Tag: payments

April 10, 2024

In an era where technology is reshaping the world of banking and payments, Opus Technologies is making waves through innovation. The company has launched a host of platforms and solutions to democratise artificial intelligence (AI) adoption among banks and credit […]

March 25, 2024

Founded in 2020, the start-up has three co-founders: Smeetha Ghosh (CEO), Brad Whittfield (CFO), and Gups Jutla (COO). Cashee describes itself as “a banking and financial education platform” and says it’s “empowering youth to create better money habits”. Once launched, […]

March 8, 2024

The ruling has lowered the charge from its previous figure of $32, in a move that the regulator hopes will save account holders more than $14 billion a year while axing what it describes as business models founded on “penalties, […]

January 19, 2024

The Federal Reserve has made headway in adding banks to its new FedNow system, with a tally of 400 participating financial institutions, but some of the biggest U.S. banks are still on the sidelines six months after the instant payments […]

December 20, 2023

With the end of 2023 on the horizon, FinTech Futures takes a look back over a year full of highs, lows, innovations, challenges, and transformative moments across the fintech landscape, featuring insights from the likes of JP Morgan Chase, Citi, […]

December 18, 2023

The round was led by Tribe Capital, with participants including Cervin Ventures, Tru Arrow, MS&AD Ventures and Alumni Ventures, among others. Founded in 2021 and based in Mexico City, Kapital offers a financial automation platform and credit, billing, payroll and […]

November 29, 2023

JPMorgan Chase now expects its U.K. consumer operation to break even in 12 to 18 months, the bank’s president, Daniel Pinto, told observers at a conference Tuesday, according to Reuters. That’s at least two years ahead of a previously referenced […]

November 16, 2023

Silverflow, a cutting-edge payment processing technology company, has secured a €15 Million investment led by industry veterans and payments experts at Global Paytech Ventures. Picus Capital, Coatue, Crane Venture Partners, Inkef, and several angel investors also participated with a valuation […]

November 9, 2023

The proposals put forward by the US consumer finance watchdog this week specifically target nonbank companies that offer digital wallets, retail payment apps, or process more than 5 million transactions per year. Under this scope, the new regulations would only […]

October 4, 2023

Small-business owners are increasingly relying on digital financial tools to help them manage spend, process payments, track payroll expenses, and handle other administrative tasks, according to the Financial Technology Association. That’s why the trade group, which represents 26 fintechs, says […]

September 7, 2023

As part of the hiring spree, JPMorgan’s payments division is hosting a career event this month in Athens to woo engineers and technologists interested in working for the lab. In a post on his LinkedIn page, Choulakis put out a […]

September 5, 2023

Utilising Network International’s acceptance solutions and “decades of expertise” in card processing and value-added services, JP Morgan Payments aims to “expand and complement” its existing payment offerings in the region. Founded in 1994 and headquartered in Dubai, Network International offers […]

August 31, 2023

Six years after being instated by the Competition and Markets Authority’s (CMA) Retail Banking Market Investigation Order, open banking – an avant-garde technology enabling consumers and businesses to tap their transaction data to access more personalised financial services – is […]

August 17, 2023

Would you entrust your savings to Elon Musk? The question may seem hyperbolic, but essentially, that’s the multi-billion dollar query at the heart of Musk’s “everything app” vision, that he’ll be able to convince millions, even billions of people to […]

June 20, 2023

The Fed’s publication of the database follows a federal mandate that the central bank create and “maintain a public, online and searchable database” of entities that have, or that are requesting, account and service access. Former Sen. Pat Toomey, R-PA, […]

May 10, 2023

By leveraging Stripe’s Connect and Checkout solutions, WhatsApp will provide Singapore customers and businesses with a new feature that allows them to buy and sell directly on WhatsApp, without having to go to another website or app to complete the […]

March 31, 2023

These businesses are significant players in the economy, driving growth and operating across all industries. While their impact is huge, the financial needs of SMBs are different from big businesses. There is a growing demand for financial institutions to deliver […]

February 13, 2023

At the same time, the headwinds of change have also served as a catalyst for new forms of money to come to the fore – the number of cryptocurrencies tracked by CoinMarketCap reached the 22,000 mark in early December. The […]

January 23, 2023

Typically, they are high-value/high-volume interbank payments. It is this wholesale, interbank foreign exchange (FX) market that provides the fuel and liquidity for domestic and international retail schemes to operate, but in doing so it is open to what’s known as […]

December 9, 2022

Today, more than 80% of banking is done online, and nearly 70% of adults make or receive digital payments. People are hungry for the ability to access and use all of their assets on their own terms. With evolving consumer […]