Currencycloud today announced a pilot programme to provide SWIFT gpi tracking capabilities to their clients through a new API. This new service, one of the first offered by a non-bank, will allow Currencycloud clients to track their customers’ cross-border payments directly, much like an Amazon parcel. They can even pass the service further onwards to their own customers so they can track their payments themselves.

Early participants in the programme include big names such as TransferGo, Penta and Money Mover.

Stripe, which builds economic infrastructure for the internet, today announced three major updates to its core payments platform to help its millions of users increase their revenue: worldwide direct connectivity to six major card networks; a revenue optimization engine; and Stripe Issuing, now available to all US businesses.

NatWest has today announced the appointment of Matt Tuck into a new role as Head of Products, Service and Operations, Commercial Banking. Matt joins the bank from Commonwealth Bank Australia (CBA) where he was CEO, Europe and North America.

Trustly is pleased to announce a new partnership with Folksam, one of the largest insurance companies in Sweden. Together, Folksam and Trustly will make it more convenient for students to pay for their insurance and receive their claims payouts directly to and from their online bank account.

Today’s students are digital natives, and so to cater to their preferences, Folksam has developed a digital-only student insurance in its FutureLab, its newly launched innovation workshop.

Responding to the sharp increase in consumer requests for payment holidays related to the COVID-19 pandemic, global analytics software firm FICO has created a set of digital scenarios that can help lenders, telecommunications providers and other firms meet this urgent need in an automated way.

The spread of COVID-19 has undoubtedly introduced uncertainty for those looking to invest in UK property. However, just as we are all turning to technology to help us deal with and ultimately overcome the effects of the pandemic, there are new advances in tech which will prove invaluable in assisting real estate investors to adapt.

I have seen firsthand how one technological advance in particular – Artificial Intelligence – has huge potential in this field, in two key ways.

Yolt, the smart thinking money app, has today announced a new API connection with American Express. The connection means that Yolt users with an American Express card can now see their spending and balance directly within the Yolt app, alongside their other current accounts, savings, credit cards pensions and other investments.

Experts from Wolters Kluwer’s Compliance Solutions business and IBM Watson Financial Services will discuss ways in which financial institutions are leveraging technology to manage more effectively their regulatory compliance obligations in a webinar, “Regulatory Change Management: The Benefits of Automation

To emphasise its success as a true business enabler, MYHSM Ltd., the global provider of Payment Hardware Security Modules (HSMs) as a Service, announces that it has been selected by Calamatta Cuschieri, Malta’s largest independent financial services firm, as a service provider for Moneybase, an exciting new challenger bank that will launch in 2020.