EQ Bank signs international payments deal with TransferWise
EQ Bank has integrated TransferWise’s API directly into their infrastructure.
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FinovateEurope 2020: what’s new?
Big changes are coming to Finovate!
12 days of payment predictions
Tis the season to be knowledgeable!
Video: Top fintech stories this week – 13 December 2019
FinTech Future’s weekly news round-up.
The time has come to make Open Banking evolve into open finance
The whole financial world must evolve decisively and with openness when approaching and preparing for innovation.
Russian AML agency claims $14bn in prevented transactions
Rosfinmonitoring chief talks up Russia’s clampdown on criminals.
Banking Technology December 2019 / January 2020 issue out now
A year in review.
Santander and Elavon extend 15-year payments partnership
The two firms will continue a payments partnership signed in 2004.
UK remittance fintech Paysend secures Canadian MSB licence
The paytech says its card-to-card service is now used by more than 1.2 million customers.
Canadian credit unions launch Interac Debit on Google Pay
Google Pay integration with Interac Debit allows users to pay with their phones.
CashFlows appoints new COO
Helen Smith joins the business from Earthport and Visa Europe.
AvidXchange launches $300m private fundraising round which could reach $2bn valuation
Previous investors have included Mastercard and PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel.
Nets pilots facial recognition for payments with Danish office workers
Office workers will pay for their lunch using their face.
Video: AEVI at Money20/20 USA – the ultimate merchant experience
How to get the most out of the “business in a box” proposition that smart POS brings.
Video: Top fintech stories this week – 06 December 2019
FinTech Future’s weekly news round-up.
LatAm Evertec acquires commercial payments enabler PlacetoPay
The acquisition is a gateway for Evertec to tap Colombia and Ecuador.
Ask the expert: when should a company founder step aside?
When should a founder CEO step back to let their business reach the next level?
Appreciate Group and CleverGift collaborate on UK digital gift card
The card will be UK’s first multi-brand digital gift card.
Reserve Bank anticipates cardless retail landscape in Australia
Merchant fees on card payments in Australia came to AUS $4.3 billion last year.
Klarna selects Amazon Web Services as preferred cloud provider
Swedish banking and payment firm puts AWS at the centre of new strategy.
Hastee raises £208m to boost on-demand payroll systems
The firm will use this new capital to increase its scale.
Video: Top fintech stories this week – 29 November 2019
FinTech Future’s weekly news round-up.
FIS integrates IBM to help clients counter fraud
IBM Safer Payments has been installed in FIS’s P2P solutions
Clearhaus and Newgen Payments sign payments partnership
Two firms will create white label solutions for PSPs.
As platformania reaches its peak, what is the secret to marketplace liquidity?
Over the last ten years, the platform business model has risen exponentially in popularity..
Paytm raises $1bn in fresh round of funding
Indian payments giant aims to battle the bigtechs
Cornèr Bank launches first biometric credit card in Switzerland
The credit card will be issued to an initial 100 customers.
How paytech helps the gaming world tap the under-banked populations
Paysafecard and G2 Esports reveal how paytech taps underbanked gamers.
iBanFirst acquires Dutch exchange firm NBWM
NBWM to deploy iBanFirst platform to clients as part of the deal.
Video: Top fintech stories this week – 22 November 2019
FinTech Future’s weekly news round-up.
PayPal sweetens e-shopping processing with Honey deal
The acquisition is PayPal’s largest to date.
Australia’s paytech Tyro plans to float on country’s stock exchange and raise $173.2m
Tyro is also reportedly pursuing a $1 billion valuation.
Tencent-backed Yeahka seeks $300m in Hong Kong IPO
The company aims to seek a listing hearing as soon as February.
ABN Amro live with Temenos payments tech in Hong Kong
Singapore and China are next on ABN Amro’s Temenos Payments roll-out list.
Corporate payments struggling to catch retail innovation
Currencycloud’s Todd Latham believes corporate payments will never catch up.
BRICS nations aiming for common payment system
Russian official says the association is looking to reduce reliance on USD.
Fraud reimbursement plan stalls with lack of industry consensus
Pay.UK calls on banks to come together and back creation of central fund.
Opera-owned OPay raises $120m in Series B funding round
The Nigerian start-up will use the fresh cash to expand in the region.
Elavon to acquire Sage Pay in £232m deal
The acquisition signals the start of a UK and Ireland expansion for Elavon.
Business payments platform Bill.com set to raise $100m in IPO
Underwriters listed include Goldman Sachs, BofA Securities and William Blair.
