In today’s evolving payments landscape, fintechs of all shapes and sizes are seeking to carve out their unique niche. Fintech builders need ways to differentiate their offerings – and embedding payment capabilities has proven to be a successful strategy for speeding up transactions.

In the annual Cyber Security Insights Report 2023, global corporate intelligence and cyber security consultancy S-RM has found that the direct cost of a cyber incident has increased by 11% in 2023 to an average of $1.7m. 

Torstone Technology, a leading SaaS platform for post-trade securities and derivatives processing, is pleased to announce that Davy Capital Markets, Ireland's leading capital markets firm and a member of the Bank of Ireland Group, has gone live on the Torstone Post Trade Platform. The deployment marks a significant milestone in Davy Capital Markets' commitment to enhancing their post-trade capabilities.

Fingerprint Cards AB has been deeply involved in the development of the new generation of Thales Gemalto biometric payment card, which is ready for global volume mass deployment. The new Thales solution, which features Fingerprints’ T-Shape sensor (T2) and biometric payment software platform, offers users advanced transaction speed, improved power efficiency, and enhanced security.

JCB International Co., Ltd., the international operations subsidiary of JCB Co., Ltd., today announced an extension of its collaboration with global financial technology leader FIS® and its merchant solutions business, Worldpay from FIS, to enable JCB Contactless for its UK merchants in the largest JCB contactless deployment in the UK to date.

The European Investment Bank (EIB) has signed a loan agreement of up to €35 million with the Swedish clean tech company, Exeger, which manufactures the ground-breaking solar cell technology Powerfoyle. The operation is backed by InvestEU, the financing instrument designed to support more than €372 billion in additional investment toward EU policy priorities in the period between 2021 and 2027. 

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Payble, a leading provider of payments workflow and customer  engagement software, today announced it has closed a $3.5 million funding round led by OIF Ventures. 

The new funding will be used to continue to capitalize on strong demand for Payble’s citizen-centric payment solution in its beachhead segment of local government payments, as well as explore opportunities for global expansion. 

Worldline, a global leader in payments services, continues to expand its services provided in Italy and becomes a PagoBANCOMAT® Centro Applicativo Acquiring.

As part of the process for expanding its services, by leveraging Open and Cloud technology, Worldline further establishes itself as an operator in Italy on the PagoBANCOMAT® scheme, whose regulatory authority is retained by BANCOMAT S.p.A.

Binance, the world's leading blockchain and cryptocurrency infrastructure provider, is delighted to announce the successful completion of the System and Organization Controls (SOC) 2 Type II compliance audit for its global platform and technology services. The achievement represents the latest in the organization's unwavering commitment to enhance security standards in the crypto industry.