February 19, 2025 @ 5:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Daniel Gorfine, Founder & CEO, Gattaca Horizons LLC, is pleased to join J. Christopher Giancarlo and Brian Peters in co-authoring a piece in the Milken Institute Review that makes the case for payments modernization in the U.S. As noted in the paper, over the past… Read More

 Tagged digitalization, payments, research, united states

February 19, 2025 @ 12:51 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Software as a Service (SaaS) cloud banking platform Mambu announces a partnership with Ibercaja Banco, one of Spain’s financial institutions, to launch a consumer finance entity in early 2025. The partnership underscores Mambu’s expertise in enabling incumbent banks to develop consumer-focused solutions “with speed, agility and innovation… Read More

 Tagged banking, cloud, mambu, saas, spain

February 19, 2025 @ 12:50 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Mastercard (NYSE: MA) and Feedzai, an AI solution provider in financial crime prevention, announced they are joining forces to make it easier for banks to identify and stop scams. As payments continue to evolve, fraudsters are increasingly “using AI to scam consumers.” This cost more… Read More

 Tagged digital transactions, feedzai, mastercard, scams

February 19, 2025 @ 12:47 pm By JD Alois  |  

The UK Financial Conduct  Authority (FCA) and Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) have published a statement on the rise and usage of digital wallets. The two regulators note that the use of digital wallets has grown in recent years, with card transactions using a digital wallet… Read More

 Tagged apple, cma, digital wallets, fca, google, psr, uk, united kingdom

February 19, 2025 @ 11:14 am By JD Alois  |  

B2B payments firm Two and Avarda, a white-label B2C company, will partner on a “fully integrated white-label payment solution tailored for both businesses and consumers in the Nordic e-commerce market.” It was not immediately clear if the two firms were forming a strategic alliance or if they were… Read More

 Tagged avarda, bnpl, europe, payments, two

February 19, 2025 @ 8:24 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Financial technology platform SRA Watchtower announced the completion of a new $4 million funding round, led by existing investors FINTOP Capital, JAM FINTOP, and EJF Capital. This funding round reportedly follows “the acquisition of Lumio Insight, further supporting the company’s growth and expansion.” This funding… Read More

 Tagged funding round, sra watchtower

February 19, 2025 @ 8:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bluefin reports that it has achieved the German Banking Industry Committee’s (GBIC German: Deutsche Kreditwirtschaft) Girocard certification on the Newland NPT N950 AIO smartPOS terminal. This certification reportedly enables German merchants to adopt SmartPOS devices while “simplifying Girocard payment acceptance through Bluefin’s TECS Engine, a… Read More

 Tagged banking, bluefin, certification, germany

February 18, 2025 @ 11:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Jazari has reportedly teamed up with Bud Financial to enhance Remit Now, Pay Later services, making remittances more accessible for migrant workers. Jazari, the UK-based Fintech, is behind the ‘Remit Now, Pay Later’ platform. By integrating Bud’s AI-powered financial data platform, Jazari is set to… Read More

 Tagged bud financial, Cross-Border Transactions, jazari, migrant workers, remittances

February 18, 2025 @ 10:36 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

EBANX, a Payment Service Provider (PSP) specializing in emerging markets, today announced that EBANX Pte. Ltd. has been granted In-Principle Approval for a Major Payment Institution (MPI) license from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). This license supports two types of payment services in Singapore… Read More

 Tagged association of banks in singapore, ebanx, mas, singapore

February 18, 2025 @ 9:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Clear Capital, the real estate valuation tech company, announced the integration of AURA, its appraisal underwriting risk analyzer tool, through Encompass Partner Connect, the API framework for mortgage tech from Intercontinental Exchange (ICE). This framework enables industry participants to “integrate with ICE solutions and provide… Read More

 Tagged aura, clear capital, digital technology, integration, real estate