Worldline, a global leader in payment services, enables merchants, banks and service providers to easily enter the Metaverse. In the future, the Metaverse will be another retail commerce channel alongside POS and e-commerce. McKinsey estimates the global market volume of Metaverse commerce between 2 and 2.6 trillion US dollars by 2030*. Worldline's white-label solution gives companies, without their own Metaverse presence, the opportunity to prepare for the Metaverse now and gain initial experience.

Ebury, the global financial services firm and one of Europe’s leading fintechs, has expanded its online platform capabilities with the addition of a further 17 Exotic Currencies.  

Paymob, the leading financial services enabler in the Middle East, North Africa and Pakistan (MENAP) and Shahid, the world’s leading Arabic streaming platform by MBC GROUP, announce their signing of a new partnership agreement.

Tide, the UK’s leading SME-focused business financial platform, which recently launched in India, and WE Hub, Telangana’s state-led incubator for women entrepreneurs have launched the ‘Sarthika’ programme, to bridge the information and last-mile delivery gaps in state and central government schemes for women-led micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs).

Monite, an API-first embedded finance workflows startup, introduces Invoice Payment Links. It is a hassle-free solution that enables invoicing and accounting platforms to earn two to five times per user by helping their clients to get paid 40% faster.

B2Core has just launched an update to its CRM platform for brokers and exchanges with features intended to boost user experience and security. With this upgrade, you can now take advantage of the following new components:

• A feedback section for the Helpdesk

• Time Limits Settings 

New data published today shows that a majority of the UK public oppose the rising and unregulated costs British businesses face for simply accepting payments. With the cost of doing business at record levels, the report, published by the Axe The Card Tax campaign, urges the Government to clamp down on these hidden fees in the upcoming Budget.

The campaign coalition represents 240,000 businesses and includes major trade bodies.

Founded in 2020, Aria has concluded a new €50 million debt fundraising with one of the world’s leading asset management and investment fund management companies, M&G Investments.

AML RightSource, the leading provider of Anti-Money Laundering (“AML”), Know Your Customer (“KYC”), and Bank Secrecy Act (“BSA”) compliance solutions, announced it has signed a three-year technology agreement with Golden 1 Credit Union, the sixth-largest credit union in the United States.

The Africa Fintech Summit is pleased to announce Flutterwave as the Lead Fintech Sponsor for Africa Fintech Summit in 2023 to be held in Washington DC on the 12th April 2023 and in one African city, to be announced soon, in November 2023.