Board public transport and pay the fare by simply tapping with a contactless payment card or mobile phone (to which the card is bound) on turnstiles or authorised readers. Rome is the first city in Europe to offer this contactless payment service to cardmembers from international schemes JCB and UnionPay.

Gallant Capital Partners (“Gallant”), through an affiliate, has acquired Fime as well as the UL Solutions payments testing business (collectively, the “Company”), combining the technical capabilities and expertise of both businesses under the Fime brand.

Capital.com, the high-growth global trading platform and fintech group, has today announced that total client trading volumes reached more than $1.2 trillion in 2023. This is a rise of 53% from a year earlier and marks the first time client trading volumes have breached the $1trn mark since the company's inception in 2016. This achievement speaks to Capital.com's ability to remain resilient and entrepreneurial even amid uncertainties across the wider market.

Mangopay, a modular and flexible payment infrastructure provider that offers 360° fraud prevention for platforms, announces the appointment of Ariel Shoham as Vice President of Product for Risk. Shoham joins to lead the product vision, strategy and roadmap for Identity and Fraud Protection at Mangopay, including its award-winning cybersecurity solution. 

iDenfy, a Lithuanian-based RegTech company offering ID verification and fraud prevention solutions, has announced a collaboration with Swiss Bitcoin Pay, a leading provider of tools for businesses to accept Bitcoin payments easily. By integrating iDenfy’s KYC and KYB solutions, Swiss Bitcoin Pay will enhance its risk management strategy and streamline both customer and partner company onboarding. 

In a move destined to reshape the digital gaming landscape, Tamatem Plus, a leading gaming platform in the Middle East, is thrilled to announce its partnership with Triple-A, a licensed digital currency payments provider. 

This partnership enhances the gaming experience for users of the Tamatem Plus platform by offering a secure and efficient way to purchase game vouchers in digital currencies across the globe. 

In a momentous step for the future of Islamic FinTech, MYTM, a leading Islamic FinTech company, and AlHuda Centre of Islamic Banking and Economics (CIBE), a globally recognized service provider in Islamic finance, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) today. The signing ceremony was graced by Dr. Sohail Zafar Cheema, Chairman of MYTM and former Minister of Commerce & Investment, and Mr. Muhammad Zubair Mughal, Chief Executive Officer of AlHuda CIBE, while Dr.

Mastercard and I&M Bank have extended their strategic collaboration with an 8-year strategic alliance, ensuring cardholders in Kenya continue to enjoy enhanced value propositions. Under this alliance, I&M bank clients will enjoy competitive premium customer value propositions through a range of world class debit and credit cards.

MoonPay, the leading Web3 infrastructure company, announced a collaboration with PayPal that allows MoonPay users in the U.S. to seamlessly buy cryptocurrency using their PayPal account.

Fiserv, Inc., a leading global provider of payments and financial services technology, has published the Fiserv Small Business Index™ for April 2024. The Fiserv Small Business Index is an indicator of the performance of small businesses in the United States at national, state, and industry levels.