintech vendors and end users? (both positive and negative).

The European Women Payments Network (EWPN) and the Emerging Payments Association (EPA) are working together to bolster understanding of the diversity issues that exist in the financial services sector. The first output of this partnership is a new white paper published by the EPA today – “Women in Changing Times” – which sets out a baseline in gender equality issues that will allow for the measurement of change over time.

Flywire and Vietnam Prosperity Bank (VPBank) today announced a new partnership that will simplify international tuition payments  for Vietnamese students. Working together the companies are addressing the unique requirements and nuances of the Vietnamese market and ensuring compliance with local regulations while offering students and their families greater convenience and choice.

 Colt Technology Services today announced that it will enable enterprises direct, on-demand connections to Google Cloud globally.

F-Secure has joined 

Finastra has appointed Wissam Khoury to lead its Asia Pacific (APAC) business.

Monevo, Europe’s largest lending marketplace and platform, has announced it has partnered with yet another brand seeking to improve their customers’ access to credit, usave.

For the first time, mobile users can open a German bank account with an integrated bitcoin wallet and trading on their smartphone within minutes. Bitwala, Germany’s cryptocurrency flagship, makes this possible with the launch of its new Bitcoin banking app for iOS and Android. What is more, the account opening process is reduced to just a few minutes. It was never safer, easier, and faster to manage Bitcoin.