Fintech News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Swift has announced the launch of its first-ever “The Innovation Challenges” that invites participants to create AI-based solutions aimed at improving the efficiency and security of cross-border transactions. Registration is now open until 15 January 2024. The competition is divided into two primary areas.

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The Payments Association

OCTOBER 28, 2024

The Payments Association (TPA)’s George Iddenden recently sat down with Peter Theunis, senior vice president sales and European managing director at BPC to discuss the remarkable transformation of the payments processing industry, driven by the rise of fintech, the shift towards digital payments, and evolving consumer behaviours.

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Fintech Finance

JULY 9, 2024

Conferma , the leading virtual card provider, has entered into a strategic partnership with digital corporate card issuer, Pliant to expand the use of virtual cards for business travel payments. Users demand flexibility and by partnering with innovative digital card issuers such as Pliant, we are able to offer unrivalled choice.

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Finovate

AUGUST 29, 2024

Paris-based paytech Numeral announced a collaboration with HSBC Innovation Banking UK. The partnership will enable customers of both companies to embed HSBC Innovation Banking UK’s payment and account services via Numeral’s APIs. Numeral made its Finvoate debut at FinovateEurope 2023 in London.

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Fintech Finance

MARCH 28, 2024

Alchemy Pay, the leading global Web3 payment solution provider, has revealed its investment in LaPay UK Ltd, a UK-based fintech dedicated to facilitating international business growth for companies.

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Fintech News

JULY 3, 2024

Bowe, who has over 15 years of experience in banking and payments, will join Paymentology ’s leadership team to drive innovation in its payment products. He will focus on expanding Paymentology’s next-generation payments infrastructure, emphasising seamless API integrations to simplify complex payment solutions.

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Fintech Finance

AUGUST 29, 2024

Silverflow , a leading innovator in payment processing technology, has partnered with Halo Dot , a pioneering provider of SoftPOS solutions to supply businesses with a seamless and powerful payments solution, combining Halo Dot’s SoftPOS application and Silverflow’s cutting-edge processing engine.

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Fintech Finance

MAY 22, 2024

myTU , the fintech pioneering the use of cloud-only infrastructure and AI to transform consumer banking, announced the release of a new API product, “ Payouts API ,” designed to help businesses optimise their financial processes and enhance operational efficiency.

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The Fintech Times

JULY 2, 2024

Aani, operated by Al Etihad Payments , has become a crucial part of the Central Bank of the UAE’s National Payment Systems Strategy (NPSS), which aims to create a digitised, cashless economy in the UAE. Mashreq now aims to gradually expand its corporate API proposition as part of its new transaction banking digital strategy.

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Fintech Finance

MAY 30, 2024

HSBC has introduced a new Payment Pre-Validation API (Application Programming Interface) to help business customers make payments with greater security, ease and confidence, by offering enhanced capabilities to verify payee details prior to initiating payments, making them faster and more reliable.

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Fintech Finance

OCTOBER 2, 2024

BKN301 Group , a London-based leading digital payments and Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) provider in the MENA region, unveiled its latest innovative payment solution, ‘301 Retail Account.’ The MENA region is experiencing a surge in digital payment and the adoption of innovative financial technologies.

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The Payments Association

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Challenger processors outperforming incumbents According to the report, new card processing models are gaining significant momentum, driven by technological innovation and the growing influence of non-bank entities like retailers and gig economy platforms. The card processing industry is at the forefront of the growing payments landscape.

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Stax

AUGUST 20, 2024

And it’s all thanks to embedded finance and embedded fintech. Airline credit cards, payment plans for costly items, and car rental insurance are forms of embedded finance that have been around for a while. Today, you don’t even have to exit the app. Everything is done under one platform. Embedded finance isn’t entirely a new concept.

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The Fintech Times

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Challenger card processing models are significantly outperforming incumbents, according to a new report by BPC , the global payment solutions provider, produced in partnership with Arkwright Consulting. This enables the challengers to meet the needs of a diverse range of customers, from scaling fintechs to established financial institutions.

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The Fintech Times

APRIL 24, 2024

Payment processing provider Episode Six (E6) has joined forces with Singapore-licensed financial institution DCS Card Centre (DCS), enabling fintech companies to issue their own branded credit cards. “Embedded finance is changing the way we interact with financial services and drive innovation in the industry.

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The Fintech Times

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

is improving its compliance with EU Instant Payments regulation following a new partnership with payment services provider, Worldline. The new partnership will see Worldline provide Anadolubank with its cloud-based instant payments solution for five years, accelerating digital transformation while remaining compliant.

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PYMNTS

JULY 7, 2020

This week’s look at the latest bank-FinTech tie-ups shows Banking-as-a-Service and other FinTech players embracing smaller regional and community banks to elevate small- to medium-sized business (SMBs) and corporate banking offerings. Oxbury, ClearBank Pair for Payments. payment schemes. Faster Payments scheme.

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Fintech Finance

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

PXP Financial , experts in global acquiring, payment, fraud and data analysis services, today announces a new partnership with North. Founded in 1992, North builds payment technologies that power businesses and organizations – from point of sale to ecommerce and payment APIs, backed by in-house processing.

