The adoption of card payment acceptance by smartphone apps is transforming how payments are processed. Mobile payments not only benefit retailer-customer relations but open up business opportunities to innovations such as click-and-collect and mobile wallets with integrated loyalty.

Global AML technology specialist Napier has appointed French native Charles Duport in a move designed to better serve its existing and new customers in France, Benelux and Switzerland. Duport joins with a decade of experience in the anti-financial crime solutions market.  

In the light of recent banking sector turmoil, Wolters Kluwer Finance, Risk & Regulatory Reporting (FRR) has recommended that banks take decisive and proactive decisions based on a comprehensive understanding of exposures, impacts and possible scenario outcomes. That’s according to its new whitepaper, “Integrating Pillars 1, 2 and 3: A Better Way to Basel IV.”

IXOPAY, a leading independent payment orchestration provider, and EBANX, a fintech company specializing in international payments in emerging markets, have announced a partnership. The partnership will focus on providing global brands with access to local payment solutions and offering local payment methods to consumers, starting with the Latin America region.

The Financial Times has named Biz2Credit and affiliate Biz2X to its Americas’ Fastest Growing Companies of 2023 List, announced on March 28.

High-growth sectors of the British economy have to navigate a minefield when it comes to opening a simple business current account. In many cases, traditional banks are unable or unwilling to offer products to meet the needs of these businesses - capping their potential and their contribution to the economy.

Finaro, the global cross-border payment provider and fully-licensed bank, has today announced a new strategic partnership with MultiPay, the payments company for large merchants, to boost in-store and online payment acceptance for merchants throughout the Nordics and UK.

Super.com, an all-in-one savings platform, has raised $85 million in debt and equity to help it build out a WeChat-like super app.

The World Happiness Report 2023 provided an index to indicate the level of happiness in countries around the world. Robocash Group analysts developed an index to indicate the level of national fintech development.