December 10, 2025 @ 6:18 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Aberdeen Investments marks its 20th year of business operations in Malaysia, reportedly completing two decades of steady growth and partnerships in this fast-evolving financial market. Since forming its Kuala Lumpur office back in 2005, Aberdeen has served a key role in contributing to Malaysia’s investment… Read More

 Tagged aberdeen investments, malaysia, milestone, southeast asia

December 10, 2025 @ 12:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

ClearBank, the enabler of real-time clearing and embedded banking, recently announced a channel partnership with Plaid, a data network that serves as the analytics layer for financial services. This collab will reportedly aim to deliver faster, and frictionless Pay by Bank experiences for businesses and… Read More

 Tagged clearbank, open banking, payments, plaid, uk

December 10, 2025 @ 12:54 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

According to Engage People’s Flexible Loyalty: Consumers Shifting Values as the Landscape Changes, 79% of respondents reported using Pay with Points at checkout in-store and online, which is double the amount from 2023. Back then, only 37% respondents had tried using the method, and almost… Read More

 Tagged Bill Hanifin, engage people, len covello, pay with points, wise marketer

December 9, 2025 @ 11:58 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Worldline [Euronext: WLN], a European enabler of payment services, announces the contemplated divestment of PaymentIQ, a payment orchestration platform, to Incore Invest for an estimated cash proceeds at closing of c.€160m. The intended disposal of PaymentIQ marks yet another step in Worldline’s so-called strategic refocus… Read More

 Tagged divestment, paymentiq, payments, worldline

December 9, 2025 @ 10:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Santander (NYSE: SAN) recently released the report, entitled, ‘The Currency of Learning: Global Perspectives on Financial Education.’ This latest research report, based on a survey of 20,000 individuals that are now residing in 10 different countries, reveals how the gap between “perception and actual knowledge… Read More

 Tagged financial literacy, investing, research, santander, savings, survey

December 9, 2025 @ 10:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

If Australians redirected around 10% of overall household spending from big businesses to small businesses, it could potentially mean $76 billion more in the hands of small retailers according to the latest analysis by small business platform Xero. This new figure highlights the seemingly immense… Read More

 Tagged australia, research, smbs, spending

December 9, 2025 @ 9:56 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

This week, LexisNexis Risk Solutions announced an enhanced version of LexisNexis IDVerse, bringing document and biometric verification to industries including financial services, gaming, retail, and telecommunications. IDVerse uses proprietary AI models to help organizations detect sophisticated fraud, including deepfakes and synthetic identities, while enabling faster… Read More

 Tagged ai, idverse, Kimberly Sutherland, lexisnexis risk solutions

December 9, 2025 @ 3:23 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

According to the J.D. Power 2025 U.S. Wealth Management Digital Experience Study, both advised and do-it-yourself (DIY) wealth management websites and apps have doubled down on sleek interfaces, powerful portfolio analytics and AI-powered assistants that are helping investors get more visibility into what’s happening in… Read More

 Tagged investing, J.D. Power, Jon Sundberg, Mike Foy, ux, wealth management, wealthtech

December 9, 2025 @ 3:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Socure has announced that it is acquiring Qlarifi, establishing the real-time BNPL credit system and setting a standard for accessible payments. With Qlarifi, Socure now combines identity verification as well as risk decisioning with BNPL-specific visibility “to help lenders say “yes” to good customers faster… Read More

 Tagged bnpl, identity, machine learning, socure

December 9, 2025 @ 12:19 pm By JD Alois  |  

Established bank Fifth Third (NASDAQ:FITB) has selected Brex to improve its digital banking services, including the addition of artificial intelligence (AI). According to a release, the multi-year partnership will incorporate Brex’s API-driven payments infrastructure, and the Fifth Third Commercial Card will become the default commercial… Read More

 Tagged banking, brex, fifth third