Pioneering Company Secures FCA Authorisation to Advertise Financial Products Online
- 3 years 10 months ago
- Security, Authentication Technology, Financial
As a major crackdown on the advertising of financial products and services online begins, to give consumers peace of mind that advertisers are trading ethically and with integrity, Yorkshire based Lead Tech has become one of the first lead generation specialists in the UK to secure authorization from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). It comes as new rules are due to be introduced later this summer to stop unscrupulous operators and scammers...
Internal Payments Fraud On The Rise And Costing SA Businesses
- 3 years 10 months ago
- Payments
South African businesses, already under severe economic strain, are now counting the costs of rapidly increasing internal payments fraud. According to Ryan Mer, Managing Director, eftsure Africa, a Know Your Payee™ (KYP) platform provider, the number of recent high-profile cases before the courts only partly reflects the true scale of the problem.
Robinhood's IPO Could Turn The Trading Platform Into A 35 Billion Dollar Concept
- 3 years 10 months ago
- Trading Systems, Cryptocurrencies, Cloud
Robinhood's IPO could turn the trading platform into a 35 billion dollar concept
Blockchain Trade Finance Platform Factorin Raises Investment From MTS
- 3 years 10 months ago
- Blockchain, Trading Systems, Investment
The Venture building arm of the international investment firm Digital Horizon announces the sale of a controlling stake in a blockchain platform Factorin to Mobile TeleSystems PJSC, Russia’s largest mobile operator and a leading provider of media and digital services. Factorin, the two year old blockchain-based trade finance platform, was valued at $23 million.
GoCardless Appoints Alexandra Chiaramonti as General Manager of Southern Europe
- 3 years 10 months ago
- Payments, People Moves
GoCardless, a global fintech in account-to-account payments, has appointed Alexandra Chiaramonti as General Manager of Southern Europe. Chiaramonti will sustain GoCardless' rapid growth in the region by continuing to hire top talent to strengthen and accelerate the company's presence in its existing French market -- where it has tripled its customer base since opening its Paris office in 2018 -- as well as leading its expansion in the region.
Ripple Launches On-Demand Liquidity with SBI Remit To Accelerate and Grow Cross-Border Payments from Japan
- 3 years 10 months ago
- Blockchain, Payments, Cryptocurrencies
Partnering with Coins.ph and SBI VC Trade, SBI Remit Will Deliver A Superior Customer Experience With Faster and Cheaper Remittances Starting in the Philippines
InvestingCrypto Introduces New Features to Account Holders
- 3 years 10 months ago
- Trading Systems, Cryptocurrencies
Amidst great uncertainty regarding the situation of global markets and their prospects, leading
Workiva Extends Value of Cloud Platform with Launch of New SaaS Marketplace
- 3 years 10 months ago
- Cloud, Compliance
Workiva Marketplace debuts with both Workiva-built and partner offerings that simplify complex reporting and compliance problems
Avelacom wins FX Markets e-FX Award for the Best Connectivity, Hosting and Co-location Services
- 3 years 10 months ago
- Data, IT Innovations, Infrastructure
Recognition by FX Markets marks Avelacom’s third industry award in 2021 Avelacom, the low latency connectivity, IT infrastructure, and data solutions provider for global financial markets, has won the FX Markets Award for best connectivity, hosting and co-location services for electronic FX trading.
UK Reports £5.7M in Cyber Crime Financial Loss So Far This Year
- 3 years 10 months ago
- Cybersecurity
UK reports £5.7m in cyber crime financial loss so far this year – with one third coming from businesses From the start of 2021, the UK has reported a total of 14,883 instances of cyber crime, with the total losses of £5.7m Despite 90% of offences being made against the public, UK businesses have reported £1.9M of losses - a third of the total figure
Binance Launches Tax Reporting Tool
- 3 years 10 months ago
- APIs, Blockchain, Cryptocurrencies
The new API is part of Binance’s broader strategy to expand user protection and risk management protocols
Singaporeans’ Overseas Shopping Behaviour Persists, Nearly Doubling In Purchases In The Past 12 Months
- 3 years 10 months ago
- E-Wallets, FinTech StartUps
YouTrip also revealed Singaporean users' top 10 overseas shopping sites in the past 12 months, with international marketplaces being key drivers of cross-border spending Purchases of bikes and K-pop merchandise saw standout growth, more than doubling and tripling in transactions of their respective products
Philippines Payments Provider Paymaya Signs Iliad Solutions for Payments Testing
- 3 years 10 months ago
- Payments, e-Payments
Paymaya, the leading, mobile money and payments provider in the Philippines has chosen Iliad Solutions as its payments testing supplier. Iliad Solution’s products and services, used by leading financial institutions around the globe, help to minimise the risk when deploying new payments technology, reducing the costs associated with testing and improve the speed of launching new systems.
EasySend Partners with PSCU to Swiftly Digitize and Enhance Customer Experience
- 3 years 10 months ago
- Payments
EasySend, a no-code platform for building and optimizing digital customer journeys, announced a partnership with PSCU, the United States’ premier payments credit union service organization (CUSO). The partnership will integrate EasySend’s platform into PSCU’s back-end systems, helping to export and import data.
Profile: Optima Bank Goes Live With the Digital Banking Platform and “integration Layer”
- 3 years 11 months ago
- Banking
Profile Software, the international financial solutions provider, announced today the operational use of the omni-channel digital banking platform integration project at Optima bank (ex-Investment Bank of Greece). Optima bank was launched on July 31, 2019, following the acquisition of Investment Bank of Greece from IREON INVESTMENTS a fully subsidiary of “MOTOR OIL" Group. The platform went live under strict deadlines as per bank’s requirements...
