Credit card financial inclusion fintech Mercury hires Jason Whiting as CFO
Whiting will join Mercury Financial from Barclays where he served as head of strategy for the Americas.
Whiting will join Mercury Financial from Barclays where he served as head of strategy for the Americas.
The biometric card is being issued by Sella on the Visa scheme, developed in partnership with Idemia.
From February 2023, current CEO Alfred Kelly will become executive chairman of the board.
The deal was signed in June and concluded in July, as part of Circle’s acquisition of CYBAVO earlier this year.
According to Bloomberg, the fintech firm is valued at around $2 billion.
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With the initiative, Klarna hopes to accelerate innovation in the development of open banking use cases.
The integration will provide a fully digital checkout experience for Indian students to make transactions.
The layoff comes just two months after it shed 10% of its workforce.
Niven was responsible for developing and executing the bank’s company-wide “digital vision”.
Railsr will utilise card and payment fraud prevention and AML solutions through Featurespace’s ARIC hub.
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“This report lays out actions that would maintain fair, transparent, and competitive markets,” says Janet Yellen.
Icon commissioned Celent to carry out research exploring the payment processing opportunities for banks.
The latest equity round brings total funds raised by ADDX since 2017 to around $140 million.
Regnology CEO says they were attracted to the “strong synergies” between the two companies’ offerings.
At Delio, Burleton will help shape the fintech’s operating model as it looks to expand internationally.
The funds will be used towards WeGift’s growth, key hires, and adding new features.
Opportunities and barriers on the road to wider adoption of effective AML screening technology.
With SEB Embedded, the firm is aiming to become a leading provider in the BaaS market.
The start-up offers investors access to more than 6,000 US stocks and ETFs.
The Dubai-based start-up wants to improve youth financial literacy, targeting the under-18s.
Jeff von Gillern, US Bank’s vice chair of technology and operations services, will retire next year.
US banking heavyweights will explore the feasibility of a DLT-powered interoperable digital money platform.
Both firms will share technology and best practices, as well as jointly develop new products and services.
On its website, Nirvana Money says all accounts will be closed on 1 December 2022.
Invest Bank is one of the first in the UAE to adopt a full SaaS model for digital and core banking systems.
Belgium’s bpost and France’s Nickel will offer Mastercard’s True Name option to customers.
Ecountabl indexes data on more than 10,000 companies, analysing their ESG performance.
Lucinity says its AML tech helps banks and fintechs increase their compliance productivity by more than 50%.
The funding will enable Gen H to speed up the rollout of its mortgage products.
Kuda says its UK launch “is the first step in its global expansion to serve overseas based Nigerians”.
Two banks in Iraq and one in the UAE are implementing BML Istisharat’s ICBS core banking system.
Minna Bank, Japan’s first digital bank, is the first user of the new core system developed by ZDF and Accenture.
The money will go towards Lentra’s international expansion and acquisitions.
Naveed has 20+ years of experience in the tech space and joins from Auction Technology Group.
Lloyd-Owen joins from home lending platform Roostify, where he was most recently VP of product.
O’Grady succeeds Gavin Kelly, who was appointed as interim CEO in September this year.
The loan consists of a $130m credit facility and $30m from the Africa Growing Together Fund (AGTF).
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