Avarda, a leading Nordic payment provider, is proud to announce its strategic partnership with Checkout.com, a global digital payments provider. 

The new agreement will see Avarda improve payment performance for its merchants, by enhancing the payment experience for its customers. This includes simplifying the checkout process for card payments, which will increase loyalty, reduce friction, and ultimately, cart abandonment.

Airwallex, a leading global payments and financial platform for modern businesses, today revealed how its global financial technology has improved McLaren Racing’s financial operations throughout the 2024 Formula 1 season. 

Physical banking is now of less importance to UK consumers than those in Europe or the US, new research has found.

The findings – commissioned by CRIF, Europe’s leading provider of consumer and credit information – show UK consumers are now the least likely to choose a bank or financial provider based on it having a physical presence near where they live.

Marqeta, the global modern card issuing platform that enables embedded finance solutions for the world’s innovators, today announced that Fouzi Husaini has joined the company as it

Ebury, the global financial technology firm, is delighted to announce the appointment of a new UK Head of Sales, Maxim Syn, and UK Head of Dealing, Samuel Edwards.

Maxim joined Ebury in the early stages of his career as a Senior Sales Executive in 2016, shortly being promoted to the role of Head of Desk. 

Nasdaq today announced it has expanded its digital bank financial technology presence in Latin America, having agreed to provide its AxiomSL regulatory reporting solution to Nubank, a leading digital bank with over 100 million customers across Brazil, Mexico, and Colombia.

iDenfy, a Lithuania-based RegTech company, announced new automated features in its Know Your Business (KYB) platform, which will contribute to the company’s goal to help transform the Fintech industry by revolutionizing the business verification process. As financial crimes and regulatory pressures rise, iDenfy’s team focuses on changes in the traditional or manual KYB process, enabling companies to quickly and accurately verify business entities and minimize risks without sacrificing operational efficiency.

Safaricom and Mastercard have signed a partnership to accelerate the adoption of payment acceptance and cross-border remittance services in Kenya. This collaboration is set to benefit over 636,000 merchants using M-PESA, Safaricom’s leading mobile money service.

Ecommpay is marking the launch of its new brand identity and website with a ground-breaking Merchant promotion. The first three retail merchants to onboard and start processing payments in 2025 will qualify for free processing for the duration of 2025*.

Merchants should click here to enter the promotion.