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Form3 and Barclays has announced that it has enabled access to the SEPA Instant payment scheme for FinTechs, with Ebury as the launch client.
Form3, the leading cloud-native, payment technology provider, and Barclays, a leading provider of financial services to regulated payment institutions, have announced a combined directly connected access solution to the SEPA Instant payment scheme with Ebury as launch...
Airstar Bank Launches Pilot Trial of Virtual Banking Service
Airstar Bank Limited (“Airstar”), one of Hong Kong’s new virtual banks, today announced the launch of a pilot trial which is conducted within the Fintech Supervisory Sandbox (“FSS”) of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (“HKMA”). The pilot trial will offer innovative...
DLA Piper advises fintech company Scivantage in its sale to Refinitiv
DLA Piper represented Scivantage, a digital wealth management technology company, in its sale to Refinitiv US LLC, a global provider of financial markets data. Scivantage’s primary solutions include digital wealth management offering Wealthsqope, a digital client...
State of the Industry: Global financial services players yet to align on key issues of collaboration, innovation and cybersecurity
Exclusive research from Barclays Corporate Banking reveals the contrasting views of nearly 2,000 financial services leaders from across the globe on the key drivers of collaboration, innovation and cybersecurity More than two-thirds of businesses identify...
Open Banking Expo prepares delegates for consumer-directed finance rollout
Open Banking Expo returns to Toronto on June 9, 2020 to prepare delegates for likely legislative action as a result of the second phase of the Government’s Open Banking consultation. The agenda is now live at https://www.openbankingexpo.com/toronto/#agenda. This...
FinTech Alliance launches Mentoring Hub to boost UK FinTech talent
FinTech Alliance has launched the latest feature on its fast-growing platform: the FinTech Alliance Mentoring Hub. The hub aims to connect leaders in the financial services and technology fields with budding entrepreneurs and those hoping to move up the career...
2019 Women in FinTech Powerlist
Innovate Finance, the independent industry body that represents and advances the global FinTech community in the UK, today published its Women FinTech Powerlist. Launched in 2015, the Women in FinTech Powerlist has increasingly attracted a global audience, resulting...
Finastra powers retail banking innovation with four new fintech apps on FusionStore
Finastra today announced the launch of four new retail banking apps on FusionStore, the firm’s app marketplace. Built during Finastra’s first appathon in North America, at the tail end of last year, the apps – which provide innovative saving, spending control and...
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Banking Circle Lending named Alternative Lender of the Year ‘Incredible’ sustained growth secures win
Banking Circle, provider of financial infrastructure for Payments businesses and Banks, has won another award for its innovative SME lending solutions. Due to ongoing restrictions on large gatherings, CCR Magazine’s annual conference was relaunched for 2020 as...
Tick the 11 boxes if your Modified Customer Interface meets each PSD2 requirement
According to the second Payment Service Directive (PSD2), all the financial institutions that provide payment accounts (ASPSPs) – banks, e-wallets, prepaid cards, neobanks and e-money institutions with their agents – must have in place at least one channel for secure...
Carer Retail’ by Contis solves shopping problem for UK’s vulnerable
Payments innovator, Contis, has today launched its ‘Carer Retail’ proposition. Helping supermarkets and other retailers support the 8 million elderly and vulnerable shoppers in the UK, and many more across Europe, who are likely to shield even after lockdown is...
Money Dashboard Chooses Token For Payments Capability
Token PayTM provides low cost, instant money movement in new Money Dashboard app to help users avoid late charges and overdraft fees Leading open banking infrastructure provider, Token.io, and the award-winning personal finance management tool, Money Dashboard, today...
Banking Circle adds USD Amazon collections for its marketplace customers
Banking Circle, the innovative financial infrastructure provider, has enhanced the tools available to Payments businesses for their marketplace customers. Payments businesses can now offer their marketplace sellers virtual IBANs to collect the proceeds of their...
Salt Edge’s data aggregation helps Zeeco calculate carbon emissions
Zeeco, a New Zealand fintech, teamed up with Salt Edge, a leader in offering open banking solutions, to access users’ bank data and automate eco-contributions. With raising awareness on the environmental problems in the world, more and more industries turn to...
Financial regulation expert Ruth Evans joins OpenPayd as Advisor to the Board
Ruth Evans brings extensive corporate governance and financial services expertise toOpenPayd supporting expansion into new markets. Ruth Evans brings decades of board-level governance experience Her focus will be on OpenPayd’s commitment to strong corporate governance...
Payments Innovator, Contis, hires Businesswoman of the Year as General Counsel & Chief Risk Officer
Spearheading growth in the fintech sector, payments innovator Contis is delighted to announce the appointment of Lara Oyesanya FRSA as its first General Counsel and Chief Risk Officer. Lara joins the Executive Team with responsibility for legal, risk, compliance &...
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