June 28, 2025 @ 4:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL) announced it has teamed up with Taco Bell to deliver a fast, secure, and deliciously rewarding way to pay in the Taco Bell app and website. Now, Taco Bell customers can choose to pay with PayPal or Venmo, giving them “more choice… Read More

 Tagged digital financial services, digital payments, paypal

June 28, 2025 @ 12:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

FourTwoThree, the smart climate action platform, is launching with strategic investment from NatWest Group, NAB and SC Ventures . The platform will connect enterprise organisations and their SME value chain networks to collaboratively “measure, understand, and take action to reduce their aggregate climate impact effectively.” The University of Cambridge recently… Read More

 Tagged climate, fourtwothree, natwest group, sme's, uk

June 28, 2025 @ 2:44 am By Omar Faridi  |  

In Frankfurt, BBVA officially launched its new digital bank in Germany. It combines technology, through one of the most widely-used financial apps in the world, with a new value proposition: an “interest-bearing checking account paying three percent for the first 12 months, and a debit… Read More

 Tagged bbva, cx, digital banking, germany

June 28, 2025 @ 1:40 am By Omar Faridi  |  

In an evolving global business landscape, German companies are doubling down on digital transformation and diversifying their investment strategies to navigate geopolitical uncertainties. Two recent studies by KPMG, in collaboration with key industry partners, highlight these trends, showcasing how German firms are prioritizing innovation and… Read More

 Tagged Digital Economy, digitalization, germany, india

June 27, 2025 @ 6:01 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nasdaq (Nasdaq:NDAQ) announced it has facilitated end-to-end margin and collateral workflows on the Canton Network, connecting the blockchain-based technology to Nasdaq Calypso. The use case was developed in partnership with QCP, Primrose Capital Management and Digital Asset, “to demonstrate that the integration of on-chain capabilities… Read More

 Tagged Canton Network, digital asset, dlt, nasdaq, qcp

June 27, 2025 @ 5:51 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Retail workers across the country continue to face the challenge of paying bills on time with continued stubbornly high inflation, according to a new study from Talker Research, commissioned by DailyPay. However, most of the retail workers polled “say On-Demand Pay would help improve their… Read More

 Tagged dailypay, eway, insights, on-demand pay, survey

June 27, 2025 @ 5:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Airwallex, a global payments and financial platform, announced significant momentum in its Canadian operations, demonstrating rapid growth in revenue and customer base and strong product-market fit among Canadian businesses on the international stage. In the past 12 months, Airwallex has seen a “390% growth in… Read More

 Tagged airwallex, canada, digital transactions, digitalization

June 27, 2025 @ 5:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Less than two months since the U.S. Department of Education resumed collections activities among defaulted federal student loan borrowers, new research from TransUnion (NYSE: TRU) reveals that the number of consumers delinquent on student loans and at risk for entering default continues to climb. The… Read More

 Tagged debt, insights, loans, transunion, us

June 27, 2025 @ 8:31 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Innovation Norway has selected Knowit and Mambu to modernise its core banking platform, marking a significant milestone in the digital transformation of public financial services. The solution, powered by Mambu’s cloud-native technology and seamlessly integrated “into the Norwegian financial systems by Knowit, will optimize Innovation Norway’s loan, grant, and guarantee… Read More

 Tagged banking, digital transformation, innovation norway, mambu, norway

June 27, 2025 @ 1:33 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Experian announced the integration of Mastercard’s identity verification and fraud prevention technology into the Experian Ascend Platform. This collaboration will enable “efficient identity verification for the company’s more than 1,800 global clients across industries such as financial services, automotive, health, and digital marketing, helping to… Read More

 Tagged digital technology, experian, identity verification, mastercard