The Director of the LeoGaming Pay financial company and the CEO of the LeoGaming processing company Alona Shevtsova talks about the trends in the development of the gaming industry and tells how the pandemic affected the Ukrainian fintech sector.

Can you tell us about the process of developing your company from the sector of online games to the general payment field? What was the reason for the change of focus of the business?

FreshBooks, a leading accounting software available in over 160 countries, joined forces with Salt Edge, a pioneer in developing open banking solutions, to help their growing EU client base in managing business finance processes easier.

Global FinTech Paysend today announced a strategic partnership with Meaningful Business at a global level.

Meaningful Business is a global community comprising some of the most progressive business leaders in the world, who share a vision to drive positive change by actively spearheading projects related to the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

MYHSM, the global provider of Payment Hardware Security Modules (HSM) as a Service today announces the results of its partnership with one of Mexico’s leading ATM service providers, RedBlu.

 AvaTrade has today announced the launch of its new trading guide, “Understanding Financial Markets”, in a bid to increase informed practice among its clients as demand for retail trading continues to rise.

 GTreasury, a treasury and risk management platform provider, today announced the acquisition of Coprocess, the leading provider of 

Leading anti-money-laundering (AML) firm SmartSearch has made the latest Financial Times’ annual list of the fastest-growing European companies for the third year running.

The FT 1000 lists the European companies that have achieved the highest compound annual growth rate in revenue from 2016 to 2019. SmartSearch is ranked at 700, off the back of an absolute growth rate of 227.2% across the period. 

Mollie, one of the fastest-growing payment service providers in Europe, has appointed Shane Happach as its new CEO. Happach joins Mollie from Worldpay, where he was EVP and Head of Global eCommerce.

Research from Finastra, unveiled today at its flagship (virtual) industry event – Finastra Universe – shows changing priorities for corporate banks and their customers over the next five years.

TranSwap, a fintech company which empowers global business growth by simplifying global payments and collections, has officially launched a new global Research and Development (R&D) centre at the University of Edinburgh. Located at Bayes Centre, the R&D centre aims to drive technology and market-led innovation in cross-border financial solutions, enabling TranSwap to strengthen its capabilities in fintech and expertise in AI-driven payment solutions.