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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.

Ebury’s Mass Payments Division Expands Footprint by Establishing a Presence in the UAE Market

Ebury’s innovative tech platform also allows payments to be made quickly and securely with pre-verification of bank details ensuring payments are delivered in full and on-time.

Bluestone Launch New Lending Platform in Australia

This brings Bluestone’s technology in line with industry best practice and demonstrates their commitment to continuously improving their broker and borrower experience.

Nordic challenger Lunar raises €210 million

During the last month Lunar has further added €130 million in deposits.

Netbank Partners Investree Philippines

As explained in the announcement, SME lending is “very underdeveloped” in the Philippines.

Google plans fintech move in Japan

Japan's share of cashless payment in retail transactions was just under 30% in 2020, compared with 70-90% in South Korea and China.

Sygnum first Bank to offer Ethereum 2.0 staking

With institutional-grade custody and fully segregated wallets, staked Ethereum are held in clients’ individual accounts with the highest security.

Revolut chasing $1bn in fundraising - reports

Revolut's results for 2020 show that losses were £207 million, compared to a £106 million in 2019.

Gojek-backed Bank Jago aims to leverage tech giant's data

The bank will seek customer approval to access travel, food purchases and other transaction data, he said, adding this would help assess eligibility for credit.

Ecobank Group reaches another milestone in financial inclusion in Africa

The success of the new wallet service is made possible by Semoa’s ability to test connectivity, authentication and authorisation of customers’ transactions before the new service went live through Ecobank’s Sandbox.

Binance payments blocked by Barclays

The banking giant said customers will no longer be able to make credit or debit card payments to the crypto exchange following its ban by the FCA last week

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