Global identity verification provider ID-Pal today announced a partnership with specialist buy-to-let lender Keystone Property Finance to enhance their digital onboarding process for both mortgage brokers and borrowers. 

The UK’s largest independent invoice finance provider, Bibby Financial Services (“BFS”) has appointed Martin King as Head of Corporate Sales, Strategy and Partnerships as it continues to grow its support for SMEs and advisors throughout the UK.

Worldline, a global leader in payments services, announces the extension of a partnership with ING Bank N.V., the Dutch international bank. Worldline will handle debit and credit card issuing and processing for ING across multiple countries, based on the signed agreement for multi-year period.

International independent wealth advisory firm, Globaleye, today launched a new hybrid wealth management solution, offering both – digital-only and hybrid wealth advice. Globaleye 3.0 will address a gap within the region for efficient, highly personal, digital advice.

Private market exchange ADDX has listed a global macro hedge fund by Chua Soon Hock, the Chief Investment Officer and fund manager behind the famed Japan Macro Fund (“JMF”). 

China’s outbound and inbound travels showed fast and resilient rebounds during the recent long holiday to commence the year of the Rabbit, as witnessed by the strong growth of popular cross-border digital payments.

Between January 21 and 26, the year-on-year growth of outbound transaction volumes by Alipay users has surged by 150%, with the Hong Kong and Macao S.A.R.s being the most popular destinations for mainland consumers, based on the number of transactions during this Chinese New Year period.

Cheaper, quicker, better the demands of an increasingly price-sensitive customer base are growing every year. Insurance products must be affordable, easy to purchase and offer value beyond simple protection if they are to attract the modern customer, but how can carriers achieve this whilst maintaining profitability?

To answer this question, Reuters Events put together a quick 10-minute read on what's hot in product design and the implications for North America's carriers.

Despite a challenging economic environment, the 2022 holiday shopping season exceeded projections, according to eCommerce intelligence from ACI Worldwide, a leading global provider of real-time digital payments solutions, which analyzes millions of eCommerce transactions on an annual basis to assess year-over-year growth. From October through December 2022, eCommerce transactions saw a 21% increase, beating estimates by 6%. 
 

Sygnia, a leading cyber technology and services company which provides high-end consulting and incident response support for organizations worldwide, today announced that it has expanded its incident response and proactive security services to include a managed extended detection and response (MXDR) service.