Leading experts from the banking, finance and investment industry will come together for an exciting andinformative two-day virtual conference called “Future Banks Summit KSA” schedule on 23-24 November 2020 from 10:00 AM to 12:30 PM (KSA time), organized by Verve Management, a UAE based business intelligence and event company.

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Tom Ainsworth: Jitterbit Harmony is an API integration platform provider. We help our customers quickly connect disparate apps and data sources within their business to solve data challenges and to make their processes more efficient..

Fast growth fintech TradeCore today announces a partnership with Plato, supporting the payments business in bringing quicker, easier and more cost-effective payment transfers to customers.

COVID-19 has been a major stress test for digital transformation. Merchants have had to ramp up their e-commerce, delivery and card-not-present capabilities. As COVID-19 continues to take its toll, players in the payments market will need to continue to innovate to meet their customer needs.

Detected, the world’s first agnostic business verification platform, has closed its pre-seed funding round at £250,000. This first tranche has been raised from a number of prominent angel investors within the founding team’s network. Participants include:

Lanistar, the hassle-free banking alternative set to revolutionise how customers streamline their money, has today announced it has opened a new European office in Athens, as part of its rapid expansion plans. 

Fintech is not everything - but it touches everything. This is probably the best way to describe the rapid speed at which fintech services continue their victorious march across the world and across every segment of the global economy. While the revenues that the fintech provides are astonishing, not everyone is happy with its swift growth.

Global analytics software provider FICO today released its August 2020 analysis of UK card trends which shows the continuing signs of financial stress due to COVID-19.

FICO monitors the UK credit market using data reported by the UK’s leading credit card issuers through its FICO® Benchmark Reporting Service. FICO’s analysis of August 2020 activity provides a clear picture of the ongoing impact of COVID-19 on consumer finances.

Today, Mastercard and Monese, the European banking service provider, announced a new multi-year strategic partnership to further enhance local banking services for the underserved across Europe, with Monese becoming a principal Mastercard issuer.

Financial IT speaks with Ed Adshead-Grant, GM Payments & Cash Management at Bottomline Technologies