Buckzy Payments, Inc., a leading real-time cross-border payments network, today announced it has extended its payments network throughout Central and South America.

Leading Banking-as-a-Service provider Contis has revealed plans to increase its headcount by more than 33% over the next 6 months, with the Yorkshire headquartered firm planning to recruit 123 additional roles across the UK, Lithuania and India in line with its ambitious growth plans to increase market share in Europe.

The London Pension Fund Authority (LPFA) has today announced the launch of its new 'transparency dashboard' in partnership with impact-focused FinTech Tumelo.

The financial services industry is a cybercrime playground. Not only do institutions have to stay ahead of the ever-changing cyber threat landscape, but they must uphold the standards expected in a complex and highly regulated industry. Banks and other financial institutions are lucrative targets for cybercriminals.

Infor, the industry cloud company, today announced that it has entered into a technology partnership with Everstream Analytics, the global supply chain insights and risk analytics company, to help organizations better anticipate and navigate supply chain risks and disruptions. Through the partnership, Infor will integrate Everstream’s end-to-end supply chain risk assessment and monitoring data with its Infor Nexus multi-enterprise business network platform.

Wealth Dynamix today announces that they are currently providing fully digitalised Client Lifecycle Management (CLM) solutions for the four companies with the top-performing wealth managers in the world - Rothschild & Co, Mirabaud, Rathbones and Cazenove Capital as reported by Spears in which 5 of the top ten wealth managers work for firms using our CLM systems.

Currencycloud, the experts in simplifying business in a multi-currency world, have announced that they have been granted an Australian Financial Services (AFS) licence by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). The granting of the licence means that Currencycloud can now offer its full suite of services to Australian businesses.

Klasha, a San Francisco and Lagos-based technology company transforming cross-border African commerce, announces an additional $2.1 million fundraising - to complete its $4.5 million seed round. 

The funding round included Amex Ventures - its first investment in an African-focused startup.  Klasha’s funding round also included Global Ventures, a leading MEA-focused venture capital firm.

ECOMMPAY, a leading international payment service provider and direct bank card acquirer with its own fintech ecosystem for business growth, has appointed Francisco Mainez as its Head of Financial Crimes and Payments Digital Transformation.

It’s well known that employers are determined to keep their best and brightest employees, particularly those who work the hardest and contribute the most. With 24/7 connectivity nearly everywhere globally, finding time away from the demands of a stressful job is becoming more and more difficult. It is often a challenge for those in the highest demand to get a decent amount of time off to rest and recuperate properly – both physically and mentally – never more so than in the world of financial services.