January 14, 2024 @ 5:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Pakistan’s Caretaker Federal Minister for IT and Telecom, Dr. Umar Saif said that there are some positive developments to look forward to this year. During an event called Tech Destination Pakistan, Dr. Umar Saif revealed that starting in February of this year, a pilot project should… Read More

 Tagged freelancers, pakistan, payments, paypal, Umar Saif

January 14, 2024 @ 5:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In a move to foster global education and support aspiring students, Prodigy Finance has announced that it is now financing international master’s students “to pursue their studies in Australia.” Prodigy Finance, a social impact-driven FinTech and an international student loan lender is committed “to breaking… Read More

 Tagged australia, education, prodigy finance, students

January 14, 2024 @ 5:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ClearBank, the enabler of real-time clearing and embedded banking for financial institutions, announced the appointment of Paul Staples as Group Head of Embedded Banking and Nick Ford as Group Head of Channels and Alliances. Paul has reportedly had “a 20-year career in banking, and building… Read More

 Tagged andrew barker, clearbank, embedded banking, financial institutions, new appointments, nick ford, paul staples, real-time clearing

January 14, 2024 @ 5:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Defining “competitiveness” in financial services is not a simple task, according to an extensive industry report. The aim of the report, produced by Luxembourg for Finance (LFF) in partnership with OMFIF, is to consider “the relative competitiveness of the European financial services industry against their… Read More

 Tagged europe, financial services, finserv, fintech adoption, insights, luxembourg for finance, omfif, Research Report

January 14, 2024 @ 5:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

bunq, a Dutch digital banking platform, has started describing itself as “the first AI-powered bank in Europe.” However, like most firms that claim to leverage AI, there is more hype than actual value being delivered to consumers. During the past few years, artificial intelligence has… Read More

 Tagged ai, artificial intelligence, bunq, digital banking, dutch bank, europe, fintech adoption, fintech trends, insights, netherlands, product review

January 14, 2024 @ 5:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

High growth businesses generally own few tangible assets, but can be rich in IP and intangible assets, according to an update shared by NatWest Group. These businesses can find it difficult “to use their assets as collateral to secure growth funding, especially when compared with… Read More

 Tagged andy gray, europe, martin brassell, natwest, natwest group, uk, united kingdom

January 14, 2024 @ 4:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Chargebacks911, an international chargeback management and prevention company, released the highly-anticipated findings of its 2024 Cardholder Dispute Index. This comprehensive research study compiles insights “from more than 4,000 consumers who have engaged in chargeback processes with their issuing banks in the past year.” Released in… Read More

 Tagged chargebacks, chargebacks911, research

January 14, 2024 @ 8:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ: ACIW), a global enabler of mission-critical, real-time payments software, announced that a UK retailer Co-op has successfully moved its full stack of payments and fraud prevention technology software into ACI’s multi-tenant cloud platform hosted in Microsoft Azure. As a strategic technology partner… Read More

 Tagged aci worldwide, co-op, paul fletcher, payments, scotty perkins

January 14, 2024 @ 7:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

CaixaBank and KfW IPEX-Bank are jointly providing HOCHTIEF financing for the interim construction financing of the PPP project Frankfurt (Germany) judiciary center. The project volume is in the low three-digit million range and “includes the parallel construction of two new judicial buildings in the Frankfurt… Read More

 Tagged CaixaBank, digital banking, europe, financing, frankfurt, germany, hochtief, judiciary center, kfw ipex-bank

January 13, 2024 @ 3:46 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Southeast Asian Fintech company Salmon said it has secured approval from the Monetary Board of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), the central bank of the Philippines, to acquire a majority stake in the Rural Bank of Sta. Rosa (Laguna), a Filipino financial institution established in… Read More

 Tagged banking, digital banking, Philippines, salmon