Bitcoin Bounces Near Record Highs Amid Inflation Fears
- 3 years 9 months ago
- Bitcoins
Susannah Streeter, senior investment and markets analyst, Hargreaves Lansdown ‘’Bitcoin is bouncing higher again, close to all-time highs fuelled by expectations that the era of cheap money looks set to hang around for longer, while inflation is expected to keep ticking up. It jumped by more than 7% over the last 24 hours, heading above $66,300.
Airwallex Bolsters ASEAN Presence with regulator Approval in Singapore
- 3 years 9 months ago
- Payments
Airwallex, a global fintech platform, today announced at Singapore FinTech Festival that its Singapore entity, Airwallex (Singapore) Pte Ltd, has been granted a Major Payment Institution License by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) under the Payment Services Act. Airwallex is permitted to provide a suite of payment services including account issuance, domestic money transfer, cross-border money transfer, merchant acquisition and e-money... more
Mastercard Opens the Door for Fintech Companies to Build, Launch and Grow
- 3 years 9 months ago
- Payments, FinTech StartUps
Mastercard has been actively expanding its platform capabilities through the Mastercard Developers portfolio, adding a multitude of differentiated services to power new ways to pay, enhance the customer experience and infuse trust across the payments ecosystem.
Biometric Fingerprint Cards Ready to hit Wallets as IDEX Biometrics Sensors Build Momentum within Payment Industry
- 3 years 9 months ago
- Payments
VISA and Mastercard have certified smart card with IDEX Biometrics fingerprint sensor IDEX is now set to deliver a mass production order of its TrustedBio® fingerprint sensors IDEX sensor certified with the top three global payment networks following Letter of Approval from China UnionPay in 2020
COP26 Net Zero Announcement: Vyne CEO Comment
- 3 years 9 months ago
- Open Banking, Payments
He says: “If the UK is to become the first ever net zero aligned financial centre, consumer carbon consumption must change. Open banking can be the catalyst for this.
How to Pay for Divorce in a Pandemic
- 3 years 9 months ago
- Payments
When the pandemic first hit the UK in March 2020, the sudden obligation to spend 24 hours a day together pushed thousands of couples towards the brink. By mid-May of that year, inquiries to divorce lawyers had jumped by 42 per cent, compared with the same period in 2019. That may seem shocking enough, but the uplift in unhappy couples during lockdown was nothing to the figures just over a year later. In June 2021, divorce enquiries were 136 per... more
Paya Holdings Inc. Announces Third Quarter 2021 Results
- 3 years 9 months ago
- E-Commerce, Payments
Paya Holdings Inc., a leading provider of integrated payment and commerce solutions, today reported financial results for its third quarter ended September 30, 2021.
Ventrata Teams Up With Adyen to Streamline Payments for Global Attraction Businesses
- 3 years 9 months ago
- Payments
Ventrata launches Ventrata Payments, and integrated payment solution powered by Adyen for Platforms
Fintech Currensea Launches ‘powered by’ Programme to Allow Charities and Businesses to Offer Cards Automatically Allocating FX Savings to a Cause
- 3 years 9 months ago
- Open Banking, P-Cards, Credit Cards
· Currensea, which offers the UK’s first open banking-enabled direct debit travel card, launches its ‘powered-by’ programme, allowing charities and businesses to offer custom branded cards which allow people to allocate savings made on foreign exchange charges to a specific purpose. · The Currensea card uses open banking to allow travellers to make overseas transactions directly from funds in their current account, whilst avoiding... more
Cabital To Apply For Regulatory Approval Under Payment Services Act To Provide Digital Payment Token Services In Singapore
- 3 years 9 months ago
- Payments, AML and KYC
Cabital, a leading digital assets institution, today announced that it seeks to apply for formal approval from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) under the Payment Services Act 2019 to provide digital payment token services as a Major Payment Institution.
Introducing Circuit Breaker: Open Banking’s First Fraud Prevention Solution
- 3 years 9 months ago
- Open Banking, Payments, Infrastructure
Circuit Breaker enables merchants to intelligently block suspicious transactions – and the fraudsters behind them Today, we’re hugely excited to launch Circuit Breaker – the first fraud prevention solution developed exclusively for the open banking space.
First Global Benchmark of Gender Diversity in Fintech by Findexable Reveals Systemic Underrepresentation of Women and Investment – New Data Shows Firms Founded Solely by Women Attract 1% of Total Venture Funding
- 3 years 9 months ago
- Investment, Payments, Fraud Detection, Data
New research by global fintech think tank findexable shows that 1.5% (16) of 1,032 best-funded private fintech firms globally are founded solely by women and receive just 1% of total fintech venture funding. The Fintech Diversity Radar research reveals women make up 11% of all board members and 19% of company executives. The majority of women (26%) in the sector are Chief People Officer or Head of HR, followed by Chief Marketing Officer and... more
PayU LatAm Grows User Base by 80% Since 2019 and Expects to Hit $8bn Across 300 Million Transactions in 2021
- 3 years 9 months ago
- Payments
New report from PayU LatAm showcases significant growth in its user base with strong performance across financial institutions, telecommunications and other critical sectors
Youtuber Vikkstar Becomes Part-owner of Vibepay
- 3 years 9 months ago
- Payments
The Sidemen star joins payments fintech to accelerate the adoption of account to account payments amongst creators, streamers and side-hustlers VibePay, the company driving the next evolution of payments, has today announced Vikram “Vikkstar” Barn, Sidemen member and YouTuber with 7.4 million subscribers, has joined the business as a shareholder and partner, marking a major step in making account to account payments to go-to way the creator... more
MyState Bank Selects Temenos for its Digital Banking Expansion in Australia
- 3 years 9 months ago
- Digital banking, Payments, Banking
Temenos Infinity will power new AI-enabled digital banking services for MyState Bank’s retail and small-to-medium enterprise (SME) customers to deliver a fast and frictionless user experience Temenos (SIX: TEMN), the banking software company, today announced that MyState Bank in Australia has selected Temenos Infinity powered by The Temenos Banking Cloud to transform its mobile and internet banking. Temenos’ digital banking platform will help... more
