• She’s Next, Empowered by Visa launches in Ireland offering grants and mentorship to women-owned small businesses
• Ireland is first country in Europe to launch programme
• New research by Visa shows women business owners disproportionately impacted by Covid-19 with over 50% finding the past year a challenge

Sterling Slumps, AUD, NZD, JPY Fall; Asia/EMFX Tumble

Summary: Rising US Treasury bond yields continued unabated with the 2-year note closing above 0.305% (0.28% yesterday), an 18-month high.

The real-time payments partnership highlights the full potential of open payments

Today, IFX Payments and Volt announce a new partnership, integrating IFX Payments’ virtual IBANs with Volt Connect.  

Cryptocurrencies have completely changed the way we look at online transactions and making a profit online. These digital assets managed to revolutionize the financial industry and present people with a futuristic payment method.

They have quite a lot of advantages which is why they are considered superior to regular payment methods. That is the topic that we wanted to discuss in this article. We are going to name these advantages and use them as a reason why people want to invest in crypto. Let’s break down the details.

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 Fime has been chosen by Australia’s domestic payment scheme eftpos to support its ecosystem’s migration to the latest EMV^®* 3DS protocols with its EMV 3DS test solution powered by 

When diversifying investments, asset owners can put their investments into various economic sectors or different international markets such as developed or emerging markets. Amundi now expanded its successful Prime ETF range with yet another low-cost ETF, the Amundi Prime Emerging Markets UCITS ETF, allowing investors to invest in emerging markets easily and consistently within the entire Prime Range. The ETF replicates the performance of the Solactive GBS Emerging Markets Large & Mid Cap USD Index and started trading on September 28^th on XETRA.

New quarterly report reveals most in-demand goods bought for resale using automated bots

ManchesteNetacea, the bot detection and mitigation specialist, today launches its Top Five Scalper Bots Quarterly Index, a list of leading items targeted by scalper bots globally. This first index covers April to June 2021 and shows a mix of technology and fashion as the most frequently targeting items by scalper bots.

The agreement will see CTBC Bank implement Avaloq’s core banking solution internationally, starting from its business units in Hong Kong and Singapore.

Avaloq’s new client, CTBC Bank, is Taiwan’s largest private bank by consolidated assets under management, with a proud history in the region. CTBC Bank has the most extensive international presence of any Taiwanese bank, with over 116 overseas branches across 14 countries. The bank has a strong foundation in supporting regional businesses, providing international enterprises with comprehensive transnational financial services.

BSO, the global pioneering infrastructure and connectivity provider, and EllaLink, the express optical platform between Europe and Latin America, announced today plans to develop the financial markets between Europe and Latin America in order to commercialise low latency services for their customers.