A Continuous Journey of Digital Transformation - Alibaba Cloud and Its Global Customers at Apsara 2020
- 5 years 4 months ago
- Cloud
As the digital technology and intelligence backbone of Alibaba Group, Alibaba Cloud is experiencing continuous growth alongside its customers across different parts of the world. Over the years, it has made relentless efforts to serve clients from every industry, helping them accelerate their business development and navigate the challenges of these volatile times.
SWIFT Announces a New Strategy for Instant, Frictionless Payments and Securities Processing
- 5 years 4 months ago
- Payments
SWIFT announces that over the next two years and beyond it will fundamentally transform payments and securities processing, retooling cross-border infrastructure as part of a new strategy approved by its Board to enable the world’s financial institutions to deliver instant and frictionless endto-end transactions.
"Facebook and Twitter need to do more to prevent cryptocurrency scams", says CoinCorner CEO
- 5 years 4 months ago
- Cryptocurrencies, Cybersecurity, Fraud Detection
Online scams are a huge problem in many industries and the emerging Bitcoin space is no exception.
Finance Durham Fund Invests £750,000 in Growth Capital Ventures
- 5 years 4 months ago
- Investment
Finance Durham Fund, which was established by Durham County Council and overseen by Business Durham, has today announced the investment of £750,000 in Growth Capital Ventures (“GCV”). The investment through Finance Durham, managed by Maven Capital Partners (“Maven”), will support GCV’s growth plans as it seeks to further develop its three main business units G-Labs, G-Ventures and Quva, as well as move premises to larger offices within County...
EBANX and Amazon Announce Partnership in Colombia During the Latin America Summit
- 5 years 4 months ago
- E-Commerce, Payments
EBANX and Amazon announced a partnership in Colombia this Thursday, September 17, 2020, at the chapter one of the Latin America Summit, EBANX annual event about business in the region. Once the solutions are available, Colombian consumers will be able to pay for purchases within Amazon in their local currency and using local payment methods.
Openpay Makes Marquee Signing with Fulham Football Club
- 5 years 4 months ago
- Payments
Openpay, the UK’s latest next-generation, interest-free payment solution, has announced Fulham Football Club as the latest addition to its merchant roster, with Fulham becoming the first football club to be supported by Openpay’s ‘Buy now. Pay smarter’ payment plans.
Cornerstone Completes Acquisition of FXPress Payment Services Following Consent of the FCA
- 5 years 4 months ago
- M&A Deals
Cornerstone Brands is pleased to announce the completion of its acquisition of FXPress Payment Services Ltd. (“FXPress”) following the consent of the FCA. FXPress, a regulated Authorised Payment Institution providing cross-border payment services, is now a wholly-owned subsidiary of Cornerstone. Cornerstone is also pleased to announce that it has received the consent of the FCA for the acquisition of Avila House by FXPress.
OneSpan Welcomes Former Head of Oracle Identity Cloud Service as CTO
- 5 years 4 months ago
- People Moves
OneSpan™ (NASDAQ: OSPN), the global leader in securing remote banking transactions, today announced the appointment of Ajay Keni as its Chief Technology Officer (CTO) to further transform the global financial services market with OneSpan’s Trusted Identity platform and solutions.
MeaWallet Introduces New SoftPos Solution MeaPay to Enable Contactless Payments
- 5 years 4 months ago
- Payments
Accepting contactless payment can be a headache for any small business, store, or independent worker who must buy or lease expensive and cumbersome payment hardware. MeaPay cuts those hardware shackles and provides greater freedom by making payment possible on Near Field Communication (NFC) devices.
Number of Month-on-Month Mobile Money Transactions Increase in Somalia Despite COVID-19 Pandemic
- 5 years 4 months ago
- Payments
Somalia’s largest private employer and leading telecommunications operator, Hormuud Telecoms, has announced that the numberof month-on-month mobile money transactions on its platform EVC Plus increased between the months of April – August, despite the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in Somalia.
Getsafe Wins Fintech Germany Award 2020
- 5 years 4 months ago
- FinTech StartUps
Providing comprehensive insurance cover via smartphones: That’s the business idea behind Heidelberg-based digital insurer Getsafe. Last night, the company was recognised as an outstanding German insurtech with the Fintech Germany Award. With the Fintech Germany Awards, the financial centre of Frankfurt honours the most promising companies in the fintech, insurtech, blockchain, and artificial intelligence fields. Getsafe was one of eight...
Reshaping the Financial Sector of the Middle East with Finnovex Middle East 2020
- 5 years 4 months ago
- FinTech StartUps, IT Innovations
Advanced technology and innovation have forever disrupted business operations of the past. With changing trends and customer expectation, product offerings, service and business operations has been the centre of the continuous cycle of adopting and adapting to latest technology and operation models. The financial service industry is no exception to this and has witnessed dynamic transformation pertaining to digital and technological aspects of...
Allica Bank Launches £100M Fundraise
- 5 years 4 months ago
- Investment
Business bank, Allica Bank, is launching a £100m funding round to help it meet the current high levels of demand for finance it is experiencing from British businesses, and continue broadening services and product lines. The bank, which received full UK banking authorisation in late 2019, has had over £1bn of enquiries from businesses in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic.
FICO Named Cyber Risk Quantification Category Leader for Second Year Running
- 5 years 4 months ago
- Cybersecurity, Risk Management
Global analytics and technology provider FICO has just been named a category leader for the second year running in the new Chartis Research report - Cyber Risk Quantification Solutions, 2020: Market Update and Vendor Landscape.
Phoenix Group Partners with TCS to Improve Retirement Outcomes for Workplace Pension Clients
- 5 years 4 months ago
- Data
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), (BSE: 532540, NSE: TCS), a leading global IT services, consulting and business solutions organisation, announced that it has partnered with Phoenix Group, the UK’s largest long-term savings and retirement business, to launch an enhanced client analytics tool for workplace pension clients of its Standard Life Assurance Limited business.
