VISTA InfoSec
MARCH 25, 2025
We are excited to announce that VISTA InfoSec has achieved CREST membership , a new recognition joining the list of our diverse array of global certifications and accreditations. This new milestone not only marks our ongoing dedication to excellence but also strengthens our standing as a trusted partner for all the organizations seeking comprehensive and reliable security solutions.
Fintech News
MARCH 25, 2025
HSBC Holdings plans to ramp up investment banking efforts in Asia and the Middle East following a strategic retreat from the US and Europe, CEO Georges Elhedery told Bloomberg Television. Georges Elhedery Elhedery, who took over in September, said the bank is reallocating US$1.5 billion in cost savings toward areas of growth. The focus includes strengthening debt and financing capabilities globally, while sharpening its presence in Middle Eastern equity capital markets and M&A advisory.
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Fintech Finance
MARCH 25, 2025
Fundiin , Vietnam’s leading Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) platform, has announced a strategic partnership with Visa to elevate its credit-scoring model to global standards. The partnership’s aim is to enhance Fundiin’s risk management capabilities, reduce costs, and expand credit opportunities for Vietnamese consumers, especially the unbanked and underbanked.
Fintech News
MARCH 25, 2025
Singapores digital bank, Trust Bank , has introduced a new security feature called Trust Lock , designed to provide users with an added layer of protection against scams. The launch comes amid rising concerns over financial fraud, with at least S$1.1 billion reported lost to scams in Singapore last year. Locking your money Trust Lock allows customers to secure funds in a designated Savings Pot within the bank app.
Speaker: Benjamin Woll, Tiffany Spizzo, and Jaime Santos Alcón
Enterprise commerce is evolving fast, and brands relying on rigid, one-size-fits-all solutions risk losing agility. But modernization doesn’t have to mean disruption. In this webinar, we’ll explore how an extensible, modular approach empowers brands to integrate new capabilities, enhance performance, and scale efficiently—all while leveraging Shopify’s strengths.
Bank Automation
MARCH 25, 2025
Citizens Bank is advancing its digital payments strategy in 2025, with a focus on embedded finance and omnichannel capabilities. For example, Citizens is moving from screen scraping to an API-enabled environment, allowing it to use insights from its private banking segment in other segments, such as SMB, mid-market and commercial, Taira Hall, executive vice president […] The post Podcast: Citizens moves from scraping to APIs for payments appeared first on Bank Automation News.
Fintech Finance
MARCH 25, 2025
The Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) market in the Philippines has seen significant growth in terms of unique users, with at least one out of four Filipinos having tried the service at least once between 2018 until the end of 2024. New insights from UnaCash reveal that 28.4 million Filipinos having used BNPL as of end-2024, displaying a 40% increase from the 20.3 million unique users tallied in 2023.
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The Fintech Times
MARCH 25, 2025
The International Financial Centre (IFC) of the UAE’s capital, ADGM has announced a new memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Chainlink , the onchain finance firm, to advance compliant tokenisation frameworks. The new collaboration will see projects under ADGM s Registration Authority leverage Chainlinks technical expertise, industry insights, and a suite of advanced services to maximise the utility of tokenised assets while ensuring regulatory compliance.
NFCW
MARCH 25, 2025
The UK city of Manchester has completed the rollout of open loop contactless ticketing across its entire bus and tram network and announced plans to integrate rail services into the system in three years’ time. “By introducing contactless tap and go across both Bee Network buses and trams, Greater Manchester has realised its long-held ambition of having a truly multi-modal, integrated and affordable transport system that is on par with other major cities around the world,” Tran
Fintech Finance
MARCH 25, 2025
SAP Fioneer , a leading global provider of financial services software, today announced a significant advancement in its Virtual Account Management (VAM) solution, unveiling plans for AI-driven enhancements that will redefine the future of banking payments. This announcement, made at the prestigious Pay360 event in London, marks a pivotal moment in the industry’s journey towards intelligent, streamlined treasury operations.
