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Curve Introduces Money Send Feature

6 years 3 months ago
Payments

Card consolidation app Curve has launched a new feature for users to send money in over 25 different currencies to friends and contacts.

Wirecard and Singapore’s largest currency exchange network FXChange simplify payments for every traveler

6 years 3 months ago
Foreign Exchange

Wirecard, the global innovation leader for digital financial technology and FXChange, Singapore’s largest self-service currency exchange network, are collaborating to provide outbound and inbound travelers in Singapore with simple and flexible digital payment options. The companies are launching multi-currency Visa cards and a corresponding app which will offer travelers the chance to combine payment with the possibility to earn and redeem...

Paysend expands into Turkey

6 years 3 months ago
Payments

Paysend, the UK-based fintech business, has expanded its global reach by launching its money transfers service to Turkey. Users are now able to transfer money to any bank account or card issued in Turkey. Europe and Central Asia is an important growth market for global money transfers. Global money transfers to the region grew almost 11 percent to $59 billion in 2018, according to the World Bank.

Ripple Caps Record Year with $200 Million Series C Funding

6 years 3 months ago
Blockchain, Investment Management

Today, Ripple is thrilled to announce $200 million in Series C funding—an investment that marks a record year for the business and further proves the value of blockchain technology in improving global payments and the broader utility of the digital asset XRP and the XRP Ledger. The Series C was led by Tetragon with participation from SBI Holdings and Route 66 Ventures. These notable investors not only underscore Ripple’s long-term potential, but...

99% of AI decision makers think deep learning will transform their industry, but less than 1% have extensively deployed it

6 years 3 months ago
Artificial Intelligence

Peltarion, leading AI innovator and creator of an operational deep learning platform, today released a new report discussing AI decision makers’ understanding of deep learning versus other types of machine learning practices, and examines the barriers preventing them from taking deep learning from ideal to reality.

CryptoCompare Publishes November Exchange Review

6 years 3 months ago
Cryptocurrencies

CryptoCompare, the global leader in digital asset data, today released its November 2019 Exchange Review which provides analysis of key developments in the cryptocurrency exchange-traded market. Charles Hayter, Co-Founder and CEO of CryptoCompare, said:

Western Union Appoints Shelly Swanback as President, Product and Platform

6 years 3 months ago
People Moves

The Western Union Company, a global leader in cross-border, cross-currency money movement and payments today announced the appointment of Shelly Swanback as President, Product and Platform. Shelly will advance the company’s dynamic cross-border, cross-currency global platform to support the company’s expansion to multiple customer segments. Shelly will commence her role in January 2020. She will be a member of the Executive Team and will report...

TIBCO Cloud Integration Now Available on Microsoft Azure

6 years 3 months ago
Data

TIBCO Software Inc., a global leader in integration, API management, and analytics, today announced that all capabilities of TIBCO Cloud™ Integration, the company’s market-leading hybrid integration platform, are now available on Microsoft Azure.

Andrew Bailey to be new Governor of the Bank of England

6 years 3 months ago
People Moves

Andrew Bailey will become the new Governor of the Bank of England from 16 March 2020, the Chancellor has announced. The current head of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) will succeed Mark Carney, who has served since 2013. Her Majesty the Queen has approved the appointment. Making the announcement the Chancellor said:

Worldpay From FIS Opens New Doors for JCB Card Acceptance in Japan

6 years 3 months ago
Transaction Banking, Payments

FIS™ (NYSE: FIS) today announced an agreement with JCB, the leading issuer and acquirer in Japan and a global payment network. Worldpay, FIS’ global eCommerce platform, will allow businesses operating in Japan to accept payments by JCB cards. With this agreement, Worldpay now provides a comprehensive eCommerce solution for enterprise merchants operating in Japan.

Deluxe Adds Lockbox Processing Assets and Establishes Reseller Agreement With Fiserv

6 years 3 months ago
Financial

Deluxe, a Trusted Business Technology™ company, today announced it has added the Remittance Solutions assets of Fiserv – which include lockbox processing – complementing its Deluxe Treasury Management portfolio of solutions.

Self-Service Banking Asia 2020 – transforming growth challenges into opportunities

6 years 3 months ago
Banking

RBR’s Self-Service Banking Asia conference will be hosted in Vietnam for the first time in 2020. The region’s leading conference on self-service and digital banking, taking place in March, will address the most important issues facing the industry today. Southeast Asia – where banking races to keep pace with demand

ING to appoint Pinar Abay as head of Market Leaders and member of the Management Board Banking

6 years 3 months ago
Banking, People Moves

ING announced today that Pinar Abay will be appointed member of the Management Board Banking and head of Market Leaders, taking up the responsibility for ING’s operations in the Benelux. She will take up her new position per 1 January 2020.

Nutmeg CEO to Step Down

6 years 3 months ago
People Moves

UK robo-adviser Nutmeg has announced its chief executive Martin Stead is to step down early in the new year. Stead, who joined Nutmeg in 2015 and has been its CEO since 2016, will be replaced by chief financial and operating officer, Jason Alexander. This comes shortly after Shaun Port, Nutmeg's chief investment officer, left the firm to become a managing director at JPMorgan. The digital wealth manager announced losses for 2018 of £18.6m in...