November 2, 2023 @ 11:20 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Mastercard’s (NYSE: MA) new borderless payments report reveals consumers globally are setting up side hustles and considering working or living abroad, prompting the acceleration of cross-border payments. Small businesses are also increasingly “reliant on international payment networks with three in five sourcing more suppliers internationally… Read More

 Tagged borderless payments, Cross-Border Transactions, digital transactions, financial services, fintech adoption, fintech trends, insights, international payments, mastercard, remittance payments, remittances, research, Research Report, Research Study

November 2, 2023 @ 10:51 am By Omar Faridi  |  

PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) has reportedly been registered to provide crypto-asset services in the UK. This, according to the UK Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) update posted on its website. The news comes as the international payments firm builds a post-Brexit base in the country. Although the cryptocurrency… Read More

 Tagged crypto trading, crypto-assets, digital assets, digital currency, europe, fca, financial conduct authority, financial services, paypal, registration, uk, uk fca, united kingdom, virtual currencies

November 2, 2023 @ 10:37 am By Michael Wong  |  

Italian financial services firm Generali has officially launched Generali Ventures, a venture capital initiative aimed at driving innovation, breaking into new markets, and bolstering operational efficiency throughout the group. With a substantial €250 million commitment, Generali Ventures sets its sights on unearthing the most promising… Read More

 Tagged fintech, generali, insurtech, italy, startups

November 2, 2023 @ 10:32 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital bank Revolut has reportedly appointed Francesca Carlesi as CEO of its UK operations, the Fintech company confirmed in a statement issued on Thursday. This new leadership announcement for Revolut should help the firm become a “global financial super-app.” Revolut, which is among the United… Read More

 Tagged challenger bank, digital bank, europe, financial services, financial super app, fintech adoption, fintech trends, new appointments, revolut, uk, united kingdom, virtual bank, women changing finance

November 2, 2023 @ 4:21 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Stripe, a financial infrastructure platform for businesses, today announced expanded support for JCB, a card network in Japan and one of the top payment networks in the world. JCB is now available on Stripe “in 39 countries and territories, making it easy for businesses in… Read More

 Tagged digital financial services, financial infrastructure, financial services, fintech adoption, infrastructure, japan, jcb, JCB International, payment networks, stripe

November 1, 2023 @ 10:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Qomply pre-empts market activity by welcoming FCA Regulator and Capital Markets & Regulatory Compliance professional Sophia Fulugunya onboard as Director of Transaction Reporting. With the US still reeling from recent regulatory enforcement actions, the move is “seen by many as an indication of an anticipated… Read More

November 1, 2023 @ 10:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Paymentology, a global issuer-processor, today announces it is the first issuer processor in Europe to secure Visa Cloud Connect (VCC) certification from Visa, a digital payments provider. Paymentology claims that it is “at the forefront of innovation in the fintech and banking sector, providing a… Read More

 Tagged cloud, digital payments, europe, financial services, fintech adoption, fintech trends, global issuer-processor, paymentology, visa

November 1, 2023 @ 10:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

9fin, a provider of AI-powered data, news and analytics for debt capital markets, has today announced the launch of “9fin AI”. The powerful 9fin AI tool enables clients “to ask questions about companies within the debt capital markets and get high quality answers in real… Read More

 Tagged 9fin, ai, analytics, capital markets, data, data science

November 1, 2023 @ 6:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Kyndryl (NYSE: KD), the technology infrastructure services provider, announced the availability of new services for financial services organizations seeking to use Google Cloud to safely store and protect their confidential and sensitive data. Kyndryl’s new services are designed “to enable a unified, scalable and security-rich… Read More

 Tagged cloud, data, digital technology, financial data, financial services, google, infrastructure

November 1, 2023 @ 3:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

MDOTM Ltd, the global provider of AI-driven investment solutions for banks, insurance, asset and wealth management companies, and Analysis S.p.A, the Italian firm that has been providing integrated software solutions for the financial and wealth management industry for over 30 years, announce a partnership in… Read More

 Tagged ai, artificial intelligence, europe, federico invernizzi, financial services, integration, investment solutions, italy, mdotm, mdotm ltd., wealth management