September 8, 2024 @ 4:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Visa (NYSE: V) announced that it is applying the company’s infrastructure, technology and capabilities to account-to-account (A2A) payments, giving consumers more control and protection on how they pay via bank transfers. The global payments provider will collaborate “with industry players, including PayByBank firm Banked, to… Read More

September 8, 2024 @ 4:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Three in five UK consumers reportedly fear falling victim to fraud, as life gets busier in September. This, according to an update from UK Finance. UK Finance notes in a blog post that half of the people say “they feel busier when coming back from… Read More

September 8, 2024 @ 4:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Real estate marketplace Zillow‘s (Nasdaq: Z and ZG) AI-powered search experience is getting an upgrade. Now buyers and renters can search the real estate market for their next home using simple, everyday language in even more ways — “including by commute time, affordability, schools and… Read More

September 8, 2024 @ 4:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Biconomy, a platform specializing in simplifying Web3 development through powerful and easy-to-use APIs, is now live on Boba Network. Biconomy offers a robust suite of tools that streamline transactions, “enabling gasless transactions, 1-click UX, and smart contract wallets.” This integration is set to enhance Boba… Read More

September 8, 2024 @ 4:15 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

More than two-thirds (76%) of financial services operations leaders in the US believe that using AI would enable them to make faster, more effective decisions, but 62% lack the data management capabilities and data environment to capitalize on the technology’s potential. That is according to… Read More

September 8, 2024 @ 4:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

With the increasing reliance on digital processes, tools, and the economy itself, the financial services sector faces heightened exposure to operational risks, particularly Information and Communication Technology (ICT) risks. The latest volume of the Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA)’s publication, “The Nature and Art of… Read More

September 8, 2024 @ 10:21 am By Omar Faridi  |  

barq, a Saudi financial services startup, has partnered with Mastercard (NYSE: MA) to empower its customers with a range of payment acceptance solutions through Mastercard Gateway. The strategic agreement will see barq leverage Mastercard Gateway technology “to further equip its merchants and consumers around the… Read More

September 8, 2024 @ 7:23 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Checkout.com says it has helped Holiday Extras streamline and increase the performance of their payment processes through the use of virtual cards, resulting in increased automation, improved operational efficiency, and positive financial outcomes. Holiday Extras, which claims to be the market leader in holiday extras, is… Read More

September 8, 2024 @ 6:14 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Temenos (SIX: TEMN) announced that MidWestOne Bank, a community bank headquartered in Iowa with approximately 140 thousand customers and branches across 4 states, has gone live with Temenos Digital Onboarding as SaaS on Amazon Web Services (AWS). The SaaS solution was implemented for MidWestOne “by… Read More

September 7, 2024 @ 11:31 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Latest figures have revealed Scottish businesses remain attractive to investors as 23 firms shared funding worth over £85 million in the second quarter of 2024. The latest KPMG Private Enterprise Venture Pulse report has showed “that companies from across the region – including Edinburgh, Stirling,… Read More

September 7, 2024 @ 11:29 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Ingo Payments, a firm focused on account funding and disbursement solutions defined as Money Mobility, says it will acquire Deposits Inc., a banking software tool and infrastructure platform. This acquisition accelerates the launch of its Modern Money Stack, which will “enable banks, fintechs and brands to transform… Read More

September 7, 2024 @ 11:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Fifth Third Bank is pleased to announce a collaborative agreement between NewlineTM by Fifth Third, an embedded payments platform, and Trustly, the global enabler of Open Banking Payments. Working together, Trustly and Newline will “drive innovation across the money movement landscape, including payments via the… Read More

September 7, 2024 @ 11:06 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Indus Valley Partners (IVP), a global provider of software and technology solutions to the world’s most sophisticated investment managers backed by PPC Enterprises, a specialist middle-market private equity firm and minority investor in IVP, announced that it has agreed to acquire IntegriDATA, a leader in… Read More

September 7, 2024 @ 10:33 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Grath, a global platform for financial services and regulatory compliance technology, is expanding its presence into the Middle East with the opening of a new office in the prestigious Dubai International Finance Centre (DIFC). This expansion is said to mark a significant milestone in Grath’s… Read More

September 7, 2024 @ 9:08 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Hex Trust, a provider of digital asset solutions for institutional finance and the Web3 ecosystem, announces a strategic partnership with Grass, a viral, new decentralized infrastructure network that is building the first open internet to scale web crawl. Today, the network is powered by “over… Read More

September 6, 2024 @ 4:58 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Paystand, the global enabler of blockchain-enabled B2B payments, announced its zero-fee B2B network is expanding to Canada. While Paystand first introduced limited service in Canada in 2018, Canadian payers will now be able to “access all the benefits of the Paystand Platform and the Zero-Fee… Read More

September 6, 2024 @ 4:48 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Kaspersky’s Global Research and Analysis Team (GReAT) has discovered a new Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) campaign carried out by the Tropic Trooper group. This operation has been targeting a governmental entity in the Middle East “for over a year, aiming to conduct cyberespionage.” To gain… Read More

September 6, 2024 @ 10:16 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance has released an update entitled, Blockchain in the Modern Payments Landscape: Synergy and Transformation. Binance Research has shared that key takeaways as follows: This Binance Research report looks at “the state of modern payments, its main pain points, and how blockchain payments can address… Read More

September 6, 2024 @ 10:14 am By Omar Faridi  |  

MARA Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: MARA), which claims to be one of the world’s largest publicly traded bitcoin (BTC) miners and a leader in supporting and securing the Bitcoin ecosystem, recently released unaudited BTC production and miner installation updates for August 2024. Fred Thiel, MARA’s chairman… Read More

September 6, 2024 @ 8:51 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Chainalysis has shared key insights focused on Russia’s cryptocurrency pivot as well as legislated sanctions “evasion.” In response to mounting financial pressures of Western sanctions, Russia enacted significant legislation “legalizing cryptocurrency mining and permitting the use of cryptocurrency for international payments.” Chainalysis added that the… Read More