Spreedly Welcomes Experienced Payments Leader Peter Dougherty as President

• 1 year 3 months ago
• People Moves

Industry Heavyweight Niall Cameron Joins BMLL as NED and Investor.

• 1 year 3 months ago
• People Moves

BMLL, the leading, independent provider of harmonised, historical Level 3, 2 and 1 historical data and analytics across global equity, ETFs and futures markets, today announced the appointment of Niall Cameron as Non-Executive Director to support the strategic development of the business. At the same time, Cameron joins BMLL’s group of investors. 

Payhawk Launches its “Spring’24 edition”: Including Updates That Make It Easier Than Ever for Companies to Manage Sending at Global Scale

• 1 year 3 months ago
• Financial

Payhawk, the global spend management solution, today released its Spring’24 edition including more than 15 new platform features, making it even easier for companies to manage and control spending at scale.

FIS Invites the Next Generation of Banking and Payments Innovators to Apply for its 2024 Accelerator Program

• 1 year 3 months ago
• Financial

Global financial technology leader FIS® has today announced that applications are open for the FIS Fintech Accelerator 2024, its flagship program that supports fintech innovation and growth. The program, now in its ninth year, will select up to ten promising fintech startups to participate in a two-week incubation and 12-week intensive program.

Finastra Hires Chief Technology Innovation Officer

• 1 year 3 months ago
• People Moves

Finastra today announced the appointment of Mike Stawchansky to the role of Senior Vice President, Chief Technology Innovation Officer. Mike is working in the Office of the CEO and is responsible for Finastra’s customer technology and innovation initiatives.

Visa and Western Union Announce Expanded Collaboration Transforming How Money Travels Cross-Border

• 1 year 3 months ago
• Foreign Exchange

Today, Visa announced a 7-year agreement with Western Union. Under the new deal, Western Union customers will be able to send money to their family and friends’ eligible Visa cards and bank accounts in 40 countries across five regions.

Deutsche Bahn and Tink Partner for Enhanced Direct Debit Setups

• 1 year 3 months ago
• Banking

Deutsche Bahn (DB), the national railway company of Germany, and Tink, a market-leading payment services and data enrichment platform, have partnered up for direct debit setups. DB enables customers using its modern mobility sharing systems, run by the subsidiary DB Connect, to seamlessly connect their bank accounts for easier account onboarding.

NTT DATA Builds a Center of Excellence on Tuum technology to Drive Core Banking Modernization

• 1 year 3 months ago
• Banking, Cloud

NTT DATA, a global business and IT services leader, today announces the launch of a corporate Center of Excellence (CoE), based in Iberia, focused on using cloud-native technology from Tuum to ease deployments and reduce time-to-market for banks looking to replace core systems.

The European P2P Investor is Becoming More “Average”

• 1 year 3 months ago
• Investment

Robo.cash analysts studied how the platform's portfolio and investor portrait has evolved since 2017.

Currencycloud Granted ‘In-Principle Approval’ for Major Payment Institution Licence by the Monetary Authority of Singapore

• 1 year 3 months ago
• Payments

Currencycloud, a Visa solution and expert in simplifying business in a multi-currency world, has obtained an In-Principle Approval (IPA) for a Major Payment Institution (MPI) licence holder from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). The licence will allow Currencycloud to provide a full suite of intra-regional and international services to Singapore businesses.

Stripe Expands In-person Payment Options for UK Businesses with Tap to Pay on iPhone

• 1 year 3 months ago
• Payments

Stripe, a financial infrastructure platform for businesses, has today expanded its in-person payment options by enabling businesses in the UK to accept Tap to Pay on iPhone. 

Banking Circle Delivers Innovative Agency Banking Service

• 1 year 3 months ago
• Banking

Banking Circle’s latest enhancement to its Agency Banking solution provides Financial Institutions (FI’s) and Payment Service Providers (PSP’s) with a faster and cheaper access point to local payment schemes to expand into further markets. The solution delivers indirect access to EURO local clearing via SEPA Credit Transfer (SCT), SEPA Instant Credit Transfer (SCT Inst) and GBP via Faster Payments Service (FPS).

Only 6% of Retail Banks Have Built an Enterprise Roadmap to Drive AI-driven Transformation at Scale

• 1 year 3 months ago
• Banking

The 20th anniversary edition of the Capgemini Research Institute’s World Retail Banking Report, published today, reveals 80% of retail bank executives believe that generative AI represents a significant leap in advancing AI technology. However, only 6% of retail banks are ready with a roadmap for enterprise-wide AI-driven transformation at scale.

Mastercard and ALEXBANK Announce Partnership

• 1 year 3 months ago
• Payments

Mastercard has announced a partnership with ALEXBANK, a bank of the Intesa Sanpaolo group. This collaboration builds on both entities’ shared vision to foster growth, accelerate digitization, and promoting financial inclusion. The partnership leverages Mastercard’s technologies to advance the bank’s payment solutions strategy and enhance the financial services landscape.

Kodex AI Joins The NayaOne Marketplace

• 1 year 3 months ago
• Financial

Kodex AI has joined the NayaOne Tech Marketplace. With a proprietary LLM developed for the financial industry, the enterprise-built generative AI platform helps financial institutions reclaim valuable time, simplify processes, and elevate client interactions.