IFC and Ant Financial launch programme for talent development
Starting in Indonesia, the programme will target APAC countries.
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Malaysian MoneyMatch completes first Ripple-based transaction
Establishing the Malaysia-Spain blockchain channel.
US paytech CardFlight launches SwipeSimple Customers for card data management
Merchants can build customer databases and manage card data with CardFlight’s SwipeSimple Customers.
BLOM Bank first in Lebanon to launch Swift gpi service
BLOM Bank says it’s “now more than ever ready for the future of cross-border payments”.
IndusInd Bank combines credit and debit in one card
IndusInd Bank Duo Card is the first of its kind in India.
Starling Bank expands white label banking services
Allowing every company to offer banking services.
IMS 2018 Lisbon: bank digitisation and reading the client
How do retail banks stay relevant to their customers’ changing demands and priorities?
Gresham extends ANZ deal for five years
The deal aims to improve digital banking experience for ANZ’s corporate customers.
Walmart and PayPal join forces for cash transactions
First time for PayPal to transact in cash, but each cash transaction is priced at a flat, $3 service fee.
Top fintech stories this week – 12 October 2018
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BNP Paribas goes international with Earthport payments
BNP Paribas Fortis in Belgium will be the first to roll
Standard Chartered and Huawei tackling corporate payments with IoT
The bank aims to enable triggering instructions in real-time through APIs, rather than through manual paper or e-mail.
New Aussie neobank Up is alive and kicking
Promising “never-seen-before” features.
Aussie challenger Volt taps into PayPal’s customer base
Partnership allows PayPal’s customers to share login with Volt.
US card provider Brex is it with $125m funding
San Francisco-based corporate card provider for start-ups making progress.
Sylo and CentraPay partner for PoS payments on blockchain
The new product, Sylo-CentraPay, will launch in 2019.
Haball, 1Link and Meezan Bank partner for B2B payments in Pakistan
Haball the aggregator, Meezan on settlements, and 1Link on processing.
H&M fashions itself a $20m stake in Klarna
Fashion chain finds fintech to its liking.
Curve rolls out Amazon cliché in $50m funding quest
The “Amazon of banking”. Whatever.
Top fintech stories this week – 5 October 2018
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Cryptocurrency ATMs in Argentina take the peso
On the way and set to exploit peso volatility.
Danske Bank sets date for wearable testing
FastPay gears up for contactless payments.
KKR and Tencent lead $175m investment in Philippines’ Voyager Innovations
“Largest investment to date in a Philippine tech company.”
SBI Ripple Asia launches MoneyTap in Japan
Ripple-powered payments app offers real-time settlement.
Fiserv and DadeSystems unleash automated A/R
Making account receivables less manual.
Banking Technology October 2018 issue out now
The tree of fintech life: growth, gains and generations.
The dos and don’ts of invoice factoring
A few tips on how to implement invoice factoring properly.
Nexo Standards Annual Conference: equality and fraternity
Paytech news from the Paris show.
Banco Sabadell acquires online payments firm PayTPV
Spanish bank’s investments keep growing.
Nacha acquires Business Payments Directory Association
The union seeks to improve B2B payments in the US.
Why diversity and inclusion is good for business
What do diversity and inclusion really mean?
Dutch banking takes courage from cybercrime exercises
ING and friends mimicked WannaCry ransomware attack.
Lemon Way taps Barclays for UK corporates
“The UK is the most mature market in Europe for crowdfunding and P2P lending.”
Salt Edge serves up open banking infrastructure for testing
Now available for testing by third party providers.
Volante’s paytech to support PSD2 and open banking at QIB UK
Qatar Islamic Bank UK will implement Volante’s VolPay Channel: Open Banking and Token.
ANZ New Zealand launches Google Pay
goMoney Wallet to be phased out.
Goldman Sachs leads $25m funding in blockchain paytech Veem
Veem living the dream with its payments platform plan.
Top fintech stories this week – 28 September 2018
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Alibaba enters Banking Circle for shapely payments
Tech titan will use infrastructure and network.
Bank Central Asia upgrades to digital payments with Intellect
Claims to be the first digital transaction banking solution implemented in Indonesia.
