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Lloyds and Mastercard aim to take A2A payments mainstream

Initial interest in PayFrom Bank is coming from charities for online donations and wallet funding use cases such as investment accounts.

Barclaycard rolls out cashback programme

Cardholders can also have their cashback redeemed back to their Barclaycard, trade up for an e-voucher, or donate to a chosen charity.

Solarisbank raises EUR190m; buys Contis

The firm recently migrated its full tech stack to the AWS cloud and moved all partners to its entirely self-developed core banking system.

Optima bank goes live with the digital banking platform and “integration layer”

Optima bank was launched on July 31, 2019

Cellulant Gets Approval from Bank of Tanzania to Become a Payment Solution Service Provider (PSSP)

This approval makes Cellulant one of the top Payment Solution Service Providers (PSSP) in Tanzania endorsed by the BOT to provide digital payments solutions across the nation.

Ecobank Group and Microsoft Upskill Africa's Small and Medium Enterprises to Succeed in a Digital Economy

This training will provide SMEs digital skills and knowledge to succeed in today’s digital world.

Aussie 'non-bank' WTHL raises $3m

WLTH will use the raised capital to fast track the growth of its proprietary fintech platforms, ahead of the upcoming launches of its business payments platform and loyalty program ‘WLTH + Loyalty’, as well as make key hires to bolster its wor

Starling chief Boden bristles with confidence as bank pulls away from fintech pack

Starling CEO Anne Boden says the fledgeling bank is pulling away from its loss-making fintech peers as revenues soared by 600% to nearly £97.6 million in the 16 months to March 2021.

Nationwide utilises Open Banking technology to help debt-distressed customers

In the same vein, OpenWrks is also working with expert advisors at the Money and Pensions Service to visualise customers’ income and expenditure data - leading to more personalised and relevant advice.

Santander begins roll out new cash management platform with Infosys Finacle

The first release of the platform, which is currently in pilot, provides customers with access to view liquidity held globally.

Revolut moves into travel sector

As an added incentive, Revolut has set aside £70 million to offer users 10% cashback on all holiday accommodation booked through its app.

State Farm Selects intelliflo

The platform will also deliver efficiencies for agents achieved through data-driven integrations and automated digital workflows.

WealthKernel unveils new API to help customers launch junior ISAs

The new API will enable customers to seamlessly launch JISAs for their users, eliminating the need to build the infrastructure in-house and accelerating the speed at which they can deploy new products.

Caceis Goes Live with Retail and Institutional SRD II Solution from Broadridge

SRD II proxy voting and disclosure solution from Broadridge has enabled Caceis to meet regulatory obligations and advance shareholder democracy

Nairobi Ranked Number One FinTech City in Africa, 37th Globally

As the world grappled with COVID-19 in 2020, governments urged their citizens to embrace online transactions

US banks ramp up spending on talent and technology

Costs at largest US lenders jumped 10% in most recent quarter as industry fends off competition

How fingertip authentication technology will transform MENA contactless payments market

Biometric cards that eliminate fraud-risk and the need for transaction limits are to be launched regionally and globally in October

UOB Asset Management sees surge in online corporate investing

orporate investors can also choose the Fund Direct[4] service to build and to manage their own portfolio of funds.

NAB invests A$160m in branch revamp

Despite Covid-restrictions hindering efforts, 26 branches have been revamped so far in 2021, with another 50 locations to follow by the end of the year.

CBA puts AI ethics at centre of Bill Sense

Setting out the ethical considerations, CBA says that no information is shared with or obtained from billers, ensuring privacy protection and security.

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