In a region still dominated by cash and mobile money options, like M-Pesa, new collaborations between fintechs are looking to capture the price-sensitive market with innovative, open-loop digital payment solutions in East Africa. According to Mark Dankworth, President International, Ukheshe Technologies, the region is poised for a surge in digital banking growth, with the likes of MCQR and virtual cards likely to make the biggest impact.

Spice Money, India’s leading rural fintech, today announced the appointment of a new Advisory Board Member, Abhay Aima.

Today Commerzbank has joined the Net-Zero Banking Alliance of UNEP FI, the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative. As one of the first financial institutions worldwide, Commerzbank is committed to reducing its CO2 emissions in the best possible way. The aim is to reduce the CO2 balance sheet of its entire lending and investment portfolio to net zero by 2050 at the latest. For its own banking operations, the Bank aims to reduce CO2 emissions to zero by 2040.

Klarna today announces the launch of CO₂ insights for all shopping purchases as part of its 1% pledge, involving the donation of $10 million to initiatives supporting planet health. The new feature aims to democratise access to unbiased climate impact information for consumers at no cost or judgement as a first step to help drive awareness around climate change. 

Since recently, content marketing has become a vital element of the digital marketing strategy for all online businesses. Thanks to its effectiveness, many e-commerce entrepreneurs use it in order to drive traffic and increase sales. Hence, every website owner must be aware of web content regulations.

FinTech scale-up AccessPay is pioneering a new Treasury solution for corporates, using Open Banking. 

Enabled by Yapily, a leading Open Banking infrastructure provider, it will provide thousands of UK businesses real-time visibility into their cash position and transaction flows.

The integration enables AccessPay users to connect and aggregate their entire corporate banking estate at the click of a button.

Qumulo, the breakthrough leader in radically simplifying enterprise file data management across hybrid-cloud environments, today announced the expansion of its global operations to A

When the pandemic hit, we certainly sensed there would be a strong impact on our social lives. But what was not immediately apparent was the extent that Wall Street and its regulated financial services employees would be affected. The work-from-home revolution had arrived, and now one year later its influence has become evident. 

Adyen (ADYEN:AMS), global payments platform for many of the world’s leading retailers, today announced that it supports Edinburgh-based heritage brand Hunter in reducing chargeback rates by 90% and expanding its global footprint.   

Finance as a Service (FaaS) is revolutionising the financial industry as we know it. As a dynamic delivery model that improves on the old manual legacy systems, FaaS helps companies better manage their working capital, quickly deliver accurate forecasts, and reduce operating costs.    

The erosion of payment processing costs, increased customer expectations for user experience, and the reduced regulatory barriers have all helped usher in this new generation of payments.