UK paytech Payset signs for Thought Machine’s Vault Payments tech
The paytech has been utilising the vendor’s Vault Core offering since 2022.
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June 2024: Top five fintech partnership stories of the month
FinTech Futures takes a look back at five of the top fintech partnership stories of the month.
Citi extends USD Clearing service to Middle East in partnership with Emirates NBD
Emirates NBD plans to extend the service to all its 853 branches across the world.
Money20/20 Europe explores blockchain, payments and personalisation on day two
Leading figures from financial services gathered in Amsterdam for day two of Money20/20 Europe on Wednesday.
Money20/20 Europe brings tokenisation, AI and digital transformation into focus
Day one’s proceedings took a specific focus on the topics of AI, tokenisation and digital modernisation journeys.
European FMIs Clearstream, DTCC and Euroclear unveil tokenised asset framework
The framework also highlights the controls which will help firms mitigate governance and asset management risks.
LGT in Liechtenstein taps Finastra for instant payments
Finastra says the move will enable LGT to meet the EU instant payments regulatory timeline.
Santander and Iberpay in Spain join EPC’s OCT Inst scheme as inaugural participants
Iberpay will serve as the clearing and settlement mechanism, through Santander, for OCT Inst transactions.
Commerce Bank goes live with instant payment service FedNow through Temenos Payments Hub
The bank has also tapped Temenos’ US Model Bank to “meet the unique business needs of the US market”.
BIS opens call to private sector participants for Project Agorá
Applications are to remain open until 31 May, with the final list of participants to be announced on 9 August.
Deutsche Bank to explore asset tokenisation applications as part of MAS’ Project Guardian
The bank will collaborate with Interop Labs and Memento Blockchain as part of the project.
Bankart migrates payment processing to Diebold Nixdorf’s Vynamic Transaction Middleware
The integration is to replace Bankart’s legacy payment processing platform provided by ACI Worldwide.
TabaPay pulls the plug on proposed deal to acquire Synapse assets
The company previously announced its intention to purchase Synapse’s assets last month.
Inclusive instant payment system Higala launches in the Philippines
The new system is powered by the open-source payment platform Mojaloop.
Stripe to go live with USDC stablecoin payments this summer
The service will enable customers to transact USDC stablecoins via Solana, Ethereum and Polygon.
Ready to bloom: the rise of CBDCs in Asia
We delve into how and why Asia has surged ahead in the global race for CBDC development.
EverBank strikes two new deals to digitise commercial banking and payment processing systems
The US-based bank has partnered with Backbase and banking and payments fintech Finzly.
UK Finance engages Quant and R3 to support Regulated Liability Network experimentation phase
UK Finance says the experimentation phase of its Regulated Liability Network will run until summer 2024.
Video: Matera at Fintech Meetup 2024 – Core banking modernisation and instant payments
Matera’s Brad Goad discusses how banks need to modernise their core tech to keep up with instant payment innovations.
UK’s FCA and Bank of England launch consultation for Digital Securities Sandbox
Responses to the consultation are being accepted until 29 May, ahead of applications for the DSS opening this summer.
What the FinTech? | S.5 Episode 5 | Blockchain, CBDCs and programmable payments
In this episode of the podcast, we’re joined by Gilbert Verdian, CEO of Quant.
Payment security and fraud prevention take centre stage at this year’s Pay360 conference
Concepts concerning the safety and efficiency of payments proved central to the conference’s agenda.
Digital Asset’s Canton Network completes first trial with global banking heavyweights
Notable participants in the trial included BNY Mellon, Standard Chartered, Goldman Sachs and Broadridge.
Qatar Central Bank to enable instant payments with new Fawran service
Fawran is due to launch in March and forms part of the bank’s Third Financial Sector strategy, announced last year.
OTP Bank partners Iliad Solutions for payments testing platform
The Budapest-based bank is to leverage its new partner’s payments testing and certification platform, t3.
ClearBank promotes risk and compliance chief Emma Hagan to UK CEO
Hagan has been tasked with leading the platform’s UK operations and market expansion efforts.
FinovateEurope 2024: Tech demos, AI and tokenisation dominate day one
Industry innovators and thought leaders gathered in London on Tuesday for the opening day of FinovateEurope.
Crédit Agricole CIB taps Demica to launch new receivables and supply chain platform for APAC
Crédit Agricole CIB hopes the platform will appease “the increasing demand for supply chain finance” in APAC.
FinTech Futures: Top five news stories of the week – 16 February 2024
Our pick of the top fintech news stories this week includes Monese, Virgin Money, Bank of America and more.
What the FinTech? | S.5 Episode 2 | Tokenisation and blockchain interoperability
In the latest episode of the podcast, we’re joined by Jack Pouderoyen, Innovation Manager at Swift.
Payments Canada in search of new CEO after Tracey Black announces departure
Payments Canada’s board has now initiated a “comprehensive search” for Black’s successor.
Trading Technologies branches out into clearing with acquisition of Ateo
The Chicago-based vendor expects to complete its acquisition of Ateo by 29 February.
Nepal Clearing House selects ACI Worldwide to power National Payment Switch service
Nepal Clearing House expects to launch its NPS service in Q4 2024.
Worldline to cut workforce by 8% with €200m cost-saving initiative Power24
The cuts are expected to result in the termination of around 1,400 positions.
India’s Tata Consultancy Services reportedly in the race to run UK’s Faster Payments service
The potential move would see TCS replace Mastercard’s Vocalink as the service’s technology partner.
State of play: payments
Today, consumers have more options than ever to make payments. So which method will ultimately win?
CFPB proposes new laws to stamp out NSF fees for transactions declined in real time
NSF fees on debit card and ATM transactions will be “unlawful” under the proposed rule.
NPCI teams up with Google Pay to expand UPI beyond India
UPI has been recognised as a key accelerant in the real-time availability of financial services in India.
ClearBank names Paul Staples as new group head of embedded banking
Staples has previously served as global head of HSBC’s BaaS and embedded finance proposition.
Banco de España announces partners for wholesale CBDC trials
The Spanish central bank’s trials are expected to run for around six months.
