Whenever people are buying more, it’s an opportunity for criminals to strike, which makes Black Friday a dangerous time. With new scams on the increase, FICO’s fraud experts have added new tips for staying safe, taking the total to 16.

Black Friday is just around the corner with even more UK bargain hunters expected to pounce on big discounts this year. But new research from Judopay shows that not all of these sales will happen online or on mobile, with over a quarter of Brits admitting that they’d rather queue in store than make a purchase on their mobile as it’s ‘too stressful’.

Encompass Corporation, a fast-growing provider of intelligently automated Know Your Customer (KYC) solutions, has been named within the RegTech 100 - a list recognising the world’s most innovative technology solution providers.

Now in its third year, the RegTech 100, announced today [26 November] by specialist research firm RegTech Analyst, highlights “RegTech companies that every financial institution needs to know about” in the year ahead.

Avelacom, the high-performance global connectivity and IT infrastructure provider for the financial services industry, has launched its multi-cloud connectivity solution to simplify and accelerate how traders connect to cryptocurrency exchanges. It delivers secure, direct and ultra-low latency access to cryptocurrency exchanges hosted in Alibaba Cloud, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud platform.  

Nucoro, the Fintech company providing bespoke white-labelled technology focused on delivering wealth management solutions to third parties, has announced it plans to start targeting the insurance sector with its offering. It says the growth of digital wealth management means it’s now easier for insurers to offer this service than ever before.  

2019 to date has proven to be a record growth year for Klarna, and this is before the much anticipated shopping holidays. Each day thousands of new consumers are choosing Klarna, with especially strong preference building in the UK and the US markets. The unique online and offline customer-centric offering, providing a healthier, simpler and smarter alternative to credit cards, and with multiple services to smoothen the end to end shopping experience, confirms Klarna as the preferred ‘buy now, pay later’ provider. 

Discover cardmembers can now use their Cashback Bonus® or Miles to pay for purchases at millions of online stores through PayPal, giving cardmembers another convenient and flexible way to reward themselves.

As part of Barclays’ efforts to build its European Corporate Banking proposition, the bank has today launched a new branch in Luxembourg to provide multinational clients with transaction banking services. The branch will focus on offering corporates and financial institutions a range of banking products, including cash management, debt, foreign exchange and trade finance facilities.

A majority of U.S. consumers plan to do most of their holiday shopping online for the first time ever,* yet a new survey** from cyber security provider F-Secure finds that most internet users remain concerned about their exposure to cyber crime.

The survey of shoppers highlighted 3 major trends among American consumers:

French telco Orange is launching its mobile-only bank in Spain, tempting customers with a discount on their phone bills.