Tyl by NatWest has partnered with Discover® Global Network to increase its card acceptance options for Tyl merchants and end consumers. Discover®, Diners Club International® and network alliance cardholders, all part of Discover Global

Network, will be able to use their cards and mobile payment products with all Tyl by NatWest merchants. 

FinTech B2B Marketing, the first global peer-to-peer community of specialist B2B marketers connecting professionals working in FinTech, Financial Services, and Technology, today announced the launch of two regional chapters, in North America and in UK/Europe. The launch is accompanied by a global roundtable that brings together community members. The new regional chapters will strengthen the community’s focus on driving brand awareness and expanding its footprint.

Fintech Week London, the forward-thinking event for the fintech industry, is excited to announce the participation of leading financial and insurance institutions at a highly anticipated speed networking event.

Fintech and insurtech startups attending the event on Monday 19 June will have the exclusive opportunity to meet and connect with representatives from 18 financial heavyweights, including: 

Escrowpay, India’s first digital escrow platform, has announced its collaboration with Eqaro Guarantees, a technology-led Financial Guarantees company in India. The agreement signed between the two companies both unique first models and pioneers within their respective categories will unlock growth opportunities for MSME’s and emerging businesses and help create an integrated trust ecosystem across multiple use cases.

BR-DGE, the leading payment orchestration provider, has today launched a partnership with Hands In, the innovative payments solution that enables customers to split the cost of purchases at the checkout.

According to a new study by IDC Financial Insights sponsored by Episode Six (E6), a global provider of enterprise-grade payment processing and digital ledger infrastructure, spending on legacy paytech is rising rapidly and damaging the growth prospects of banks around the world. Global financial institution (FI) spend on outdated payment systems is expected to climb to $57.1 billion in 2028 from $36.7 billion in 2022, with an average annual growth rate of 7.8%. The IDC InfoBrief ‘

Kaya Founders, a Philippines-based venture capital firm, is today announcing the first close at US$12 million in funding across two new funds to back the next generation of tech-enabled, industry-shaping start-ups across Southeast Asia. The funding round was anchored by the Gokongwei family with participation from institutional investors, family offices, high-net-worth individuals, and prominent entrepreneurs. This brings the total committed capital managed by the firm to $16.5 million. 

Iliad Solutions, a global leader in payments testing, is offering support to financial institutions adopting the new FedNow Service to help them get ‘Service’ ready. The FedNow Service, due to go live in July, will give financial institutions across the US the opportunity to provide new, safer and efficient, instant payment services in real-time, 24/7. 

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