Elavon, a leading global payments provider and subsidiary of U.S. Bancorp (NYSE:USB) today announced a strategic deal with bpost, Belgium’s leading postal operator, to provide payment services across over 650 locations. 

NEXT Biometrics (Oslo Bors: NEXT), a global leader in fingerprint sensor technology, today announced the company is joining with MK Group to launch an R&D program for biometric smart cards for banking and other applications. 

Leading global payment technology providers Worldpay, Inc. (NYSE: WP;LSE: WPY) and Paysafe Group (Paysafe) announced today a new strategic partnership, with sights set on establishing an industry-leading standard in iGaming and Sports Betting digital payments acceptance and security in the United States (U.S.).

Lendingblock, the securities lending platform for digital assets, today announces the Gibraltar Financial Services Commission (GFSC) has made an in-principle decision to grant the firm authorisation as a Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) provider.

Hogan Lovells has advised Monzo, the UK's digital, mobile-only bank, on its biggest ever crowdfunding round. Monzo has just published a prospectus in connection with a £20 million raise from its existing customers. This follows the close of £85m of funding in October this year from General Catalyst, Accel and existing investors, which Taylor Wessing advised on.

EBANX, global fintech company that offers end-to-end local payment solutions from Latin America to global digital commerce merchants, announces the integration with local credit cards in Argentina. Websites that sell cross-border to the country can rely on EBANX solutions to reach all consumers that like to pay for online purchases using domestic credit cards.  

Yesterday marked the six month anniversary of the momentous GDPR deadline – a period of time that has seen an exponential increase in the number of consumers wary of how, if at all, their personal data is being protected. Since the deadline, the French CNIL company has seen a 64 per cent increase in the number of privacy complaints^[1].

Third-generation trust-based multi-dimensional blockchain platform, YGGDRASH, has entered into a partnership with a blockchain powered open market remittance platform, REMIIT.

At the signing ceremony, representatives from both companies met to share and discuss the technology, vision and direction between the two companies. In particular, they focused on the overseas remittance sector within the ecosystem of YGGDRASH. 

REGO Payment Architectures Inc., (OTCQB: RPMT) announced today the engagement of SKB Capital to act as its financial advisor for both the firm's capital requirements as well as its long-term corporate strategy to align with a major multi-conglomerate tech titan.