JGOO, the next generation mobile payments platform connecting Western brands to Chinese shoppers and tourists, has partnered with live streaming influencer and broadcaster Feixue Huangdu, in a bid to bring British cultural heritage closer to Chinese digital audiences.

APEXX Global, the first single marketplace for global payments, is today announcing its confidence in Britain as a continued leader in FinTech, despite the uncertainty around Brexit, by unveiling future plans following an unprecedented 12 months of growth.

Flywire and JCB International, Co., Ltd. (JCBI), the international operations subsidiary of JCB Co., Ltd., today announced a new partnership that provides international students with a new method for making cross-border tuition payments. The program, which officially launched on September 27, allows cardholders in select countries and regions mainly in Asia to use their JCB card to pay tuition at any one of the 2,000 plus schools around the world that offer Flywire for international payments. 

Financial IT speaks with Adam Moulson, Chief Customer Officer at Form3 at Sibos 2019, London about the latest trends in payment processing, cloud technologies and real-time payments.

Revolut says the expanded relationship with Visa will bring its bank-like product offerings to five new regions, reaching 24 new markets for a total of 56 markets globally. Under the terms of the agreement, Revolut will primarily issue Visa-branded cards in the global expansion.

Jack Forestell, chief product officer, Visa, says: “With Visa being accepted at nearly 54 million merchant locations across more than 200 countries, we have the scale, experience and expertise to help fintechs like Revolut go global.”

Policy Expert, the digital home insurer, is celebrating two award wins, having been named a ‘National Winner’ in the 2019 European Business Awards – one of the world’s largest business competitions – as well as ‘Best Financial Services eCommerce’ at the eCommerce Awards 2019.

The insurtech firm has been recognised at the European Business Awards as the best business in the UK among its peers for innovative use of technology.

P.F.C. (Personal Finance Co.), the Stockholm-based neobank, today announced that it has gone live on Mambu’s leading SaaS banking engine. Ten months after the initial launch, P.F.C. sustains a monthly growth rate of 35% and has rapidly gained a foothold in Sweden’s competitive fintech market. The partnership helps P.F.C. accelerate the deployment of its innovative features and products aimed at simplifying everyday financial use.

Last year Gartner, the high-standard research institute, painted a rather realistic scenario for blockchain. In one of its research papers, Gartner stated that its latest technology hype cycle puts blockchain beyond the peak of expectations and is currently sliding down towards the  trough of disillusionment stage. They estimated a 5-10 year timescale before it enters the plateau of productivity, or mainstream.

Neptune Networks Ltd. (Neptune) the fixed income network for disseminating real-time data, today announced the addition of NatWest Markets to its bond dealer community, making it the 29th participating bank to join the network.

The Neptune network provides a venue for investors to consume the highest-quality data, including bond axes/inventory, from their most trusted bank counterparts. This enables institutional investors to be more effective and targeted when looking to execute large sized orders in products such as corporate and emerging market bonds.

Ingenico Group, the global leader in seamless payments, is proud to announce its new partnership with high-street retail icon, M&S. Both companies will work together to implement a new payment service that will encompass all M&S customer touch points and digital channels, which are critical to supporting its sales and customer experience ambitions.