Sector Verticals

Lanistar launches Google Pay in Brazil

Lanistar, a virtual payment card provider, has gone live with Google Pay operability to its virtual payment card in Brazil – one of the fastest-growing markets for its service. This is the first time Lanistar has been approved for use through Google’s pro...

Research reveals 10 in-demand finance jobs globally

A new study from CMC Markets analysed monthly Google searches using Ahrefs for jobs within the financial industry to see which career is the most in demand.  It also extracted the number of UK-based listings for each finance role from the job sit...

Boost has enabled Thai tourists to make payments in Malaysia

Boost, a leading regional full-spectrum FinTech arm of Axiata, and Payments Network Malaysia (PayNet), a national retail payments network infrastructure, have announced that Boost merchants in Malaysia can now accept cross-border payments f...

Crypto market outlook: How players will win in 2023

Jack Tan, Co-founder of WOO Network, reflects on the environment from the crypto market’s tumultuous last 12 months and the potential for the future. The year 2022 was by far the most eventful year for the crypto market. The industry that has been s...

Synechron completes integration of payments services and solutions provider Attra

Synechron, a leading global Digital Transformation consulting firm, has announced that it has now fully integrated its subsidiary, Attra, a payments technology services and solutions provider headquartered in Melbourne, Australia, into the larger Synechron...

Experts predict the biggest FinTech trends for 2023  

As we move into 2023, Intergiro has revealed the predicted trends for the new year. Nick Root, CEO of Intergiro, tells us more.  The financial technology sector is rapidly evolving with traditional methods of banking now being replaced with digital ...

Wio Bank and Mambu bring digital banking services to the UAE

Wio Bank has announced its successful go live on Mambu. Mambu’s platform enables Wio Bank to achieve a faster time to market as it helps establish the UAE as a hub for the growing digital economy.  Wio Bank provides access to banking and business s...

Columbia Bank hires new EVP and CIO

Columbia Bank has appointed Manesh Prabhu as its new Executive Vice President and CIO. The bank has more than 60 full-service branch networks spanning the state of New Jersey, and in his new role Prabhu is responsible for information systems and digital...

Barracuda appoints new Chief Financial Officer

Barracuda Networks, a trusted partner and leading provider of cloud-first security solutions, has announced Joe Billante as its new Chief Financial Officer. Billante brings more than 20 years of executive leadership and finance experience to...

Finastra shows evolution of Open Banking and growing appetite for open finance

Finastra research reveals that Open Banking is now universally and unequivocally regarded as a key part of a bank’s landscape, with 99% of respondents considering it either a ‘must have’ or ‘important’ – up from 94% in 2021. The proportion of global financial i...

Top tips to drive financial inclusion and better cash management for SMEs 

Cash flow management is crucial to ensure that small businesses – often operating within tight margins – can run effectively and efficiently. From the basics, to top tips on how you can improve, Ralph Rogge, CEO and Founder, Crezco, highlights everything you nee...

Gartner says four actions drive finance AI success 

Four implementation behaviours are the most important in quickly delivering finance Artificial Intelligence (AI) initiatives that meet or exceed the expected impact and deliver critical finance and business outcomes, according to Gartner.  Given the...