PayU, an online payment service provider for emerging markets operating on four continents, announced that it will enable push payments in partnership with Visa, a global leader in digital payments. 

• Klarna today launches a £3m Small Business Support Package to help 100 retail SMEs get back on their feet
• As new research reveals 46% of SME owners’ main priority is to simply survive next six months with 38% worried that their business won't survive the pandemic
• Personal toll is clear with 44% of senior managers feeling COVID related business struggles have negatively impacted their mental health 

• Pakistan’s Silkbank reimagines digital banking for retail and business customers with AI-powered Temenos Infinity to accelerate adoption, build engagement and drive market growth
• Digital banking powered by Temenos Infinity will help Silkbank to attract and retain customers and drive customer growth

FinTech has been an incredible boon to people around the world during the recent pandemic, and has allowed millions of people who previously had no access to banking or lending to leave the 1.7 billion unbanked.

Yesterday, Mastercard announced the creation of a global startup engagement program dedicated to digital assets, blockchain, and cryptocurrency companies, a step which it called a continuation of its “digital assets work.” Th

nCino, Inc., a pioneer in cloud banking and digital transformation solutions for the global financial services industry, today revealed new research on the views of senior executives within financial institutions on their ongoing digital transformation journeys. All surveyed executives plan to increase spend or volume of digital transformation projects over the next 12 months, highlighting the importance for the sector.

Planck, an AI-based data platform for commercial insurance, announced today it has partnered with Duck Creek Technologies (Nasdaq: DCT), a leading provider of SaaS insurance core systems, to offer integrated data insights and analytics that provide an accurate view of key insurance risk parameters.

As market participants busy themselves preparing for the Central Securities Depositories Regulation (CSDR), how many have paused to think about what happens after the introduction of the new rules in early 2022?

A customer clicking “pay” means the sale is pretty much a done deal, right? Not so fast. What if that final step isn’t actually a leap towards revenue? What if that transaction stumbles at a final hurdle? In this increasingly global landscape, the lack of payment method options is causing exactly that misstep for e-commerce players.