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Ecommpay adds Swish to payment platform to improve checkout experience for Swedish customers

Global payments platform, Ecommpay, has added Swedish banking app, Swish, to its list of Alternative Payment Methods (APMs). By adding the app to the Ecommpay payment platform for payments in Swedish Krona, merchants targeting the Swedish market will be able...

Airwallex invests in LATAM growth with entries in Brazil and Mexico

Airwallex has obtained a payment institution license from the Central Bank of Brazil and completed the acquisition process of MexPago, a Mexico-based payment service provider and holder of an Electronic Payment Fund Institution (IFPE) license. With these...

ASEAN FinTech funding grew more than 10-fold in past decade: GenAI and Quantum Computing to power new era 

Funding for Financial Technology (FinTech) in ASEAN has surged more than 10 times since 2015, growing at an exponential rate compared to global FinTech funding. This fuelled growth in sectors such as payments and alternative lending, and is poised to...

Five key payment trends to emerge in India in 2025. 

Indian policymakers have facilitated a payments ecosystem in the country like never before – throwing up challenges of its own.  In the past few years, digital payments have transformed the way Indians conduct financial transactions, driven by the ...

Q&A: Michael Seaman, Co-founder and CEO of Swipesum 

Michael Seaman, Co-founder and CEO of Swipesum, is at the forefront of transforming payment processing and merchant services. Founded in 2016 with his brother, Stephen, Swipesum leverages AI and proprietary software to create transparent, optimised payment...

How finance teams that modernise with GenAI can lead their business to market dominance 

According to PwC’s analysis unit, Strategy&, the GCC region is set to reap US$23.6 billion in economic impact from generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) by 2030. In what analysts called a “conservative top-down estimate”, Saudi Arabia will see US$12...

Yango partners with Yabx and COFINA to launch digital lending services in Cote d’Ivoire

In a significant partnership, Yango in Côte d’Ivoire, part of Yango Group, a global technology company that creates daily services, has teamed up with COFINA, a mesofinance institution in the country and Yabx, an embedded finance platform that builds credit pr...

Wipfli research reveals banks and credit unions see cybersecurity as a challenge

Wipfli, a top 25 advisory and accounting firm, has published the results of two industry surveys from the banking and credit union sectors that provide insights into current market challenges. Based on the data, the surveyed financial institution leaders...

Lack of continuing education in Mexico on scams and other risks associated with real-time payments, FICO survey reveals

According to FICO report, more and more Mexican consumers are of the opinion that RTPs are comparably secure with credit cards, but they still expect more automated fraud detection from their bank. Global analytics software company FICO has...

Redefining finance: Instant payments, DID and the road ahead

In this exclusive interview, Jeroen Hölscher, Global Head of Payment Services at Capgemini, delves into the transformative trends shaping financial services. From open finance personalisation to instant payments, decentralised identity and remittance ...

Investcorp co-sponsors INJAZ Bahrain Finance Park Programme

Investcorp, a global alternative investment firm, announced that it has co-sponsored the INJAZ Bahrain Finance Park Programme, supporting financial literacy and career development for Bahrain’s next generation. The INJAZ Bahrain Finance Park Programme p...

Bureau raises US$30mn Series B as global fraud losses hit US$486bn

AI isn’t just making fraud smarter – it’s making it nearly impossible to catch. With global losses hitting US$486bn annually, Bureau has announced US$30mn in Series B to level the playing field. A leading risk intelligence platform, which has seen its rev...