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Bill.com partners with Amex to offer new AP solution
Vendor Pay has arrived.
Unite Global partners with WOCU for centralised currency
EXCLUSIVE. An electronic currency to support its payments platform for trade and settlement.
Barclays has nod and Bink for loyalty programmes
Barclays leads an investment round of £10 million into the start-up.
Emirates NBD plays matchmaker for start-ups and investors
Private banking arm sees no harm in The LaunchPad.
Facebook buys blockchain firm Chainspace
It may be looking to move towards the payment space.
PXP Financial lands to offer payments for merchants
UK firm aims to expand to capital management.
Software platform Kofax to acquire Top Image Systems
Final closing of the transaction is subject to a vote by TIS shareholders.
SME finance app ANNA gets £8.5m funding
New investment comes from Kinetik.
Maldives Monetary Authority calls for payment project tenders
Revamp on the way as MMA issues a request for information.
Is 2019 the year Open Banking comes to life?
What providers can do to ensure its success.
Infographic: the Italian payment landscape
How do Italian people pay for their purchases these days?
Nordic banks’ payments platform preps for pilot launch
Called Project 27, the banks want platform to become a legal entity this year.
Video: fintech news weekly round-up – 4 February 2019
Features an investment record, Stripe, Global Financial Innovation Network, Swift and R3.
No lonely planet for open banking in OBIE’s latest guide
Open Banking Implementation Entity is an ecosystem warrior.
Paytech QUID takes high road to Canada and US
Will expand to other countries after it’s settled.
Licence lust lets Lithuania’s fintech sector soar
Sector expanded by 45% in 2018 as Google and Revolut were awarded licences.
Nixon knocks PSR job on the head
MD to leave the UK’s Payment Systems Regulator in April.
WorldFirst closes US operations to save Ant Financial deal
UK currency exchange doesn’t want the acquisition derailed by regulators.
Ephesoft whips out its cloud hyperextender
When the going gets tough, the tough take to the cloud.
Top fintech stories this week – 1 February 2019
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Superstructures: fintech reaches new heights.
BPP Pay launches mobile wallet in Brazil
Taking the place of Samsung and Google Pay.
Amex throws Curve a curveball
American Express blocks customers from adding Amex cards to Curve.
Tiger makes Stripe roar with $100m funding
Latest round puts paytech’s valuation at $22.5 billion.
Returnly raises $8m funding for post-purchase paradise
US payments firm focuses on retailers and brand land.
Saudi Arabia and UAE unite for digital currency dream
Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority and UAE’s central bank unveil Aber project.
Swift links up with R3 for trading on blockchain
Their trial will monitor the movement of goods and payments on gpi.
Credorax turns to Temenos’ T24 Transact for payments push
Running on the Azure cloud.
First Data joins AIB in €100m bid for Payzone
Duo targeting Dublin-based payments firm.
Monzo prepares digital receipts with Flux
As the challenger finds fintech partners for its marketplace.
ACI Worldwide to power Hungarian real-time payments
For a total of 17 banks so far.
Samsung backs Mobeewave in latest funding wave
Mobile paytech now has a total of $20 million.
TrueLayer unveils payments API
UK firm launches it in the name of open banking and PSD2.
Video: fintech news weekly round-up – 28 January 2019
Featuring LatAm, ING, Alipay and Square.
Wirecard launches API developer portal
Initially designed for issuing solutions, but full scope on the way.
First Direct unleashes social media payments
Today is fdpay day as peer to peer payments are on the way.
Dutch start-up Bankingblocks out of the blocks
Wholesale banking provider launches across Europe.
South Korean crypto exchanges unleash AML initiative
Bithumb, Coinone, Korbit, and Upbit wake up to the threats.
Onfido opens up to Bitcoin payments
Blockchain technology and identity management converge via partnership with BitPay.
