AvidXchange acquires TimberScan provider Core Associates
Firm now claims to be largest account payable firm in the construction sector.
PayTech
Fintech funding deals globally 28 Dec 2020-3 Jan 2021
Featuring Mission Lane, Narmi, Finja, CarPay, and ZipLoan.
Jamaican central bank plans electronic payments regulation revamp
Jamaicans sent $4 billion in electronic payments in 2019.
QR Codes: will COVID-19 be the great global equaliser?
Across China QR codes are already ubiquitous, and the pandemic only accelerated user adoption.
2020 review: Top five cyberattacks this year
Cybercriminals haven’t stopped their activities in 2020.
IBM buys Canadian fintech Expertus to bolster payments offerings
The acquisition strengthens its portfolio as an end-to-end digital payments solution provider.
Paytech firm Ondot acquired by US banking tech giant Fiserv
Fiserv says the Ondot takeover will help it provide a “unified digital experience” to customers.
Swift calls for collaboration to help build the future of global transactions
Swift’s ambitious new strategy to reinvent global financial transactions.
Vacuumlabs partners with GPS, the award-winning paytech behind Revolut and Starling
Delivering new products and features that enable businesses large and small to realise breakthrough innovations.
Banking Tech Awards 2020 winners unveiled!
Watch Tom Ward perform his stand-up and unveil the winning projects, companies and people of Banking Tech Awards 2020.
Connect bank operations from front to back
Improve efficiency and compliance while simultaneously lowering costs and risks.
Banking Technology December 2020 / January 2021 issue out now
Ready to take 2021 by the horns.
The time is now to update your finance operations
Modernising the finance department should be a priority.
The Fintech Review: 2020
We cover embedded finance, competition, open banking, and CBDCs.
New York-based Synechron buys Australian payments firm Attra
Attra and Synechron will have a combined workforce of 10,000 employees and annual revenue of $650m.
Don’t turn a blind eye to spreadsheet vulnerabilities
Introducing PrizmDoc Cells, a secure solution in an intuitive, Excel-like web interface.
Market infrastructure firm Pico raises $135m in Series C
Intel Capital leads the latest round for network company.
Paysafe to list via Bill Foley-backed Spac at $9bn valuation
Blackstone and CVC acquired Paysafe back in 2017 for £3 billion.
Solving payments and card challenges with a platform approach
A platform approach improves efficiency and customer trust.
E-book: Migration to cloud – your guide to delivering an intuitive customer experience
Learn how to transform the entire organisation with the migration to the cloud.
Web Summit 2020: A fintech summary
Stripe is looking at products around digital identity.
Principles for a global central bank digital currency and a single global payment system
The new global payment system should replace all current payment and settlement arrangements.
Stripe chases $100bn valuation with no sign of IPO
Stripe could see its valuation quadruple in just two years.
On-demand payment innovation at the heart of digital “new normal”
The COVID-19 pandemic has delivered industry changes in rapid time.
Google Pay unveils integrated banking challenger Plex
Plex will sit in the wider, revamped Google Pay app.
How real are real-time payments?
Incumbents and fintechs face the same challenges when scaling real-time payments.
Mastercard to help Canada build its new real-time payments rails
RTR marks a big step in modernising Canada’s payments system.
Banking Technology November 2020 issue out now
Without limits: The Barclays accelerator races ahead
Fintech execs race towards workplace diversity
Divido’s Christer Holloman launches Fintech Finishers to raise D&I awareness.
Is your back-office ready for real-time payments?
Baldwin relays his thoughts on the firm’s award-winning Concourse Financial Software suite.
You are not everybody
With remote working, productivity may be up. But what about creativity and serendipity?
Typing authentication – the future of compliance
Cristian Tamas, TypingDNA’s co-founder and CMO, explains why he thinks the firm landed a PayTech Award.
What the Fintech? Episode 15 | Authentication station
What typing authentication is all about.
Breaking down borders for marketplace payments
CEO of Banking Circle explains rationale behind award-winning Banking Circle Marketplaces solution.
PayTech Awards Supplement
Commending the payment sector’s best projects and experts of 2020.
Calastone acquired by US private equity firm Carlyle Group
Financial details of the agreement have not been disclosed.
US holding firm Syncapay buys Wirecard’s North America business
Wirecard put the market value of its North American business at €824m.
JP Morgan launches QuickAccept smartphone card reader to take on Square
QuickAccept was developed by the team from WePay.
Unifimoney signs cross-border payments deal with Nium
The US neobank promises an “enhanced outbound money experience”.
Supporting a changing workforce: real-time payments and the gig economy
Instant access by gig workers to their pay will create a healthier and more sustainable gig economy in the long-term.
