Mastercard and ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ: ACIW), a leading global provider of real-time digital payment software and solutions, today announced that Cámara de Compensación Electrónica (CCE) will utilize the ACI Enterprise Payments Platform to accelerate financial institutions’ access to Mastercard’s Instant Payment Service, the new real-time payments managed service that will enter Industry Testing in Peru later thi

iwoca has been named as the top small business lender, and highest ranked fintech firm, in The Sunday Times HSBC International Track 200. Released yesterday, iwoca ranks in 20th place ahead of a number of high-growth companies including Gymshark, Chilly’s B

Global technology provider Arrow Electronics today announced the expansion of its cloud security solutions offering on its self-service ArrowSphere cloud platform with the introduction of Fortinet’s Adaptive Cloud Security solutions. Fortinet pay-as-you-go solutions - which are specifically designed for managed security service providers (MSSPs)- will be available on ArrowSphere across EMEA.

Digital payments expert PayPoint, is urging businesses to overcome the financial challenges of achieving PCI compliance by embracing its platform, MultiPay. A recent Verizon Business 2020 Data Breach Investigations Report (2020 DBIR) has revealed a worrying picture of businesses failing to protect their cardholder data as a result of abandoning Payment Card Industry (PCI) accreditation. However,  

LINE Corporation (“LINE”) and Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. (“Mizuho Financial Group”) announced today that their respective subsidiaries, LINE Financial Corporation (“LINE Financial”) and Mizuho Bank, Ltd. (“Mizuho Bank”), have jointly agreed to make an additional investment and a change to the management structure of LINE Bank Preparatory Company.

TransferWise today announces its renaming to Wise. Originally launched in 2011 as a money transfer service for people, the company has expanded to build a cross-border payments network helping to make international banking cheaper, faster and more pleasant for its 10 million personal and business customers. 

Tweeq, a Saudi fintech which aims to provide a feature-rich spending account for individuals and SMEs, has signed exclusive partnership agreements with Mastercard, the leading technology company in the global payments industry and Paymentology, a leading digital commerce service and payment solution provider.

Avaloq, a global leader in digital banking solutions, core banking software and wealth management technology, has won the Best Integrated Front Office Solution award at today’s Asian Private Banker Technology Awards. 

Acin has been chosen as one of the first ever RiskTech providers to join the UK Department for International Trade (DIT)’s overseas roadshows, due to its pioneering approach to non-financial risk management, which is setting the global standard.

  Record £125bn added to saving reserves during lockdown¹, average £5,000 per household

• Interest rates remain at historically low levels²

Bank of England estimates £1.6tr in household cash deposits - £225bn in non-interest bearing deposits³