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Partnerships
Saxo Bank completes acquisition of BinckBank
Saxo intends to initiate the statutory buy-out procedure.
Mastercard acquires Nets’ real-time payment business
Nets’ Corporate Services business offers a gateway into several European markets
Trov partners with Lloyds and launches white-label insurtech platform
Later this year, Trov and Lloyds Banking Group will release an insurance product on the ‘Powered by Trov’.
Experian closes $20m of Series B1 in CompareAsiaGroup
Making this its fifth major investment in Asia Pacific since 2017.
Co-op stores implement ACI’s Pay-in-Aisle tech
Scan and pay from your phone.
First Data and Bank of America end paytech partnership
Fiserv’s First Data will provide services to its current client merchants until June 2023.
Legal & General inks its first fintech partnership
It will help diversify its product offering.
DPO Group acquires PayFast
A major deal for the African paytech sector.
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Celebrating excellence and innovation in the payments industry and people who make it happen!
Banks and TPPs agree joint approach to PSD2
A statement outlined their joint efforts to transition to new payment rules.
Gay is for life, not just for June
Fintech firms can and must do more.
StashAway snaps up $12m in Series B funding
Its latest round brings the total funds raised to date to $20.4 million.
Visa invests in Southeast Asia’s payments platform Gojek
The two companies will also collaborate on cashless payments solutions.
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Spotlight: the Russian e-commerce cross-border market
Finding a niche for a foreign merchant in Russia.
Banking Technology Awards 2019 are open for entries
The Early Bird 10% discount deadline is 31 July 219, the awards close for entries on 31 August 2019
Nationwide and ClearBank partner for new business account
The partnership will provide access to real-time payments.
Volt bank chooses FIS for mobile and card payments services
FIS will provide it with processing services for Volt’s credit card and mobile payments.
AcadiaSoft announces technology partnership with CloudMargin
The firms collaborate to provide an industry solution for uncleared margin rules.
Lithuania seeks to attract more fintech firms
Thought leaders in Vilnius wish to increase their C-suite intake.
EY inks agreement with Open Banking Nigeria
It will extend services to individuals and businesses across Nigeria.
Konsentus partners with Carta Worldwide for PSD2 compliance
The firm offers real-time TPP identity and regulatory checking services.
Busey selects Jack Henry to support growth
The SilverLake System is believed to be replacing CSI’s NuPoint.
First JCB card issued in India with NPCI partnership
The new card is designed to serve outbound Indian travellers.
New challenger revverbank picks Fusion for core banking capabilities
The proposition will be underpinned by Microsoft’s Azure platform.
Let’s work together
Bank-fintech collaboration should take priority on this year’s Sibos agenda.
Mastercard and Nationwide announce new partnership
Building society prepares to launch new business banking service.
Morgan Stanley and Box launch document sharing portal
The platform promotes communication between financial advisors and clients.
Capital on Tap partners with Marqeta
It has provided nearly £1 billion in funding to more than 60,000 small businesses in the UK.
soCash raises $6m in Series B
The round was led by Glory Ltd, SC Ventures and Vertex Ventures to expand their footprint.
Kaleyra and Epiphany join forces on open banking
It enables the two to jointly support banks with PSD2 compliance.
Thomson Reuters acquires HighQ
It enhances their aim of providing more cloud-based software for legal professionals.
Ebury joins forces with Unicaja Banco
Partnership offers global transaction services to the bank’s SME customers.
PayTech Awards 2019 winners announced!
Celebrating excellence and innovation in the payments industry and people who make it happen.
Angels Den Funding selects Lemon Way for UK payments
The paytech won the bid following a tough competitive analysis.
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TEM becomes first cryptocurrency created at Royal Mint
The private crypto keys and genesis block have been stored in the vault.
Canada’s PaymentsMB taps Cardstream for European expansion
Cardstream will link up with acquirers and suppliers.
HSBC creates private banking portal with Finantix
Finantix Components provides business logic, insights, user journey standards and interfaces.
