Fintech Finance

JANUARY 9, 2025

The Saudi Central Bank (SAMA) has announced the granting of a license to HyperPay Inc. Saudi Arabia for Information Systems Technology to operate digital payment services via an electronic wallet in the Kingdom. This license marks an important step in enhancing the companys position in the growing digital payments market in Saudi Arabia. HyperPay is a leading company in the financial technology sector, aiming to support the transition to a less cash-dependent society by offering innovative payme

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Payments Dive

JANUARY 9, 2025

The cash advance online platform called the lawsuit “a continued example of government overreach.

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Fintech Finance

JANUARY 9, 2025

Community banks and credit unions can now increase their understanding to better serve their customers’ needs through a new partnership between DeepTarget Inc. and FinGoal. By combining FinGoal’s advanced transaction analysis and DeepTarget, financial institutions can transform routine transaction data into actionable insights that power highly personalized product recommendations and offers.

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Basis Theory

JANUARY 9, 2025

Doing commerce globally requires the services of providers all around the world.

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Speaker: Becky Parisotto

Fulfillment is no longer just about getting products from point A to point B – it's about crafting seamless, scalable, customer first experiences. Flexible fulfillment strategies are more important than ever for those aiming to stay ahead and build resilience as retail enters a new era in 2025. Learn how to optimize fulfillment processes, tackle complex, multi-vendor orders, and create seamless customer experiences – from white-glove delivery for high-value items to quick-ship solutions for ever

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Fintech Finance

JANUARY 9, 2025

The 2024 holiday shopping season shattered records, with consumers spending $1.2 trillion online globally, according to a Salesforce report released Monday. In the UK, in-store sales alone were projected to generate nearly 56 billion. However, the surge in holiday sales will soon be accompanied by a rise in product returns and disputed transactions, according to experts at Chargebacks911 , signaling a challenging start to 2025 for retailers known as the holiday hangover.

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Fintech Finance

JANUARY 9, 2025

Nium , the leading global infrastructure for real-time cross-border payments, today announced the launch of the Diners Club International Card for its travel customers. This milestone makes Nium one of the first global card issuers in the travel space to offer cards across the four major schemes. Nium empowers some of the worlds largest online travel intermediaries to instantly, securely, and cost-effectively pay airlines and travel suppliers around the world using its B2B virtual card solution.

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Payments Dive

JANUARY 9, 2025

Deregulation, artificial intelligence and stablecoin use are among the industry forces that will drive more digital payments use and innovation this year.

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Fintech Finance

JANUARY 9, 2025

Kuady , the leading payments service processor, for Latin America, has today announced the launch of its physical prepaid Mastercard, expanding its payment options for users in Peru. Following the success of Kuadys virtual card, the physical card provides a secure, flexible and convenient way for users to make in-store payments. Integrated with the Kuady app, the physical Kuady card also allows users to make secure in-store purchases with any merchant accepting Mastercard using their Kuady walle

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Payments Dive

JANUARY 9, 2025

The venture capital firm with a fintech focus said the latest fundraising brings the total raised since its founding to $10.2 billion.

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Speaker: Michael Veatch, Senior Director, Implementations & Ella Aguirre, Director of Solution Consulting

Embedding payments can be a transformative step for software companies looking to enhance their platform capabilities, boost customer satisfaction, and drive long-term growth. However, the success of payments hinges on a single thing: implementation. Drawing on real-world insights and experiences, payments implementation experts Michael Veatch and Ella Aguirre will explore actionable strategies that can lead to a transparent, friction-free launch and mitigate potential challenges like technical

Payments

Fintech Finance

JANUARY 9, 2025

BlueSnap , a global payment orchestration platform for leading B2B and B2C businesses, today announced its selection by MarginEdge , a provider of restaurant management solutions, as its North American client billing partner. MarginEdge helps restaurant owners and managers get out of the back office and back onto the restaurant floor by automating their operations.

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Finextra

JANUARY 9, 2025

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has approved Financial Data Exchange (FDX) as the first standard setting body for the regulator's new open banking regime.

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Fintech News

JANUARY 9, 2025

Indonesia has reached a significant milestone in its journey toward exploring the potential of Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) with the completion of the Proof of Concept (PoC) for the wholesale Digital Rupiah under the auspices of Bank Indonesias Project Garuda. Marking a pivotal point, Indonesias efforts underscore its drive to harness digital technologies for modernising payment systems while safeguarding financial stability and promoting inclusivity.

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Fintech Finance

JANUARY 9, 2025

Adyen , the global financial technology platform of choice for leading businesses, announces the launch of Adyen Uplift. The AI-powered payment optimization suite will help businesses increase payment conversion, simplify fraud management, and reduce the cost of payments. Adyens customers can utilize data-driven, tailored performance recommendations and opportunities to test different payment configurations to maximize performance.

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Finextra

JANUARY 9, 2025

Nium, the leading global infrastructure for real-time cross-border payments, today announced the launch of the Diners Club International Card for its travel customers.

