Kushki is a Quito, Ecuador-based payment platform that standardizes local payment features and conversion rates across borders in Latin America. Phil Siarri sat down with co-founders Aron Schwarzkopf and Sebastian Castro to discuss this promising venture.

Finastra has been named a global power seller in banking platform deals for the second year running. The research, "Don’t Select Banking Software Without Understanding The State Of The Banking Platform Market, by Forrester’s, Jost Hoppermann,” celebrates 104 new name deals for Finastra for last year, and 273 extended business deals. Separately, the firm has topped the IBS Intelligence Sales League Table as the overall global leader two years in a row.

PrePay Solutions (PPS), subsidiary of Edenred, the global leader in payment solutions for the working world, today announces its official partnership with mobile-only B2B banking company, Amaiz. The deal represents PPS’ continued commitment to the support of emerging fintech companies and innovative B2B solutions.

Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:BR), a global Fintech leader and part of the S&P 500® Index, has entered into an agreement withPreqin, the leading provider of global private market data, to offer clients private assets and flows data for alternative products. The Preqin data comprises intelligence on approximately $10.42 trillion of assets in private equity, venture capital, hedge funds, real estate, infrastructure, private debt and natural resources.

Konsentus today announced that the innovative online bank Moneyou, a subsidiary of ABN AMRO, with over 500,000 customers in the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium and Austria, has selected Konsentus to support the roll-out of their PSD2 open banking offerings.

Konsentus will provide Moneyou with Third Party Provider (TPP) Identity & Regulatory checking – a vital component of the PSD2 directive – and allow Moneyou to remain PSD2 and GDPR compliant by ensuring that they only provide authorised and regulated third parties with access to their customers’ transaction accounts.

NTT Security, the specialised security company and centre of excellence in security for NTT Group, has launched its inaugural Women in Cybersecurity Awards as part of an initiative to recognise and inspire talented female professionals and newcomers in the cybersecurity industry.

Xero, the small business platform, has announced a partnership with Stripe to develop new innovations that help small businesses get paid faster, in more ways, and gain more visibility over their business performance.

Global financial crime protection firm TruNarrative has strengthened its gambling and commercial team with the appointment of Adam Doyle as its new head of gaming.

Having previously worked for identity management specialist GBG – leading the company’s gaming team for over six years – Adam brings over nine years’ experience of identity management and fraud specialising within the gambling industry.

Adam has been brought on board to grow the company’s presence within the sector in the UK and Europe, as well as facilitate service expansion into the USA market.

Wolters Kluwer’s Finance, Risk & Reporting (FRR) business has won a major award from Risk magazine. For the second year running its OneSumX for Regulatory Reporting solution has been named Regulatory Reporting System of the Year in the publication’s annual Technology Awards which celebrate excellence and innovation.