TrustPay signs ClearBank for real-time payments
- 7 years 3 months ago
- E-Commerce, Payments
ClearBank has today announced that it has been appointed by TrustPay, the Slovak-based e-commerce payments business, to provide real-time payments services to its European customer base.
Citi Treasury and Trade Solutions partners with Vietnam's Payoo
- 7 years 3 months ago
- Payments
Citi Treasury and Trade Solutions has forged a partnership with Vietnam-based intermediary payment service provider Payoo to facilitate last-mile consumer-to-business collections for corporate clients in the country.
Sysnet Scoops ‘Excellence in RegTech’ Award at Florin Awards
- 7 years 3 months ago
- RegTech
Sysnet Global Solutions, the leading provider of cyber security and compliance solutions, was unveiled as this year’s Florin Awards ‘Excellence in RegTech’ winner in a glittering ceremony in the Louwman Museum in the Hague, the Netherlands, last night. The highly-competitive category is dedicated to championing RegTech providers whose product or service make a significant and tailored contribution to enhancing compliance in the payments industry.
3000 Attendees Gathered at Blockchain Life Forum in Singapore
- 7 years 3 months ago
- Blockchain
On April 23-24 more than 3000 attendees from 70 countries gathered in the world’s blockchain capital — Singapore. Top crypto companies (Binance, Huobi, Listing.Help, crypto messenger ELVN and others), world famous experts (Tim Draper, Roger Ver, Alex Reinhardt and others), mining giants (Bitmain, Btc.com), representatives of key cryptocurrencies (Litecoin, Dash, Cardano, Neo and others) gave talks about the present and future of blockchain and...
FIME Supports Brazilian Acquirers with Elo Terminal Integration
- 7 years 3 months ago
- Payments
FIME Savvi and FIME Savvi Test Host tools have been qualified by Brazilian payment network Elo to perform terminal validation testing to meet growing demand for card payments. Brazilian acquirers can now benefit from FIME’s test tools and local support.
Sberbank Croatia Taps Token for PSD2 Compliance
- 7 years 3 months ago
- Compliance
Turnkey open banking platform provider, Token.io, today announces its selection by Sberbank Croatia to deliver PSD2 compliance and open banking capabilities. Sberbank Croatia is a subsidiary of Sberbank, a tier one European bank in terms of assets. The bank is now integrating TokenOSTM into its banking infrastructure to establish PSD2 compliance and enable the systems flexibility required for it to develop new value-added open banking...
Western Union Digital Expands to Seven Countries Across the Middle East
- 7 years 3 months ago
- Transaction Banking
The Western Union Company’s global digital money-moving capabilities are making significant headway across the Middle East, with seven countries now offering online services, connecting customers to their famili
Investment app tickr marks major growth milestone with crowdfunding campaign
- 7 years 3 months ago
- Management, Investment Management, Wealth Management, FinTech StartUps, IT Innovations
Investment app, tickr, is today launching its crowdfunding campaign on leading investment platform Seedrs. Funds raised will be used to accelerate user acquisition, while building several new features including a visual newsfeed giving users an interactive overview of the companies in their portfolio and the work they are doing to make an impact on the world. tickr’s user statistics demonstrate the scale of appetite for disruption in the...
World Finance Magazine names Temenos “Best Islamic Banking & Finance Technology Provider”
- 7 years 3 months ago
- Islamic Finance
The 2019 Islamic Finance Awards, presented by World Finance Magazine, has announced that Temenos (SIX: TEMN) has won the ‘Best Islamic Banking & Finance Technology Provider’, for its breakthrough digital front office product, Temenos Infinity, and next generation core banking system, Temenos T24 Transact. For the second consecutive year, Temenos was recognized after demonstrating remarkable contributions to Shari’ah-compliant banking,...
The Future of Banking
- 7 years 3 months ago
- Banking
The journey from unbundling to rebundling and back has been a formidable one. Emerging technologies and the pace of innovation are driving changes throughout the banking industry at an unprecedented rate. From Asia to Europe, U.S. to Africa, and Australia to the Middle East, consumers are not only increasingly adopting digital – most are demanding it. While the movement toward our ability to bank anywhere is inevitable, the path towards...
Payments Pay off for Klarna as Merchant Adoption and Consumer Use Deliver a Top-performing Year
- 7 years 3 months ago
- Payments
Klarna Bank AB (publ) has released its annual financial report for 2018 (link), revealing that Klarna’s alternative payment methods and checkout services continue to resonate strongly with consumers, merchants and partners across all 14 core markets. With an average of 1 million transactions a day on the platform, Klarna’s total global sales volumes rose by 36% YOY in 2018 to 29bn USD.
Synectics Receives Royal Recognition
- 7 years 3 months ago
- IT Innovations
Synectics Solutions, the Stoke-on-Trent based Fintech, predictive analytics and data services company, has been honoured with the prestigious Queen’s Award for Enterprise for Innovation. The award was made for its outstanding successes in innovation, including the application of technology to save the UK taxpayer hundreds of millions annually from potential fraud. The Queen's Awards, which are the highest official UK accolade for British...
Esme Loans Hits £50 Million of Lending to UK Businesses
- 7 years 3 months ago
- Alternative Finance
Esme Loans, the standalone digital lending platform for SMEs and scale up businesses has today announced that it has now lent over £50million to UK businesses. The lender has seen a continued period of strong growth in the run up to today’s announcement, following an uplift in lending of 337% between 2017 and 2018.
Shopify Launches New Retail Hardware to Transform in-store Shopping
- 7 years 4 months ago
- E-Commerce, Payments, Infrastructure
To revolutionize in-person shopping for the world’s fastest-growing brands and their customers, today we’re launching a new retail hardware collection, including three devices: The Shopify Tap & Chip Reader, Dock, and Retail Stand. Our new retail hardware is designed from the ground up with merchants and customers in mind, to deliver an unmatched shopping experience. With years of experience building point-of-sale (POS) tools for brands that...
United Bulgarian Bank Selects OneSpan to Help Fight Social Engineering and Mobile Malware Attacks
- 7 years 4 months ago
- Security and Compliance, Transaction Banking
OneSpan™, a global leader in software for trusted identities, e-signatures and secure transactions, today announced that United Bulgarian Bank (UBB) has deployed OneSpan’s Mobile Security Suite and Cronto technology to securely sign transactions and to protect the bank’s mobile banking application. This integration will help UBB meet PSD2 requirements related to strong customer authentication that come into effect September 2019.
