Code First Girls Graduates Join Experian to Tackle Financial Exclusion
Four internships working on Experian’s United for Financial Health programme to help communities recover financially from Covid-19 Four Code First Girls graduates have joined Experian to play an important role in developing its United for Financial Health projects in Italy and South Africa. The graduates will provide Experian with their coding skills and a new perspective on how best to tackle financial exclusion and help communities recover... more
40% of UK Businesses still Using Spreadsheets for Finance Function
- UK Finance departments slow to adopt digital transformation despite acknowledging that manual processes lead to critical errors - Research into UK SME finance and accounting departments has exposed the sheer lack of digital tools currently used, with just one in five (20%) having adopted the use of automated invoice processing and 39% are still using Excel spreadsheets and manual processes.
Mastercard Introduces Accessible Card for Blind and Partially Sighted People
2.2 billion people around the world have visual impairments Unique notches on the Touch Card’s short side allow the person to distinguish it between a credit, debit or prepaid card
Segmint Issues A Plea To Financial Institutions: Leverage Your Data To Boost Financial Wellness
- 3 years 2 months ago
- Payments
FIs can now leverage Financial Health KLIs to identify and assist their account holders experiencing a wide variety of financial hardships.
CoinSwitch Kuber Appoints Krishna Hegde to Drive Expansion Beyond Crypto
- 3 years 2 months ago
- Cryptocurrencies
CoinSwitch Kuber, India’s largest and most valued crypto platform, has announced the appointment of Krishna Hegde to its leadership team as Senior Vice President – New Initiatives. Hegde will play a pivotal role in integrating crypto with traditional financial products on the platform to make CoinSwitch Kuber India’s preferred investment destination.
Coupang and Payoneer Partner to Empower Millions of Sellers to Tap into One of the World’s Largest eCommerce Markets
- 3 years 2 months ago
- Payments
outh Korean consumers get an even more diverse range of products from trusted sellers around the world
BlueSnap Becomes First Gglobal PSP to Launch Local Acquiring in Israel
- 3 years 2 months ago
- Payments
Beta program now open for BlueSnap’s 47th acquiring country
Mastercard and Bakkt Partner to Offer Innovative Crypto and Loyalty Solutions
- 3 years 2 months ago
- Payments
Mastercard customers can now enable consumers to buy, sell and hold cryptocurrency, deliver unique, crypto-centric loyalty opportunities, and streamline issuance of branded crypto debit and credit cards Today at Money20/20, Mastercard (NYSE: MA) and Bakkt (NYSE: BKKT) announced a multifaceted partnership to make it easier for merchants, banks and fintechs in the U.S. to embrace and offer a broad set of cryptocurrency solutions and services.... more
Cutting Edge Events Announces Additional Details of the Florida Bitcoin & Blockchain Summit Set to Take Place on November 4-5th, 2021
- 3 years 2 months ago
- Blockchain, Bitcoins
The summit will feature more than 35 expert speakers, including Cathie Wood, CEO of Ark Invest, and Jane Castor, Mayor of Tampa
PensionBee Selects Compliance Automation Specialist Clausematch to streamline Policy Management
- 3 years 2 months ago
- Management, Payments
: Leading online pension provider, PensionBee, has adopted software from global RegTech firm Clausematch to manage its internal policies and controls. In preparation for its listing on the London Stock Exchange, PensionBee first engaged Clasematch in late 2020. It needed to review and prepare a multitude of documents, and having all of its compliance documentation on a single platform helped to automate several processes.
FSS Business Support Suite Enables BancNet to Maximize Billing and Settlement Efficiencies
- 3 years 2 months ago
- Payments
FSS (Financial Software and Systems), a leading global provider of integrated payment products and a payments processor, announced its Business Support Suite enables BancNet, the Philippines ATM switch operator, bring efficiencies of speed and scale to automate billing, and settlement for all switched transactions among participants, and to provide their members with an efficient dispute platform facility. In 2020, BancNet processed a record... more
CreditEnable wins UK’s Rise Fin-Tech of the Year at Barclays Entrepreneur Awards
- 3 years 2 months ago
- Artificial Intelligence, Credit Cards, Data
Barclays has announced CreditEnable as a winner at the 2021 national Barclays Entrepreneur Awards. CreditEnable was named as the UK’s Rise Fin-Tech of the Year, which recognises a company that is leading the way as a FinTech disruptor and is building the future of financial services.
Compass Plus Shortlisted in the Banking Tech Awards 2021
Compass Plus has made the final shortlist at the Banking Awards 2021 in recognition of its notable contribution to the industry to help fight the Coronavirus pandemic – aiding and supporting companies/individuals from the industry ecosystem economically, socially, and financially. The ‘COVID-19 Response by Fintechs’ category recognises leading payments software providers that adapted their operations to meet and exceed the needs of their... more
Digital Payments in Europe to Grow by 70% in the Next 5 Years, New PPRO Research Finds
- 3 years 2 months ago
- Payments, Infrastructure
PPRO launches 2021 Payment Almanac to highlight regional payment trends PPRO, the leading global provider of local payments infrastructure, today released the 2021 edition of its Payment Almanac.
Could Digital Currencies Be a Catalyst for a Financial Disaster?
- 3 years 2 months ago
- Cryptocurrencies
On 14 October 2021, the Deputy Governor of the Bank of England warned of the urgency of regulating cryptocurrencies due to the ‘plausible’ risk of a collapse in the crypto market. Sir Jon Cunliffe warned that the risk of contagion from a cryptocurrency crash was low at present, though that could change in the near future.
