Tranglo, a leading cross-border payment hub, has expanded its footprint in Africa, now supporting payouts in Ethiopia, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Mali, Senegal, and Zambia.

This strategic expansion aims to boost financial inclusion by providing efficient, affordable cross-border payment solutions to one of the world’s fastest-growing economic regions.

FE fundinfo, a leading financial data company connecting the investment industry across the UK, Europe and Asia Pacific, today announced the launch of Nexus, an integrated platform designed to enable investment management professionals across the investment lifecycle, powered by one ‘golden source of information’. 

Mollie, one of Europe’s fastest-growing financial service providers has announced a strategic partnership with PayPal, which will deliver best-in-class payment solutions for marketplace platforms across Europe. 

This partnership marks a significant milestone as PayPal remains one of the preferred payment options for Mollie's customers, offering seamless payment flows, improved shopping experiences and business growth for marketplaces.

Global smart card technology company Biosmart has obtained the Letter of Approval (LoA) from Mastercard for its biometric payment card built on the IDEX Pay platform. Biosmart can now move to industrialized production of biometric payment cards.

Biosmart is a Korea based manufacturer with an annual production capacity of 50+ million payment cards. Biosmart is a trusted partner of leading banks in Asia, Middle East, Europe and USA.

Each year, the surge in consumer spending during peak shopping events like Black Friday and Christmas cause challenges for merchants who are rushing to process high transaction volumes efficiently while maintaining a seamless customer experience. To shed light on how new technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and automation in retail payments are transforming the Golden Quarter, Dwaine Thomas, Deputy Chief Operating Officer at PXP Financial, shares his thoughts. 

Consumers and businesses are being warned to protect personal information amid a surge in identity theft during the Christmas period.

Compliance teams in financial services firms are facing a myriad of challenges compounded by the ever-increasing number of regulations that their organisations are required to follow such as General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR), or Anti-Money Laundering (AML). As the financial sector undergoes rapid digital transformation, these challenges are amplified by the emergence of new technologies, evolving customer expectations, and the growing sophistication of financial crimes.

Leading global digital payments company, Checkout.com, today announced its expansion into Japan supported by new direct acquiring capabilities. This strategic move reflects Checkout.com’s continued commitment to delivering high-performance, localized payment solutions across APAC, designed to meet the evolving needs of both domestic and global merchants.

MoneyLion Inc., a digital ecosystem for consumer finance that empowers everyone to make their best financial decisions, today announced that it has successfully closed a $70 million loan facility with Silicon Valley Bank, a division of First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company (“SVB”), to refina