DNA Payments Group Appoints Adyen’s Jan-Pieter Lips as CEO as the Company Enters Next Phase of Growth in UK and Europe

• 1 year 3 weeks ago
• People Moves

DNA Payments Group, one of the largest independent, integrated omnichannel payments companies in the UK and EU, has appointed former Head of Unified Commerce from Adyen, Jan-Pieter (JP) Lips as its new Chief Executive Officer.  JP will be responsible for DNA Payments’ next period of growth as the company continues to develop and provide simple, unified payments into fast-growing vertical market sectors such as restaurants and specialist retail.  

Tandem Announces Key Appointments in Digital and Marketing Divisions

• 1 year 3 weeks ago
• People Moves

Tandem, the UK’s greener digital bank, has announced the appointment of Maria Khan, as Director of Product and Digital, and Chris Parker, as Head of Marketing.

40 Experts Call on Insurers to Embrace Once-in-a-generation Opportunity to Transform – or Risk being Left Behind

• 1 year 3 weeks ago
• Insurtech

Findings from a new global thought leadership report published today by the no-code digital insurance platform provider, INSTANDA - Re-imagining the Digital Insurance Landscape: 10 Years from Now - highlights a once-in-a-generation opportunity to transform the industry. However, a new type of muscle is required to truly embrace what the Information Age has to offer as experts warn many insurers risk being left behind.

AccessPay Increases Coverage of Fraud & Error Prevention Suite with Embedded Confirmation of Payee and Sanctions Screening

• 1 year 3 weeks ago
• Payments, Fraud Detection

AccessPay, the leading provider of bank integration, today announced the addition of Confirmation of Payee (CoP) and Sanctions Screening capabilities to its Fraud & Error Prevention Suite, launched in 2023. The new capabilities will enable finance teams to avoid fraudulent and non-authorized payments and accidental misdirection of funds. They will also ensure compliance in an increasingly complex regulatory landscape.

Growth Performance Sparks Investor Confidence in Aevi's In-person Payment Orchestration Platform

• 1 year 3 weeks ago
• Payments

bunq Sets Its Eyes on UK as It Reports First Full Year of Profitability

• 1 year 3 weeks ago
• Banking

bunq, the second largest neobank in Europe, reports a pre-tax profit of €53.1 million in 2023. A testament to bunq’s sustainable business model proven to yield record profits throughout 2023, the challenger will direct its net profit to propel its global expansion strategy. 

Thunes Deepens Its Environmental Pledge with Handprint

• 1 year 3 weeks ago
• Payments

Global cross-border payments company, Thunes, has today expanded an ambitious tree-planting initiative with its partner, Handprint, an Impact-as-a-Service company.

UK Businesses Save 150 Hours Every Year on Operational Tasks by Using Open Banking, Survey Reveals

• 1 year 3 weeks ago
• Banking

Two in three (66%) larger UK businesses say they are very familiar with open banking and users report an average annual saving of 150 hours usually spent on operational tasks such as processing invoices and financial data, recurring payments and processing refunds, new research reveals.

Torpago and Marqeta Launch Sunwest Bank’s Visionary Card Program

• 1 year 3 weeks ago
• Payments

Torpago, a commercial credit card and spend management provider, Marqeta, a strategic partner of Torpago and the global modern card issuing platform, and Sunwest Bank, a leading entrepreneurial business bank, announce the launch of Sunwest Visionary Card, Sunwest’s commercial credit card and expense management solution.

Neo Opens Hong Kong Office, Joins Cyberport Incubation Programme

• 1 year 3 weeks ago
• Infrastructure

Neo, the open-source, community-driven platform where developers are building the Smart Economy, announced that it has officially opened its Hong Kong office, expanding its presence in the emerging blockchain hub. Located within Cyberport, Hong Kong’s leading digital tech and Web3 hub, the new office will be at the forefront of Neo’s drive to realize the Smart Economy and will serve as a base to support Hong Kong’s leading Web3 developer talent...

Mesh Announces Investment from PayPal Ventures

• 1 year 3 weeks ago
• Investment

Mesh, the modern embedded finance solution that makes digital asset transfers and account aggregation seamless, today announced an investment from PayPal Ventures. This investment helps to reinforce Mesh's position as a leading player in embedded finance and highlights PayPal's commitment to fostering innovation in the digital payments landscape.

CarbonPool Closes $12M to Underwrite the Carbon Credit Markets

• 1 year 3 weeks ago
• Fundraising News

CarbonPool, set to be the world’s first insurance company with a carbon credit balance sheet, has closed a CHF 10.5 million ($12 million) funding round. Founded by former Allianz executives Coenraad Vrolijk, Nandini Wilcke and Frederic Olbert, CarbonPool aims to accelerate investment in carbon credits, which are crucial to achieving net zero, by providing carbon credit insurance with claims payments made in-kind.

ePay Europe Summit Welcomes Super Payments as Gold Sponsor for eCommerce Payments 2024

• 1 year 3 weeks ago
• FinTech StartUps

The future of online retail payments is set to take center stage at the eCommerce Payments 2024 Summit, and we are excited to announce Super Payments as the event's official Gold Sponsor.

MioTech Completes Funding Round to Solidify APAC Climate Tech Leadership

• 1 year 3 weeks ago
• Fundraising News

MioTech, Asia's leading sustainability data and software provider, announced today that it has successfully closed a new round of financing. The ESG and climate tech company's latest and existing investors include global venture capital firms such as ZhenFund, Horizons Ventures, TOM Group, Moody's, HSBC, Guotai Junan International, GIC, and J.P. Morgan.

LTX by Broadridge Announces Four New Patents Covering Fixed Income Trading Innovations

• 1 year 3 weeks ago
• Trading Systems

LTX, a subsidiary of global Fintech leader, Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc., today announced that it has been awarded four new patents on its fixed-income trading innovations of bond similarity technology, dealer selection score technology, liquidity aggregation technology, and RFQ+ trading protocol. Together, these technologies serve to inform pre-trade decision-making and bring new efficiency to trade execution.