Global

July 30, 2022 @ 10:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Financial technology provider Worldpay from FIS is extending its partnership with dispute technology provider, Chargebacks911, by launching “an enhanced range of Disputes Deflector products.” These products will “provide merchants with a broader range of solutions to help reduce chargebacks, lower costs and combat fraud.” Chargebacks… Read More

July 30, 2022 @ 10:24 am By Omar Faridi  |  

NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR), an enterprise technology provider, announced a strategic relationship with the Bank of New Zealand (BNZ), one of the largest banks in the country. Through its NCR ATM as a Service solution, NCR will “run the bank’s ATM fleet as part of… Read More

July 30, 2022 @ 10:15 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Rapyd, the global Fintech platform, is teaming up with Rakuten Viber, which claims to be a worldwide leader in private and secure messaging and voice-based communication, to introduce in-app payment transactions to the Viber app. Rapyd will integrate its licensed financial technology offerings “directly into… Read More

July 29, 2022 @ 8:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Insurtech Isle of Man and F10 are pleased to announce “a joint Acceleration Program for growth-stage Insurtech startups.” The Isle of Man is “a globally recognized insurance center, with insurance representing the biggest financial services sector on the Island, encompassing a wealth of knowledge and… Read More

July 29, 2022 @ 8:05 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Paysend, the UK-headquartered Fintech with more than 7 million customers, announced a partnership with Damane Cash, a payments institution and subsidiary of Bank of Africa, to “enable money transfers to Morocco.” With features like low fixed fees, upfront exchange rates, faster transfer speeds and the… Read More

July 28, 2022 @ 11:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Temenos (SIX: TEMN) and Wipro Limited (NYSE: WIT) announced an expanded partnership “to help banks of every size accelerate their modernization journey.” This expanded partnership will “enable banks across varying scales to accelerate their go-to market strategies in regions including the United States, the U.K… Read More

July 28, 2022 @ 10:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

TrueLayer, which claims to be Europe’s leading open banking platform, announced the availability of TrueLayer Payments for WooCommerce plugin, “enabling ecommerce SMBs to seamlessly add instant, secure account-to-account payments to their website.” Luxury watch retailer BQ Watches is one of “the first businesses to implement… Read More

July 28, 2022 @ 10:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fairown, a green Fintech company, announces the launch of its platform in Poland, “marking the expansion into Central Europe.” The company that enables the circular economy by helping banks, brands, and retailers offer products as a service is “bringing its offer to the Polish market… Read More

July 28, 2022 @ 9:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), the post-trade market infrastructure for the global financial services industry, announced its subsidiary, The Depository Trust Company (DTC), has “connected its automated ClaimConnect solution to the claims processing platform offered by financial software provider Kingfield Corporation.” The partnership… Read More

July 28, 2022 @ 12:21 pm By JD Alois  |  

What is a digital asset? Well, that depends on who you ask. These questions become important when it comes to things like tax treatment, securities law, ownership,  etc. The UK Law Commission is out with proposed changes for the treatment of digital assets, including NFTs… Read More

July 28, 2022 @ 9:40 am By JD Alois  |  

Quasar Finance, a Cosmos-based DeFi project, has raised $6 million from big-name blockchain VCs including Polychain Capital, Blockchain Capital, Figment Capital, Lightshift Capital, and Galileo. Quasar CEO and co-founder Valentin Pletnev aims to make digital assets “simple, accessible and secure, while utilizing the Cosmos platform’s… Read More

July 28, 2022 @ 8:14 am By JD Alois  |  

Zodia Markets, a crypto exchanger and brokerage catering to institutional investors, has been registered as a crypto platform with the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and officially launched its crypto trading business. In the UK, a crypto exchange must be registered with the FCA to… Read More

July 28, 2022 @ 7:56 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Genesis Global, the low-code application development platform purpose-built for financial markets organizations, announced $20 million in new investments from Bank of America, BNY Mellon and Citi. These strategic investments “follow the firm’s $200 million Series C funding announced in February.” Stephen Murphy, CEO of Genesis,… Read More

July 28, 2022 @ 7:51 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Fintech Wales, the not-for-profit membership organization for the Fintech and Financial Services industry in Wales, has opened the applications process “for the third season of its accelerator program, the Fintech Wales Foundry.” The closing date “for applications is 19th August 2022.” The 12-week, no equity… Read More

July 27, 2022 @ 10:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Financial technology firm FIS (NYSE: FIS) is continuing to broaden its global merchant services footprint, announcing that its Worldpay from FIS merchant solutions are available in the fast0growing South Korean markets. Worldpay from FIS has teamed up with Seoul’s TossPayments, which is a South Korea… Read More

July 27, 2022 @ 10:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

BBVA has implemented a comprehensive cloud-based solution that “simplifies the process of sending and validating information, providing carbon footprint indicators and emission reduction tracking figures.” It is a platform that will “enable active, data-driven management of its sustainability policies.” Sustainability is one of the transforming… Read More

July 27, 2022 @ 2:51 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In an Australian banking first, retail CommBank customers will be able “to view their personalized carbon footprint within the CommBank app from early August.” The rollout to all CommBank retail customers “follows a pilot launched in October 2021, which allowed over 250,000 customers to view… Read More

July 27, 2022 @ 12:56 pm By JD Alois  |  

Bitso, a Latin American crypto exchange, has facilitated the transfer of Argentian football (soccer) player to São Paulo FC’ Bitso states that this is the first such transfer to take place with midfielder Giuliano Galoppo signing with the São Paulo club, completed with crypto, and… Read More

July 27, 2022 @ 10:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

As from today, all Austrian and Spanish government debt securities cleared by LCH SA’s RepoClear service are “available for settlement through Clearstream Banking AG.” The two new markets “complement the existing proposition for Belgian, French and German government debt.” RepoClear clearing members can now “choose… Read More

July 27, 2022 @ 8:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Santander Corporate and Investment Banking (Santander CIB) and SAP Spain reached an strategic partnership with the aim “to boost digitalization across Global Transaction Banking services by co-innovating in solutions around the concept of invisible banking, improving client-to-bank connectivity, providing financial tools to help its clients… Read More