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Cartes Bancaires approves Fime to test the personalisation of payment cards

The tool can now be used to test the personalization of payment cards in line with CB’s new CPACE (CPA Contactless Extensions) card personalization specification.

Bunq touches down in Spain as it dips into record-breaking Series A pot of cash

The digital bank is also rolling out a new feature to allow customers to add IBANs from multiple European countries to their accounts all in its app.

Klarna and Global-e expand partnership across US, UK, France, Spain, Italy and Australia

lobal-e's international merchants can seamlessly offer Klarna to further enhance their offering of a localized online shopping experience.

Europe is Ripe for Instant Payments Where 73% of All Transactions are Still Done in Cash

That’s in part because other payments schemes work very well for consumers and merchants, including direct debit which EPC also manages, and cards which currently account for 41% of transactions across the EU.

Atom Bank reports £36 million loss

Atom CEO Mark Mullen says the bank expects to deliver month-on-month profit later this year as it bids for longer-term earnings ahead of a possible future listing sometime in 2022/23.

TrueLayer continues European expansion with new Headquarters in Dublin

The CBI has a strong track record as a regulator committed to delivering quality financial authorisation and supervision.

The future of payments in the Middle East

As cash transactions give way to digital, what changes can the region’s banks and payments providers expect to see in the next few years?

ADIB launches Amwali, the world’s first Islamic Digital Bank targeting GenZ

Account-opening can be done easily and effortlessly.

European Fintech Solutions Provider finleap Partners Bahrain’s Telecom Firm Batelco to Support Open Banking

Batelco Financial Services will also be providing digital financial services and open banking in the MENA region.

African e-commerce firm Jumia targets tech and user growth

It said total orders jumped 13% to 7.6 million from the same quarter a year earlier, while annual active platform users edged up 3% to 7 million.

Request to Pay: Survey confirms high demand

Companies from 20 countries responded to the detailed questionnaire between September 2020 and February 2021, with ten selected companies additionally participating in structured interviews.

Mauritius: National Payment Systems Regulations - Key Features

The Regulations are being issued two years after the promulgation of the National Payment Systems Act 2018 (NPS Act) in January 2019.

Wescom Credit Union Launches Credit Cards for Local University with Temenos

Southern California Credit Union brings sleek, fast digital banking services to the Westwood collegiate community leveraging Temenos’ API-first digital banking platform

SoftServe Opens New Office in Dubai

New office part of company’s Middle East go-to-market strategy, will support clients in retail, financial services, and energy sectors

ila Bank accelerates customer onboarding using the national eKYC platform

ila introduces a further simplified digital onboarding process, now requiring only one ID and a selfie, made possible by the Country's central eKYC platform and progressive digital infrastructure

Snoop raises £15 million to fund international expansion

The latest funding comes off the back of a recent £10 million crowdfund round in December and brings the total raised by the startup to £34 million.

Klarna makes third acquisition

Stockholm-based APPRL has been added to Klarna’s growing social shopping and retail marketing repertoire.

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.

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