Cascavel and Paranaguá are the cities chosen to begin the expansion in the Brazilian state of Paraná of Cities of the Future (Cidades do Futuro in Portuguese), a Visa program in Brazil whose objective is to encourage the use of electronic payments in places where the use of paper money still predominates, seeking local development.

PPRO, the leading global e-payments specialist, has partnered with HighRadius, a fintech enterprise software-as-a-service company, specialising in automating the order-to-cash and treasury management processes, to offer merchant clients a faster and easier way, and more options, to accept payments from their buyers. The integrated offering from HighRadius and PPRO allows for the discovery and support of local payments in key markets.

AMB. Susan Rice, united states national security advisor (2013-2017) under President Obama, and U.S. ambassador to the united nations (2009-2013), will be interviewed by Feedzai CEO Nuno Sebastiao on the main stage at money20/20 Europe, June 3.

The summit will feature stage content, breakout workshops with speakers from Citi, Biocatch, and others, followed by an exclusive reception with ambassador rice.

Canadian leaders to share strategies on increasing customer satisfaction through innovative product development, Wednesday, May 11^th 10:00 AM EDT

Syncordis S.A., a wholly owned subsidiary of Larsen & Toubro Infotech (LTI), today announced a strategic global partnership with Temenos, the banking software company. This partnership will enable Syncordis to seamlessly offer an array of Temenos certified services to banks across the globe.

Alipay, the world’s leading payment and lifestyle platform operated by Ant Financial, has connected more than 300,000 Japanese merchants as of early 2019 with tourists from Chinese mainland paying through the Alipay app.

This was an increase of about 500 percent compared with the beginning of 2018, when 50,000 merchants in Japan accepted Alipay, amid a push by the Japanese government to drive greater adoption of mobile payments.

Tech Nation, the leading scaleup-network for UK entrepreneurs, has today announced the release of its annual Tech Nation Report with data from partners includingCompanies House, PitchBook, GitHub, the OECD and Streetbees, and in association with the World Economic Forum.

The report provides a comprehensive look into the evolution of the UK’s tech ecosystem, exploring the drivers that underpin and power economic growth within the sector.

Finastra has signed three global banks on its Fusion LenderComm platform as part of a coordinated campaign, including BNP Paribas, Natixis and Societe Generale. With NatWest, which joined recently, the ramp up signals a move towards a new era of efficiency in this complex space.   

BASF has optimised one of the world’s largest supply chain networks using FICO^® Xpress Optimisation. BASF’s advanced business analytics team used the mathematical optimisation software to map all of the company’s supply chains at once to weigh the economic value of an investment, a massive computational challenge. For its achievement, BASF was awarded a 2018 FICO Decisions Award for AI, Machine Learning & Optimisation.

The Artesian Solutions Risk and Compliance Hub (ARCH), a SaaS solution enabling commercial teams and underwriters to carry out automated risk screening on prospective clients has been accepted onto PwC’s Scale | InsurTech Programme. The 11 week programme aims to support the world’s most exciting InsurTech scale-ups to expand and grow, bringing advanced innovation and disruption to a market that has been traditionally slow to keep ahead of emerging technological trends.