Paytech firm Ondot acquired by US banking tech giant Fiserv
Fiserv says the Ondot takeover will help it provide a “unified digital experience” to customers.
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Swift calls for collaboration to help build the future of global transactions
Swift’s ambitious new strategy to reinvent global financial transactions.
Worldline buys controlling stake in ANZ’s acquiring business
Worldline says Australia is an ideal stomping ground for international expansion.
MFS Africa opens up continent to PayPal’s remittance service Xoom
Present in a whopping 160 markets already, Xoom still wants more of the pie.
Vacuumlabs partners with GPS, the award-winning paytech behind Revolut and Starling
Delivering new products and features that enable businesses large and small to realise breakthrough innovations.
Banking Tech Awards 2020 winners unveiled!
Watch Tom Ward perform his stand-up and unveil the winning projects, companies and people of Banking Tech Awards 2020.
Connect bank operations from front to back
Improve efficiency and compliance while simultaneously lowering costs and risks.
Banking Technology December 2020 / January 2021 issue out now
Ready to take 2021 by the horns.
The time is now to update your finance operations
Modernising the finance department should be a priority.
MoneyGate signs core banking deal with Finartix
Cypriot EMI picks out a new core system while its application processes.
The Fintech Review: 2020
We cover embedded finance, competition, open banking, and CBDCs.
Tink lands €85m for continued expansion into 2021
The finding extension was co-led by new Parisian investor Eurazeo Growth.
New York-based Synechron buys Australian payments firm Attra
Attra and Synechron will have a combined workforce of 10,000 employees and annual revenue of $650m.
Singapore and Thailand to link national payment systems in 2021
In Singapore, PayNow monthly transaction values have crossed the $3 billion mark.
Don’t turn a blind eye to spreadsheet vulnerabilities
Introducing PrizmDoc Cells, a secure solution in an intuitive, Excel-like web interface.
Market infrastructure firm Pico raises $135m in Series C
Intel Capital leads the latest round for network company.
Paysafe to list via Bill Foley-backed Spac at $9bn valuation
Blackstone and CVC acquired Paysafe back in 2017 for £3 billion.
Solving payments and card challenges with a platform approach
A platform approach improves efficiency and customer trust.
E-book: Migration to cloud – your guide to delivering an intuitive customer experience
Learn how to transform the entire organisation with the migration to the cloud.
Revolut launches acquiring service for merchant customers
Revolut undercuts Stripe by 0.1%.
Web Summit 2020: A fintech summary
Stripe is looking at products around digital identity.
Lloyds is world’s first bank live on Swift gpi instant
The payments network expects to roll out adoption across the globe.
TransferWise nabs Australian banking licence from APRA
The restricted licence gives TransferWise access to the country’s real-time payments system.
Principles for a global central bank digital currency and a single global payment system
The new global payment system should replace all current payment and settlement arrangements.
Stripe chases $100bn valuation with no sign of IPO
Stripe could see its valuation quadruple in just two years.
ECB issues Big Tech warning as it promises digital euro
European suppliers are essential in the building of technology on which a digital euro will operate.
Central Bank of Iceland deploys new RTGS with SIA
The new system can support 5 million payments per day.
London payments firm SumUp buys digital PoS fintech Goodtill
SumUp and Goodtill have worked together “for many years as partners”.
South African BaaS provider Ukheshe to acquire local fintech Oltio
Oltio is a smaller South African firm which hosts QR code payments for Mastercard.
Square and Tencent lead €93m Satispay funding round
The Italian paytech firm has recorded “significant growth” in 2020
Indian payments fintech Cashfree lands Apis-led $35m Series B
Cashfree counts more than 50,000 businesses as customers.
On-demand payment innovation at the heart of digital “new normal”
The COVID-19 pandemic has delivered industry changes in rapid time.
TransferGo secures £4m from Silicon Valley Bank
The pre-Series C investment funds will be used to develop and expand its RTP platform.
Google Pay unveils integrated banking challenger Plex
Plex will sit in the wider, revamped Google Pay app.
European Central Bank taps SIA and Colt to connect market infrastructure
SIA and Colt will help the ECB connect through the ESMIG single access interface.
UK payments provider Modulr lands £9m investment from PayPal
PayPal thinks Modulr is “well-positioned to be an enabler”.
How real are real-time payments?
Incumbents and fintechs face the same challenges when scaling real-time payments.
Santander to pay €100m for Wirecard’s core European business
The deal means the bank can expand its payment solution across Europe, says Santander’s CEO.
Nexi’s acquisition of Nets creates Europe’s largest payments firm by volume
Nexi is “uniquely positioned to catch further M&A opportunities”, says CFO.
Mastercard to help Canada build its new real-time payments rails
RTR marks a big step in modernising Canada’s payments system.
