Global expansion is the way forward for businesses looking to upscale in 2023 and beyond. The past few years have laid the foundation for international expansion, and now more and more merchants are embracing the opportunities.

Customers expect their entire purchase journey to be seamless, smooth and feel part of a coherent, cohesive whole. Payments professionals are increasingly stepping up to the broader challenge, expanding their vision beyond a narrow focus on payment to include aspects of the customer journey that might otherwise fall through the cracks.

Fils, a groundbreaking fintech platform, has launched today to help global businesses turn intent into action when integrating sustainable values into the core of digital payments. The new innovation paves the way for trust and safety in carbon markets, bringing together buyers with capital, and suppliers with high-integrity carbon credits, at the rate and scale required to rebalance the planet. 

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Wolters Kluwer, the Dutch software firm with a leading financial technology arm, has achieved top honors in two solution areas in this year’s hotly contested Chartis RiskTech100® rankings. The company also increased its Overall Score—moving from 69.3% in last year’s report to 69.49% this year—also raising its scores across the Core Technology, Customer Satisfaction, Market Presence and Innovation categories.

Moneyhub, a top 100 global fintech start-up built on the principles of Open Banking and Open Finance, is pleased to announce the appointment of Nick Middleton as a Strategic Account Director within its Partnerships division.

Nick brings a wealth of experience in Payments and Open Banking Strategy  having delivered major transformation projects including industry leading payments infrastructure.

Mashreq, a leading financial institution in the MENA region, in partnership with Visa and ecolytiq, is announcing the roll out of its new climate banking platform to its nearly one million customers – a first of its kind product in both the UAE and in the MENA region overall.

HPS, the leading global provider of payment solutions and services, today announces it has been awarded a top three placement in the latest global vendor guide by Datos Insights.

Ahead of the Black Friday sales and Christmas, 16 million people in the UK are still unaware you can get into debt using ‘Buy Now Pay Later’ (BNPL) services*, according to research from responsible lender, Creditspring.

A third of people (31%) still don’t think that BNPL purchases can lead to debt, however, this jumps to over half (51%) for those aged 18-24 who are a third more likely to use BNPL than the UK average.

The future of Philippine fintechs, which have basic characteristics centered around innovation and sustainability, will be driven in major part by investments that value environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles, analysis from consumer finance company Digido revealed.