epay Australia Pty Ltd, a wholly-owned business segment of Euronet  Worldwide, Inc., today announced: Alipay+ will be activated in some 8,000  epay retailers including Australian luxury department store David Jones*. epay Australia’s  retailers will have access to the Alipay+ e-wallet partners including AlipayHK (Hong Kong SAR, 

China), GCash (The Philippines), Kakao Pay (South Korea), TrueMoney (Thailand) and Touch 'n  Go eWallet (Malaysia) in the first quarter of 2023. 

The economic climate in the UK isn’t exactly enviable right now. The UK Customer Satisfaction Index (UKCSI) published by the Institute of Customer Service (ICS) last month revealed 15% of customers currently describe their financial well-being as ‘poor’ or ‘very poor,’ and one in four report they’ve reduced their spending in the last year because they simply have less to part with.

Mahalo Banking, a CUSO that provides online and mobile banking solutions for credit unions, today announced the launch of its next-generation digital banking platform. The modernized digital banking platform is engineered to deliver neurodiverse functionalities intended to improve accessibility and better accommodate the cognitive needs of all credit union members.

iDenfy, a tech startup providing AI-based ID verification and fraud prevention services, announced joining forces with Today’s Crypto, a streaming platform designed for the cryptocurrency community. iDenfy will ensure a frictionless onboarding process without creating compliance risks. 

Leading global information services company Experian has today announced the appointment of data aggregation and analytics platform Envestnet | Yodlee® as its official Open Data API provider in Australia. The collaboration will enable Experian to integrate the APIs necessary to access data from data holders under the Consumer Data Right (CDR), including the Big Four banks as well as more than 70 leading Australian financial institutions.  

Fincrime prevention experts SEON has released its latest report, highlighting some of the most pressing fraud trends of 2023. The report leverages internal data from the company’s fraud prevention platform to provide businesses and individuals with the insights they need to stay safe over the next twelve months.

Key findings from the report include:

Adyen, the global financial technology platform of choice for leading businesses, announces that it has broadened its partnership with FREE NOW, Europe’s leading mobility platform, to offer card issuing for mobility. This financial services addition builds on Adyen and FREE NOW’s long-standing relationship, which previously spanned global payments.

2022 was a challenging year for much of the global tech industry. However, unlike previous tech recessions, the impact was not universally felt. Some sectors like SaaS, martech and insurtech continued to do well, while others such as speedy grocery delivery and ecommerce took big hits. The picture for the fintech industry was equally complex. Cryptocurrency companies took a hammering, in stark contrast to the success of money management apps.

Fenergo, the leading provider of digital solutions for Know Your Customer (KYC) and Client Lifecycle Management (CLM), and Shieldpay, the market leading fintech solving high value, complex B2B payments, today announced their partnership. The companies are working together to realise a comprehensive CLM system and perpetual risk monitoring, as Shieldpay scales its operations.