Kuwait Clearing Company Joins Real-Time Gross Settlement System

The Central Bank of Kuwait (CBK) announced that Kuwait Clearing Company (KCC) has now joined the Real Time Gross Settlement System (KASSIP), “effective Sunday 24/12/2023 upon completion of automated linking and passing the technical tests.” The system would thereby “execute final settlements for financial transactions… Read More

Pakistan-based Fintech SadaPay Reveals How Retaining Earnings in USD with SadaBiz Can Maximize Benefits of Freelance Work

Pakistan’s Fintech firm SadaPay recently explained how retaining your earnings in USD with SadaBiz change the game for your freelancing career. With this feature, the Fintech company explains that it is turning your most requested need into a reality, reshaping how you interact with your… Read More

Fintech Apps Hungry for Your Personal Data: Study

A new Surfshark study finds several Fintech apps do more than provide advice and service – they also collect and share user data. The research highlights that fintech apps collect significant user data, particularly Paypal and Robinhood. Mint shares 70% of collected data. One in… Read More

BNPL Fintech Affirm Expands Services with Walmart to Provide Flexible Pay Over Time Options to Self-Checkout Kiosks

Affirm (NASDAQ: AFRM), the payment network that empowers consumers and helps merchants drive growth, today announced it has expanded its services with Walmart in order to “bring Affirm’s transparent and flexible pay-over-time options to self-checkout kiosks at over 4,500 Walmart stores in the United States.”… Read More

Fintech Firm Tuum Appoints Foke Burmeister to Key Role for DACH and Central and Eastern Europe Regions

Tuum is pleased to announce that Foke Burmeister has joined as the new Sales Director for the DACH (Germany, Austria, and Switzerland) and CEE (Central and Eastern Europe) regions. With an extensive track record in core banking and payments at EY and Accenture, Foke is… Read More

Digital Banking: Brazil’s Nubank Marks 10 Years of Operations with Launch of Innovative Products in 2023

2023 marked Nubank’s (NYSE:NU) tenth anniversary with further innovation from one of the world’s largest digital financial services platforms. Over the past 12 months, the company has “launched over 45 new solutions to give people more autonomy and security in managing their finances.” With significant… Read More

UK’s Smart Pension Calls for More Asset Managers to Offer Pass-Through Voting on Pooled Funds

Smart Pension, which claims to be one of the UK’s leading workplace pension providers, has signed an open letter urgently “calling for more asset managers to offer pass-through voting on pooled funds.” Collectively representing pension schemes, endowments and wealth managers stewarding approximately £250bn assets under… Read More

Medius, an AP Automation and Spend Management Fintech, Announces New UK-based Partners

Medius, a global provider of autonomous accounts payable (AP) automation and spend management solutions, announced that it has entered into a series of partnerships with several UK-based value-added resellers (VARs) and consultants for ERP solutions including those for Sage, IFS, Infor, OpenAccounts, Access, and eBIS…. Read More

Fraudsters Focused on Payments: AU10TIX

AU10TIX, a global technology provider of identity verification and management services, this week released its Q3 2023 Global Identity Fraud Report. Drawing insights from millions of transactions processed across 249 countries from July to September 2023, the report uncovers significant trends in the world of… Read More

Revolut Invests in Business Growth as Revenue Exceeds $1B in 2022, Expects to Reach $2B in 2023

Digital bank Revolut has shared some important financial updates. Revolut reveals that its revenue has reportedly “increased to $1.1bn (£923m) in 2022, up 45% from $786m (£638m) in 2021.” Revolut added almost 10m customers last year “with a 71% increase in deposits and 55% increase… Read More

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