Launch of MobiAzores coincides with the second anniversary of UbiRider’s global partnership with Mastercard and first public launch in Evora. Ubirider, a mobility fintech company and creator of Ubirider Platform, a digital mobility-as-a-service (MaaS) p...

Digital payments service provider Peach Payments has acquired customer software development firm Operativa as a going concern. The acquisition was the first by Peach Payments since closing a €29M/US$30M funding round, led by the Apis Growth Fund II, last y...

As fraud rates continue to rise, nearly all adults in the UK (94%) now say they are taking additional steps to avoid falling victim to scams, according to new research from global fraud and financial crime prevention company, Featurespace. Three in ten...

Matt Huang, Co-founder and Managing Partner at Paradigm.  Paradigm has raised our third fund: an US$850M venture fund focused on crypto projects at the earliest stages.  When we founded Paradigm in 2018, we believed that crypto would be one of the...

Klarna, the AI-powered global payments network and shopping assistant, has announced another milestone in its advanced adoption of AI technologies:  “We push everyone to test, test, test and explore,” said Sebastian Siemiatkowski, CEO and Co-Founder at Klarna. “As ...

Airwallex, a leading global payments and financial platform for modern businesses, saw robust customer growth in Hong Kong, with its transacting customer base increasing by 79% YoY in the first quarter of 2024.   Reflecting the strong customer...

The Swiss National Bank (SNB) and the SIX Digital Exchange (SDX) have announced that they will extend their exploration of wholesale central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) for an additional two years. This extension is a part of the ongoing Project...

More than 60% of Americans feel they are in a better position to achieve their financial goals than the generations that came before them, according to Schwab’s eighth annual Modern Wealth Survey, an examination of how Americans think about saving, s...

Bread Financial, a tech-forward financial services company that provides simple, personalised payment, lending and saving solutions, has released findings from a national study that explores the impact money has on friendships. Among the most interesting...

Revolut, the global FinTech with over 8 million UK customers and 40 million globally, has introduced Wealth Protection, an extra layer of in-app identity verification, designed to prevent thieves from accessing customer savings within the Revolut app....

Adyen, the financial technology platform for larger businesses and SumUp, a global leader in financial technology for small merchants, have joined forces in a strategic partnership to offer a payment experience and accelerated settlements for millions of...

Finastra has announced that Bank Midwest, an employee-owned bank with locations throughout Iowa, Minnesota and South Dakota, has launched OnePlace.bank, a digital bank powered by Finastra, focused exclusively on the financial needs of the healthcare...