Tagged: digital technology

May 3, 2024 @ 8:49 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Checkout.com, a global digital payments provider, announces a partnership with Mastercard to bring virtual cards to Online Travel Agents. As part of the Mastercard Wholesale Program, which “reduces costs for travel businesses through virtual card technology and an innovative pricing model, customers of Checkout.com will… Read More

April 30, 2024 @ 8:42 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Tether, which claims to be one of the largest companies in the digital asset industry, announced that it has made a strategic investment of $200 million into Blackrock Neurotech, the enabler of Brain-Computer-Interface (BCI) technology, through its newly formed venture division Tether Evo. With this… Read More

April 28, 2024 @ 3:58 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Custodian Copper.co and “trusted” third party Nemean Services announce that they have upgraded their insurance protection for digital assets in cold storage. Building on the $500m of cover already in place, one of the largest limits in existence, cover has now been extended to include… Read More

April 17, 2024 @ 10:53 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Deloitte announced the expansion of its global Generative AI (GenAI) incubator network to include regional hubs in the US, Canada, India, Egypt, Malaysia, Poland, Portugal and Romania—allowing clients to experiment and innovate with GenAI technology, and to develop, deploy, and scale solutions in their local… Read More

April 14, 2024 @ 3:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

BNY Mellon (NYSE:BK), the global financial services company, is collaborating with Accenture (NYSE:ACN), a professional services company, “to modernize financial services offerings with an initial focus on data management and analytics product development and delivery.” The companies will use technologies to unleash the power of… Read More

April 1, 2024 @ 6:56 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The U.S. transition to a T+1 settlement cycle is two months away, and market participants are continuing preparations as the May 28, 2024, implementation date approaches. Many firms continue to focus “on enhancing operational efficiencies, including the achievement of same-day affirmation.” DTCC analysis shows that… Read More

April 1, 2024 @ 4:38 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Arqit Quantum Inc. (Nasdaq: ARQQ, ARQQW) and Vayana TradeXchange announce a partnership to use Arqit’s TradeSecure digital negotiable instrument technology to transform international supply chains. Vayana TradeXchange is a global marketplace “facilitating the financing of cross-border trade, headquartered in GIFT City and operating under license… Read More

March 25, 2024 @ 8:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Largely driven by bad actors using fabricated or stolen identities, the newly released TransUnion (NYSE: TRU) 2024 State of Omnichannel Fraud Report, based on proprietary insights from TransUnion’s global intelligence network, found that nearly one in seven newly created accounts is suspected to be Digital… Read More

March 19, 2024 @ 6:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bolt, a checkout technology company, and Checkout.com, a global payment solutions provider, have announced a partnership to advance e-commerce. Through this collaboration, Bolt will become Checkout.com‘s exclusive one-click checkout provider and Checkout.com will “become Bolt’s preferred payment partner.” Checkout.com is focused on boosting “its merchant’s… Read More

March 18, 2024 @ 4:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

TransUnion (NYSE: TRU) technology transformation is reportedly set to reache its next phase with the introduction of OneTru, a platform that is said to be built for AI-powered data collaboration. The OneTru solution enablement platform reportedly capitalizes on “the company’s authoritative data assets, cloud-enabled infrastructure… Read More

March 11, 2024 @ 10:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Regnology, a software provider with a focus on regulatory reporting solutions,  announced that its Rcloud platform has completed the System and Organization Controls 2 Type II (SOC 2) certification from the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA). This move underscores Regnology’s commitment “to security… Read More

March 11, 2024 @ 8:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

zkLink, the zero-knowledge Layer 3 infrastructure provider, announced the launch of a 20,000,000 $ZKL grant program to support developers building on zkLink. The grant program fosters innovation and development “within the zkLink ecosystem by providing financial support to talented developers and teams working on projects… Read More

March 9, 2024 @ 12:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Sam Altman’s crypto-related initiative Worldcoin has reportedly been told by authorities in Spain to stop collecting and using consumers’ personal data. Spain‘s data protection regulator, AEPD, has reportedly banned Worldcoin for as many as three months in a key decision that the organization states is… Read More

March 1, 2024 @ 1:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE: ICE), a global provider of technology and data, and IPC Systems, a provider of trading communications solutions, announced plans to launch ICE Voice, a cloud-based audio solution that will be offered with ICE Chat to provide a seamless communications platform for… Read More

February 26, 2024 @ 7:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Visa (NYSE: V), a global payments technology company, and the GSMA Mobile for Development Foundation (GSMA Foundation) announced the launch of the Digital Finance for All (DFA) Initiative, “furthering Visa’s decades-long efforts to increase access to the global economy for everyone, everywhere.” This five-year initiative… Read More

February 26, 2024 @ 3:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Through a new partnership, BBVA Spark will access Capchase‘s technology, which enables a digital analysis of clients through innovative technologies such as open banking, and live connections to ERPs (financial management software) or electronic invoicing sources. This process speeds up decision-making and ensures “that financing… Read More

February 25, 2024 @ 3:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

spektr is officially exiting stealth mode and ready to turn ongoing due diligence into a revenue-generating asset for compliance. spektr says that their journey is being “supported by a €5 million seed round led by Northzone, Seedcamp, and PreSeed Ventures, enabling them to introduce advanced… Read More

February 13, 2024 @ 10:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Visa (NYSE:V), a global enabler of digital payments, announced extended digital wallet capabilities within Visa Commercial Pay, a suite of B2B payment solutions built in partnership with Conferma Pay, the provider of virtual payments technology, to enhance how businesses manage transactions globally. The innovation enables… Read More

February 9, 2024 @ 3:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

OKX Ventures, the investment arm of leading crypto exchange and Web3 technology company OKX, is pleased to announce its investment partnership with Bitmap Tech, the team behind Merlin Chain, a native Bitcoin Layer 2. Bitmap Tech currently boasts an overall market cap “that exceeds US$500… Read More

February 8, 2024 @ 5:59 am By Omar Faridi  |  

ChargeAfter, the embedded lending platform for point-of-sale financing announced that Citi Retail Services, one of North America’s largest and most experienced retail payments and credit solution providers, selected ChargeAfter as a technology provider “for its Citi Pay products, including Citi Pay Credit and Citi Pay… Read More