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Fintech Finance

JANUARY 9, 2025

Klarna , the AI-powered global payment network and shopping assistant, is strengthening its partnership with Zalando , Europes leading online multi-brand fashion destination, by introducing Klarnas Pay in 3 option in Germany, Austria, the Netherlands, Poland, and Denmark. This expansion builds on last years successful launch in France, Italy, and Spain,where already millions of customers embraced the flexibility of Klarnas payment solutions.

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Fintech News

JANUARY 9, 2025

Skyee Pte. Ltd. (Skyee) is excited to announce that it has been granted In-Principle Approval (IPA) for the Major Payment Institution (MPI) license from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). Skyee is a wholly owned subsidiary of Skyee Group a Chinese leading cross border payment solution provider in China, Europe, North America and North Asia. If obtained, the MPI license will allow Skyee to service its Singapore market, further enhancing the payment experience for cross-border sellers, str

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The Fintech Times

JANUARY 9, 2025

Airwallex , the global payments and financial platform, is partnering with online car-changing marketplace Carwow to enable the firm to process payments for enterprise dealer groups who purchase cars from thousands of private sellers through its daily online auctions every week. Through the integration of the Scale Native API from Airwallex, Carwow will also remove major operational hurdles for its dealer partners.Dealers in the Carwow network will agree to terms and conditions before being allo

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Tearsheet

JANUARY 9, 2025

Embedded payments are becoming a staple in the B2C world, and more businesses are also jumping on board, aiming to streamline and automate processes from payroll (automated invoicing) to procurement (trade credit). However, B2B transactions in embedded payments are more challenging and don’t flow as easily as B2C ones. B2B is anything but seamless, Daniel Artin, Head of Fintech Partnerships at Boost Payment Solutions told PYMNTS.

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Fintech Finance

JANUARY 9, 2025

In a groundbreaking move to enhance the Edutech ecosystem, Ottu , a leading Online payment management solution in the GCC, has partnered with Edunation , a premier provider of innovative e-learning platforms. With this collaboration, Ottu aims to simplify and streamline payment processes for educational institutions regionally by launching end-to-end fully integrated seamless online payments on Edunation platform empowering them with fee collections through their student management systems, web

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Finextra

JANUARY 9, 2025

The European Court of Auditors has raised concerns over how the EU goes about price interventions in the card market and its approach to open banking data sharing.

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Finovate

JANUARY 9, 2025

doxo launched doxoBILLS , a new platform that combines six key features to help consumers manage household finances more effectively. Among the new tools are all-in-one bill pay, real-time bank balance insights, credit score protection, $1 million in identity theft protection, and utility usage tracking. While doxoBILLS offers standard features for free, premium options like identity theft protection and overdraft safeguards are available through the doxoPLUS subscription, priced at $5.99 per mo

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Speaker: David Nisbet, Everett Zufelt, and Michaela Weber

Once upon a time, in the vast realm of online commerce, there lived a humble checkout button overlooked by many. Yet, within its humble click lay the power to transform a mere visitor into a loyal customer. 🧐 💡 Getting checkout right can mark the difference between a successful sale and an abandoned cart, yet many businesses fail to make payments a part of their commerce strategy even when it has a direct impact on revenue.

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Finextra

JANUARY 9, 2025

De La Rue has received a preliminary takeover offer from the same group of investors which in December made a bid for up to 40% of the UK banknote printer.

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The Fintech Times

JANUARY 9, 2025

Account holders with US licenced digital bank, FV Bank , will now be able to convert PayPal USD (PYUSD) into USD in real time as the digital bank expands its stablecoin capabilities. Offering an integrated suite of traditional and digital asset banking and custody services, this new expansion builds on FV Bank’s integration of Circle ‘s USDC in September 2021 and Tether ‘s USDT in December 2024.

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Finextra

JANUARY 9, 2025

Adyen, the global financial technology platform of choice for leading businesses, announces the launch of Adyen Uplift. The AI-powered payment optimization suite will help businesses increase payment conversion, simplify fraud management, and reduce the cost of payments.

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Paystand

JANUARY 9, 2025

Table of Contents What is invoice management?

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Speaker: Jennifer Wright and Nick Barron

2025 is right around the corner, and with it comes a new wave of consumer expectations, competitive pressures, and operational challenges. Success lies in finding the balance between operational flexibility and creating experiences that keep customers coming back. The future of retail belongs to those who can stay ahead of shifting customer preferences and marketing trends. 🔮 In this session, we’ll dive deep into what it takes to keep customers engaged and your operations nimble, no matt

Best Practices

Finextra

JANUARY 9, 2025

Days after departing from Finastra, former CEO Simon Paris has resurfaced as chief executive officer of enterprise resource planning oufit Unit4.

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Fintech Finance

JANUARY 9, 2025

Treasury4 , an enterprise software platform delivering modern tools for treasury and finance practitioners, has announced the launch of its innovative Payments4 module tailored specifically for the unique requirements of treasury and finance teams. An integral component of Treasury4s Treasury Management System, Payments4 transforms the way organizations handle treasury payments by consolidating payment operations into a single platform that provides teams with enhanced control, real-time trackin

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Finextra

JANUARY 9, 2025

Customers of Halifax, Lloyds and Bank of Scotland will be allowed to use any of its branches under a shake-up that has sparked fears over more branch closures at the lender.

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