Fintech News
MARCH 25, 2025
GXS Bank has announced an increase in the maximum balance per GXS Savings Account, raising the limit to S$95,000 effective March 20, 2025. This enhancement provides customers with more room to grow their savings while continuing to benefit from the banks competitive interest rates and innovative features. With this adjustment, customers can now earn approximately S$2,288 in annual compounding interest on a S$95,000 balance within a Saving Pocket, compared to around S$1,806 previously when the ma
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
The Fintech Times
MARCH 25, 2025
The Somalian financial ecosystem has taken its next step in the digital world as the Central Bank of Somalia’s (CBS) payments initiative, the Somalia Payment Switch (SPS), has successfully launched the country’s first instant payment system. The launch in Somalia has been made possible with support provided by paytech BPC ‘s SmartVista platform.
Fintech Finance
MARCH 25, 2025
BR-DGE , the breakthrough payment orchestration provider, today announces a strategic partnership with Traveltek , a leading provider of travel technology. This latest partnership adds to BR-DGE’s fast-expanding presence among travel companies and booking platforms, highlighting its success in helping them access payment innovations, lower operational costs, and enhance their tech stack.
The Fintech Times
MARCH 25, 2025
Georgian fintech Keepz has collaborated with the Georgian Revenue Service to make digital currencies a payment option for taxes. Following a successful pilot project in December 2024, where residents could pay their taxes using major digital assets including USDT, Bitcoin and Ethereum through the Keepz platform, Georgia becomes one of the first countries in the world to provide an official crypto payment channel for public services.
Finovate
MARCH 25, 2025
Trek partnered with Gr4vy to power an online-to-offline payment experience, offering consumers accurate inventory checks and simplified checkout. Gr4vy’s payment orchestration dynamically routes transactions, which reduces friction, increases authorization rates, and allows Trek to manage multiple merchants efficiently. Gr4vy provides Trek with a no-code, cloud-native platform to quickly implement diverse payment methods, comply with data laws, and enhance fraud prevention.
Speaker: Becky Parisotto and John Vurdelja
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
Fintech Finance
MARCH 25, 2025
A new merchant survey by Elavon , a global payments provider, reveals that UK small-to-medium businesses (SMBs) are increasingly agile and adept at dealing with uncertainty, as they navigate an external environment which is increasingly hard to predict. The research, conducted in February ahead of the Spring Budget, highlights that despite fiscal challenges, a significant proportion of UK businesses remain positive about the future.
Finovate
MARCH 25, 2025
Truework Intelligence , a new offering from income and employment verification technology company Truework , will provide mortgage lenders and property managers with a fully automated and comprehensive verification platform. The solution provides automatic orchestration, data standardization, and insights to provide an end-to-end verification experience that leverages new data methods, predictive modeling, and more. “We started Truework to reinvent the way consumer data was collected and p
The Fintech Times
MARCH 25, 2025
With financial fraud continually on the rise across Europe, businesses are facing increasingly sophisticated scams involving account-to-account transactions. Recognising evolving challenges related to fraud, Intergiro , a white-label fintech platform, and Movitz , the payment fintech, have joined forces to combat financial fraud by building advanced payment verification solutions which financial institutions can leverage to enhance the security of their customers as they make payments online.
Bank Automation
MARCH 25, 2025
Amid a push toward the use of cross-border payments, the financial services industry is holding back on stablecoin payments as it awaits consumer adoption and regulation. Stablecoin is cryptocurrency that aims to keep a stable value relative to a specified asset like government-issued currency or gold. Other cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin are not pegged to an […] The post FIs hold back on cross border stablecoin payments appeared first on Bank Automation News.
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The Fintech Times
MARCH 25, 2025
Buy now, pay later (BNPL) continues to prove its popularity across the globe, despite the risks associated with the technology. While its hype has died down, usage continues to quietly rise. This is especially the case in the Philippines, as UnaCash , the digital financial solutions provider, reveals a 40 per cent increase in unique BNPL users between 2023 and 2024.
Fintech Finance
MARCH 25, 2025
dLocal , the leading cross-border payment platform connecting global merchants to emerging markets, has enabled Airtel Mobile Money as a payment method for Google Play in Kenya. Airtel Mobile Money has played a transformative role in Kenya, contributing to one of the highest mobile money penetration rates globally. With over 31.5 million mobile money accounts, representing nearly 80% of the adult population, Airtel is a key enabler of financial inclusion in Kenya and across Africa.
The Fintech Times
MARCH 25, 2025
According to Statista , fintech in Latin America (LatAm) suffered in 2023, with less than $2billion invested in fintech ventures a drastic drop from 2021s value of $6billion. Nonetheless, in the face of this hardship, fintechs have still continued to emerge and find success in the region, and across 2024, investment levels surged back up over $2billion again.
