Clarins, a French family-owned company and market leader in skin care and make-up based on natural ingredients, which already offered Alipay, has integrated Alipay+, adding more popular Asian e-wallets as its payment options to attract and better serve Asian consumers visiting its own stores in Las Rozas Village (Madrid) and La Roca (Barcelona).

Blocktrade, the gamified asset marketplace for everyone, has announced the close of its exclusive Blocktrade Exchange Token (BTEX) sale round, which ran from May 5th to 18th and followed a sold-out pre-sale round earlier this year. A total of €4.5 million worth of BTEX has been raised from over 1400 community members in 42 countries.

Tarabut Gateway, MENA’s leading open banking platform, announces today it has successfully completed the KSA Open Banking certification and is now launching its Open Banking services within the Regulatory Sandbox, based on the Open Banking Framework released by the Saudi Central Bank (SAMA).

ORX, the world’s largest operational risk association has launched a greenwashing toolkit to support global banks and insurers create a greenwashing scenario - responding to the rapidly growing regulatory and societal focus on climate-related transition risks. 

Wise Platform, Wise’s infrastructure offering for banks and non-banks alike, has announced its first partnership in Japan with GMO Aozora Net Bank, Ltd, bringing fast, low-cost international payments to more than 80,000 corporate customers. 

iDenfy, the full-stack identity verification, and compliance solutions hub, announced its partnership with Blockeras, a blockchain platform focusing on e-commerce. The integrated KYC verification and AML screening services from iDenfy will help Blockeras ensure a fully automated compliance workflow and secured transactions. 

Financial wellness fintech Elifinty has launched today, providing UK consumers and creditors with the tools they need to manage and remedy the root causes of problem debt and to help consumers develop a sustainable financial future. 

Sylq, the French e-payments leader, and ThetaRay, a leading provider of AI-powered transaction monitoring technology, today announced a new collaboration to implement high-performance AI transaction monitoring and automated customer screening to support company growth. 

Global information and insights company TransUnion is working with personal credit platform Monevo and incuto – a fintech for social good – to offer UK consumers improved access to credit and a broader range of affordable credit products.