PayQuicker, an innovative financial technology leader in the global payouts market, today announces the launch of Payouts OS.

Payouts OS packages PayQuicker’s trusted, time-tested technology into a first-in-market payouts-as-a-service platform that meets the needs of gig economy workers and small to medium-sized businesses across a diverse set of industries including clinical trials, insurance, gaming, marketplaces, and more.

Real-time Payment (RtP) models are here to stay for the foreseeable future alongside traditional payment schemes. But as businesses increasingly recognize their potential, further cases for real-time payments are coming to the fore. That’s according to Buckzy Payments Inc., the Toronto-based global fintech on a mission to make international payments quicker, more reliable, and more affordable.

Bluechain, the fast-growing fintech startup business that transforms the traditional payments and receivables process, has today announced the appointment of Tim Annis as UK Managing Director. This appointment is the next step for Tim at Bluechain, as he previously held the role of UK Head of Sales since March 2020. 

A new multi-country consortium of Europe’s most trusted identity experts has today announced its proposal to deliver a large-scale, cross-border payments pilot strongly aligned with the aims of the European Commission’s EU digital identity wallet program. Six countries (Denmark, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Latvia and Norway) are part of the consortium, led by NOBID (Nordic-Baltic eID Project).

Flutterwave, Africa's leading payments technology company, today announced that over 1,000,000 merchants can now accept eNaira payments from their customers on their platform. This follows the 3.0 product announcement event held in March this year, during which a range of upcoming product features was showcased. 

Micro-investing platform Wombat has appointed Jeremy Larsson as Chief Revenue Officer and Head of Partnerships as the business seeks to accelerate its growth plans
following the close of its Series A funding round in August.

Mollie, a payment industry pioneer and one of Europe’s fastest-growing financial service providers, today unveils the initial findings of its European Ecommerce Report. Mollie surveyed 3,000 online shoppers across Austria, Belgium, France, the Netherlands, Germany, and the United Kingdom.

Jeton has partnered with Sumsub to create a better onboarding experience for its 1M+ users across 100 countries. Sumsub, a global tech company with 5 international offices, helps businesses easily verify users and steer clear of fraud while ensuring full compliance with shifting regulations.

DKK Partners, a leading fintech company, which specialises in emerging markets (EM) foreign exchange (FX) liquidity, has appointed Bovill, the financial services regulatory consultancy, as its global compliance partner.

The cyber threat landscape for businesses of all sizes is terrifying. According to the World Economic Forum, risks are increasing exponentially, while the rate of detection and prosecution is frighteningly low at a rate of below 1%. Organisations, especially small businesses, already suffer the greatest threat to their ongoing viability and require an automated solution if they are to stand any chance of overcoming this critical business risk.