ConsenSys Codefi is launching an Ethereum 2.0 staking-as-a-service platform with institutional functionality for exchanges, custodians, funds, wallets and other potential customers.

Payments testing and consultancy expert, FIME has announced its acquisition of CETECOM U.S.’s payment activities. FIME’s expanded expertise and services will enable the U.S. payment ecosystem to define, design, deliver and test innovative, secure and digital payments products.

According to recent statistics by Visa, 80% of payments in restaurants are made with a card. Most of the time guests do not have cash on them to tip, and if the venue does not offer any option for cashless tipping, waitstaff are left without tips, which may represent for them a significant loss of income. Restaurants have an additional incentive to make tips cashless – they can keep track of how much their staff receives in tips. 
 

Independent not-for-profit standards association, The Banking Industry Architecture Network (BIAN), today announces the appointment of Chad Ballard of JPMorgan Chase and Rohit Mahna of Salesforce to its executive board. Both come with decades of experience in financial technology and have a shared passion for banking innovation.  

In today’s climate, businesses of all kinds have to be prepared to make choices about how they recover, or even reinvent, as we all adjust to a new normal. Everyone is looking for ways to be more efficient and agile. Accounting is an area ripe for such innovation. Reducing friction in payments and reconciliation can help companies keep their balance sheets current, understand and address challenges quickly, and reduce risk and fraud. 

Equiniti Group plc (“Equiniti”), an international technology-led services and payments specialist, is delighted to announce that it is now able to provide an enhanced Know-Your-Customer (“KYC”) service for asset based and invoice finance lenders.

This new solution builds on Equiniti’s experience in both serving invoice finance lenders and delivering its unique proposition as an end-to-end KYC provider.

CoinCorner, a UK Bitcoin exchange, has launched a new auto buy Bitcoin service which gives customers the opportunity to make Bitcoin purchases on a regular, automatic basis.

Complementing the exchange’s key services of buying and selling Bitcoin, the new auto buy feature is easy for customers to set up - simply create a standing order with your bank, and choose how much and how often you would like to buy Bitcoin. 

Just 9 months after its launch on the market, illimity’s digital direct bank has come out with an absolute first for the sector, illimity Hubs, an innovative collaboration model fully in line with both an open banking and open platform approach.

UniCredit has announced its collaboration with Taulia, a San-Francisco-based fintech that provides innovative, digital supply chain solutions for buyers and suppliers, including supply chain finance, cash forecasting, electronic invoicing, and dynamic discounting.