March 14, 2024 @ 12:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Dina Tsybulskaya, CEO, eSIM Plus. has commented on the impact of eSIMs on the telecom sector. Dina Tsybulskaya, CEO of eSIM Plus, is a telecom professional who claims to have 20+ years of experience in various C-level positions across Europe. As CEO of eSIM Plus,… Read More

 Tagged dina tsybulskaya, esim plus, esims, interview, women changing finance

March 14, 2024 @ 11:59 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Tuum, the core banking provider today announces that Citi Ventures, a venture capital arm of US-headquartered Citigroup, has become a strategic investor in the company as a follow-on from Tuum’s recently announced series B fundraising. At the start of February, Tuum announced “a EUR25m Series… Read More

 Tagged banking, citi, citi ventures, funding round, tuum

March 14, 2024 @ 11:31 am By JD Alois  |  

Payments platform VoPay, based in Canada, has partnered with Cross River Bank as part of an initiative to expand into the United States. VoPay says the collaboration aligns with its ambition to broaden its service offerings. Cross River is a regulated bank that provides infrastructure… Read More

 Tagged cross river, payments, VoPay

March 14, 2024 @ 10:08 am By JD Alois  |  

UK Finance is reporting today that demand for SME financing improved in Q4 of 2023. Last year was difficult for all firms as markets, both public and private, sagged. This was due to rising interest rates paired with inflation as well as geopolitical challenges. However,… Read More

 Tagged centre for finance, centre for finance innovation and technology, lending, sme's, uk, uk finance, united kingdom

March 14, 2024 @ 9:49 am By Omar Faridi  |  

PayPal Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: PYPL) announced the appointment of Aaron J. Webster as Executive Vice President, Chief Enterprise Services Officer, effective March 18. Aaron will have end-to-end accountability “for global financial crime and fraud prevention programs, regulatory and government relations, and risk and compliance management.”… Read More

 Tagged payments, paypal, sofi

March 14, 2024 @ 9:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bank payment company GoCardless has been named as a supplier on Crown Commercial Service’s (CCS) Open Banking Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) framework, the ‘one-stop-shop’ for all open banking services for the public sector. This means GoCardless will “be eligible to bid for account information services… Read More

 Tagged gocardless, open banking, uk, united kingdom

March 14, 2024 @ 4:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Sygnum’s B2B banking platform provides a secure, fully regulated bridge between traditional finance and digital assets. Through its partnership with Sygnum, PKB further “expands its portfolio of innovative new products as well as future-proofs its platform through the on-demand launch of new regulated digital asset… Read More

 Tagged banking, digital assets, switzerland, sygnum bank

March 13, 2024 @ 10:01 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In a significant development for the remittance sector, TerraPay, a global cross-border payments network, has announced a partnership with Alfardan Exchange. Based in Qatar, Alfardan Exchange provides exchange services as well as commodities like gold and coins. This collaboration aims to leverage TerraPay’s advanced digital… Read More

 Tagged payments, qatar, remittances, terrapay

March 13, 2024 @ 9:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bank Muamalat Malaysia Berhad (Bank Muamalat) announced a multi-year collaboration with Google Cloud to accelerate its transformation into a leading digital Islamic bank. This collaboration aims to leverage Google Cloud’s integrated capabilities in modern infrastructure, data analytics, security, and generative AI (gen AI) to “deliver… Read More

 Tagged cloud, digital financial services, mambu, virtual banking

March 13, 2024 @ 12:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Treasury Prime, an embedded banking software company, announced that OMB Bank has joined the Treasury Prime Bank Network to offer innovative embedded banking solutions to customers in the fintech space. The partnership marks the latest addition to Treasury Prime’s -bank network, which now totals more… Read More

 Tagged embedded banking, financial services, fintech adoption, treasury prime