Open Banking Expo has donated a percentage of its ticket sales from its London event to The Money Charity.

The event organisers entered a partnership with Nationwide’s Open Banking for Good challenge and The Money Charity in 2019 to support the latest fintech innovations helping the UK solve financial capability problems. A total of £1,180 has been donated.

Open Banking Expo London took place on 13 November 2019 and brought together more than 500 innovators, disruptors and visionaries who are shaping the future of Open Banking.

The financial services industry in the UK in 2019 is drastically different than that of 2009. Social, economic and technological shifts have led to enormous change and this has translated to a radically different banking experience for consumers across the country. We have seen the rise of digital banking, the disappearance of banking services from our high streets; and traditional banking institutions are facing increasing competition and growing costs of operations.

Stratis Group Ltd (“Stratis”), an enterprise blockchain technology company, has entered into a framework partnership with Triad Group Plc (“Triad”), a leading UK provider of IT consultancy services and technology solutions, to deliver blockchain-based solutions to businesses and organisations.

Mastercard unveiled a new augmented reality (AR) app that lets cardholders see, explore and access the benefits of their Mastercard. The industry-first card benefits app delivers a photorealistic AR experience that transports users to a 360-degree virtual environment, where a series of interactive portals brings their card benefits to life.

FSS - Financial Software and Systems, a leading global provider of integrated payment products, solutions and one of India’s largest payments processor has announced the appointment of Sankarnarayan Lakshmanan as its Chief Information Officer.

Mobeewave, a pioneer in contactless mobile card payment acceptance, and Elavon, a leading global payments provider, have partnered to develop a first-of-its-kind digital merchant onboarding process for the newly-launched Samsung Point-of-Sale (POS)app. 

SamsungPOS enables micro and small businesses in Canada to accept physical contactless payments simply by tapping a card onto the back of their NFC-enabled mobile device – without the need for dongles, card readers or additional hardware.

Fiserv, Inc., a leading global provider of financial services technology solutions, today announced that Landmark Credit Union, based in New Berlin, Wisconsin, has expanded its relationship with Fiserv to accelerate innovati

 Today, Orange (http://www.Orange.com) officially inaugurates the Orange Middle East and Africa operational head office in Morocco in the presence of Stéphane Richard, Chairman and CEO of Orange; Alioune Ndiaye, CEO Orange Middle East and Africa; the members of Orange’s Executive Committee and local officials.

Coupa Software (NASDAQ: COUP), a leader in Business Spend Management (BSM), has acquired travel price optimization leader Yapta.

The acquisition enables Coupa to deliver more value across BSM by empowering companies to achieve greater savings in a significant spend category, Travel & Expense (T&E). Based in Seattle and led by travel industry veterans, Yapta monitors airfare and hotel prices in real time and sends instant savings alerts when prices drop.

Neeco Global ICT Services today announces that it has signed an agreement with Versa Networks to become its global technology partner in the exciting and fast-developing market for new Software Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN) services.

Under the terms of the deal, Neeco will provide next business-day replacement services for Versa Networks’ best-in-class SD-WAN hardware, which is designed from the ground up with cloud principles to provide customers with agility, cost-effectiveness, scalability and simplicity.