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SWIFT appoints John Hunter as Chief Executive, Americas & U.K. Region

5 years 2 months ago
Payments, Security

Hunter previously led JPMorgan Chase’s Global Clearing business and brings extensive cash management and payments services experience to SWIFT SWIFT today announced the appointment of John Hunter as Chief Executive of the Americas and U.K. Region. Hunter was most recently Managing Director at JPMorgan Chase, leading its Global Clearing business, and brings extensive experience in cash management, payment services and innovation fields.

REVEALED: The Top 10 Best Funded Start-Ups since 2020

5 years 2 months ago
FinTech StartUps

Specialist insurance firm Inigo Ltd is the best funded start-up of 2020-21, with $800,000,000 raised since launching in 2020 Also within the top 10 is Genesis Digital Assets, a bitcoin mining operator Seven London-based businesses dominate the top 10 Specialist insurance firm Inigo Limited is the best-funded start-up of 2020-21, a new study reveals.

Sber and Russian Fishery Company Sign Cooperation Agreement

5 years 2 months ago
Banking

During the Eastern Economic Forum Sber and Russian Fishery Company (RFC) signed a letter of intent to finance the construction of four large freezing fish trawlers in the amount of USD 400 million. The document was signed by First Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board of SberBank Alexander Vedyakhin and Chairman of the Board of directors of Russian Fishery Company Gleb Frank.

UTA and The ai Corporation Partner to Tackle Fuel Card Fraud

5 years 2 months ago
Payments

UTA, a leading provider of fuel and service cards in Europe and an Edenred company, has partnered with The ai Corporation (ai), an expert for fraud prevention and payment solutions. This new partnership is founded on developing additional protection for UTA customers from the evolving global threat of fuel card fraud. The ai Corporation’s services will complement UTA's established range of security measures and the activities of UTA's internal...

Liberis appoints Georgina Owens as Chief Technology Officer

5 years 2 months ago
Payments

Owens joins Liberis to build a suite of embedded finance products to serve Liberis’ partners with frictionless finance for their small businesses Further expanding the API driven Credit as a Service platform and advance Liberis’ machine learning capabilities and use of AI Top UK CIO 100 2019 and 2020, UK Top 50 Most Influential Women in Tech 2020 and 2021, Women in IT Awards nominee and winner

iwoca and FundingXchange Partner to Offer Fully Automated Merchant Cash Advance

5 years 2 months ago
Open Banking, Fund Management

iwoca - one of Europe’s largest small business lenders - has today launched its industry-first cash advance product on Funding Xchange for small business online sellers. iwoca will be the first lender in the UK - using Open Banking - to offer fully automated revenue-based repayments to e-commerce businesses with a business bank account on the marketplace.

OKEx Accelerates NFT Adoption with DeFi Hub, NFT Marketplace

5 years 2 months ago
Cryptocurrencies

OKEx continues its commitment to the advancement of the crypto industry and decentralized finance with the launch of DeFi Hub

Aerospike Q2 2021 Is Best Quarter in Company’s History

5 years 2 months ago
Data

Widespread Demand for Petabyte Scale, Multi-cloud AI and ML Applications Drives Momentum for Aerospike Real-time Data Platform in EMEA

Rydoo Welcomes Marlin Equity Partners as a New Majority Shareholder

5 years 2 months ago
Investment

Marlin Equity Partners acquires a majority stake in Rydoo and becomes the major shareholder of the T&E management company.

Bawag P.s.k. Chooses Sia to Manage Payment Cards in Austria

5 years 2 months ago
Payments

SIA's technology infrastructure will process the transactions of credit and prepaid cards issued by the Austrian bank BAWAG P.S.K., one of the largest banks in Austria with 2.3 million customers, has selected SIA, a leading European hi-tech company in payment services and infrastructures, controlled by CDP Equity, as the technology partner for the management and processing of the credit and prepaid cards portfolio issued by BAWAG P.S.K.,...

Two Thirds of Businesses Feel ‘let Down’ by Their Banking Provider During Covid-19 Crisis

5 years 2 months ago
Covid-19, Banking

Over two thirds (66 per cent) of small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) have said they felt let down by their banking provider during the Coronavirus pandemic, according to a new survey. The data, collated by researchers from the Parliament Street Think Tank, indicates that the disconnect between businesses across Europe and financial services organisations has widened since the beginning of the pandemic.

Bussr to Reach $1 Billion in Sales on Its Mobility Platform in 2022

5 years 2 months ago
Payments, IT Innovations

Mobility payment solutions disruptor Bussr has forecast sales of $1 billion in 2022 Bussr offers a mobility payment solutions platform for businesses and users, powering payments infrastructure for the mobility market using the latest booking and ticketing innovations. More than 800 businesses have already signed on to use Bussr's platform, 100 of which, amounting to US$150 million in annual sales, will go live in 2021

Fime Helps Early Adopters with Nexo POI Specification

5 years 2 months ago
Payments, Security

Fime is now supporting the certification of point of interaction (POI) solutions in line with the latest nexo standards implementation specifications*. Based on nexo Fast specifications and nexo ISO20022 protocols, the certification harmonizes the behavior and communication between the terminal, the acquirer host and the estate management system.