07/15/2022
EQ Bank selects Flinks for open banking data sharing
With Canada's fast growing network of fintechs apps, Flinks enables easy adoption of these APIs by managing the onboarding, accreditation, and support.
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07/15/2022
SoFi makes big bet on Galileo
It's agreed to purchase the fintech backbone company for $1.2 billion.
07/15/2022
BLKB aims to take stake in payment fintech
The company, a spinoff from the University of St Gallen and ETH Zurich, offers app-based payment options and encourages users to save and invest.
07/15/2022
Mastercard adds open banking to Engage partner programme
Mastercard has a long-standing track record of working with technology and fintech partners to build the future of financial services and enable more choices for consumers.
07/14/2022
NatWest Markets eyes big gains in migration to Google Cloud
To build cloud capabilities within the company, the firm invested in training 1,100 employees on Google Cloud Platform throughout 2021, with almost 100 of them becoming Google Cloud certified.
07/14/2022
Apple's Tap to Pay comes to the high street
Apple has been working on the new feature since around 2020, when it paid $100 million for Canadian startup Mobeewave.
07/13/2022
Sinch report reveals consumers want better ways to get real-time financial services and connect with their bank
One in three under 40 switch banks to get a better mobile experience as customers want more personalized two-way interaction
07/12/2022
ABN Amro adds Freelancer Wallet app to Payday in pilot with Younited
To give freelancers even more control over their income, Payday's latest pilot introduces a new feature: the Payday Freelancer Wallet.
07/12/2022
BetaBank signs for Finxact core
BetaBank is launching at an opportune moment in the evolution of banking technology.
07/11/2022
ING, NXP and Samsung join forces for new method of mobile payment
The new payment method uses NXP’s ultra-wideband (UWB) technology and can be used with the newer generation of Samsung phones.
07/11/2022
LSE warns bank closures during epidemics increase the digital divide
Most people return to in-person banking after an epidemic.
07/08/2022
QNB Introduces Wechat Pay, Alipay+ in Qatar
These mobile payment solutions are a “powerful” additional tool for merchants wanting to attract and gain the loyalty of clients travelling overseas.
07/08/2022
Saudi STC raises number of 5G sites by 132%, records 55% increase in network usage on day of Tarwiyah
The stc Digital Operations Control Center monitored the transfer of services through the latest networks according to the strategy set by the company, where voice traffic recorded a growth by 57%, while the 4G and 5G networks carried more than 96% of the
07/07/2022
Marketing masterclass: Introducing Google Chrome extensions
But probably one of the biggest reasons why people love Chrome so much is the extensions it offers to enhance the user’s experience.
07/07/2022
Starling Bank launches Bills Manager for small businesses
The bank launched the money management tool for personal accounts last October.
07/06/2022
Inside Hargreaves Lansdown's selection process for cardless transfers
According to George Rodgers, senior product manager at HL, the partnership fulfils the asset manager’s objective for better security, speed, and ease of payment to offer “the best payment experience to clients as possible.”
07/05/2022
Wealth advisers should digitise more, says Yaela Shamberg of InvestCloud
Founded in California in 2010, InvestCloud is a global tech company offering cloud-based digital financial tools, apps and platforms, with an approach that combines a design focus with behavioural science expertise.
07/04/2022
G+D to buy Valid's US payments and ID business
"The expanded solution portfolio will also allow us to continue growing strategically in both fields - payment and identities."
07/04/2022
Careem acquires Dubai-based money transfer technology platform
Established by Jon Santillan and Walfrido Perez in 2019, Denarii integrates fintech and financial institutions with remittance aggregators, banks, exchanges, and wallets globally
07/01/2022
GoCardless to acquire open banking platform Nordigen
GoCardless to offer free access to open banking data