Managers of Wealth Fintech

Bank Oriental Bank selects BPC

The Southeast Asian nation's newest commercial bank aims to capture a sizeable market share of tech-savvy consumers as well as those who prefer brick-and-mortar banking experiences.

Capital Bank of Jordan launches Blink neobank

In addition, users can manage their accounts, send and receive money, view their transaction history and withdraw money from domestic and international ATMs

Italian BNPL fintech Scalapay joins the European unicorn club with $497m Series B

The equity and debt round pushes the Italian fintech above the $1bn valuation level making it Italy’s first fintech unicorn.

RateSetter acquisition helps Metro Bank boost consumer lending

Challenger bank Metro has released its full year results for 2021.

Nigerian fintech expands banking operation into East Africa

"Our expansion into the Kenyan market follows the identification of key gaps in the availability of proper applicable and affordable banking automation technology”

Rwanda’s Largest Bank Completes Core Modernization with Temenos

Bank of Kigali goes live on Temenos platform to power faster, smarter digital banking while scaling to one million retail and SME customers in Rwanda

MUFG shutters blockchain-based payments network

After several delays, it was launched last April but MUFG now says that it will suspend operations and begin liquidation procedures.

U.S. Bancorp Partners With Microsoft to Integrate Payments, Apps

The Covid-19 pandemic added urgency to that effort by speeding up a digital transition among bank customers

Klarna brings rewards programme to UK

With Klarna’s new rewards programme, consumers earn points every time they use Klarna’s ‘Pay Now’ immediate payment option or make an on-time repayment when using Pay Later or Pay in 3.

Digital engagement soars at Bank of America

More than 85% of Bank of America small business clients are using digital channels.

Pakistan’s Largest Bank Selects Temenos

HBL will onboard over 25 million of the Bank’s clients onto Temenos open platform for composable banking

Cashback accounts compared: which bank will let you earn the most money?

Virgin Money recently rolled out cashback rewards to its current accounts - how does it compare to the competition?

MENA Banking Excellence Awards

Attracting a key senior management audience through its content and activities

emerchantpay Expands to 8 Countries in LatAm To Enable Seamless Cross Border Payments

Through emerchantpay’s solution, businesses can accept popular local payment options such as PIX, Boleto Bancario, Elo and Hipercard

UAE digital bank Zand wins backing from Franklin, Aditya Birla

Zand’s launch remains ‘imminent’, investors include Abu Dhabi’s Al Hail Holding and Al Sayyah& Sons Investments

UAE's Etisalat partners with FAB, ADQ, Alpha Dhabi to launch new digital bank

Etisalat to invest over $173mln in cash for a 25% stake in the platform

TransUnion to insert BNPL finance into UK consumer credit files

Buy now, pay later finance saw unprecedented growth during the pandemic, with consumers seeking out more ways of accessing interest-free credit as they shop online.

Mastercard and Egyptian fintech sign five-year deal

Kashat launched in early 2020, capitalizing on the significant potential for growth in Egypt’s fintech and digital space.

Intesa Sanpaolo to launch digital bank with four million existing clients

The launch of ISY Bank spearheads a new cloud-banking strategy at the Italian lender as it seeks to reduce costs, counter fintech and target international retail growth.

KeyBank taps Google Cloud for cloud banking operations upgrade

As KeyBank’s systems integrator, Deloitte will facilitate the firm’s migration from data centres to Google Cloud.

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