White paper: FedNow is almost here!
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Fintechs Canada launches to drive innovation in the country’s fintech sector
The not-for-profit association is looking to work with policymakers in a “whole-of-government” approach.
Three tips for navigating global payments as you expand internationally
Branching into new markets brings serious challenges when it comes to managing payments on a global scale.
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.
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.
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.
FIS reportedly looking to cut thousands of jobs under new CEO
Bloomberg reports that the cuts to the workforce are expected to be staggered.
Featurespace bags funding from US, UK govs to build new financial crime detection solution
Featurespace is developing an AI-powered system to help banks and PSPs detect financial crime.
Corporate payments fintech Onbe hires new CTO, CFO to drive growth
Brent Coles joins as chief financial officer while Suresh Kumar is Onbe’s new chief technology officer.
Service orchestration: connecting the dots in payments
Service orchestration can help businesses optimise payments and checkout processes.
What the FinTech? | S.3 Episode 17 | What’s next for BNPL?
In this episode of the podcast, we’re joined by Gaurav Sethi, chief product and strategy officer for Citizens Pay.
Credit card financial inclusion fintech Mercury hires Jason Whiting as CFO
Whiting will join Mercury Financial from Barclays where he served as head of strategy for the Americas.
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.
US banking sector launches digital asset settlement proof of concept
US banking heavyweights will explore the feasibility of a DLT-powered interoperable digital money platform.
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.
Fintech Talents 2022: Where are we with open finance?
Speakers at the Fintech Talents Festival sat down to unpack the current state of play with open finance.
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.
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.
FinTech Futures: Top five stories of the week – 11 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: Ping, Agent IQ, Atlar and more
A handy round-up of this week’s fintech funding news from around the world.
Video: DailyPay at Money20/20 USA – Boosting financial wellbeing with earned wage access
We chat with Jeanniey Walden, CMO at DailyPay, about the benefits of earned wage access.
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.
Crypto infrastructure start-up Ramp raises $70m in Series B round
The Series B follows Ramp’s $52.7 million Series A round in December 2021.
Report: The state of payment operations 2022
The challenges and upsides of implementing efficient, scalable, and secure payment operations processes.
EIPP and the mobile revolution in B2B payments
The next phase in the evolution of B2B payments will be dominated by mobile technologies.
FinTech Futures: Top five stories of the week – 4 November 2022
Here’s our pick of five of the top news stories from the world of finance and tech this week.
Stripe lays off 14% of staff amid challenging economic climate
The cuts to its workforce will return Stripe to its February 2022 headcount of almost 7,000 people.
DBS and digitalisation: what the West can learn from the East
“Meaningful innovation is the true litmus test,” says DBS’ Shee Tse Koon.
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.
InComm Payments buys Australian gift card provider TCN
The firm says the acquisition will boost its ability “to create personable gift card products that consumers seek”.
Is payroll technology the future of fintech?
Employees want the freedom to get paid anytime, anywhere, and payroll tech has stepped in to help.
