PXP Financial, the global experts in acquiring solutions, is celebrating record results from its first full quarter as a new company.  

Delivering omni-channel integrated payments solutions for in-store and e-commerce, bolstered by best-in-class risk management and data analytics, PXP Financial is a new Financial Service provider as the result of the merger from former Kalixa and PXP Solutions. The company has gone from strength to strength, in the last three months. 

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Finance Magnates and Ultimate Fintech are joining together to create the largest event dedicated to the crypto trading community, the Barcelona Trading Conference 2019 on July 10-11. Several regional partners, including Finnovating, an advisory group focused on promoting collaboration between startups, tech providers, and financial services experts, will demonstrate why Barcelona is quickly transforming into one of Europe’s hottest spots for digital assets.

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Bangkok Bank and Commerzbank have jointly run an international trade transaction based on Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT). Payments between the German export customer Schott and the Thai import customer A.P.A. Industries were secured by digitally processing the related data transfer via Corda blockchain technology on the Marco Polo trade finance network.

Swedish FinTech company Trustly is pleased to announce the launch of its latest product, Pay Your Invoice, which simplifies and automates invoice payments. For consumers, it means they never have to think about OCR numbers ever again. For e-commerce merchants, it decreases administrative costs while letting them maintain ownership of the consumer relationship.

As massive data breaches continue to make international headlines and the Internet is an integral part of our daily lives, consumers are now grasping the risks they face. In a new F-Secure survey, 71% of respondents say they feel that they will become a victim of cyber crime or identity theft, while 73% expressed similar fears about their kids.*

“These findings are absolutely staggering and show many people are seeing the damage of cyber crime or identity theft firsthand,” said Kristian Järnefelt, Executive Vice President, Consumer Cyber Security at F-Secure.

The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Banking Commission has today released a whitepaper urging the trade finance industry to work together to ensure that regulation does not hinder the availability of trade finance and remains relevant in a digital landscape.

More than three-quarters (84%) of banks are considering new fintech partnerships in 2019 in a bid to improve customer experience (36%) and achieve real-time visibility (36%). The research, commissioned by fintech provider Fraedom, also found that other factors inspiring banks to partner with fintechs are better cash and card management, speeding up digital transformation and cost savings.

Integral (https://www.integral.com/), the technology partner trusted by leading banks, brokers and asset managers to help them outperform their competition in the foreign exchange market, announced today that  Mr. Sanjay Madgavkar has joined the firm’s executive team as Chief Strategy Officer and Head of Business Development. Madgavkar has spent much of his career at Citi and brings more than 20 years of experience in every aspect of foreign exchange to Integral.

Amazon Web Services (AWS), announced that Emirates NBD, a leading bank in the Middle East, is collaborating with AWS to create a culture of innovation within the bank and is using AWS machine learning (ML) services to build a personalised retail customer banking experience. Emirates NBD will also utilise AWS data analytics, Internet of Things (IoT), Natural Language Processing (NLP), and other advanced technologies as part of its ongoing efforts to better engage with customers and simplify banking.