Accessible and international SME banking
Options available to SMEs vary dramatically yet rarely fit the bill.
Payments
Swiss lender Tallyon targets wealthy with crypto founder, applies for banking licence
Lender says it will use new technology to avoid “legacy burdens”.
Finxact signs payments partnership with The Clearing House
Firms will work to implement real-time payments into the Finxact core.
Starling Bank launches dual currency debit card with pounds and euros
The card will go live alongside its business euro account launch.
Nationwide invests in UK energy bill saver Switchd
Switchd considers the energy market outside the six big players too.
Uber relaunches credit card with Barclays, drivers get real-time cash flow
Uber has rolled out its financial product line Uber Money.
TransPecos Banks goes live with Nymbus to support BankMD
Digital-only bank for doctors live with Nymbus solution.
Transbank chooses AEVI to overhaul its in-store checkout for Chile’s merchants
The bank support firm wants to make integrations easier for merchants.
Head above the clouds with Deepak Gupta
“Every mid-sized and large bank knows they have to offer RTP.”
Citi partners Global Processing, PPRO to support new payments offering
Spring by Citi will be offered to institutional clients.
Cryptocurrencies and the critical vulnerability of a 51% attack
The processes, the vulnerabilities, and the dangers broken down.
Singapore remittance start-up InstaReM rebrands to Nium
Nium CEO envisions a world where everyone’s money is free for them to use.
Payment fraud in sights of UK cybersecurity force
The NCSC claims Operation Haulster is helping banks proactively prevent fraud.
SoftBank injects $655m into Greensill to support tech acquisition
The supply chain finance firm has raised $1.7bn in just 14 months.
Spanish fintech PecunPay chooses IBM to implement Red Hat platform
The start-up is trying to keep up with ever-changing mobile apps.
OneSpan director: Banks need to implement AI’s full potential
Banks still have siloed data pools which can’t quite be pulled.
Backbase and Payveris sign digital banking partnership
The two firms aim to ease banks’ payments pain.
US challenger Current raises $20m in Series B, surpasses half a million customers
The neobank began as a parent-controlled teen debit card in 2017.
Helping ecommerce businesses accept local payments worldwide
Cardpay’s CEO discusses trends and how ecommerce businesses can expand overseas.
Irish credit unions finally take on banks with new current account offering
The country has long-awaited the sea change.
P2P lender Funding Score sinks into administration
Investors nervous as recovery firm takes control.
A bird’s eye view of cloud and the payments industry
The sky is the limit for cloud and Volante.
Natwest, Nationwide and RBS pull banking apps from Google Play for Samsung S10 users
The S10’s fingerprint feature glitch means it can be unlocked by anyone.
Western Union expands into Asia with Kyodia and Hanpass partnership
The collaborations are live with payout functionality.
EBA’s migration deadline for SCA must be seen as a warning
Regulator has given plenty of time for merchants to whip themselves into shape.
The big sleep: “trends in payments” presentations
No more placebo slides, neatly organising an avalanche of creativity on a four by four.
Trade finance – network to network
Trade finance indeed needs a network to network.
Click to Pay e-commerce solution launched by Amex, Mastercard, Visa
Card schemes aim to reduce online payments friction in US.
US fintech community dealt blow by federal court as charter is denied
The OCC will be appealing the decision by the US courts.
Bank of Lithuania pits IBM against Tieto for new blockchain project
Two technology firms go head to head in final sandbox stage.
PPRO joins forces with GrabPay in paytech partnership
Integration deal will support PPRO’s footprint in Asia-Pacific.
How to reduce loan delinquency with a better payment experience
GoCardless found three main reasons why borrowers had missed a repayments.
Instabase raises $105m sent to unicorn status
The bank app has raised $132 million since it began in 2015.
Kaleyra and Epiphany launch first open banking hub in Italy
The hub will give banks a space to launch PSD2-compliant products.
Meeting the global B2B payments challenge
International businesses increasingly expect global access to finance in real-time.
Mastercard and Visa battle over Revolut deals
Revolut says 75% of its non-European cards will eventually be Visa branded.
Contactless charity donations start-up GoodBox raises £1m
The funding is part of a combined Series A £2.3 million.
Ebury completes first acquisition with Frontierpay purchase
Ebury will use deal to expand and boost payments capabilities.
Evolve Bank & Trust taps i2c for cloud-based core banking, card issuance
Payments processor upgrades its tech with i2c.
Mastercard trials Payment on Delivery with PNC Bank
New solutions aims to eliminate problems around cash and cheque usage.
