Adyen (AMS: ADYEN), the payments platform of choice for many of the world’s leading companies, today announced the expansion of its payment network to a number of major African markets, further increasing its capability to offer key payment methods around the world through a partnership with Cellulant – Pan-Africa’s leading financial technology company.

A new online, automated management service for businesses that use contractors and freelancers launches in the UK today (28 May) to help make the processes between businesses and freelancers flawless and reduce paperwork levels. Flime.com offers a new cloud-based service that enables businesses to organise and manage their freelance suppliers seamlessly, as though they were in-house staff. It ensures all finance processes are fully compliant with tax legislation and business regulations and any of the administration associated with freelance work is minimised.

​Open banking platform Tink today announced a strategic investment from PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL) to continue its expansion across Europe. With this investment, PayPal has agreed to partner with Tink to leverage its Account Aggregation technology to improve product experiences for PayPal customers. 

Lexmark, a global imaging solutions leader, today announced the availability of Lexmark Cloud Print Infrastructure (CPI), a complete as-a-service solution that utilizes IoT and cloud technologies to take its industry-leading managed print services (MPS) offering to a new level.

Visa Inc. (NYSE: V) and Currencycloud, an enterprise-class payments platform, today announced a partnership to drive further innovation in cross-border and travel payments. The overall agreement is aligned with Visa’s broader mission to help people make secure and seamless digital payments, both at home and while travelling.

Today, Alipay, the world’s leading payment and lifestyle platform operated by Ant Financial Service Group, announced that it is partnering with UK mobility start-up, Splyt Technologies, to give the payment platform’s hundreds of millions users access to a global ride-hailing inventory via its in-app mobility marketplace mini program.

As digital transformation continues to proliferate, financial services players, such as banks and financial institutions, would be wise to look to key technology providers in the industry, in helping them navigate these potentially challenging new territories. We interviewed Nicolas Muhadri, CEO StreamMind, a hight-tech company providing secure interbank transactional messaging, instant payments, verification and fraud prevention, to discuss his thoughts on the recent fraud issues in the industry:

SafeCharge (AIM: SCH), the partner of choice for businesses who demand more from payments technology, today announced it has partnered with Maternia - one of the biggest European e-Commerce sellers of contact lenses and sunglasses - in order to provide customers with a seamless payments experience across many regions, as well as higher conversion rates at checkout for the best shopping experience.

Temenos (SIX: TEMN), the banking software company, today announced that BMCE Bank of Africa, a leading Moroccan bank with international operations, has implemented Temenos T24 Transact and Financial Crime Mitigation, both running on the Temenos Cloud.