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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...

Tassat Group partners with Veuu to use AI and Blockchain technology to enhance transparency in healthcare claims and payment processes

Tassat Group, the leading provider of private permissioned blockchain-based real-time settlement solutions, has announced its strategic partnership with Veuu, an innovative AI-powered healthcare FinTech company, to improve the inefficiencies and opaqueness...

Zand, UAE’s AI-powered digital bank, announces launch of Digital Asset Custody services

Zand, UAE’s first licensed, AI-powered digital bank, announced the launch of its Digital Asset Custody services. This innovative offering, approved by the Virtual Asset Regulatory Authority, positions Zand as the first UAE bank to provide institutional-grade d...

The EU’s Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) will change how financial services test their security 

Gareth Challonder, Security Subject Matter Expert at Spirent, takes us through the EU’s Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) and how the act will change the way financial services test their security and much more.  By January, the Digital Operations Re...

Klarna Payment options now available at checkout on Apple pay in-app and online in Canada 

Klarna, the AI-powered global payments network and shopping assistant, is now available to users in Canada checking out on Apple Pay online and in apps with iPhone and iPad on iOS 18 and iPadOS 18 or later. Eligible Apple Pay users in Canada will have...

CFA Institute highlights solutions for net zero investing: Benchmarks, incentives, and time horizons critical for investors

As investors worldwide intensify their efforts to mitigate climate change, CFA Institute, the global association of investment professionals, has released a new report addressing key solutions for achieving net zero investment objectives. net zero...

Revolut reveals 2025 vision, with AI assistant, mortgages, and ATMs on the horizon 

Revolut celebrated 50 million Revolut customers and shared the company’s future product vision for 2025.  The company is now focused on accelerating the roll out of innovative products and services to continue disrupting global financial services in its b...

Zilch’s Black Friday spending surge – record boost to retailers as shoppers target travel bargains

Zilch, the FinTech payments innovator of the world’s first ad-subsidised payments network (ASPN), releases data today showing the full impact of a record Black Friday that saw its sales more than double compared to the previous year.  Black Friday b...

Without the right business tools, SMEs could struggle to survive the festive season rush

Standard Bank’s MyMoBiz Account products are business banking solutions designed to support SMEs with cost-effective and accessible banking tools. As we enter one of the busiest times of the year for SMEs, Cliff Mayinga, Provincial Head for Coverage B...