November 27, 2023 @ 9:46 am By Omar Faridi  |  

seQura, a flexible payment platform in Spain, and Checkout.com, the global payments processing platform, today announce they enter into a strategic partnership in order “to help merchants increase conversion rates through flexible payment solutions.” seQura will be an integrated payment method “available to all Checkout.com… Read More

 Tagged checkout.com, europe, payments, sequra, spain

November 27, 2023 @ 9:33 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The British Business Bank is launching its new £130 million Investment Fund for Wales, unlocking additional funding “to help smaller businesses to prosper and thrive.” The fund will drive sustainable economic growth by “supporting new and growing businesses across the whole of Wales through investment… Read More

 Tagged british business bank, europe, funding, investment fund, small businesses, smbs, sme's, wales

November 27, 2023 @ 9:16 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Moonfare has appointed Marc Lamik as its Chief Product and Technology Officer, which is a newly-created executive committee position “reporting to Co-CEO Lorenz Jüngling.” Lamik, who is based in Lisbon, “joined Moonfare in July 2022 as VP of Product and Data.” In his new role… Read More

 Tagged digitalization, financial services, fintech adoption, fintech trends, lorenz jüngling, marc lamik, moonfare, new appointments

November 27, 2023 @ 8:45 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Marqeta (NASDAQ: MQ), a card issuing platform, this week announced a new partnership with Credi2 to provide an end-to-end installment platform designed for banks. It helps them deliver installment payments on cards to meet growing consumer demand for more flexible and seamless digital payment experiences…. Read More

 Tagged Christian Waldheim, credi2, marqeta, todd pollak, visa

November 27, 2023 @ 8:18 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Deduce, a fraud technology platform designed to prevent AI-generated identity fraud, in association with Wakefield Research, this week released a study showing alarming trends in synthetic fraud growth. The study, which polled 500 financial executives in the United States, shows a 17% increase in synthetic… Read More

 Tagged Ari Jacoby, Deduce, identity fraud, synthetic fraud

November 27, 2023 @ 7:36 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Volt, the global real-time payments platform, announces its expansion into Australia following a period of sustained growth for the UK-headquartered fintech company. Following Volt’s $60m funding round earlier this year, this development “marks the latest step in its ambitious growth plans to meet market demand… Read More

 Tagged australia, Business Expansion, digital financial services, europe, financial services, fintech adoption, fintech trends, megatix, real-time payments, roshan odhavji, tom greenwood, uk, united kingdom, Volt

November 27, 2023 @ 7:32 am By Omar Faridi  |  

New data from small business lender iwoca reveals that while more than half of SME owners (55%) feel they “have a good understanding of AI, the majority are nervous about how it will impact their business.” The new research of SME owners across the UK… Read More

 Tagged fintech trends, insights, iwoca, mark di-toro, online lending, research, sme's, uk, united kingdom

November 27, 2023 @ 5:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Adyen (AMS: ADYEN), the global financial technology platform of choice for leading businesses, has launched Capital, a product that enables businesses on Adyen for Platforms offer timely access “to funding for their small and medium-sized business (SMB) users in Australia.” Research conducted in partnership with Boston… Read More

 Tagged adyen, australia, Business Expansion, capital, financial services, financial technology, financing, funding, small businesses, smbs, sme's

November 27, 2023 @ 2:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

HighRadius, the provider of Autonomous Finance software for order to cash, treasury, and record to report; has been “awarded an exclusive patent by the United States Patent and Trademark Office for Identification and Removal of Noise From Documents [Patent Number: US 11,758,071 B1]” HighRadius’ Cash… Read More

 Tagged autonomous finance software, highradius, sashi narahari

November 26, 2023 @ 11:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Payments Association, which claims to be the most “influential” community in payments, has welcomed the release of the report following the Future of Payments Review, commissioned by the Chancellor. The report calls for a National Vision and Strategy for Payments considering “the importance of… Read More

 Tagged digital transactions, europe, fintech adoption, fintech trends, future of payments review, payments, payments association, the payments association, uk, united kingdom