May 18, 2024 @ 2:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Michael Linford, Chief Financial Officer of Affirm (NASDAQ: AFRM) notes that new innovations often face harsh pushback from incumbents. Michael Linford from Affirm explains that when it’s “well-informed and anchored in what’s right for the consumer, this is generally a good thing.” Linford adds that… Read More

 Tagged affirm, bnpl, buy now pay later, perspective

May 18, 2024 @ 1:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Foodics, the provider of restaurant management and financial tech solutions in the MENA region, has officially inaugurated its new office in New Cairo in Egypt. This strategic expansion marks “a significant milestone in the company’s ongoing growth within the Egyptian market and emphasizes its dedication… Read More

 Tagged egypt, foodics, mena

May 18, 2024 @ 12:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Dwolla, a U.S.-based account-to-account (A2A) payment solution provider, today announced its strategic collaboration with Visa (NYSE: V), an enabler of digital payments, in order to bring advanced account verification capabilities to Dwolla’s A2A solution. This relationship enhances Dwolla’s ability to provide “a single, streamlined solution for… Read More

 Tagged dwolla, fintech adoption, payments, visa

May 18, 2024 @ 11:35 am By Omar Faridi  |  

With less than 8 months until 9th January 2025 deadline, Banking Circle delivers plug and play solution to help smaller financial institutions On 7th February 2024 the European Parliament mandated “that instant payments (in less than 10 seconds) should be the de facto standard for… Read More

 Tagged banking circle, europe, fintech adoption, payments

May 18, 2024 @ 10:23 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bank payment company GoCardless has appointed Jolawn Victor as its Chief Growth Officer. Victor is said to have previously “held C-suite and executive roles at PepsiCo, Headspace and most recently, Intuit, where she was Vice President and Country Manager of Intuit UK with ownership of… Read More

 Tagged gocardless, new appointments, uk, united kingdom, women changing finance

May 18, 2024 @ 9:58 am By Omar Faridi  |  

SALT is pleased to announce that it has received regulatory approval from the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) in order to offer consumer lending services. This is a key milestone in the company’s journey towards improving boat ownership through its new app. The success they… Read More

 Tagged fca, salt, uk, united kingdom

May 18, 2024 @ 9:51 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Klarna explains that it supports the “principle” of sharing data with credit bureaus, and they do share data with bureaus in the UK. They are not sharing data in the US because they claim that the bureaus “do not have proper models to responsibly process… Read More

 Tagged bnpl, data-sharing, klarna, united states

May 17, 2024 @ 8:54 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

PhonePe announced that it has enabled UPI payment acceptance in collaboration with LankaPay across LankaQR merchant points at a session held in Colombo. The session saw participation from Shri Santosh Jha, the High Commissioner of India to Sri Lanka, as the Chief Guest, who highlighted… Read More

 Tagged digital payments, fintech trends, india, PhonePe, upi adoption

May 17, 2024 @ 7:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ANZ has announced ANZ Plus Add-Ons, enabling customers to customise their banking experience with a mix of smart money management tools from the bank, and integrated experiences from third-party partners. ANZ Plus Add-Ons include “the new Money Map and Money In & Out. Money Map… Read More

 Tagged ANZ, australia, banking, digital tools, financial services, money management

May 17, 2024 @ 6:46 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Emirates NBD, which is one of the banking groups in the MENA and Turkey region, has partnered with Pine Labs, a merchant commerce omnichannel platform, to ensure that companies across the region have access to the latest, and best, payment solutions. As part of its… Read More

 Tagged banking, digital bank, emirates nbd, fintech adoption, mena, pine labs