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Fintech App Usage Up 61% Year-on-year: deVere

4 years 12 months ago
Financial, Technical

The use of fintech apps has increased more than 61% since the pandemic started last year, reveals deVere Group, one of the world’s largest independent financial advisory and fintech organisations. The jump comes as financial technology apps show further evidence that the way we manage our finances further shifted in light of the coronavirus pandemic. James Green, deVere Group’s Divisional Manager of Europe, notes: “Pre-coronavirus, we were...

GoCardless Launches Open Banking Payments, Offering Businesses a New Alternative to Taking One-off Payments

4 years 12 months ago
Open Banking, Payments, Banking

GoCardless, a leading fintech for bank-to-bank payments, has today launched Instant Bank Pay, a new open banking feature directly integrated into its global payment platform. With Instant Bank Pay, merchants can take instant, one-off bank-to-bank payments from new and existing customers while still reaping the benefits of bank debit for their recurring payments.

Worldline and IATA Partner to Help Airlines Back on the Runway to Recovery

4 years 12 months ago
Transaction Banking, Payments

Worldline, the European leader in the payments and transactional services industry and number 4 worldwide, today announced it has partnered with the International Air Transport Association (IATA) to give all their member airlines access to a wider range of payment solutions to better serve their passengers. All of Worldline’s payment capabilities and services will be made available through IATA Financial Gateway (IFG).

FSS and NIPL Partner to Expand UPI Global Footprint

4 years 12 months ago
Transaction Banking, Payments

FSS (Financial Software and Systems), a globally leading provider of integrated payment products and India’s largest payments processor, and NPCI International Payments Ltd (NIPL, International arm of National Payment Corporation of India), have signed a strategic partnership to expand UPI (Unified Payment Interface) rails in international markets.

NCB in Vietnam Implements Compass Plus’ TranzAxis to Future-proof its Business

4 years 12 months ago
Banking

To enable it to keep up with its projected business growth, National Commercial Bank (NCB) in Vietnam has migrated its in-house processing centre to TranzAxis, an open development payments platform, from Compass Plus.

ComplyAdvantage Announces ComplyLaunch™ A New Risk & Compliance Program Helping Early-Stage Startups To Transact With Trust

4 years 12 months ago
Artificial Intelligence, Security, Financial, Risk Management

ComplyAdvantage, a global data technology company transforming financial crime detection, today announced a new early-stage anti-money laundering (AML) program aimed at growth-focused startups called ComplyLaunch™.

SEON Opens New Office to Tackle the North American Fraud Prevention Market

4 years 12 months ago
FinTech StartUps, Technical

SEON, the fraud fighters, today announces the launch of its new office in Austin, Texas. The move marks the company’s expansion in the North American market, as it adds strategic new hires to better serve its customers and continues its mission to remove the barriers to fraud prevention around the globe.

Plenitude Appoints Former HSBC UK Head of Financial Crime Compliance, Allan Clare, as Senior Advisor

4 years 12 months ago
Security, Compliance, Risk Management

Plenitude, the Financial Crime, Risk and Compliance specialists offering advisory, transformation services and innovative RegTech products, has appointed former HSBC UK Head of Financial Crime Compliance and Money Laundering Reporting Officer (MLRO), Allan Clare as Senior Advisor. Allan will help deliver Plenitude’s ambitious growth plans and business strategy to meet the challenges posed by the evolving financial crime landscape.

Mastercard to Donate $10 Million to Address India’s Covid Crisis

4 years 12 months ago
Covid-19, Payments

Mastercard today announced a US$10 million (approximately 75 crore rupees) commitment to directly address critical Covid-related needs in India. Over the past few weeks, the country has seen a spike in both Covid diagnoses and deaths, with the healthcare system being stretched to its limits as more than 350,000 new cases are identified each day.

Transfers to Tonik Now Available Via PESONet

4 years 12 months ago
Banking, Online Banking

The Philippines’ first neobank Tonik is ramping up the convenient banking features on its game-changing app through tying up with PESONet to enable safe and secure electronic fund transfers to Tonik account from other banks. The announcement comes on the heels of Tonik’s highly successful public launch in March 2021, which saw it secure over 1 billion pesos (US$20M) in retail deposits in under 1 month - a historical record for any new bank...

Broadway Technology Names Claudia Cantarella Chief Legal Officer

4 years 12 months ago
People Moves

Broadway Technology, a leading provider of high-performance front-office solutions, today announced it has promoted Claudia Cantarella to the role of Chief Legal Officer. Cantarella will also join the Executive Leadership Team and direct the company’s global legal and regulatory activity, guide corporate strategy and development, and help position Broadway for continued growth.

Is MetaTrader 5 Better Than MetaTrader 4, and Should You Upgrade?

4 years 12 months ago
Trading Systems

One minute you’re the cock of the walk, the king of the swingers, and the talk of the town – and the next…well, you’re not. One of the funny things about technology is that shiny new gadgets and devices are released to much fanfare, fuelling the innate need of many consumers to have the hottest new thing. Then the next generation comes along, and the previous iteration is kicked to the kerb quicker than you can say iPhone 10.

Canada’s Top 4 FinTech Companies Which Attract Students

4 years 12 months ago
FinTech StartUps

The finance game is on a rise and those who seek a career in this field have a lot to be happy about because their prospects are enormous. Nowadays, top fintech companies are earning hundreds of millions of dollars plus these firms are among the favorite startup enterprises among investors. If you don’t like math or statistics or anything that has to do with numbers then finance might be the most boring thing in the world for you.

Tassat Appoints Barbara Kissner as its Chief Information Security Officer

4 years 12 months ago
People Moves

Tassat, a global provider of financial technologies and products for digital payments, today announced it has appointed Barbara Kissner as its Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) to oversee the company’s infrastructure, technology and data security. As Tassat undergoes rapid growth, Ms. Kissner will be responsible for devising the company’s overall information security strategy, maintaining oversight for all security processes and ensuring...