The European Women Payments Network (EWPN) and the U.S.-based Women’s Network in Electronic Transactions (Wnet) share a mission to create better opportunities for women and the men that advocate for them in the fintech and payments industries. As a result of their like-minded goals to improve inclusion and diversity, the two organisations today announced they are coming together to allow their respective members to share the benefits of both networks.

Since launching in 2015 as the first ever non-bank to provide Virtual IBAN accounts, Banking Circle has been delivering ground-breaking FinTech solutions to help increase financial inclusion. As a next-generation provider of mission-critical financial services infrastructure, Banking Circle is continually growing its team and recruiting innovative developers to build market-leading solutions.

A new report from Sage, the market leader in cloud business management solutions, says the role of the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) has changed forever. Their primary role is no longer in financial reporting, but they are now polymaths driving strategy and making technology decisions that affect the whole organisation.

“While we welcome AI, we should also realise its implications and consequences”, says Suresh Prabhu at World AI & RPA Show

CDP Equity and FSIA Investimenti, a company held 70% by FSI Investimenti (in turn controlled by CDP Equity with a 77% stake) and 30% by Poste Italiane, has today concluded the acquisition of the shareholdings in SIA, the payment systems company, of F2i, HAT, Intesa Sanpaolo and UniCredit.

Ripple, the enterprise blockchain solution for global payments, announced today that the company has surpassed 300 customers. Ripple has also seen 10x year-over-year growth in transactions on RippleNet, the company’s global network of banks and financial institutions that enables faster, lower-cost payments around the world.

Just last year at Ripple’s annual conference Swell, the company announced On-Demand Liquidity (ODL), which leverages the digital asset XRP as a bridge currency to eliminate the need for pre-funding in cross border payments. 

Sage, the market leader in cloud business management solutions, is today launching its financial management platform Sage Intacct to customers in the UK. The native cloud platform gives CFOs and their teams the insights and automation they need to deliver a value-add, strategic service, keeping up with the ever-changing demands of the digital business environment.

Mumbai Fintech Hub (MFH) and FinTech Convergence Council (FCC) have joined hands for a collaborative growth ecosystem for fintech in India. The two bodies have jointly fashioned the ‘India Fintech Festival (IFF)’ a global platform to showcase the opportunities while discussing the key challenges in the industry and the possible solutions to counter the same. IFF 2020 is backed by the Government of Maharashtra (GoM) as it will be driven by GoM Fintech Policy, operationalized under MahaIT.

A survey has revealed that nearly a third of UK employees (31%) do not check their payslips regularly.

This is despite one in seven (15%) of the 1129 employees surveyed by IRIS Software Group indicating that they were worried about the accuracy of their payslips. 

The research showed that somewhat surprisingly, it was people working in the finance and accountancy sectors that were among the least likely to regularly check their payslips (41%), along with those employed in media, marketing and sales (47%) and education (42%). 

Equiniti, an international technology-led services and payments specialist, is delighted to announce that it has opened EQ Tek, a new R&D facility for its client-facing applications.

Headquartered in Krakow, Poland, EQ Tek will create an additional 150 roles for high-calibre developers as well as systems and UX experts within Equiniti. The team will be developing best-in-class applications and product delivery systems across all divisions of the business.