March 11, 2024
Via: The Fintech TimesMastercard and Nexi are joining forces to build an integrated digital payment ecosystem by advancing Mastercard Open Banking-powered solutions that offer secure, seamless payment experiences with more choices for consumers when shopping online. Bart Willaert, EVP of international open banking […]
March 7, 2024
Via: FinTech FuturesThe collaboration will also see the Intesa Sanpaolo group bank leverage its new partner’s technology to further develop its fraud detection tools and cybersecurity capabilities. Mastercard says the deal hopes to modernise the Alexbank’s cardholders’ “payment experience” by expanding the […]
February 22, 2024
Via: The Fintech TimesAs prices, bills, interest rates and everything else in between become more expensive, blip is hoping to support small businesses by offering fairly priced and transparent insurance policies. To this end, blip will look to provide a platform for small […]
February 21, 2024
Via: The Fintech TimesHaving reflected on what the top priority is for businesses looking to enter the cross-border payments space, we now turn our attention to the future, and how the sector will evolve in 2024. Practical improvements await Rachel Levi, global head […]
February 12, 2024
Via: The Fintech TimesIn the middling science fiction novel Those Who Remain, author G. Michael Hopf said: “Hard times create strong men, strong men create good times, good times create weak men, and weak men create hard times.” This quote (which in modern […]
February 6, 2024
Via: The Fintech TimesThe Network Enablement Partner (NEP) programme is a Mastercard initiative that enables service providers — the vendors of Mastercard-licensed issuers and acquirers who typically have a fully indirect relationship with Mastercard — to play a pivotal role in expediting product […]
February 1, 2024
Via: Fintech NewsIn 2024, the fusion of AI and financial technology is not just a wave of the future – it’s a rapidly evolving present. Artificial Intelligence, especially the latest generation (Gen AI), is revolutionizing the FinTech sector, reshaping how we interact […]
February 1, 2024
Via: FinTech FuturesThis month, Philip takes an in-depth look at payments. It’s no secret that payments is my favourite aspect of fintech. Judging the PayTech Awards is one of the highlights of my year as I get an early glimpse at how […]
January 19, 2024
Via: The Fintech TimesThe importance of remittances and cross-border payments cannot be understated in Africa. According to the World Bank, remittance flows to sub-Saharan Africa are expected to have increased by about 1.9 per cent in 2023 to $54billion. Onafriq selected Alviere for […]
January 16, 2024
Via: ThePaypersCloud-based retail solutions provider Tulip has announced the launch of Tulip Pay to support in-person retail transactions. Tulip Pay is a self-contained payment system powered by Stripe, a business financial infrastructure platform designed to be simple and quick to deploy, […]
January 16, 2024
Via: The Fintech Times“It’s telling that a significant proportion of fraudsters think retailers themselves enable the practice. “Retailers must strike a delicate balance between facilitating sales and minimising fraud risks, but it’s clear from our findings that many don’t get it right. One […]
January 16, 2024
Via: FinTech FuturesHowever, while many firms seek to provide accessibility to basic financial services to the masses, not quite so many have sharpened their focus and risen to the challenge of making financial services more accessible and easier to use for disabled […]
January 12, 2024
Via: CointelegraphThe approval of the first spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETF) in the United States will open the crypto market to billions of dollars of institutional capital. According to public trading data, the total volume across the 10 approved spot Bitcoin […]
January 12, 2024
Via: FinTech FuturesBelgium-based fintech start-up Unbox has secured a €12 million Series A funding round led by HSBC Asset Management. The round also saw participation from SFPIM Relaunch, a subsidiary of the Belgian Sovereign Wealth Fund. Founded in 2020 and headquartered in […]
January 11, 2024
Via: The Fintech TimesTraditional payment methods such as cash are declining in popularity among all age groups. emerchantpay’s Global Payments Outlook revealed Europeans are showing a growing interest in other payment methods. Several European countries are making promising strides towards digital payment adoption. […]
January 9, 2024
Via: Investing.comBitPay, a leading cryptocurrency payment service provider, has expanded its digital currency offerings, enabling transactions with several new cryptocurrencies at high-end retailers. The company now supports Uniswap (UNI), Chainlink (LINK), Binance Coin (BNB), and Basic Attention Token (BAT (LON:BATS)), alongside […]
January 9, 2024
Via: FinTech FuturesIt is well known that the propensity to pay is inextricably linked to the convenience of payment. Card payments offer payers convenience, but being subject to high fees, slow settlement times and chargebacks remain unattractive to B2B merchants, often operating […]
January 3, 2024
Via: FinTech FuturesFounded in 2010 and based in New York, OpenTransact offers a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform that facilitates payments and provides risk management solutions for high-risk industries such as CBD and gaming. Compatible with cryptocurrency, ACH, debit and credit card-based payments, the […]
January 2, 2024
Via: FinTech FuturesNews of the sale first broke in May 2021, with HSBC reportedly having paid more than €1 billion for New York-based private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management to take its loss-making French branches off its hands. As of 1 January […]
December 29, 2023
Via: CointelegraphThe cryptocurrency market’s capitalization metric has been trading within a relatively narrow upward channel for the past 10 weeks. This indicates that bullish momentum has remained intact despite recently failing to break above the $1.7-trillion market cap resistance. In December, […]