September 2, 2024 @ 11:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Alpha Financial Markets Consulting (Alpha FMC), a global provider of specialist consultancy services to the financial services industry, is pleased to announce the opening of a new branch in Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), the international financial centre of the UAE’s capital. With this new… Read More

 Tagged abu dhabi, adgm, alpha financial markets consulting, alpha fmc, uae

September 2, 2024 @ 10:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

A fifth of Brits (20%) over the age of 55 have consistently spent more than they’d expected to during their retirements so far, with an additional 11% expressing that this occurred early on in their retirement, according to new analysis by PensionBee. Daily living expenses… Read More

 Tagged analysis, insights, pensionbee, uk

September 2, 2024 @ 10:49 am By Omar Faridi  |  

During a keynote presentation at Global Fintech Fest in Mumbai, Mastercard (NYSE: MA)  announced the worldwide launch of its new Payment Passkey Service to make online shopping more secure and easier than ever. Debuting first in India as a pilot with some of the nation’s… Read More

 Tagged fintech adoption, mastercard, mumbai, passkeys, payments, security

September 2, 2024 @ 10:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Ant International announced its participation in the Hong Kong Monetary Authority’s (HKMA) Project Ensemble Sandbox, focusing on “Liquidity Management”, one of its four main themes. Launched in March this year, Project Ensemble is the HKMA’s wholesale central bank digital currency (wCBDC) project aimed “at fostering… Read More

 Tagged ant international, digital technology, hkma, hong kong

September 2, 2024 @ 8:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

TS Imagine, the global, cross-asset provider of trading, portfolio, and risk management solutions for financial institutions, is pleased to announce the global availability of Platform 3.0, encompassing the culmination of three years of strategic research, development and investment. This thorough modernization of TS Imagine products… Read More

 Tagged risk management, trading, ts imagine

September 2, 2024 @ 7:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Industry veteran and Pine Labs’ Chief Transformation Officer Sumit Chopra transitions to a new role of COO – Pine Labs, Digital Payments. In this new role, Sumit will lead the digital payments business “for the company and will spearhead sales, customer experience, and operational excellence.”… Read More

 Tagged fintech, payments, pine labs, southeast asia

September 1, 2024 @ 8:51 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Ant International has launched a strategic initiative to enhance financial inclusion in Brazil by partnering with Latin American payments and banking tech firm Dock. The partnership seeks to deliver AI-driven credit technology solutions to improve credit management and infrastructure efficiency for various clients, including financial… Read More

 Tagged ant international, brazil, dock, fintech, payments

September 1, 2024 @ 5:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Three in four (73%) SME finance brokers feel optimistic about the future of small businesses, according to SME lender iwoca’s latest Q2 2024 SME Expert Index. The survey of SME brokers reveals “a tentatively bullish outlook for the UK’s 5.5m SMEs, as optimism among brokers… Read More

September 1, 2024 @ 5:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Alchemy Pay, the fiat-crypto payment gateway, announced a partnership with Unlimit, a leading global fintech company. This collaboration integrates Unlimit’s robust payment rails, “significantly enhancing Alchemy Pay’s On-ramp service offerings for local and global users, offering seamless access to Visa and Mastercard credit card payments,… Read More

 Tagged alchemy pay, payments, unlimit

September 1, 2024 @ 5:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ACI Worldwide, an original innovator in global payments technology, and Mexipay, a leading Mexican financial technology company, have announced the extension of their partnership to enhance Mexico’s real-time payments ecosystem, “with the aim of driving instant payments adoption and boosting economic growth and financial inclusion… Read More

 Tagged aci worldwide, latam, latin america, mexico, mexipay