Pollinate Launches Filmmaker Competition in Collaboration with Mastercard to Spotlight Small Business Ingenuity
Pollinate, the global fintech that partners with banks to help business customers succeed and grow, is launching “Ingenious,” a filmmaker competition spotlighting small businesses, in collaboration with Mastercard. “Ingenious” will celebrate the ingenuity of small business owners around the globe through stories of how small businesses have used technology to drive forward during the pandemic.
Scotland Yard Bitcoin Seizure Story
- 3 years 4 months ago
- Cryptocurrencies
Joshua Scigala, CEO of the TheStandard.io, a new DeFi lending protocol and Founder of the bitcoin/gold exchange, Vaultoro said,
ACI Worldwide Fraud Management Lauded by Retail Systems Awards
- 3 years 4 months ago
- Artificial Intelligence, Payments
ACI’s incremental learning technology—part of its award-winning merchant fraud management solution—recognized as “Artificial Intelligence Project of the Year”
Visa to Acquire Open Banking Platform Tink in €1.8Bn Deal
- 3 years 4 months ago
- APIs, Open Banking, Payments, Banking
Visa today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Tink, a European open banking platform that enables financial institutions, fintechs and merchants to build tailored financial management tools, products and services for European consumers and businesses based on their financial data. Visa will pay total financial consideration of 1.8 billion Euros, inclusive of cash and retention incentives, to acquire Tink.
Hips and Vourity Announce Partnership to Enable Crypto Payment for Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging in Europe
- 3 years 4 months ago
- Cryptocurrencies
HIPS Payment Group Ltd., a provider of innovative and cost-effective e-commerce and mobile payment solutions, and Vourity, a Swedish SaaS platform for unattended Sales and Payments with one of the leading payment solutions for Electric Vehicle (EV) charging stations in Europe, today announced their partnership, enabling crypto payment for 50,000 EV charging stations across the European Union (EU).
SMEs Need Digital Business Banking
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are vital to the economy in every country, with the World Bank estimating that around 90% of businesses are SMEs and that they provide more than half the jobs in the world. They also make a sizable contribution to their local economy, ranging from up to 40% in emerging economies to around 55% in Europ
EQONEX Exchange Exceeds US$5 billion in 30 Day Volume
- 3 years 4 months ago
- Asset Management, Cryptocurrencies
Singapore: Diginex Limited, recently rebranded as EQONEX Group (the “Company”), a digital assets financial services company, today announced that total spot and derivative trading volumes on EQONEX, its cryptocurrency exchange, exceeded US$5 billion over the past 30 days.
Entrust achieves Visa Ready Certification for Instant Financial Card Issuance Solutions
- 3 years 4 months ago
- Payments
Entrust, a leading provider of trusted identities, payments and data protection, today announced that it has become a Visa Ready certified partner, offering their market-leading portfolio of Instant Financial Card Issuance solutions and expert guidance to help financial institutions create a smart, secure and convenient issuance exper
Sterling Falling as the Bank of England Expects Inflation in Excess of 3%
Commenting on sterling falling as the Bank of England expects inflation in excess of 3%, Olivier Konzeoue, FX Sales Trader at Saxo Markets, said: “The BoE chose to maintain accommodative measures in place, keeping the Benchmark Interest Rate at 0.1% and holding government asset purchases at GBP 875Bln, whilst outgoing chief economist Haldane was the only dissenter voting against keeping the bond-buying program unchanged (8-1 split on the topic).
Nium Expands Payments Network into Europe with New Poland Corridor
- 3 years 4 months ago
- Payments
Nium today announced that it has expanded its global payments network by adding a new corridor into one of Europe’s biggest economies - Poland. Nium customers around the world will now be able to send money to Poland in its local currency - PLN (Polish Zloty), with the offering being extended to their end-users as well. PLN payments will reach beneficiaries in as little as 30 minutes and the service can be used for all local currency banks... more
True Cost of “Traditional” Credit Puts UK Consumers at Risk
Klarna, the leading global banking, payments and shopping service, has released its latest Shopping and Money Management trend reports.
TheStandard.io Launches with the Aim of Creating an Alternative to Retail Banking
- 3 years 4 months ago
- Cryptocurrencies, Infrastructure
TheStandard.io, a new DeFi infrastructure project which aims to provide a bridge between traditional physical investments and digital assets has been announced. Co-Founded by Joshua Scigala, of Vaultoro, and Laurin Bylica, formerly block.one, TheStandard.io is a new Ethereum protocol which will allow users to generate a variety of fiat pegged stable cryptocurrencies backed by physical and digital assets.
Pandemic increases Consumer Focus on Ethics and Independent Retail, Survey Finds
- 3 years 4 months ago
- Covid-19, Payments, e-Payments
Cashflows, the platform that makes it easy for merchants to accept payments, today publishes new research revealing the impact of the pandemic on UK consumer shopping habits. The research shows a marked increase in those who say they feel motivated to buy based on ethics, however cost, quality and convenience remain the primary concerns.
The Bulletproof Exchanger Project Part II: Operation FANCYCAT
- 3 years 4 months ago
- Blockchain, Cryptocurrencies, Infrastructure
How Binance Helped Take Down a Prolific Cybercriminal Ring Responsible for Laundering over $500M in Ransomware Damages Ransomware has become the biggest threat to online security, affecting all industries connected to the internet, from supply chains to healthcare institutions.
EPC and equensWorldline Сontinue their Сooperation for the SEPA Proxy Lookup Service
- 3 years 4 months ago
- Payments, Money Transfers
equensWorldline SE, a subsidiary of Worldline and European leader in the payments and transactional services industry, and the European Payment Council (EPC) which manages the SEPA Proxy Lookup (SPL) scheme are extending their partnership to provide the central SPL service that supports the interoperability between existing European mobile Person-to-Person (P2P) payment services.
