ApprovalMax and Airwallex Announce Powerful New Partnership
- 2 years 6 months ago
- Payments
ApprovalMax, a leading provider of automated approval workflows for invoices and purchase orders, has partnered with Airwallex, a global payments and financial platform for modern businesses, to offer a powerful integration that enables users to prepare and approve payments for execution (including batch an
Paynetics is Granted UK EMI License by the FCA
- 2 years 6 months ago
- Payments
Paynetics UK has received its Electronic Money Institution (EMI) licence from the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). One of Europe’s leading providers of embedded finance and digital banking solutions, Paynetics now holds EMI licences in Europe and the UK.
Biometrics Adoption in Payments Grows as Fingerprints Surpasses 1M Shipments Milestone
- 2 years 6 months ago
- Payments
World-leading biometrics company, Fingerprint Cards AB (Fingerprints™), has announced it has now shipped more than one million of its T-Shape FPC1300 series flagship products to customers in the biometric payment card industry.
Longest-ever Wait for Payment for SMEs in Retail, Automotive and Manufacturing Sectors, Data Reveals
- 2 years 6 months ago
- Payments
Small businesses supplying the automotive, retail and manufacturing sectors face the longest-ever wait for payment from some of the UK’s largest companies, according to Good Business Pays. Good Business Pays, which campaigns to stamp out bad payment practices and poor payment culture, analysed payment data that shows that the average number of days taken to pay suppliers has risen between February 2022 and February 2023.
27% of Graduate Students Considering a Career in Payments
- 2 years 6 months ago
- Payments
A recent survey of 101 participants by the global online payments education firm PayEd, aimed to shed light on people's perceptions and interest in the payment industry as a potential career option, and the results are in: 27% of students would consider making a career in payments.
Recurring Payments Platform Leaders Revealed, as Recurring Payments Forecast as a $15 Trillion Opportunity Globally by 2027
- 2 years 6 months ago
- Payments
A new study from Juniper Research, foremost experts in the payments market, found that the transaction value of recurring payments will exceed $15.4 trillion globally in 2027,
Bitget Launches $100M Web3 Fund to Support Next-Generation Crypto Projects in Asia
- 2 years 7 months ago
- Cryptocurrencies
Bitget, a top crypto derivative and copy trading platform, launched its Bitget Web3 Fund during the Hong Kong Blockchain Week, with an initial investment of $100 million. The fund will focus on investing in Web3-friendly venture capital and outstanding Web3 projects, with the goal of supporting the development of the next generation of crypto projects.
Fibank Customers First in Bulgaria are Able to Perform blink P2P Mobile Transfers
- 2 years 7 months ago
- Money Transfers
Following the launch of blink instant account transfers in 2022,
ESG for Payment Companies: OpenWay Shares Strategies for a Sustainable Future
- 2 years 7 months ago
- Payments
Banks, processors and fintech startups have a clear role to play in a sustainable future. Digital payment services reduce paper and can be used to promote financial inclusion. But is going paperless enough? To be recognized as a truly sustainability-oriented organization, a company must embrace a business and operational model that draws on CSR, or corporate social responsibility, and strive towards ESG (environmental, social, and governance)... more
TransPecos Banks Taps Episode Six to Launch Extensive Credit Card Offering
- 2 years 7 months ago
- Credit Cards
TransPecos Banks, SSB – a Texas banking organization with locations in the TransPecos Region of West Texas and San Antonio – has announced the launch of its extensive credit card offering in partnership with global payments and banking infrastructure provider Episode Six (E6).
Asian E-wallets Record Strong Increase of Use in Japan at Cherry Blossom Season
- 2 years 7 months ago
- E-Wallets
As the ongoing cherry blossom season drives up travel demand, Japan is seeing a strong uptick in the consumption and cross-border digital payment volume of Asian travellers through their home e-wallets. Connected by Alipay+, a cross-border payment tech solution, leading e-wallets in Asia saw the amount of spending by their outbound travellers to Japan more than quadruple in March 2023*, compared to October 2022 when the country moved to lift the... more
Hashdex Launches Staking Program for Crypto Funds and ETFs in The Cayman Islands, Brazil and Chile
- 2 years 7 months ago
- Cryptocurrencies
Hashdex, a leading global crypto-focused asset manager, today announced the launch of its Staking Program for all non-bitcoin funds and ETFs in The Cayman Islands, Brazil and Chile. Investors in eligible funds will benefit from staking awards to achieve higher returns, either through partial or full compensation of the management fee.
Front-office Outsourcing in Crypto Derivatives Markets Set to Rise - Acuiti Report
- 2 years 7 months ago
- Cryptocurrencies
Crypto derivatives market participants are set to increase their use of third-party trading technology as the quality and sophistication of the products on offer continues to increase, a newly published study by Acuiti has found. The whitepaper Changing Approaches to Crypto Trading Technology is based on a survey conducted in Q4 2022 of Acuiti’s Crypto Derivatives Expert Network and is published today in partnership with Trading Technologies, a... more
New Report: Digital Wallets Are Driving E-commerce Momentum in the Middle East and Africa
- 2 years 7 months ago
- E-Wallets
FYST, a one-stop payments consultancy for e-commerce businesses, has today released the first part of a new three-part report, ‘The Map of World Payments’, that drills deep into e-commerce payment trends, with this instalment focusing on the Middle East and Africa, and shows how merchants serving these regions can tap into more revenue opportunities by offering locally-used payment
