Openpay, the UK’s latest next-generation, interest-free payment solution, has today announced its newest signing The Hut Group (THG), the Manchester-based global e-commerce technology group and brand owner. The deal marks the latest growth phase for Openpay, the Australian fintech, which entered the UK market in 2019. The partnership will leverage THG’s large portfolio of prestigious brands including Myprotein and Lookfantastic.

Cardtronics, the world’s largest ATM owner/operator today announced it has taken over the management of Triodos Bank’s ATM network to provide the bank with a cost-effective way to maintain cash access for its customers. 

Acronis, a global leader in cyber protection, today announced the release of Acronis True Image 2021.

FSS Technologies (Financial Software and Systems), a global leader in payment technology and a payment processing company launches Embark, an “Acquiring Platform as a Service” offering for Acquiring Banks, and Payment Aggregators. Embark facilitates digital inclusion of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME), with reliable, cost-efficient payment acceptance tools to expand addressable market, engage with customers in new ways and thrive in today’s digital economy.

NICE Actimize (Nasdaq: NICE) today announced the launch of its newest platform, NICE Actimize Xceed, which integrates best-in-class AI, data intelligence, behavioral analytics, and insights within a unified cloud platform designed to bring agility to financial institutions of all sizes, including community and regional banks, that are looking to modernize their financial crime risk management solutions.

Becoming digital-first has quickly become a priority as companies all over the world navigate a new and challenging environment as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, new technology solutions should optimise entire industries, not just individual businesses, says enterprise software firm R3. 

Glue42, the company that delivers integrated desktop experiences to financial institutions globally, and Leading Point Financial Markets, a financial services advisory and delivery partner, today announced a partnership to help clients provide a next-generation trading desktop experience.  

Mastercard (MA) and TransferWise, today announced an expanded partnership to enable the issuance of cards in any market around the world where Mastercard is accepted and TransferWise is licensed. Mastercard has built a strong partnership with TransferWise, working with the global technology company since its issuance of its first debit card in Europe in 2018. Since then TransferWise has issued over 1 million Mastercard’s globally.

Baker Hill, the leading financial technology provider for loan origination, risk management, and analytics, recognizes two employees that were featured in recent industry awards. John Watts, Senior Vice President of Operations, was named a Top Honoree in the Indianapolis Business Journal’s CTO of the Year program. Mike Horrocks, Vice President of Product Management, was named a member of the Tech 25 2020 class, presented by TechPoint.

While many mature ATM markets are seeing a slowdown, developing markets are set to witness rapid expansion over the next five years, with ATMs supporting cash-reliant newly banked populations

Banks turn to ATMs to expand presence