A Look Ahead to 2022: Challengers Making Moves, one-click Digital Payments and the Eera of Digital Gold
- 3 years 7 months ago
- Payments
Scott Johnson, VP, Product Development, Western Union Business Solutions When we made predictions for 2021 we anticipated a year of post-pandemic economic recovery. Instead, we saw more turbulence, highs and lows and another challenging year for individuals, businesses and industries. This has been another record year for digital transformation and advances in the financial services sector, but we have also fallen short in some areas including... more
Swiss Crypto Bank Collaborates with MT4 to Introduce Optimal Trading Environment
- 3 years 7 months ago
- Cryptocurrencies, Banking
As new opportunities in the financial markets emerge on a daily basis, global online trading brand Swiss Crypto Bank has officially announced an interesting collaboration with veteran and trusted trading platform MetaTrader 4.
Acquisition Expands Sage Intacct’s Reach in the Retail and Ecommerce Vertical
The Sage Group plc (FTSE: SGE), the leader in accounting, financial, HR and payroll technology for small and mid-sized businesses, today announces that it has agreed to acquire Brightpearl, a cloud native multichannel retail management system for retailers and wholesalers. The acquisition of Brightpearl, in which Sage already has a 17% minority stake, accelerates Sage’s strategy for growth, including scaling Sage Intacct, broadening the value... more
Edfundo Hyper Protects Youngsters’ Finances Thanks to IBM
- 3 years 7 months ago
- Management, Money Transfers
Edfundo, the world’s first teacher-built money management app for kids and teens, has fast-embraced the intelligence offered by IBM’s Hyper Protect Accelerator Program to enable the fast-build of market-leading security for the Edfundo Money Management App. “Not only is best-in-class security a prerequisite for our users of the Edfundo platform, but participation in the IBM programme has also received a huge boost of confidence from the fintech... more
Commercial Card Spending Set for Strong Growth as Focus Shifts from T&E
- 3 years 7 months ago
- Payments, Credit Cards, Data
Diversification by traditional issuers and fintechs will drive growth in European commercial card spending to €530 billion by 2025 Recovery in T&E spending will be slow as business travel practices permanently change RBR’s Commercial Cards in Europe 2021 forecasts that European commercial card spending will be 44% higher in 2025 than in 2019 as issuers exploit potential in new sectors to counter a challenging environment for T&E cards.
Zebpay Appoints Geetika Mehta as Chief Human Resources Officer as It Plans to Grows the Team by 2x
- 3 years 7 months ago
- Asset Management, Cryptocurrencies, People Moves
Geetika will implement innovative people strategy that will build ZebPay into an organisation for the future
Mastercard Foundation: One Business at a Time: Building Resilience in the Face of a Pandemic
Mastercard Foundation launched the COVID-19 Recovery and Resilience Programme (CRRP) to help micro- small- medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) to respond to and withstand the impact of pandemic
Speculative NFT Offer for Bradford City Highlights Risk of the Crypto Tokens
- 3 years 7 months ago
- Cryptocurrencies
Credits: Quantum Ai Susannah Streeter, senior investment and markets analyst, Hargreaves Lansdown ‘’The rather short shrift reaction by Bradford City chairman Stefan Rupp to the speculation soaring over a bid for the club by a group of NFT fans isn’t surprising, given the offer and financial backing of the interested party appears so scant on detail.
8 Fintech Founders on Lessons Learned, Opportunities Earned in 2021
Mastercard today welcomes its newest wave of startups to its award-winning Start Path startup engagement program. Start Path alums share their insights into the top trends of 2021 and what they've learned from a challenging year.
New Perspectives in Crypto Amid the BTC Bull Market According to OctaFX
- 3 years 7 months ago
- Cryptocurrencies
Much speculation has been uttered about the expiration date of the current crypto bull market, driven by bitcoin. International Forex broker OctaFX summarises what has happened so far and highlights the fresh innovations to pay attention to.
Mercado Libre Announces the Acquisition of Redelcom to Strengthen its Strategy in Payment Systems
- 3 years 7 months ago
- Payments
Mercado Libre acquired the entire company in order to further strengthen its operation in Chile in the payment methods sector, especially in the physical world for SMEs, and to continue fulfilling its purpose of democratizing commerce and finance in the country. This is Mercado Libre's first purchase in the region in payment systems, which strengthens the business position of its Mercado Pago unit, the largest fintech in Latin America.
Signzy strengthens C-Suite leadership in EMEA & APAC, enlists former PayPal India enterprise business head as Chief Growth Officer
~Siddharth Dhamija to help the startup scale BFSI transformation in the region~ Banking infrastructure enabler Signzy, announced the joining of Siddharth Dhamija as their Chief Growth Officer (CGO) to strengthen their global expansion across Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) and Asia-Pacific (APAC) regions. The announcement follows Signzy’s recent entry into UAE and continued expansion of its C-suite leaders in the region.
KPay Serves More Than 8,000 Merchants in its First Year of Business
- 3 years 7 months ago
- Payments
Small and medium merchants attracted to the innovative one-stop integrated payment solution service provider thanks to its strong technical support
First Cross-border Confirmation of Payee Solution Launched for Payments Between France and the Netherlands
- 3 years 7 months ago
- Payments
SEPAmail.eu and SurePay work together with StreamMind to prevent fraud and misdirection in cross-border payments
Awin Streamlines and Expands Global Payments with Payoneer
- 3 years 7 months ago
- E-Commerce, Payments
Global marketing technology company Awin Group expands partnership with fintech unicorn Payoneer to streamline international payments
