May 19, 2025 @ 7:15 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Nuvei, the Canadian fintech company, announces its membership in the European Payments Initiative (EPI), reportedly becoming one of the payment services providers to enable ecommerce businesses to accept Wero, EPI’s digital wallet, in their online checkouts. Wero facilitates instant account-to-account (A2A) transfers using SEPA Instant… Read More

 Tagged european payments initiative, nuvei, payments

May 19, 2025 @ 7:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Ripple, the provider of digital asset infrastructure for financial institutions,  announced new clients in the UAE utilizing Ripple Payments. Ripple Payments employs blockchain, digital assets, and a global network of payout partners to “deliver reliable cross-border payments and on/off ramps for banks, crypto companies, and… Read More

 Tagged cross-border payments, digital assets, dubai, infrastucture, mena, middle east, ripple

May 18, 2025 @ 10:57 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

This week, AU10TIX, a respected provider of identity verification and fraud prevention, announced the launch of continuous risk monitoring as part of its advanced anti-money laundering (AML) solution. Driven by customer demand, this new capability delivers real-time risk insights across the full customer lifecycle—empowering businesses to detect behavioral… Read More

 Tagged au10tix, kyb, kyc, risk monitoring, Yair Tal

May 18, 2025 @ 10:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fintech firm Wise is pleased to announce that Raiffeisen Bank International, a corporate and investment bank in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), has partnered with Wise Platform in order to “enable fast, secure, low-cost and transparent international payments for personal and business customers across the… Read More

 Tagged payments, Raiffeisen Bank, uk, united kingdom, wise

May 18, 2025 @ 10:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Modern Treasury has introduced Stablecoin Payment Accounts (SPAs), a revolutionary solution designed to streamline domestic and international money movement. This innovation integrates stablecoin technology with traditional payment rails, offering businesses a more cost-effective, and compliant way to manage transactions. By combining the stability of USD-backed… Read More

 Tagged international payments, modern treasury, stablecoins

May 18, 2025 @ 10:22 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Mashreq, a MENA financial institution, is set to announce a strategic partnership with Clari5, a provider of real-time financial crime management, to launch Clari5 Genie, a Gen AI-powered fraud detection and investigation platform. Clari5 Genie is designed to help banks proactively manage fraud by using Gen-AI to uncover… Read More

 Tagged Balaji Suryanarayana, Clari5, Clari5 Genie, Gurcharan Chhabra, mashreq, mea

May 18, 2025 @ 6:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Riskified, a firm focused on e-commerce fraud and risk intelligence, has achieved AWS Accelerate Partner status. This global co-sell initiative strengthens Riskified’s collaboration with AWS, enabling the company to “extend its fraud and risk intelligence solutions to online sellers worldwide.” With this partnership, Riskified’s advanced… Read More

 Tagged aws, e-commerce, fraud, risk intelligence, Riskified

May 18, 2025 @ 6:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Algbra Group and its Fintech-as-a-Service division, Algbra Labs, have  announced a partnership with Gatehouse Bank to deliver the next stage of the bank’s digital transformation strategy. Gatehouse Bank is a Shariah-compliant, UK Bank offering ethical savings products for UK customers and residential property finance “in… Read More

 Tagged algbra, gatehouse bank, uk, united kingdom

May 18, 2025 @ 3:15 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

eToro, the trading and investing platform, announces a partnership with Generali, a key player in the French life insurance market, to offer its users in France a life insurance contract and a PER (Plan d’Épargne Retraite) to its users in France. The announcement follows the… Read More

 Tagged etoro, europe, france, insurance

May 18, 2025 @ 2:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Acorns, the financial wellness app for everyday Americans, announced the asset acquisition of EarlyBird, the family wealth and digital memory platform for children. With this move, Acorns further enhances its role in financial wellness for the family. In the past year, Acorns has doubled its… Read More

 Tagged acorns, earlybird, financial wellbeing, us