May 28, 2024 @ 2:09 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Invoitix AG, a logistics invoicing and financing platform, has issued a digital bond on the Obligate platform. Deployed on the Polygon PoS blockchain and denominated in EUROe, this issuance aims to refinance invoitix’s logistics invoicing activities, “further solidifying its position in the pan-European road logistics… Read More

 Tagged digital bond, digital security, financing, invoitix, logistics invoicing, obligate, switzerland

May 28, 2024 @ 1:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

UK Finance recently released their latest fraud report. While sharing insights on this key update, the team at Lending Standards Board has provided their perspective on the findings. For background, the LSB is responsible for overseeing the CRM Code, which has reportedly been the “only… Read More

 Tagged fraud, lending standard board, lsb, uk, uk finance, united kingdom

May 28, 2024 @ 1:02 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The severity of data breach risks rose to the highest level in two years during the first quarter of 2024, increasing 31% from the same period last year. TransUnion (NYSE: TRU) unveiled its analysis of data breach trends while also introducing the company’s new identity… Read More

 Tagged data breach, digital technology, security, transunion

May 28, 2024 @ 12:19 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Sectors more exposed to AI are experiencing almost five times (4.8x) higher growth in labor productivity, according to PwC’s 2024 Global AI Jobs Barometer, released recently. The report, which analyzed “over half a billion job ads from 15 countries, suggests that AI could allow many… Read More

 Tagged ai, artificial intelligence, pwc, research

May 27, 2024 @ 11:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

From e-wallets to neobanks, Türkiye’s (Turkey) financial institutions are accelerating fintech innovation, supporting greater connectivity to international markets, financial inclusivity at home and more economic prosperity for businesses. Thunes is a key payments player in Turkey’s ecosystem. Thunes says its extensive payments network in the… Read More

 Tagged fintech adoption, thunes, turkey

May 27, 2024 @ 11:03 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Pension savers are strongly backing shareholder calls for Shell to further reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, according to an update from PensionBee. A survey of pension savers by PensionBee revealed “that almost 60% of respondents – equal to nearly 18.5 million pensions savers… Read More

 Tagged pensionbee, savings, uk, united kingdom

May 27, 2024 @ 10:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Tuum, the core banking provider, and DDCAP Group have partnered to offer a pre-integrated Fintech solution to enhance the end-to-end trade execution and processing of Sharia-compliant transactions. From the partnership, DDCAP and Tuum clients “will gain the ability to migrate legacy, automated trade execution and… Read More

 Tagged shari'ah, tuum, uk, united kingdom

May 27, 2024 @ 10:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Payments Canada is pleased to welcome Paula Dunlop as the new Vice President, Policy, Government Relations and Research. In this role, Paula will be expected to “oversee these three important functions at Payments Canada that influence and enhance their work with key stakeholders and across… Read More

 Tagged canada, digital payments, paula dunlop, payments canada, women changing finance

May 27, 2024 @ 10:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

LexisNexis Risk Solutions released the results of its annual Cybercrime Report, an analysis of data from 92 billion transactions processed through its LexisNexis Digital Identity Network throughout 2023. The report, Confidence Amid Chaos, reveals “a 19% year-over-year (YOY) increase in the global human-initiated digital attack rate… Read More

 Tagged fraud, Lexis Nexis, research

May 27, 2024 @ 10:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

As companies around the globe grapple with an accelerated pace of change and seek ways to optimize their businesses, Experian is introducing (what it claims to be) a new era of simplification, scalability and automation through the debut of new enhancements to its cloud-based Experian… Read More

 Tagged experian, fraud