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Instarem Launches Cash Payout Option In The Philippines

 InstaReM, the consumer and SME arm of global financial technology platform Nium, announced today the launch of cash payout options for recipients in Philippines.

Friday, April 24, 2020 - 13:32
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Western Union Expands Global Real-Time Payments Network

Western Union (NYSE: WU), a leader in cross-border, cross-currency money movement and payments, announced continued expansion of its Global Network for real-time money-movement and payments, benefiting the Company’s consumers an

Friday, April 24, 2020 - 13:28
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Chip sees record crowdfund and strong growth despite current economic crisis

Chip, the clever app that automatically saves up money for you, shares its growth opportunity with its investor community as 4,240 people invest £2,575,096 to fuel the firm's progress. Working with Crowdcube, the private round exceeded its £1 million target within hours, making it the largest equity crowdfund to be completed in the UK since the lockdown started.

Friday, April 24, 2020 - 13:18
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Wirecard helps merchants and restaurants introduce takeaway and delivery services with contactless payment options

Wirecard, the global innovation leader for digital financial technology, and mobile payment specialist Stampay are helping restaurants and retailers to expand their services by offering cashless delivery and takeaway options. The contactless payment options offered by Wirecard via the payment platform stampayGO enable SMEs to quickly and easily begin offering their customers safe takeaway and delivery services, for instance during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Friday, April 24, 2020 - 12:48
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Fast, informative detections power F-Secure’s performance in 2nd MITRE ATT&CK evaluation

Cyber security provider F-Secure has successfully completed its second MITRE ATT&CK® evaluation. F-Secure’s comprehensive protection against a wide variety of the tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) used in targeted attacks, as well as its ability to quickly arm defenders with actionable intelligence to help them respond to incidents, affirms that the company’s detection and response capabilities are among the best the industry has to offer.

Friday, April 24, 2020 - 11:05
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Currencycloud leads as one of the first non-banks to introduce new payments tracking technology

Currencycloud today announced a pilot programme to provide SWIFT gpi tracking capabilities to their clients through a new API. This new service, one of the first offered by a non-bank, will allow Currencycloud clients to track their customers’ cross-border payments directly, much like an Amazon parcel. They can even pass the service further onwards to their own customers so they can track their payments themselves.

Early participants in the programme include big names such as TransferGo, Penta and Money Mover.

Friday, April 24, 2020 - 08:39
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Major updates to Stripe’s payments platform increase revenue and reliability for businesses

Stripe, which builds economic infrastructure for the internet, today announced three major updates to its core payments platform to help its millions of users increase their revenue: worldwide direct connectivity to six major card networks; a revenue optimization engine; and Stripe Issuing, now available to all US businesses.

Friday, April 24, 2020 - 08:33
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NatWest appoints new Head of Products

NatWest has today announced the appointment of Matt Tuck into a new role as Head of Products, Service and Operations, Commercial Banking. Matt joins the bank from Commonwealth Bank Australia (CBA) where he was CEO, Europe and North America.

Friday, April 24, 2020 - 08:23
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Trustly to power payments for Folksam’s new student insurance

Trustly is pleased to announce a new partnership with Folksam, one of the largest insurance companies in Sweden. Together, Folksam and Trustly will make it more convenient for students to pay for their insurance and receive their claims payouts directly to and from their online bank account.

Today’s students are digital natives, and so to cater to their preferences, Folksam has developed a digital-only student insurance in its FutureLab, its newly launched innovation workshop.

Friday, April 24, 2020 - 08:18
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FICO Solution Helps Firms Manage Deluge of Payment Holiday Requests due to Covid-19

Responding to the sharp increase in consumer requests for payment holidays related to the COVID-19 pandemic, global analytics software firm FICO has created a set of digital scenarios that can help lenders, telecommunications providers and other firms meet this urgent need in an automated way.

Friday, April 24, 2020 - 08:04
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