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Freedom Bank of Virginia partners Autobooks for new digital invoicing solution
The bank’s business clients can now generate professional invoices with an integrated ‘pay now’ button.
Equals Group to acquire open banking payments platform Roqqett in £2.25m deal
Equals will pick up Roqqett’s AISP and PISP licenses through the acquisition.
Four trends impacting bill payments: how to reduce risk while making them work for you
Serving your customers respectfully and effectively is especially important in times of economic uncertainty.
Pleo and TravelPerk team up for travel expense automation
TravelPerk’s platform will simplify and automate the travel expense experience for Pleo’s users.
Thought Machine’s core banking system to “reinvent” Payset
The go-live of Thought Machine’s Vault Core is expected in April 2023 at Payset.
BVNK acquires fellow paytech System Pay Services
SPS is registered as an electronic money institution in the UK.
FinTech Futures: Top five stories of the week – 25 November 2022
Here’s our pick of five of the top news stories from the world of finance and tech this week.
ICYMI fintech funding round-up: Atoa, Djamo, Flourish, Hardbacon & Nine25
A handy round-up of this week’s fintech funding news from around the world.
Thailand and Vietnam launch QR code cross-border payments link
The payments link between the two nations is designed to “enhance consumption and tourism”.
Cambodia’s ABA Bank taps Compass Plus Technologies for card issuance kiosks
The self-service kiosks can issue international debit cards in under two minutes.
Service orchestration: connecting the dots in payments
Service orchestration can help businesses optimise payments and checkout processes.
Evolution and revolution in global remittances
Flexible solutions for remittances are needed now more than ever to service evolving customer needs.
Visa appoints Ryan McInerney as new CEO
From February 2023, current CEO Alfred Kelly will become executive chairman of the board.
HDFC Bank taps Flywire for digital educational payments experience
The integration will provide a fully digital checkout experience for Indian students to make transactions.
FinTech Futures Jobs: Here’s why it’s important to understand and embrace neurodiversity at work
Check out the vacancies at these firms that support neurodiversity through awareness programmes and hiring processes.
Research paper: The payments processing opportunity for banks
Icon commissioned Celent to carry out research exploring the payment processing opportunities for banks.
Japanese paytech unicorn Opn acquires US firm MerchantE
Both firms will share technology and best practices, as well as jointly develop new products and services.
Effective ways to improve and expand digital payment methods for businesses
Introducing digital payment methods and ensuring adoption can be a challenge many businesses find daunting.
Kuda launches in the UK with tell.money’s open banking compliance tech
Kuda says its UK launch “is the first step in its global expansion to serve overseas based Nigerians”.
Divido appoints new chief product officer, Gareth Lloyd-Owen
Lloyd-Owen joins from home lending platform Roostify, where he was most recently VP of product.
Ireland is emerging as a global hub for payments
Ireland has become the EU/EMEA headquarters for many leading firms in the fintech and payments space.
Checkout.com lands major paytech deal with Sainsbury’s
Checkout.com says it will “simplify and modernise” payment infrastructure across Sainsbury’s business.
JP Morgan and Mastercard team up to launch Pay-by-Bank solution
The solution is currently in the pilot stage with a rollout expected sometime in 2023.
ICYMI fintech funding round-up: Ping, Agent IQ, Atlar and more
A handy round-up of this week’s fintech funding news from around the world.
iBanFirst taps Fenergo for client lifecycle management solution
iBanFirst says Fenergo’s tech will allow it to offer “faster and more effective” digital customer onboarding.
ACI Worldwide appoints interim CEO as Odilon Almeida departs
Thomas Warsop, former non-executive chair of ACI’s board of directors, has been named interim CEO.
SME financial services provider Finom buys cross-border paytech Kapaga
The merger will boost Finom’s UK and European expansion plans.
Mangopay names Ronen Benchetrit as new CTO
Mangopay’s CEO says Benchetrit’s appointment will be “game changing” for the company’s growth.
Report: The state of payment operations 2022
The challenges and upsides of implementing efficient, scalable, and secure payment operations processes.
Worldline to buy Banco Desio’s merchant acquiring activities for €100m
With the partnership, Worldline aims to leverage Banco Desio’s network to expand its presence in Italy.
French paytech start-up Fintecture lands €26m Series A funding
The new funding brings Fintecture’s total capital raised to date to €32 million.
Dubai’s Pyypl lands $20m Series B as it eyes regional expansion
The round saw participation from new international investors and 10 existing investors.
EIPP and the mobile revolution in B2B payments
The next phase in the evolution of B2B payments will be dominated by mobile technologies.
MoneyGram expands Coinme partnership, launches in-app crypto service
Users across nearly all US states can now trade and store BTC, ETH and LTC in the MoneyGram app.
Canada’s TouchBistro bags $110m in growth funding
TouchBistro offers a tablet-based point of sale (POS) system and payments solution for restaurants.
Blockchain.com partners Visa and Marqeta to launch crypto debit card
The card is available to US residents and will be rolled out to customers in additional countries starting in 2023.
Paytech Form3 lands €23m venture debt facility from Atempo Growth
The funding will enable Form3 to explore potential M&A opportunities and launch in new markets.
Swift appoints Max Mamondez as chief financial officer
Mamondez, who joins from the London Stock Exchange Group, will serve on Swift’s executive committee.
Banking Technology Magazine November 2022 issue out now
Cover story: TAKING THE LEAD – Women are inspiring fintech teams.
