Google has finished revamping its mobile payment offerings bringing together Android Pay and Google Wallet in one product and creating a new brand called Google Pay.

The new product merges Google’s existing mobile payment platforms. That includes Android Pay, which lets customers pay for things online and in stores with their Android phones, and Google Wallet, which lets you send money to your friends.

Transferwise is moving another step closer to banking territory with the expansion of its “borderless” account and debit card for consumers.

The accounts can hold cash in more than 20 different currencies and will initially role out to 1,000 users following its launch last year for businesses.

The company is also launching its own debit card, with both new features expected to be widely available in the coming months.

“Our mission is to make money move without borders, and today is a major milestone on that journey,” said co-founder and chairman Taavet Hinrikus.

Spencer Technologies, the market leader in managed retail technology projects and deployments, today announced it has finalized the acquisition of Certified Retail Solutions, a global service integrator of end-to-end IT life cycle solutions for the retail and hospi

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), the premier post-trade market infrastructure for the global financial services industry, today announced the launch of DTCC Exception Manager, the latest addition to its Institutional Trade Processing product suite. DTCC Exception Manager enables market participants to publish, manage and communicate exceptions* throughout the trade lifecycle, and supports all securities transactions globally. 

IPC, a leading global provider of secure, compliant communications and networking solutions for the financial markets community, today announced that it plans to introduce Unigy 360, its highly anticipated Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution, to the Asia Pacific (APAC) market later this year. IPC has been at the forefront of innovative communications solutions that meet the needs of financial market participants throughout Asia.

At the end of March 2018, leading UK and European banks will meet in London to assess the impact of the Open Banking Standard and PSD2, sharing insight into the distribution strategies and operating models being developed to meet the demands of regulation and customer expectations. 

Percona, the company that delivers enterprise-class MySQL, MongoDB and other open source database solutions and services, today announced the general availability of Percona Server for MySQL 5.7

Falcon has implemented a process in line with relevant compliance provisions to enable acceptance of wealth originating from crypto assets

Falcon Private Bank reaffirms its first-mover role in blockchain asset management by accepting a new source of wealth: With immediate effect, existing and new private banking clients can place their wealth originating from crypto assets and converted into fiat currency with Falcon. 

Nearby Technologies has partnered with YES BANK, India’s 5th largest private sector bank and worked closely with National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) to launch a card less and PIN-less Aadhaar ATM service. 

Today, CIBC introduced CIBC Innovation Banking, a full-service business that delivers strategic advice and funding to North American technology and innovation clients at each stage of their business cycle, from start up to IPO and beyond.