Thunes, the Smart Superhighway to move money around the world, today announced a strategic collaboration with Circle, a global digital financial firm and the issuer of stablecoins USDC and EURC through its regulated entities, to accelerate innovation in stablecoin liquidity management.

Cohesity, a leader in AI-powered data security, today announced the appointment of Vasu Murthy as SVP and Chief Product Officer. Murthy is a veteran with over 25 years of experience building enterprise software at scale. He has successfully led software launches at companies ranging from day-zero startups to large, global brands, with strengths in driving rapid growth and managing complex multi-product scaling efforts.

Tokenization is a major focus of Hong Kong FinTech Week this year, as banks and technology companies presented various use cases of tokenization as a next wave of fintech innovations.

On Monday, Eric Jing, Chairman & CEO of Ant Group and Howard Lee, Deputy Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority discussed this new technology, as well as artificial intelligence and digital transformation, in a fireside chat at Hong Kong Fintech Week.

Tribe Payments, the pioneering digital payments and infrastructure orchestrator that specialises in issuer and acquirer processing, has been selected by global payment and digital financial infrastructure platform, 

Tap to Pay on iPhone is now available for SumUp customers in Ireland, Sweden, Austria, Czech Republic and Romania. Using Tap to Pay on iPhone, SumUp merchants can now seamlessly accept contactless payments, including credit and debit cards, Apple Pay and other digital wallets, using only an iPhone and the free SumUp iOS app, with no additional hardware needed. 

myPOS, a UK-based fintech company, announces the launch of Tap to Pay on iPhone for merchants in Austria. The solution is available through the myPOS Glass app and allows businesses to accept contactless payments directly on their iPhone – no additional hardware needed. Merchants will be able to accept all kinds of contactless payments – contactless debit and credit cards, as well as Apple Pay and other digital wallets.

Travelex, a market-leading foreign exchange brand, has undertaken a major expansion in the UAE with the launch of 13 new stores across Abu Dhabi and Dubai airports.

Through the PlanetSaver account, savers receive both a competitive interest rate on their savings, whilst also contributing 0.45% in interest to ekko’s handpicked list of environmental projects. It is hoped that within six months the total contribution made will reach £450,000.

PayPoint are proud to announce a new partnership with Leeds Credit Union (‘LCU’), a financial cooperative with 37,000 members, enabling them access to its CashOut service, effective immediately.

ClearBank, an enabler of real-time clearing and embedded banking, and Visa, a world leader in digital payments, today announced their intention to collaborate for Issuance and Money Movement solutions, enabling clients to process both local and cross-border transactions.