Global real-time payments growth has reached sustainable levels with 266.2 billion real-time payments transactions recorded in 2023—a year-over-year (YoY) growth of 42.2%—according to the 2024 Prime Time for Real-Time report, published by ACI Worldwide, a global leader in mission-critical, real-time payments software, in partnership with GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company.

Crown Agents Bank, the specialist provider of foreign exchange (FX) and cross-border payments for hard-to-reach markets, and Invest Africa, a leading platform for business and investment opportunities in Africa, today announces a new collaboration, ‘The Payments Exchange’. The campaign will drive new insight and understanding around the role of FX and payments in the economic transformation of Africa.

Gatehouse Bank has appointed Phillip McLelland as a Non-Executive Director of the Bank.

Phillip McLelland joined the Board of Gatehouse Bank in April 2024 with over 30 years of experience within highly commercial, complex, and regulated environments, including energy and financial services.

Wakam receives approval as a licensed and regulated insurer by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) to support the launch of its new, UK subsidiary, Wakam UK Limited. 

Viva.com, Europe’s first acquirer powering merchant payments acceptance on any device in 24 markets, enters a strategic partnership with Satispay, the leading mobile payment circuit in Italy independent from credit and debit cards, to eliminate the barriers between the physical and online shopping experience for merchants and consumers.

Phos, the global leader in software point-of-sale (SoftPoS) orchestration for businesses, has partnered with the leading cloud platform for global card processing, Silverflow, to help businesses leverage a best-in-class solution for accepting contactless payments directly to mobile devices.

PPRO, the leading local payments platform, has announced the appointment of a new senior leader, Bronwyn Boyle, as Chief Information Security Officer (CISO). In her role, Bronwyn will spearhead PPRO’s security strategy and oversee information, cyber and technology security across all product offerings and processes.

Xceptor, the intelligent automation platform for financial markets, today announced the appointment of Keith Man as General Manager (GM) for Asia Pacific (APAC), based in Singapore. The appointment underscores Xceptor’s continued investment and further penetration into the APAC region.

Danish fintech Ageras, which provides accounting software to over 300,000 active European small businesses, has completed its sixth and largest investment round to date according to documents just filed with the Danish Business Authority.

Prometheum Capital LLC (“Prometheum”), a subsidiary of Prometheum Inc., today announced it has selected Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. for back-office solutions as the firm prepares to launch its full-suite of custody, clearing, and settlement services for digital asset securities.