The trend to Open Banking in real time continues: With a project in Hungary, a comprehensive solution package has been created for the customers of the Erste Bank Hungary. The subsidiary company of the Erste Bank Group Vienna operates one of the largest branch networks in Hungary.

Blockchain.com, the leading provider of cryptocurrency products including the most popular crypto wallet, has launched Borrow, a new product offering for users to borrow USD-denominated stablecoins against crypto held in their Blockchain.com Wallet. In doing so, it becomes the first major cryptocurrency platform to offer lending directly to everyday consumers.

Wirecard, the global innovation leader for digital financial technology, is entering into a payments partnership with Grab, Southeast Asia’s leading super app, that will see Wirecard process transactions made via the GrabPay e-wallet, starting with the Malaysian, the Philippines and the Singapore markets.

Kigali, Rwanda will host Finbank Innovation Conference & Expo taking place at Kigali Convention Centre on 26^th - 27^th  August 2020 where bankers, insurers, microfinance institutions, investment managers and software developers will gather in the main aim of advancing forward the finance technology in Africa.

At Form3, we’re changing the way international payments are made, for the better. A business wishing to trade internationally currently has to deal with a complex infrastructure that is hard to navigate and expensive to maintain.

Through our partnership with Ebury, we’re building the world’s first single global transaction platform. For financial institutions, this means that they can plug into our platform and access a suite of state-of-the-art international payment services and a network to build a tailored payments ecosystem.

Auriga, a leading supplier of technological solutions for the omnichannel banking and payments industries, today announced a new strategic partnership with Transaction Systems (TRSYS), a major international technology solutions provider helping financial and retail organizations embark on their journey towards digital transformation.

Trade Ledger and Wiserfunding today announced a partnership that allows banks and alternative finance providers to more accurately assess their mid-market commercial customers for secured and unsecured credit.  Trade Ledger, the specialist mid-market commercial Lending-as-a-Service platform, confirmed that Wiserfunding’s leading business credit score, the SME Z-Score, would be made available within both their loan origination and management portals, to help their rapidly growing client base access the fastest and most precise business credit score available. 

The FinTech Modulr today announced it has joined Visa as a principal issuing member, granting it direct access to the industry-leading global payments network. The new partnership will add extra functionality and benefits to Modulr’s offering, including optimised pricing, improved speed to market and simpler ways to launch Visa products. 

Global fintech leader Airwallex today announced an integration with Xero, the global small business platform – to help Airwallex’s small-to-medium business (SMB) customers seamlessly reconcile their domestic and international payments, saving time and ensuring accuracy.

Acronis, a global leader in cyber protection, has appointed René Bonvanie as Chairman of the Board. A member of the Acronis Board of Directors since 2014, Mr. Bonvanie is the Executive Vice President of Strategic Accounts at Palo Alto Networks. As Chairman of the Board at Acronis, he will work with the Acronis CEO and management team on the company’s enterprise strategy and execution.