Mastercard today announced a global effort to pay garment factory workers digitally, a pivot the industry is making from traditional cash payroll to ensure workers receive their hard-earned wages securely and consistently. With industry partners including Levi Strauss & Co., Marks & Spencer and VF Corporation, and in conjunction with global nonprofit BSR (Business for Social Responsibility), this program aims to improve the wellbeing of factory workers who currently lack access to the financial tools and services that can help them and their families thrive.

Introducing the “House of Klarna”. Hot on the heels of the news  this week that 50,000 new Klarna customers a week are choosing ‘Pay later’ at retailer checkouts, and with over 12 million transactions in the past year alone, Klarna is hitting the high-street again with over 27 of the best retail brands in the UK. Following the success of Covent Garden pop-up in June, Klarna will now take up residence in the heart of Manchester’s city centre with an immersive and playful retail space for shoppers, which transforms the bricks and mortar experience into pure joy.

Visma Connect, the leading Dutch critical payments services provider and FICO have launched a partnership to jointly deliver FICO’s best-in-class Anti-Financial Crime solutions for Know Your Customer (KYC), anti-money laundering (AML) and real-time sanctions screening to banks, FinTechs, payment institutions, PSD2 third-party providers and corporations. 

Cyber security provider F-Secure has joined ETIS, an organization that facilitates cooperation between companies working in the European telecommunications sector. As an associate member of ETIS, F-Secure hopes to contribute its cyber security expertise to help stakeholders collectively address security challenges facing the telecommunications industry and its customers.

EZOPS Inc., a New York-based provider of artificial intelligence software for financial services institutions, announced today that the firm was among 20 global fintech start-ups selected to exhibit in the 2019 FIA Innovators Pavilion at the 35^th annual FIA Expo in Chicago October 29 to 31. FIA is the leading global trade organization for the futures, option

After three days of debates, keynotes, and networking among leaders from some of the main digital companies worldwide, the LatAm Cross-Border Summit, powered by Brazilian fintech EBANX, ended this Thursday (26th) in Rio de Janeiro, with all participants reaching a common ground: Latin America is open for business.

Ping Identity (NYSE: PING), a pioneer in Intelligent Identity, today announced that Thomson Reuters has saved $1.2 million by leveraging its platform to modernize the organization’s authentication infrastructure.