Repsol and Saudi Aramco’s recent announcement that they have teamed up to build one of the largest zero emission synthetic fuel production plants in the world is a significant step towards Repsol’s target of net zero emissions by 2050.

MayStreet today announced the closing of a Series A financing round led by Credit Suisse Asset Management's NEXT Investors, a leading Fintech growth equity group that invests in high-growth private businesses that interact with the financial services industry.

Ingenico Group (Euronext: FR0000125346 - ING), the global leader in seamless payments, today reveals that within 18 months of going live, its Russian Payments Solution has outperformed all expectations with impressive payment volumes and customer adoption.

Today, leading technology, finance and nonprofit companies join forces to announce the launch of PayID, a universal payment ID to simplify the process of sending and receiving money globally – across any payment network and any currency. GoPay, Ripple, Blockchain.com, BitPay, Brave, Flutterwave, Mercy Corps and others have collaborated on the development of PayID through the Open Payments Coalition, a multinational alliance of industry leaders. 

As part of its ongoing effort to expand the range of lifestyle services offered in its super app, Tinkoff announces a partnership with goods.ru, a marketplace that brings together Russia's leading online stores. This will enable customers to shop at goods.ru right from the Tinkoff app and receive 5% cashback for each purchase.

During his 1962 State of the Union Address, John F. Kennedy declared: “The best time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining”. While the original philosophy behind the sentiment wasn’t intended for organisations, per se, it’s an apt quote when reflecting on fintechs in light of COVID-19.

Meritsoft, a Cognizant company, and Taskize, a Euroclear company, are integrating their automated fails operational workload offering and global operational task management solutions to provide an end-to-end Central Securities Depositories Regulation (CSDR) management solution.

Together, Meritsoft’s FINBOS CSDR Manager and Taskize Connect deliver a comprehensive real-time platform for clients and their customers.

Clients will benefit from the following:

As with every industry in every country, the world of banking has been disrupted to its core in recent months. Consumers have been unable – and in some cases, unwilling – to complete banking processes in person, and the reality is that some customers will need to bank remotely for the foreseeable future. Whilst financial institutions work hard to protect their customers, their staff and their businesses, they are now also required to tackle a new type of customer journey - the ‘socially distanced’ customer journey.

Edoardo Baumgartner has been named as the new Country Manager Germany of SIA, reporting directly to Cristina Astore, Northwest Europe and DACH Region Sales Director.

He has responsibility for strengthening the development of SIA’s positioning in the German market where the company is present since January 2017 through the subsidiary P4cards based in Munich and Nuremberg with about 50 employees.

Reuters Events will be hosting a free online webinar series focused on commodity trading and commodity value chains.

Commodity traders are under pressure to undergo massive transformation. Unprecedented volatility, changing consumer and governmental demands, digital transformation and an intense geopolitical landscape are impacting every commodity stakeholder.