Volante Technologies Inc., a global provider of technology and software as a service to accelerate digital transformation and payments modernization, today announced two senior strategic hires to drive the continued growth of the company.

Executive in Residence and Non-Executive Board Director Harp Grewal has now been appointed COO with responsibility for managing and delivering on the Company’s growth.  

Divido, the white-label platform for point-of-purchase finance which is licensed by retailers, lenders and payment intermediaries, today officially announces it is now processing transactions in the French market, announcing new clients and the opening of its new office in Paris as it ramps up activity in the region. 

Multinational retailers chose Divido to reach 234 million customers via one integration 

Financial crime and compliance software firm TruNarrative has been appointed by cutting-edge banking app Tally®, to enhance the customer onboarding and identity verification processes.

Tally® is the first banking app to offer consumers an alternative physical asset currency for everyday spending – where one Tally® is one milligram of vaulted gold owned by the customer – through the Tally® platform and debit Mastercard®, like a regular bank account. Tally® is not a cryptocurrency.

Paysend, the UK-based fintech business, has reached one million customers for its Global Transfers service. 

Launched just two years ago, the revolutionary card-to-card money transfer product, has now hit one million users across more than 70 countries around the world.

The growth stems from the emergence of increasingly mobile segments of the work force and the continued growth of international students.  These are people who live and work in one country while financially providing for, or relying on, others in another country. 

Planixs, the leading provider of real-time banking treasury software, has expanded its sales and marketing team with five new appointments to meet client and partner demand for its Realiti software solution.

In line with the company’s rapid growth – having recently secured contracts for its intraday liquidity software with several leading banks across Europe and North America - five new positions have been created to strengthen its global position in the fintech space. 

Worldline, the European market leader in payment and transaction services, announces the extension of its contract with PayPal for an additional 3 years. Under the terms of the agreement, Worldline will continue to facilitate mobile payment processing in Brazil and Mexico, thus supporting the tremendous growth of mobile payments in Latin America.

Two leading Fintech companies join forces to solve complex problems encountered by the financial industry through a wide range of high-quality services in building a global digital asset management ecosystem.

Wirecard, the global innovation leader for digital financial technology, and Brightstar, a worldwide leader in device lifecycle management, have signed a Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU) with the goal of collaborating in the areas of digital consumer lending, payment acceptance processing and card issuing.

Technology company Iress today announced that Maybank Kim Eng will provide Iress’ online trading and market data software, ViewPoint, to its online trading community.

Maybank Kim Eng is the investment banking arm of Maybank. ViewPoint will be rolled out progressively to clients across Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam.

Allevo, a financial software provider, and WSO2, the leading open source integration vendor, today announced their strategic partnership in which Allevo is now a WSO2 Consultative Integration Partner. Allevo and WSO2 will collaborate with each other to ensure the successful design and delivery of open banking solutions tailored to the specific needs of banks and third-party financial service providers in Romania.