BharatPe CEO Suhail Sameer steps down
In a statement, BharatPe says that Sameer will “transition” from CEO to strategic advisor on 7 January 2023.
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Japan’s Smartpay launches open banking digital payments service
Smartpay claims it is the first digital consumer finance firm to utilise Japan’s open banking system.
eBook: Back to the future – 8 features of fast and future-proof BNPL technology
Discover what tools you need to get ahead and stay ahead as BNPL grows its market share.
Bankers like us: there’s no stopping us now
Yes yes yes: I wrote a book! It is written, ready, and will be in your hands in the next few weeks.
DLT in 2023: out of the blocks
What does 2023 have in store for distributed ledger technology (DLT)?
The Clearing House appoints David Watson as CEO
Watson joins The Clearing House from Swift, and will take up the new role from 1 February 2023.
Swift names Stephen Grainger as chief executive for Americas and UK
Grainger brings 20 years of banking and payments experience to his new role.
Cross-border paytech Cornerstone sheds e-money subsidiary in £600k deal
Cornerstone CEO James Hickman says the deal “reflects the value of an e-money registration as well as our platform”.
Welcome.Place, Enfuce, Epassi, Visa partner for refugee prepaid card pilot
The goal is to provide a service that assists 50,000 Ukrainian and other refugees by the end of 2023.
Reasons to be hopeful for 2023
Perhaps, the universe has a plan hiding in plain sight. The glimmers of hope that are just around the corner…
Ten fintech predictions for the year ahead
2023 will be another year of fintech innovation and growth.
2022: Top five fundraising rounds of the year
FinTech Futures recaps the top five fundraising rounds this year.
Splitit and Worldline ink North American BNPL deal
Initially, Worldline plans on integrating Splitit into its North American processing platform before expanding into other geographies.
Network International appoints group chief business transformation and technology officer
Network’s new hire Sandeep Chouhan brings over three decades of experience working in consumer banking and payments.
Mechanics Cooperative Bank selects Finastra’s Payments To Go solution
The bank is expanding its partnership with Finastra to introduce new business payments services.
Mangopay appoints Carlos Sanchez Arruti as CFO
Arruti joins from Amazon and brings more than two decades of experience to the role.
JP Morgan invests in Indian paytech ISG, buys stake in Viva Wallet
JP Morgan is aiming to enhance digital transactions for its corporate clients in APAC and Europe.
The What the FinTech? podcast | Season three’s jailed buzzwords
We run down all the buzzwords our podcast guests wanted gone from the industry this year.
VRPs will have their Netflix moment – it’s only a matter of time
Enabled by open banking, VRP is the Netflix to direct debit’s dusty VHS player.
Webinar: From intuition to intelligence – fraud trends every risk leader must know for 2023
Learn how data can reveal prevalent fraud trends and inform fraud prevention and risk management strategies.
Canada’s Plooto secures $20m Series B funding to fuel growth
The start-up offers accounts payable and accounts receivable automation software for SMBs.
ConnexPay hires payments “titan” Blair Jeffery as COO
Jeffery will lead the company’s core strategic and operational teams.
Visa to invest $1bn in Africa to boost digital transformation
Visa says the move will enable “greater access” to digital payments in the region.
Paytechs NMI and Shift4 make acquisitions to boost offerings
NMI has acquired Agreement Express’ payments solutions while Shift4 has bought Online Payments Group.
Banking Technology Magazine Dec 2022 / Jan 2023 issue out now
Cover story: THE BEST OF BANKING TECH – Winners and pictures from an amazing night.
UK paytech Total Processing hires CCO and head of product to drive growth
Simon King joined as CCO in September while Aden Davies joins as head of product.
Westpac ends talks with Tyro Payments over potential acquisition
Westpac says purchasing Tyro “is not in the best interests of Westpac shareholders at this time”.
Mark Brant joins NatWest as chief payments officer
Brant will take up his new role at NatWest on 16 January 2023.
Teneo partners NatWest for A2A open banking payment solution Payit
Teneo will leverage account-to-account solution Payit to pay dividends to those affected by insolvent firms.
Not how, but where: the next payments revolution
The future will bring many metaverse ‘realms’ operating across borders, each with their own digital tokens.
US paytech Cantaloupe buys Three Square Market for $41m
The acquisition was funded with 90% cash and 10% stock.
TreviPay to acquire fellow US paytech Apruve for undisclosed sum
With the acquisition, TreviPay plans to expand its B2B payments network.
PayU appoints new head of data, Keren Ben Zvi
PayU is aiming to provide merchants with more detailed customer insights to support business growth.
Collaboration and partnership will improve money movement for the unbanked
Digital platforms can be the glue to help facilitate collaboration, reduce friction and minimise distribution costs.
How recurring payments can reduce subscription churn
Open banking-powered A2A recurring payments can help subscription businesses fortify their operations.
Sunbit lands $250m debt facility to expand access to credit
The revolving debt facility is being provided by Credit Suisse and Waterfall Asset Management.
Crypto platform Zumo hires first chief data and analytics officer
Vicky Byrom joins Zumo from paytech firm Modulr.
Challenger bank Tonik acquires paytech firm TendoPay
Through the acquisition, Tonik aims to augment its lending portfolio.
Congratulations to the Banking Tech Awards 2022 winners!
Winners and highly commended of the 23rd annual Banking Tech Awards ceremony.
What the FinTech? | S.3 Episode 18 | Online payments and personalisation
In this episode of the podcast, we’re joined by Kirsty Morris, managing director at Barclaycard Payments.