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Fintech Finance

OCTOBER 24, 2024

based account-to-account (A2A) payment solution provider, today announced an expanded partnership with Plaid , a data network powering the digital financial ecosystem. This will enable customers to onboard with Plaid through Dwolla’s Open Banking Services, creating a modern A2A payment offering for mid- to enterprise-sized businesses.

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Fintech Finance

JANUARY 15, 2024

NYSE: JBL) today announced ongoing innovation between its payment solutions business unit and Revolut , a digital banking pioneer and global financial super app provider, to support the neobank’s rapid growth trajectory and global expansion in merchant acquiring.

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Fintech Finance

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Faster Payments Council (FPC), a membership organization devoted to advancing safe, easy-to-use faster payments in the United States, today published the Real-Time Payment Application Program Interfaces (APIs) report in its Faster Payments Knowledge Center.

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Fintech News

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

The ninth edition of the Singapore Fintech Festival (SFF) wrapped up on 8th November, concluding a dynamic week-long of celebration of fintech that brought together tens of thousands of participants from around the world. On the international front, cross-border payments have presented a different set of challenges.

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Fintech News

JUNE 11, 2024

Licensed as a Major Payment Institution (MPI) by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), OPAL offers domestic and cross-border payments, payment accounts, and e-money services. Zvi Appel “Both OPAL and Currencycloud prioritise utilising innovative technology to transform the financial landscape and set new standards for SMEs.

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Fintech Finance

JUNE 26, 2024

Payabli , the payments infrastructure solution for software companies, has closed a $20M Series A. Payabli’s API-first Payments Infrastructure and Monetization Platform allows software companies to make payments a core part of their business model.

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Fintech Finance

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Challenger processors outperforming incumbents According to the report, new card processing models, driven by technological innovation and the growing influence of non-bank entities like retailers and gig economy platforms, are gaining significant momentum. The card processing industry is at the forefront of the growing payments landscape.

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Fintech Finance

JANUARY 22, 2024

PayTabs Group , MEASA’s award-winning payment solutions powerhouse today announced it has partnered with Open Banking and financial innovation entity, Fintech Galaxy. The deal’s emphasis will be on account verification and account-to-account payments.

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The Fintech Times

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

In early 2024, Zambian fintech, Union54 announced the official launch of ChitChat, its messaging app with an integrated payment wallet. Building on this success, the fintech has now partnered with Paymentology , the global issuer processor, to introduce a USD virtual Mastercard debit card to the platform.

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The Fintech Times

APRIL 17, 2024

The creators envision the UK RLN as a unified ‘innovation platform,’ integrating various currency forms like current commercial bank deposits and a shared ledger for tokenized commercial bank deposits. This strategic choice highlights their complementary methods in achieving interoperability as well as seamless integration.

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Fintech Finance

OCTOBER 15, 2024

The second most used instant payment method in the world, Brazil’s Pix will have a recurring transaction capability, Pix Automático (Automatic Pix in free translation), set to be launched by the Central Bank of Brazil next year, on June 16th. For merchants, this presents an opportunity to increase revenue and attract more clients.

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Finovate

OCTOBER 4, 2024

This week’s edition of Finovate Global features recent fintech news and headlines from the Netherlands. It’s hard to imagine a Finovate Global look at fintech in the Netherlands that didn’t include a nod to Engagement Banking Platform Backbase. Netherlands-based digital banking platform Plumery secured $3.3

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The Fintech Times

APRIL 28, 2024

The National Bank of Iraq (NBI) has updated its legacy systems onto the same core banking platform as other entities in the Capital Bank Group following an integration with Temenos , the SaaS cloud banking solution. This is all made possible with a 99 per cent straight-through processing rate.

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Open Banking Excellence

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

As banks adapt to these transformative forces, attendees gain insights into innovative strategies, regulatory compliance, and customer-centric approaches that will define the future of banking. This pivotal event explores how cutting-edge technologies—such as AI, biometrics, and open banking—are reshaping the financial landscape.

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The Fintech Times

JUNE 1, 2024

Looking to simplify and accelerate the deployment of Yapily ‘s, the open banking solutions provider, services, the company has partnered with mmob , an embedded finance enabler known for its universal API adaptor. ” mmob’s innovative universal API adaptor fundamentally changes how open banking solutions are deployed.

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Fintech Finance

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

BKN301 Group , a London-based leading digital payments and Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) provider with a focus in the EMEA region, unveiled its latest innovative payment solution, ‘301 Retail Account.’ The introduction of ‘301 Retail Account’ is a testament to BKN301’s commitment to innovation and customer-centricity.

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The Fintech Times

JULY 31, 2024

SDK.finance , a white-label Lithuanian fintech platform for digital payments, has partnered with Salt Edge , the open banking solution provider, aiming to help fintechs of all sizes develop open banking-enabled financial services and applications.

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Fintech Finance

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Tribe Payments, the innovative digital payments and infrastructure orchestrator specialising in issuer and acquirer processing, has achieved ISO 27001 certification, the strongest possible global information security standard.

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Fintech News

APRIL 1, 2024

6G Digital Private Limited, a Swedish cloud-based integrated digital ecosystem, has acquired a 25% stake in Singaporean fintech FlexM in a deal valued at US$ 12.5 The acquisition aims to combine 6G Digital’s global reach and resources with FlexM’s innovative technology and market expertise.

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