In 2020, new regulations entered the ecommerce landscape: PSD2 Strong Customer Authentication (SCA). A part of the Payment Services Directive 2 (PDS2), it had one aim – to make digital commerce more secure.

Temenos today announced that Temenos Payments Hub has become the first dedicated payments solution to deliver innovative payments capabilities on the IBM Cloud for Financial Services®, an industry-specific platform designed to accelerate financial institutions' digital transformations with security at the forefront.

Chipper Cash, a financial services company serving over five million customers, has launched Chipper ID, an AI-powered suite of verification services, tailored to solving industry-wide customer onboarding and compliance issues in the African market. 

Chipper ID has been designed to tackle Know Your Customer (KYC) issues across the African continent including ID verification, often impacted by mobile issues,

Finastra today announced a multi-year global agreement with Microsoft focused on trade platform modernization, building on the existing availability of Finastra Trade Innovation in the cloud. Delivering the full functionality of Trade Innovation via a full microservices architecture using Microsoft Azure, will give banks increased agility, flexibility and scalability, enabling them to continue to provide service excellence to customers throughout their modernization journey.

The Blockchain Economy Dubai Summit is generating palpable excitement within the blockchain and crypto communities, with only two weeks remaining until the event. Scheduled for October 4-5, 2023, at the Le Meridien Dubai Hotel & Conference Center, this prestigious event gathers over 3,000 blockchain entrepreneurs, crypto enthusiasts, and industry leaders from 85 countries.

Consumer fintech Salmon today announces the launch of Salmon  Credit – its first credit line product with built-in QR Ph payment options, providing a simple and familiar  way for Filipinos to make payments at more than 600,000 QR Ph-enabled merchant locations across  the country.  

Zafin™, the leading provider of SaaS product and pricing platform solutions for banks, announces the launch of Zafin Studio a framework and methodology designed to inspire both commercial and retail banks to embrace a bolder, more innovative approach to delivering customer-centric product and pricing propositions and support business model transformation.

Continuing its impressive growth trajectory, Arteria AI, an award-winning global leader in enterprise digital documentation infrastructure, today announced Donna Mansfield will be joining the company as a new Strategic Account Director, further bolstering its team of industry-leading, experienced financial experts.

IDEX Biometrics and KL HI-TECH, a global card manufacturer and prominent provider of secure printing products and smart cards for central and state governments, have joined forces to introduce biometric payment cards to the Indian market. With an annual production capacity of 36 million dual-interface payment cards, KL HI-TECH holds certifications in various ISO classes and is accredited by Visa, Mastercard, and RuPay. KL HI-TECH’s client portfolio includes major banks across India and Asia.

ORX, the largest global association of operational risk professionals, today launches a world first industry-wide Risk Indicator Library for operational and non-financial risk (ONFR), developed together with global management consultancy Oliver Wyman. It is the most comprehensive global tool of its kind, built based on risk indicator data provided by over 50 financial services firms.