September 15, 2024 @ 8:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Thunes, the Smart Superhighway for money movement around the world, announces a strategic alliance with TeleMoney, the International Remittance arm of Arab National Bank (ANB). This collaboration marks a significant milestone, “as TeleMoney’s membership in the Thunes Direct Global Network underscores the growing trust that… Read More

 Tagged Cross-Border Transactions, fintech adoption, payments, thunes

September 15, 2024 @ 6:53 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Northern Trust (Nasdaq: NTRS) has announced the formal launch of The Northern Trust Carbon Ecosystem with the first live transactions on the blockchain-based platform which enables institutional buyers to digitally access carbon credits from leading project developers. The official live transactions were initiated by Water… Read More

 Tagged carbon credits, northern trust

September 15, 2024 @ 5:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Checkout.com, a global digital payments provider, announced the launch of an online course in partnership with the Merchant Risk Council (MRC) to help payment professionals combat fraud and cybersecurity threats. Debuted at MRC San Diego, ‘Fraud Essentials’ is the second in “a series of online… Read More

 Tagged checkout.com, cybersecurity, fraud, merchant risk council, payments

September 15, 2024 @ 5:36 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ebury, a global fintech company specializing in payments and collections, FX risk management and business lending, will partner with Salt Edge, an open banking solution provider, to integrate its PSD2 APIs. This collaboration will enable both companies to “enhance visibility and attract new customers while… Read More

 Tagged ebury, fintech trends, payments, salt edge

September 15, 2024 @ 4:38 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Sorbet, a US Fintech offering employees access to the monetary value of their unused paid time off (PTO), has launched its services nationwide. This expansion follows a strategic partnership with Lead Bank, a key player in providing financial services to fintech companies. The timing of… Read More

 Tagged fintech, Lead Bank, Paid Time Off, sorbet

September 15, 2024 @ 4:36 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The KPMG and REC, UK Report on Jobs survey, compiled by S&P Global, signalled a softening of UK labour market conditions during August. Latest data showed that permanent placements “continued to fall, and at an accelerated pace, amid reports of reduced demand amongst companies for… Read More

 Tagged insights, jobs report, research, uk, united kingdom

September 15, 2024 @ 4:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Mastercard (NYSE: MA) expanded its cybersecurity services with an agreement to acquire global threat intelligence company Recorded Future from Insight Partners for $2.65 billion. The acquisition bolsters the insights and intelligence used “to secure today’s digital economy – in the payments ecosystem and beyond.” Recorded… Read More

 Tagged cybersecurity, insight partners, mastercard, recorded future

September 14, 2024 @ 5:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

BCB, Brazil’s central bank, says that it is now focused on accelerating the introduction of AI into its business processes. BCB notes in a recent announcement that this will aim to serve as “a new Center of Excellence will serve as a community of practice… Read More

 Tagged ai, ai adopton, bcb, brazil, latam

September 14, 2024 @ 4:54 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Singapore-based Fintech group M-DAQ Global Pte. Ltd. has launched its Wallex cross-border foreign exchange (FX) and payment solution in Malaysia, following its acquisition of B2B payments service provider Easy Pay Transfers Sdn. Bhd. The launch of Wallex marks the expansion of M-DAQ’s footprint in the… Read More

 Tagged M-DAQ, malaysia, singapore, Wallex

September 14, 2024 @ 4:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ultravioleta, Nubank’s (NYSE: NU) high-income customer experience, launches today a series of Bank Deposit Certificates (CDBs, from the acronym in Portuguese) with more competitive yield rates than those already available in the app. According to the website, Ultraviliot card cashback may grow at twice the… Read More

 Tagged banking, brazil, digital bank, nubank, ultravioleta