December 2, 2025 @ 1:24 am By Michael Wong  |  

French business software provider Cegid has agreed to buy European Fintech Shine, as the accounting and payroll specialist pushes deeper into payments and prepares for a wave of mandatory e-invoicing reforms across the region. The companies said they had signed a definitive agreement to combine,… Read More

 Tagged acquisition, Cegid, france, shine

December 1, 2025 @ 10:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Singapore’s card payments market is expected to grow steadily by 6.2% in 2025, reaching appr. SGD158.2 billion (about $119.6 billion), supported by near-universal bank access, “extensive” merchant acceptance, and increasing use of contactless cards, according to GlobalData, a data and analytics company. GlobalData’s Payment Cards… Read More

 Tagged payments, research, singapore, southeast asia

December 1, 2025 @ 9:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Sleek design, intuitive investing tools and a streamlined cross-channel experience have become the so-called “hallmarks” of wealth management apps and websites for investors residing in Canada. According to the J.D. Power 2025 Canada Wealth Management Digital Experience Study, both advised and do-it-yourself (DIY) wealth management… Read More

 Tagged canada, insights, Research Report, ux, wealth management

December 1, 2025 @ 6:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ripple, a financial technology company providing crypto solutions for businesses, announced that the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has approved an “expanded scope” of payment activities for the Major Payment Institution (MPI) license held by its Singapore subsidiary, Ripple Markets APAC Pte. Ltd. (RMA). With… Read More

 Tagged Cross-Border Transactions, digital assets, ripple, singapore

December 1, 2025 @ 2:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nubank (NYSE: NU), which claims to be one of the largest digital financial services platforms in the world, announced the hiring of the Dex Labs team. dex Labs is known for developing an AI-enabled data engineering and cloud infrastructure platform that brings together data collection, transformation,… Read More

 Tagged ai, brazil, data, digital banking, nubank

December 1, 2025 @ 9:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

UK Finance noted that gross buy-to-let lending totaled £37.3 billion over the past calendar year — which is considered to be a sign of resilience in a market navigating increasing economic volatility as well as significant regulatory changes. UK Finance has also mentioned in a… Read More

 Tagged btl, insights, lending, research, uk, uk finance

December 1, 2025 @ 2:25 am By Omar Faridi  |  

WilSon Energy, a provider of integrated heating and billing solutions for UK Heat Networks and District Heating schemes, has selected the bank payment company GoCardless to collect customer bills automatically. The move will help WilSon Energy achieve cost savings and simplify how customers pay down… Read More

 Tagged gocardless, open banking, payments, uk

December 1, 2025 @ 1:24 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Raiffeisen Bank International (RBI) has reportedly become a member of the European Payments Initiative (EPI) and acts now as an Acceptor Payment Service Provider (PSP). This latest step reinforces RBI’s commitment to contributing to a “unified and sovereign” payment ecosystem across Europe. Supported by 14… Read More

 Tagged digital transactions, europe, payments, Raiffeisen Bank

December 1, 2025 @ 12:24 am By Omar Faridi  |  

SIX says that it has now strengthened its clearing business with acquisition of Baymarkets AS. According to the update from SIX, the latest acquisition of Baymarkets AS enables them to accelerate product development in clearing technology, reinforcing their existing position as a pan-European provider of… Read More

 Tagged banking, financial services, six, switzerland

November 30, 2025 @ 10:46 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Beyon Solutions, part of Bahrain’s Beyon Group, has signed a memorandum of understanding with Bahrain Fintech Bay to collaborate on cloud adoption and wider digital transformation in the kingdom’s financial services sector, the organisations said. The agreement is aimed at giving fintech startups, scale-ups, and… Read More

 Tagged bahrain, Bahrain FIntech, bahrain fintech bay, Beyon Group, Beyon Solutions