Recently, ChainUP, the world's leading blockchain technology service provider, launched the NFT trading platform solution -MetaBazaar software package. The system aims to provide NFT technical infrastructure services for people who love NFT, build a one-stop NFT (non fungible token) trading platform, quickly reduce the industry entry threshold and improve the industry efficiency. MetaBazaar provides transactions of collectibles, artworks, valuables, assets and securities supported by NFT concept and blockchain technology.

Mark Dankworth, President Business Development Africa at Ukheshe, shares his thoughts on how mobile money, cross-border payments and ‘buy now, pay later’ are transforming the financial sector, particularly in emerging markets, for the better.

• Experienced fraud management expert Mike McGirr appointed to Vice President of Compliance at Reach to build and lead a new risk and compliance team
• In line with its ambitious growth targets, the appointment will secure Reach’s global compliance across markets and enable retailers to make the most of cross-border ecommerce opportunities

Over the past two years, the pandemic has placed numerous hurdles in front of companies trying to do business. But even before the Covid crisis began, some departments had to scale obstacles daily to accomplish their tasks. This is most true of the finance department. Accomplishing these vital financial duties - from payroll, to cashflow - is proving more and more complicated as challenges mount on a daily basis. 

 OpenPayd, a leading global payments and banking-as-a-service platform has today announced the appointment of Daniel Belda as its Head of Product Strategy. Belda will define the go-to market approach for OpenPayd’s embedded finance and BaaS product suite, oversee the continuous improvement of its services and build new fintech propositions for its diverse set of clients. 

The UK’s largest coach operator, National Express, has partnered with Clearpay, a leader in “Buy Now, Pay Later” payments known as Afterpay outside the UK and Europe, to offer increased flexibility and choice to customers purchasing tickets. 

Founder Dax Dasilva to serve as Executive Chair

New features help finance teams further automate and optimize AP processes to speed cycle time and scale to accommodate business growth

The pandemic drove thousands of millennials and Gen Zers to the financial markets. A recent survey reveals that this trend continues, with both trading volumes and number of trades recorded in the first half of 2021 surpassing full year 2020. However, the reality is also that 80% of day traders quit trading within the two years, while 40% of them quit in just one month. So, while there is huge potential to grow their client base, brokers are also dealing with traders who have specific motivations.