FreedomPay, a leader in Next Level Commerce™ technologies, today announced a strategic alliance with Mastercard. This collaboration will provide businesses worldwide with a simplified and extended global payment gateway solution, streamlining their ability to connect with acquirers and accept a wider range of payment methods.

European Regtech scale-up Salv is inviting applications for the next cohort of its acclaimed Salv Bridge network. This exclusive cohort of 30 banks, fintechs and crypto companies will share intelligence to tackle the growing issue of Authorised Push Payment (APP) fraud.

Nuvei Corporation, the Canadian fintech company, today announces that it has partnered with Outpayce from Amadeus, as its latest payments service provider to be integrated into Outpayce's Xchange Payment Platform (XPP).

Moonfare, the digital private equity manager, is pleased to announce the appointment of Heike Hövekamp as Chief Legal & Compliance Ocer and member of the Executive Committee. Heike joins Moonfare from Société Générale (SG), where she worked for the last two years as Head of Compliance, and was previously SG’s Head of Markets Compliance Advisory in the rm’s Frankfurt oce.

The strategic partnership combines Knowit's Nordic market expertise with Backbase's Engagement Banking Platform. This enables the rapid implementation of digital banking solutions that meet local market requirements and regulations. Financial institutions in the Nordics also gain access to Backbase's fintech ecosystem and banking apps.

Atos, a global leader in digital transformation, was chosen by Banco Mercantil to support its cloud adoption journey through the Google Cloud. The agreement, a five-year term between the bank and Google Cloud, involves an investment of millions of Brazilian reais to migrate all of the bank’s data center servers to the cloud. The project was divided into phases according to the appropriate strategy for each type of workload, aiming to modernize the bank’s operations and optimize its entire technological infrastructure.

Kudo Trade, a leading innovator in global financial trading services, is proud to announce that it has been granted a prestigious license by the Financial Services Commission (FSC) of Mauritius. The license, numbered GB24203599, underscores Kudo Trade’s commitment to operating at the highest standards of regulatory compliance and delivering exceptional services to its clients worldwide.

Fenergo, the leading provider of digital solutions for client lifecycle management (CLM), know your customer (KYC) and transaction monitoring, announced today the findings of its annual report on global financial institution enforcement actions. Global regulatory fines in 2024 saw a decline in value from US$6.57 billion in 2023 to US$4.6 billion—a reduction of 30%. The APAC region as a whole saw the total penalty value drop by 98%, from US$1.41 billion in 2023 to US$32.1 million. 

Manchester City women has today announced a new global partnership with leading financial technology company, Revolut.

It marks Revolut’s first investment in women’s football and adds to Manchester City Women’s growing network of commercial partners.

Revolut’s global presence will provide new opportunities to elevate the visibility of Manchester City Women both in the UK and internationally.

JN Bank UK is delighted to announce the appointment of Chris Waring as Chief Executive Officer, as the bank accelerates its growth strategy with a clear vision for the future of UK banking. This appointment comes on the heels of a recent £20 million investment from Step One Money UK Limited (SOMU), which will drive the bank’s innovation and support its market expansion.