October 19, 2023 @ 9:48 am By Omar Faridi  |  

UK Fintech TrueLayer has joined Stripe’s Payment Element for supporting Open Banking payments. UK’s TrueLayer has reportedly become the first European Open Banking payment solution to be added to Stripe’s Payment Element. This partnership allows Stripe merchants in the United Kingdom and the EU to… Read More

 Tagged banking, digital payments, digital transactions, europe, financial services, fintech adoption, fintech trends, open banking, stripe, truelayer, uk, united kingdom

October 19, 2023 @ 8:15 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The most common scams this year have been revealed – “with more than seven in 10 adults targeted by scams in the last 12 months, being hit on average three times each week – over 150 times a year.” Scams through digital platforms, social media… Read More

 Tagged europe, financial crime, fraud, fraudulent activities, natwest, natwest group, research, Research Report, Research Study, scams, uk, united kingdom

October 18, 2023 @ 10:56 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nova Credit, the data analytics company enabling businesses to grow responsibly by harnessing alternative credit data, announced it raised $45 million in Series C funding. The capital helps Nova Credit to further broaden its product offering “beyond cross-border credit reporting and scale Cash AtlasTM, the… Read More

 Tagged alternative credit data, analytics, data, data analytics, funding, investment round, misha esipov, nova credit

October 18, 2023 @ 10:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Stax Payments, a payment technology provider, announced its acquisition of Atlantic-Pacific Processing Systems (APPS), creating an end-to-end, seamless payment processing platform. The integration of APPS marks “a significant expansion of Stax’s technology stack, giving partners and merchants flexible, customizable options for their payment processing needs… Read More

 Tagged acquisition, apps, digital payments, digital transactions, fintech adoption, fintech trends, online payments, payment processing, payment technology, stax payments

October 18, 2023 @ 2:40 pm By JD Alois  |  

Banco de Credito (BCP) in Peru has selected i2c for its digital banking services, according to a company statement. BCP is supported by Credicorp Ltd. (NYSE: BAP), the primary financial holding company in Peru. The bank has a presence in Chile, Colombia and Bolivia. i2c… Read More

 Tagged banking, i2c, latam, latin america, peru

October 18, 2023 @ 2:17 pm By JD Alois  |  

Varo Bank, the first neobank to become a federally chartered digital bank, has announced a new peer-to-peer transfers and payments service Varo to Anyone. The service is similar to Zelle, which remains available on the bank’s platform. Varo to Anyone is available free of any… Read More

 Tagged digital bank, varo, varo bank

October 18, 2023 @ 1:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Marqeta (NASDAQ: MQ), the global modern card issuing platform enabling some of the world’s most innovative embedded finance solutions, today announced a new partnership with Scalapay, Southern Europe’s BNPL provider, “to leverage Marqeta’s platform to issue cards both online and in-store.” Marqeta and Scalapay have… Read More

 Tagged bnpl, buy now pay later, card issuing, card issuing platform, digital technology, digital transactions, digitalization, embedded finance, europe, financial services, flexible payments, marqeta, Online Services, Payment Cards, scalapay, simone mancini, united states, us

October 18, 2023 @ 1:05 pm By JD Alois  |  

Uplinq Financial Technologies is partnering with EY Canada to provide “fair and ethical credit” to SMEs via its credit decisioning platform. Mario Schlener, Partner and EY’s Lead Risk Consulting for Canada and Global FS Risk Technology, Alliance, Innovation, said the partnership with provide small business… Read More

 Tagged credit, ey, risk, uplinq

October 18, 2023 @ 9:49 am By Omar Faridi  |  

ThinCats are pleased to announce the appointment of Dan Hartley as Chief Financial Officer. ThinCats notes in a blog post that Dan has over “a decade of experience in senior financial roles and joins from the Lowell Group, one of the largest credit management companies… Read More

 Tagged amany attia, europe, financial services, new appointments, thincats, uk, united kingdom

October 18, 2023 @ 9:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Marqeta (NASDAQ: MQ) and Motive have announced a new partnership. Motive provides a service that aims to support operational efficiencies in fleet management and also seeks to reduce fraud while providing discounts at partner locations. The company reports having issued approximately 35,000 cards since launching… Read More

 Tagged marqeta, motive, trucking