GoCardless Announces Partnership with Pennylane to Enable Small businesses and Start-ups to Automate Invoices, Accounting and Payments
- 3 years 2 months ago
- Management, Payments, FinTech StartUps
GoCardless, a leading fintech in account-to-account payments, has joined forces with Pennylane, the first financial management and accounting platform designed for companies and their accountants, to offer SMEs and start-ups a seamless way to manage and collect recurring payments.
Ebury Scales up Dubai Presence with DIFC-based Mass Payments Team
- 3 years 2 months ago
- Payments
● Ebury’s Mass Payments division expands footprint by adding Dubai to its network of offices in global financial centres, such as London and Singapore ● Ebury builds on its payments software offering in the region to seize the huge opportunity that exists in the UAE ● Commitment to customer service, dynamic tech platform and scalable network sets Ebury apart from traditional mass payments providers
Over Half of Businesses now Have a Policy on Whether to Pay out on Ransomware Attacks, says Databarracks Research
- 3 years 2 months ago
- Cryptocurrencies, Insurance
Reliance on cyber insurance, or paying out if cost is lower than internal recovery, highlight short-term approach New research by Databarracks has revealed 54% of businesses now have a defined policy in place to deal with ransomware attacks – whether this means paying a ransom, relying on insurance policies or refusing to pay at all.
Worldline Joins Forces with French Fintech Venture A3BC Regarding Secure and Touchless Authentication
- 3 years 2 months ago
- Digital Identity, Payments, Data
Biometric digital ID and data storage protocol enhance both safety and user experience combined with WL Trusted Authentication
GoDoFX Selects Integral for FX & CFD Trading Technology
Integral, a leading FX technology provider, announced today that GoDoFX, a next-generation retail brokerage in the UAE, has selected Integral MarginFX to support the growth of its FX and CFD business. GoDoFX was founded earlier this year by industry veterans in the UAE forex market. The group takes a client-first approach and aims to establish long-term and sustainable trading relationships with its retail customers.
Clearpay Launches New UK Loyalty Programme
- 3 years 2 months ago
- Payments
Today, Clearpay, a leader in “Buy Now, Pay Later” payments known as Afterpay (ASX: APT) outside the U.K. and Europe, has announced the launch of its new loyalty programme, Pulse Rewards. This unique programme encourages responsible spending, by offering benefits to customers who make on-time payments1.
Danish B2B Fintech Pleo Gains Unicorn Status After Raising $150m in Series C Co-led by Bain Capital Ventures and Thrive Capital
- 3 years 2 months ago
- Payments
Fintech scale-up Pleo, which offers a simplified expense management tool and smart company cards, has just raised its Series C round totalling $150m (USD). This is the all-time largest Series C raise in Danish history - and one of the biggest Series C rounds in European fintech -
PayFit and Hibob Join Forces to Streamline Payroll and HR Processes
- 3 years 2 months ago
- Payments
PayFit, one of the fastest-growing tech companies in Europe, launches its partnership with leading global HR provider Hibob. Through the integration, Hibob’s customers - including Revolut, Weezy, Hadean, Yulife, and Cambridge Intelligence - will have the ability to integrate employee information with PayFit, improving payroll processes and eliminating common pain points for HR teams and leaders of fast-growing businesses.
SumUp Brings Apple Pay to Small Businesses with SumUp Card
- 3 years 2 months ago
- Payments, Credit Cards
A safer, more secure and private way to pay with iPhone and Apple Watch Global payments service provider SumUp today brings its UK-based customers Apple Pay, a safer, more secure and private way to pay that helps SumUp merchants avoid handing their payment card to someone else, touching physical buttons or exchanging cash — and uses the power of iPhone to protect every transaction.
ikigai Brings Apple Pay to All Clients
- 3 years 2 months ago
- Wealth Management, Payments, Banking
ikigai, the first UK app to bring together everyday banking and wealth management, today brings its customers Apple Pay, a safer, more secure and private way to pay that
Previse Partners with Pagero to Embed InstantPay Early Payment Technology
- 3 years 2 months ago
- Artificial Intelligence, Payments
Previse, the AI fintech that gets suppliers paid instantly, has partnered with global e-invoicing firm, Pagero to enable instant, embedded finance to be delivered through the world’s largest, open business network. The partnership will see Pagero roll out Previse’s early payment capabilities to its customers, giving suppliers on the Pagero network the option of a ‘pay me now’ button as soon as they generate an invoice.
Swedbank Partners with ACI Worldwide to Combat Fraud and Comply with SCA
• Leading issuer and acquirer in Nordic and Baltic regions enhances its fraud platform with ACI Fraud Management • ACI’s machine learning capabilities and consortium data underpin Swedbank’s strong customer authentication (SCA) exemption strategy, contributing to a sizeable decrease in card fraud
Airwallex CEO recognised for engineering excellence by the University of Melbourne; plans to boost Australia’s tech talent pool with new engineering hub in Sydney
- 3 years 2 months ago
- Payments, IT Innovations
Jack Zhang, Co-founder and CEO of Airwallex, has been awarded the University of Melbourne Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology’s Kernot Memorial Medal for engineering excellence. In addition, Airwallex also announced today the opening of its second engineering hub in Australia, based in Sydney.
Return to Spender: 3.9 Million are Currently Spending More Than They Can Afford to ‘Make Up for Lost Time’ Following Lockdown
- 3 years 2 months ago
- Platform Technology, Money Transfers
New research2 from Yolt, the award-winning smart money app reveals today that over 3 million UK adults have been spending more than they can afford since lockdown restrictions recently began to ease. A further 18% anticipate that the national return to socialising will have a negative impact on their ability to manage their money well.
mmob Secures FCA Authorisation for UK’s First Open Finance Partnership Platform
- 3 years 2 months ago
- Open Banking, Payments, Authentication Technology
FCA authorisation ensures mmob can help banks and large established fintechs to unlock the benefits of open and embedded finance at pace and scale. By unifying customer data mmob can help its commercial partners to drive retention and growth through the optimisation of third party service selection and provision. Consent driven user data to propel frictionless native experiences, leveraging data to provide relevant financial products and... more