May 26, 2025 @ 2:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Chargebacks911, a global firm specializing in dispute resolution and chargeback prevention, is warning UK merchants that inflationary pressures, trade disruption, and weakening consumer confidence “are creating the perfect conditions for a sharp rise in chargeback abuse.” As household budgets shrink and financial anxiety grows, more… Read More

 Tagged chargeall, chargebacks, monica eaton, uk, united kingdom

May 26, 2025 @ 12:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Snoop has reportedly added a new variable recurring payments feature. Fintech app Snoop has introduced Variable Recurring Payments (VRPs), allowing users to automate savings with ease while also staying on track with financial goals – all enabled by Open Banking tech. As explained in the… Read More

 Tagged fintech app, open banking, savings, snoop, variable recurring payments, vrps

May 26, 2025 @ 10:44 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital bank Nubank (NYSE: NU) has recently undergone significant changes in its executive leadership team while reporting mixed financial results for the first quarter of 2025. The Sao Paulo-based fintech firm, known for revolutionizing banking in Brazil and expanding into Mexico and Colombia, announced the… Read More

 Tagged brazil, digital banking, latam, nubank

May 26, 2025 @ 10:15 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Third Financial, now part of the Nucleus group, has revealed that investment manager Bowmore is the latest in a series of client signings over the last 12 months that’s helping to drive its growth. London-based Bowmore Asset Management, a discretionary wealth manager with over £350… Read More

 Tagged investment management, nucleus grop, third financial, uk, wealthtech

May 26, 2025 @ 9:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The introduction of the Sepa Instant Payments regulation is set to reshape the financial landscape across Europe, with nearly half of the region’s banks anticipating significant interest revenue losses due to heightened liquidity requirements. Despite these financial challenges, many institutions remain optimistic, believing the long-term… Read More

 Tagged EU, europe, instant payments, real-time payments, sepa instant

May 26, 2025 @ 8:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Research from MillTechFX reveals finance professionals at corporates are increasing their FX hedge ratios and lengths to “protect their finances from tariff-driven volatility.” The most common changes to FX hedging programs in light of tariff-driven volatility are “increasing hedge lengths (54%) and increasing hedge ratios… Read More

 Tagged analysis, fx, fx-as-a-service, milltechfx, research survey, tariffs

May 26, 2025 @ 7:54 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Banking Circle S.A., the technology-led payments bank, announced a strategic partnership with Visa, a global leader in digital payments. The partnership provides Visa Direct with access “to Banking Circle’s extensive local clearing rails across the world, further strengthening the business’s global payment reach for its… Read More

 Tagged banking circle, open banking, payments, uk, visa

May 26, 2025 @ 1:01 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Curve, a digital wallet provider, announced the launch of Curve Pay on iOS, marking a watershed moment in mobile payments. Curve Pay becomes the first payment solution to leverage the accessible iPhone NFC interface after Apple’s “acceptance of the European Commission’s ruling on competition concerns,… Read More

 Tagged apple, curve pay, digital transactions, digital wallets, eea, uk, united kingdom

May 25, 2025 @ 11:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

LoanTube, the UK’s digital credit marketplace for underserved consumers and small businesses, has partnered with Gain Credit, the non-prime lending specialist behind Drafty and Lending Stream, to expand its platform offering. The collaboration introduces Gain Credit’s products to LoanTube’s platform, delivering “greater choice and flexibility… Read More

 Tagged lending, loantube, uk, united kingdom

May 25, 2025 @ 10:45 pm By Michael Wong  |  

BetaNXT, a technology provider for the wealth management industry, has acquired Delta Data, a specialist in global investment fund solutions, in a move to broaden its capabilities and strengthen its position in the financial services technology ecosystem. The acquisition, made through certain affiliates of BetaNXT,… Read More

 Tagged acquisition, BetaNXT, Delta Data, wealth management, wealthtech