FinTech Futures: Top five stories of the week – 18 August 2023
Here’s our pick of five of the top news stories from the world of finance and tech this week.
Here’s our pick of five of the top news stories from the world of finance and tech this week.
Strive India will focus on micro-enterprises, women-led businesses and agri-entrepreneurs in the country.
MTN says its partnership with Mastercard will enable its customers “to participate in the global economy”.
Launching this September, Grow seeks to provide businesses with better cash flow, management and capital.
Here’s our pick of five of the top news stories from the world of finance and tech this week.
Lloyds Bank, NatWest, Monzo and TSB are some of the UK banks partnering with Mastercard for its latest offering.
Stables’ CEO says the company wants to simplify stablecoin usage and drive its global adoption.
With the partnership, Mastercard aims to drive digitalisation in the GCC payments landscape.
OVpay, the open loop payments system, will now be accepted at all modes of public transport across the country.
The funding round saw Mastercard and other investors taking up a minority stake in Fabrick’s shareholding.
Open Banking Expo Canada is taking place in Toronto on 15 June 2023.
The multi-year arrangement aims to deliver a single card multi-market strategy of significant scale.
Mastercard Crypto Credential defines verification standards, instilling “critical” trust in blockchain tech.
Here’s our pick of five of the top news stories from the world of finance and tech this week.
Wadsworth joined Mastercard via its acquisition of Vocalink in 2017.
Singh joins LSEG from Mastercard where he is the co-head for advisors in its data and services business.
Visa has reportedly submitted a bid of $1.4bn after an initial offer of $1bn was rejected by Pismo.
Mastercard intends to fold Baffin Bay’s automated Threat Protection tech into a global “cyber service”.
The partnership will see Mastercard equip Banque Misr with the latest digital payment technologies.
Through the partnership, Giact says it will be able to deploy Nacha-compliant account verification solutions.
The selected industry players will participate in use case proposals over the coming months, the central bank says.
Copal aims to provide a “seamless and innovative” cashless payments experience for all family members.
Here’s our pick of five of the top news stories from the world of finance and tech this week.
Ajay Banga has been nominated to lead the World Bank following the resignation of David Malpass.
According to Sky News, the claim could be worth well over £10 billion.
Seven banks are working on an e-wallet linked to consumers’ debit and credit cards, The Wall Street Journal reports.
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Belgium’s bpost and France’s Nickel will offer Mastercard’s True Name option to customers.
The solution is currently in the pilot stage with a rollout expected sometime in 2023.
Cellulant’s customers can now pay online wherever Mastercard is accepted via the Tingg wallet.
Here’s our pick of five of the top news stories from the world of finance and tech this week.
Named Crypto Source, the new offering is being developed in partnership with Paxos.
The debit card, launching soon, aims to reward sustainable businesses.
“If you’re going to be in the metaverse, it starts with a purpose,” Accenture’s Michael Abbott explains.
The Uber Pro Card will help its drivers save on fuel, fees and other associated expenses.
Here’s our pick of five of the top news stories from the world of finance and tech this week.
Only Visa now stands in the way of Apple Pay reaching the top spot globally.
The card was co-designed by Idemia, an identity technology solutions provider in the physical and digital space.
Here’s our pick of five of the top news stories from the world of finance and tech this week.
The Binance Card will convert crypto to fiat currency in real time at the point of purchase.