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Regulatory Fines in North America Account for 95% of Global Financial Penalties in Past Year – Report

Fenergo, the provider of AI-powered solutions for Know Your Customer (KYC), Anti-money Laundering (AML), transaction monitoring and Client Lifecycle Management (CLM), has released its analysis of global financial institution enforcement actions from Jan 1, 2024, to Dec 31, 2024. Fenergo’s report reveals critical insights into the… Read More

Private Equity Report: Strategic Shifts Identified by Dechert, Positive Momementum Expected for 2025

Dechert LLP announced the release of their Global Private Equity Outlook report. This update provides an analysis of the private equity market, revealing that despite a year marked by “geopolitical tensions” and “economic fluctuations,” successful private equity firms are adapting to the evolving environment and… Read More

Small Businesses in Canada Continue to Report Declining Revenue

Xero, the global small business platform, released its quarterly Xero Small Business Insights (XSBI) report for Canada, including data from April to June 2024. As noted in the latest report, Canada’s weak small business sales performance continued in the three months to June. The data… Read More

North America Leads Crypto Adoption with Institutional Momentum, Stablecoins, US Bitcoin ETPs Enabling Mainstream Adoption – Report

North America remains the largest crypto market globally, with an estimated $1.3 trillion in on-chain value received between the time period of July 2023 and June 2024, accounting for around 22.5% of all such activity. This, according to an update from Chainalysis. The research report… Read More

Citi Retail Services Selects ChargeAfter as Tech Provider for Pay Products Suite

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

Viamericas, a Remittance Payments Fintech, Integrates with 24Xoro to Provide New Options for Receiving Funds in Mexico

Viamericas Corporation, which claims to be a licensed, international remittance company, recently has integrated with 24Xoro in order “to provide additional options for remittance beneficiaries to receive money in Mexico, providing Viamericas customers more options and locations for their remittance recipients to receive their money.”… Read More

Mexico’s Payroll Lending Firm Credifiel Reports Steady Business Growth

Credifiel reports that the company increased its revenue by 24% in the nine month period ending September 2023 “compared to the same period last year, reaching €32.7 million1, a net profit of €5.7 million.” The company further shares that its loan portfolio “increased by 74%… Read More

Digital Assets: Netcoins Reports Steady Growth as Crypto Market Recovers

BIGG Digital Assets Inc. (CSE: BIGG), owner of Netcoins as well as Netcoins USA (Netcoins.com), the online crypto trading platform that makes it easy for North Americans to buy, sell, and stake cryptocurrency, is pleased to “update investors on its recent trading and platform performance… Read More

Accenture to Introduce Network of Generative AI Hubs to Accelerate Use of Data and Innovative Technologies

Accenture (NYSE: ACN) will launch a network of generative AI studios in North America where companies can explore ways to optimize and reinvent their business through the responsible use of generative AI applications. Clients interested in pursuing commercial uses of generative AI “will be able… Read More

Fintechs Adyen and Plaid to Enable Pay-by-Bank Services in North America

Adyen (AMS: ADYEN), the global financial technology platform of choice for leading businesses, is pleased to announce its Pay-by-Bank services in North America will launch in early 2024 in partnership with Plaid, the digital finance innovator that makes it easy, safe and reliable for people… Read More

Fintech Platform REPAY, PDI Technologies to Automate AP Payments for PDI Enterprise Clients

Repay Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ: RPAY), a provider of vertically-integrated payment solutions, announced a technology integration with PDI Technologies, Inc., a global firm focused on “delivering powerful solutions and insights that serve as the backbone of the convenience retail and petroleum wholesale ecosystem, to offer embedded… Read More

DTCC Launches Trade Reporting Analytics, UTI Exchange as Part of Report Hub Service

DTCC, the post-trade market infrastructure for the global financial services industry, today announced the launch of Trade Reporting Analytics and UTI Exchange as part of its DTCC Report Hub service. Report Hub is a cloud-based pre and post reporting platform that “helps firms manage the… Read More

Fintech Deserve, a Credit Card Issuing Platform, Launches Digital Processing Capabilities

Deserve, a mobile-first credit card issuing platform, announced today the launch of new digital processing capabilities on the Deserve platform that can provide direct connectivity for mobile apps or software development kits to the Mastercard network. Financial Institutions of all sizes, “including credit unions and… Read More

Visa Announces Savings Offers for Small Businesses Across North America

Visa Inc. (NYSE: V) announced impactful Instant Savings offers for small businesses (SMBs) across North America, comprised of tools and resources aimed at enabling small businesses to grow and meet the expectations of their customers. Through the Visa SavingsEdge website, eligible Visa Small Business cardholders… Read More

North America Leads in Global Crypto Usage, But Stablecoin Activity Shifts Away from US Services – Report

North America is the largest cryptocurrency market, according to Chainalysis. Chainalysis reveals hat the region has “an estimated $1.2 trillion in value received on-chain between July 2022 and June 2023.” That total now “represents 24.4% of global transaction activity during the time period studied.” Most… Read More

North America Ranks First Globally for VC Fintech Funding – Report

New research has revealed that North America ranks first in the world “for Fintech venture capital funding.” The new study, conducted by the researchers at Tipalti, “analyzed factors such as global fintech adoption rates, searches for Fintech by country and the regions that have the… Read More

Latin America: Crypto Adoption in Venezuela and Argentina Is Example of Technology’s Unique Value Proposition – Report

Latin America has the seventh-largest crypto economy of all regions Chainalysis studies. it is not far behind MENA, Eastern Asia, and Eastern Europe. Its position compared to other regions has “held relatively steady over the last two years.” Latin America shows the highest preference “for… Read More

Fintech EBANX Strengthens Partnership with Enterprise Merchants, Appoints VP in the US

EBANX, the payments platform connecting global companies with customers in rising digital markets, is pleased to announce the appointment of Melissa Cherrey Johnson as the new VP of Merchant Success – Americas and Europe. With her extensive experience in the payments industry and a deep… Read More

BIGG Digital Assets Reports Latest Financial Results

BIGG Digital Assets Inc. (CSE: BIGG), owner of Netcoins and Netcoins USA, the online cryptocurrency brokerage that makes it easy for North Americans to buy, sell and stake cryptocurrency, and Blockchain Intelligence Group, a developer of blockchain technology search, risk-scoring and data analytics solutions, is… Read More

London’s Ecommpay Announces US Local Acquiring with Insurance from Chargebacks

Ecommpay, an international payment service provider and UK and European direct bank card acquirer, now offers local acquiring in the US, enabling UK and EU merchants the ability to expand into North America. Additionally, Ecommpay will offer protection “from fraud-related chargebacks to ensure merchants do… Read More

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