UK to Tighten BNPL Regulations
- 3 years 7 months ago
- Payments
Government initiatives revealed on the 20th of June will protect millions of customers by tightening Buy-Now Pay-Later credit agreements. The plan, released on Monday, follows a Treasury consultation on worries that the unregulated BNPL industry is putting customers in debt. As with other loans, companies offering the service will do credit checks to guarantee users can afford the bill.
Interest in 'Bitcoin' on Google Search Hits 12-month High Amid Heightened Volatility
- 3 years 7 months ago
- Bitcoins
Despite Bitcoin undergoing heightened volatility in recent months, the interest in the flagship cryptocurrency has skyrocketed as the market anticipates the next price action. The searches have also shot up after Bitcoin made slight gains following weeks of sustained correction.
PXP Financial and DaoPay Announce Their Long-term Strategic Partnership to Deliver Enhanced Payment Services Across Europe
- 3 years 7 months ago
- Payments
PXP Financial, the expert in acquiring and payment processing services and DaoPay, the all-in-one payment service provider,
Trumid Chooses AtScale Semantic Layer to Drive Advanced Analytics and Data Science Initiatives
- 3 years 7 months ago
- Data
AtScale, the leading provid
Sales Layer Raises $25m Series B Funding from PeakSpan Capital to Expand B2B PIM Platform Globally
- 3 years 7 months ago
- Fundraising News
Sales Layer, the leading PIM (Product Information Management) SaaS platform provider for B2B, has today announced that it has raised $25m in Series B funding, led by PeakSpan Capital with participation from its Series A investors.
ICO DATA ANALYSIS: Human Error to Blame for 8 in 10 Data Breaches in 2021
- 3 years 7 months ago
- Risk Management
80 per cent of data breaches in 2021 were caused by user error, according to a new analysis of data from the UK’s Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) carried out by cyber security awareness and data analytics company,
Regulation of Buy-Now-Pay-Later Set to Protect Millions of People
- 3 years 7 months ago
- Payments
Millions of people will be protected through strengthening regulation of interest-free Buy-Now Pay-Later credit agreements, under plans announced by the government today (20 June).
Cogo Partners with The Cumberland to Help Customers Track Their Carbon Footprints
- 3 years 7 months ago
- SaaS
From this month, customers of The Cumberland will find it easier to monitor their carbon spending with a tool to measure and reduce their carbon footprints.
Protean and PayNearby Announce Partnership to Offer Paperless PAN Services
- 3 years 7 months ago
- Payments
Protean eGov Technologies Limited (formerly NSDL e-Governance Infrastructure Limited), a market leader in universal, citizen-centric and population-scale e-governance solutions and PayNearby, India’s leading digital payments and largest branchless banking network today announced a strategic partnership to offer PAN-related services for PayNearby’s retail partners through Aadhaar and biometric or SMS-based OTP authentication for their customers.
Payments Orchestration Startup Formance Raises $3.1m from Hoxton Ventures, Frst, Y Combinator
- 3 years 7 months ago
- Fundraising News
Formance, a French fintech startup that provides organisations with a "low-code" template for tracking payment flows in real time, has secured $3,1 million from Hoxton Ventures, Frst, Y Combinator, and a number of business angels. Fomance, which was founded in 2021 by Clément Salaün and Anne-Sybille Pradelles, provides pre-built, fully-customizable use-case templates for the tracking of financial flows between pay-ins and payouts.
Worldline India Partners with Bajaj Finance Limited for Merchant Payment Solutions
- 3 years 7 months ago
- Payments
Worldline India, a global leader in payment services has partnered with Bajaj Finance Limited (BFL), the lending arm of Bajaj Finserv Limited and India’s largest and highly diversified NBFC company, to develop point-of-sales (POS) payments acquiring solutions for its merchant network.
20/06 – Weekly Investment & Fundraising News
- 3 years 7 months ago
- Fundraising News
Berlin-based Fintech Upvest Secures $42M in Series B Financing Led by Bessemer Venture Partners
20/06 – Weekly Fintech Recap
- 3 years 7 months ago
- Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, Open Banking, Banking, Cloud
Partnerships Global Fintech Ascenda Announces Partnership with Banque Saudi Fransi to power JANA Rewards Program in the Middle East
Global Fintech Ascenda Announces Partnership with Banque Saudi Fransi to power JANA Rewards Program in the Middle East
- 3 years 7 months ago
- Banking
Today Ascenda, the global loyalty technology company, announces a strategic partnership with Banque Saudi Fransi (BSF), the leading Saudi bank that has established itself as the most innovative financial services company in the region. This best-in-class loyalty solution will tap into BSF’s JANA Rewards Program premium customer base and unlock critical high-value spending across the entire banking relationship.
Trading Technologies’ TT Platform Wins Best Sell-Side Execution Management System (EMS) at TradingTech Insight USA Awards 2022
- 3 years 7 months ago
- Trading Systems
Trading Technologies International, Inc. (TT), a global provider of high-performance professional trading software, infrastructure and data solutions, today announced that its TT platform won the award for Best Sell-Side Execution Management System (EMS) at TradingTech Insight USA Awards 2022 last evening in New York.