Fintech Finance
MARCH 25, 2025
SUNRATE , the global payment and treasury management platform, today announced the launch of its maritime payments solution, aimed at empowering shipping companies and their key stakeholders at Sea Asia 2025. The SUNRATE maritime payments solution leverages the company’s cutting-edge proprietary platform, extensive global network, and robust APIs to enable secure and seamless ways to pay, including but not limited to crew payroll, travel expenses, and shipping suppliers. “Driven by t
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
The Fintech Times
MARCH 25, 2025
The complex infrastructure of creating a secure payment card representing your firm’s brand has long been one of the biggest challenges stopping, not only branded organisations like sports clubs or car manufacturers, but banks and fintechs too, from creating a unique, brand-relevant product. A new partnership between financial SaaS solution provider, Tietoevry Banking , and Tapeeze , the Swedish digital wallet and tokenisation fintech, is looking to create a solution to this problem.
Finovate
MARCH 25, 2025
LoanPro and NovoPayment have teamed up to help expand access to credit for consumers in Latin America. The partnership integrates LoanPro’s credit ledger and origination, servicing, and collections technology with NovoPayment’s API-based issuing processing. Utah-based LoanPro made its Finovate debut at FinovateSpring in 2021. Modern credit platform LoanPro and financial infrastructure provider NovoPayment have announced a partnership to help boost access to credit in Latin America.
Fintech Finance
MARCH 25, 2025
Clapper, a rapidly growing social media platform, announces its partnership with TruBit , the leading digital asset payment solutions platform in Latin America , to enable seamless US-LATAM cross-border payments. This strategic collaboration is set to transform how Mexico -based content creators on Clapper receive their earnings, offering a faster, more efficient, and user-friendly solution that empowers creators to maximize their income.
Finextra
MARCH 25, 2025
Debit cards have overtaken cash as the favoured payment method among consumers in Switzerland.
Speaker: Brad Pinneke, VP of Business Development at Payrix and Worldpay for Platforms
In this webinar, Brad Pinneke, Vice President of Business Development at Payrix and Worldpay for Platforms, will dive into the 7 must-have criteria for evaluating payments partners, helping you maximize both efficiency and the long-term value of your investment. From assessing technology capabilities to leveraging business development opportunities, this session will give you a clear, actionable strategy to select the right partner for scaling your business.
Fintech Finance
MARCH 25, 2025
PayU GPO , the leading online payment service provider operating in over 50 emerging markets, has revealed new insight into merchants across Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), Africa and Latin America (LatAm), who have experienced optimised payments, improved approval rates and unlocked new growth opportunities, thanks to PayU GPOs data driven approach.
Fintech Review
MARCH 25, 2025
New York, New York, March 25th, 2025, FinanceWire Metrika , a leading provider of real-time, dynamic risk management solutions for digital assets and blockchain, collaborated with Moody’s Ratings on a proof-of-concept (PoC) to evaluate key risk indicators (KRIs) for digital assets, issued on multiple blockchains, focusing on operational challenges such as platform network health, governance breakdowns and others.
Fintech Finance
MARCH 25, 2025
AstroPay , a global leader in digital financial solutions, today announced the availability of its global multicurrency wallet across Latin America with an expanded presence in Colombia, Brazil, Argentina, Peru, and Chile. With this expansion, AstroPay is giving digital workers and global travelers a faster, lower-cost way to send, receive, and spend money without relying on slow and expensive banking systems.
PCI Security Standards
MARCH 25, 2025
After nearly 15 years at PCI Security Standards Council (PCI SSC), Jeremy King, Regional VP, EMEA, retires this month. In this blog, we interviewed Jeremy about his career at the Council and in the payments industry, the most rewarding aspects of his career, and the most significant changes he has witnessed over time in securing payment data.
Speaker: Shaunna Bruton, Danielle Wyllie, and Kailey Holmes
Say goodbye to one-size-fits-all retail, and say hello to experiences that keep your customers coming back for more! Customer loyalty isn’t just earned - it’s cultivated through meaningful engagement with the help of data. This webinar will take you behind the scenes of how top retailers turn customer data into personalized experiences that drive engagement and retention.
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