Leading customer onboarding and KYC technology firm, HooYu, has been deployed by mobile crypto and fiat specialist Baanx. The HooYu Identify KYC journey has been selected to provide identity verification for the onboarding of new customers.  

Acronis, a global leader in cyber protection, announced today that in response to the current coronavirus pandemic, it is making Acronis Cyber Files Cloud, the company’s secure, enterprise-grade file sync and share solution, free to all service providers through 31 July, 2020, so they can help their clients quickly transition to working remot

Iwoca, one of Europe’s largest business lenders has today announced OpenLending, the new platform that – for the first time – can unify fintechs and banks to extend iwoca’s lending capabilities to over two million UK businesses.

Japan is the world’s third-biggest economy. Its GDP per capita is just under USD 40,000, according to GDP per capita (current USD) - Japan, World. The World Bank. That’s almost four times the global average. The average Japanese consumer spends USD 1,666 a year with ecommerce merchants. And the Japanese ecommerce market, already worth over USD 160 billion, is growing by an impressive 9% a year, according to internal PPRO research.

Travelex notes today’s announcement released by Finablr, its indirect parent company, regarding their appointment of an accounting firm to advise on maximizing value in the Finablr Group.

Travelex reaffirms that it continues to take decisions, with input from PwC and supported by its other external advisors, regarding the operation of its business in the interests of all relevant stakeholders. Travelex notes that it has maintained a legal and financing structure within the Finablr Group that is capable of operating separately, on a stand-alone basis.

If there’s one feedback that insurance providers are continuously receiving from homeowners, it’s that consumers want insurance tailor-fit to their specific households. No more one-size-fits-all policies that no longer apply to society’s changing needs and wants.

This is a demand that InsurTech promises to meet, powered by its range of developing tech and the increasing adoption of smart home devices.

In furthering Singapore as the fintech hub of Southeast Asia, Global eTrade Services (GeTS) has announced its partnership with Aspire, a Singapore-based startup with aspirations of being Southeast Asia's SME Neobank leader.

The partnership will facilitate easier access for customers, especially SMEs, to trade financing on CALISTA™ Finance through CALISTA™, a global supply chain orchestration platform run by GeTS.

Strands will now offer its product suite on Oracle’s Banking-as-a-Service platform, allowing financial institutions of all sizes to leverage the Open Banking framework

Kasisto, creators of KAI, the leading digital experience platform for the financial services industry and Blue Turtle Technologies (Blue Turtle), South Africa’s leading enterprise technology partner, have announced that Absa Group Limited’s subsidiaries outside of South Africa, collectively known as Absa Regional Operations (ARO), have selected and deployed KAI, Africa’s first Conversational AI powered virtual banking assistant.