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Microsoft – tax and currency flatter expectation beating results

Revenue in the Productivity & Business Processes division rose 12% at constant exchange rates to $13.6bn.

Barclays US and Amount launch white label BNPL suite

Barclays US is joining forces with fintech firm Amount to offer merchants a white label point-of-sale buy now, pay later financing service.

What are the opportunities in messenger-based banking?

High street banks are pouring all their digital investments into self-made apps, but what about those which already hold customers’ attention?

South Africa Microfinance Institution Goes Live on Temenos SaaS

Using Temenos Infinity, BFS was able to reimagine the customer experience, designing and building a new lending service within 12 weeks, completing all customer trials and tests, and launching a final product just three months later

Raiffeisenbank Russia rolls out Smart Engines ID scanning tech for customer onboarding

Raiffeisenbank Russia has integrated Smart Engines software for automatic passport recognition. Opening an account in bank branches with Smart ID Engine is now more comfortable with highly precise and fast data extraction.

Remote working - here to stay? Considerations for FinTechs as we navigate the release from lockdown

As borders begin to open up again, FinTechs need to be fully prepared in order to make sure they are compliant with the new immigration changes, enabling their key talent to be in the right place, at the right time.

Robo-advisor StashAway gets $25M Series D led by Sequoia Capital India

Its Series D brings StashAway’s total paid-up capital to about $61.4 million.

BNPL schemes make it easy to spend, but harder to understand the risks

By contrast, the T&Cs of rival Australian provider Zip take just 20 minutes to read and return a clarity score of 92%

Citi partners Mastercard to let firms send funds to consumer debit cards

“In today’s world, consumers expect choice and offering customers a broader mix of payment options can provide a significant competitive advantage.”

Tinkoff launches Russia's first BNPL payment service

Dolyami.ru payments are already available for online shoppers perusing Dinomama.ru and Puma sites

The Case Of Mobile Money In Ghana

But in recent times, incidents of mobile money fraud have increased.

Banco Santander migrates 60% of IT infrastructure to the Cloud

Santander is also using cloud to support the development of its most disruptive payment services with PagoNxt, a new, autonomous cloud-native company the bank has created.

HSBC adds live chat to robo-advice platform

Live chat will be available Monday to Friday from 8am-8pm, and Saturday and Sunday from 9am-5pm.

EU Banking Trade Group Presses The Issue On Instant Payments

The European Payments Council (EPC) is a nonprofit organization that advocates for banks as they integrate new payments technology and other issues

Futuregrowth Asset Management Expands Strategic Relationship with Confluence

South African-based asset manager with $13B in AUM moves into Production with Confluence’s Delta solution

Five things Absa learnt as the first large corporate to adopt the .Africa domain

Adopting the new - mostly unknown and distinctly African - domain was not without its challenges, but it underscored Absa Group’s efforts to establish its new identity as an independent, digitally led African bank.

Newest Feature, Accurate Online is Going to be the Solution for Manufacture Business in Indonesia

The way to use the Manufacturing Add-on is also exceptionally simple.

Ooredoo business partners with Microsoft to drive cloud adoption in Kuwait and accelerate digital transformation

Through its newly launched Cloud Connect offering, digital services leader is now established as an Azure ExpressRoute connectivity provider in the country, giving Kuwaiti enterprises access to a range of platforms and services

Standard Chartered partners FinTech BetterTradeOff to offer new online financial planning solution

The tool accounts for total household income, allowing clients to include loved ones in their financial plan and better take control of their finances, all at their fingertips.

Russia pushes ahead with digital ruble

The bank has opted for a two-tier retail model

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