Bank ABC’s commitment to digital disruption remains resolute, as its retail arm ila Bank successfully launched Bahrain’s exclusively digital, Shari’a-compliant banking offering for individual customers - ‘alburaq.’ Introduced in May 2023, this new Islamic banking experience from ila Bank brings customers a host of intuitive Shari’a compliant banking products and services at their fingertips through ila’s multi-faceted, state-of-the-art mobile banking app.

Fintechs Wise and Lightyear have come together to call out Santander’s fake rate increase - and to demand that big banks truly commit to passing on rate rises.

 Adyen, the global financial technology platform of choice for leading businesses, today announced that its UK branch has been granted authorisation as a UK bank. This is granted by the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) under Part 4A of FSMA 2000.

Research from Ivalua, a global leader in Cloud Spend Management solutions, has revealed that 90% of businesses’ supply chains have been disrupted by inflation in the past 12 months. As a result of higher inflation and rising costs, organisations have been hampered in their efforts to improve supply chain sustainability (64%) and labour standards (63%). 

Logpoint is announcing the appointment of Michael Haldbo as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Reporting to Logpoint CEO Jesper Zerlang, Haldbo will be responsible for taking the company successfully through the next step of the Logpoint journey to become a European cybersecurity powerhouse.

PayPoint today announced that over 500 members of the Federation of Independent Retailers (the Fed) have signed up to its network of Park Super Agents to help their customers save for Christmas.

JCB International Co., Ltd., the international operations subsidiary of JCB Co., Ltd., today announces a new phase in its collaboration with PAYONE, a joint venture of Worldline, a global leader in payment services, and the DSV Group, Competence Centre Payment of Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe.

Mangopay, a platform-specific payment infrastructure provider formally announces a strategic partnership with Kriya, a fintech platform offering seamless access to B2B payments and credit, with instant decision-making. This cooperation will allow Mangopay B2B marketplaces to easily build a dynamic payment experience that aims to remove friction and keep business flowing brilliantly. 

APEXX Global (‘APEXX’), the leading global payments orchestration platform, has partnered with the AI-powered payments network and shopping assistant, Klarna, offering its flexible and interest-free payment options to merchants around the world.