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70% of European banks and FinTechs will increase investment in technology over the next 18 months

CCgroup has launched its research findings from How to influence fintech buyers, based on a survey of major banks and FinTechs across five European markets. The report reveals that, despite the FinTech and wider economic downturn, 70% of European...

Philippines’ Security Bank Corporation partners with ACI Worldwide to transform real-time payments platform

Philippines’ Security Bank will utilize ACI’s Enterprise Payments platform to modernize its payments infrastructure. The partnership will see ACI Worldwide accelerate Security Bank’s Digital Transformation journey, helping the bank stay ahead of evolving custo...

JSE launches Flagship Investment Challenge

Virtual trading floors for the Johannesburg Stock Exchange’s (JSE) flagship financial literacy programme – the JSE Investment Challenge – have officially opened as the competition marks a 50-year milestone.  Designed to highlight the importance of inves...

Woolworths Wpay partners with Qwickcilver over gift cards

Qwikcilver Solutions in Australia, a wholly owned subsidiary of Pine Labs Limited and a pioneer in SaaS based end-to-end gift card processing, has partnered with Woolworths Group’s payments entity Wpay to extend their gift card processing solutions and s...

Celebrating LGBTQ+ people in the workplace

As gay men in the property industry, David Mann MBE, Partner at Tuffin Ferraby Taylor, and Saleem Fazal MBE, Real Estate Partner at Taylor Wessing, have faced their fair share of struggles in the workplace but they believe there is plenty to be hopeful for...

The bright spots in Australia’s FinTech sector in 2023

With the FinTech industry growing, businesses need to stay on top of the latest developments in the market. Nick Aronson, VP Capital Markets, APAC Country Management, FIS, speaks to us about the latest technology in the financial services space and how...

Editor’s Question: How can SMEs meet net zero targets?

Net zero is a priority for many governments across the globe. Being net zero means adding no more greenhouse gases to the atmosphere than the amount you’re taking out. In the UK, the government wants the economy to meet net zero targets by 2050. Its net z...

Ooredoo will leverage Huawei’s Mobile Fintech to provide fintech services

Ooredoo Group has signed a partnership agreement with Huawei to leverage Huawei Mobile Fintech platform to provide Fintech services in markets across the company’s footprint. Under the agreement, the two entities will cooperate for Ooredoo to provide state-of t...

61% of young people trust AI to predict financial trends 

Trust in Artificial Intelligence (AI) to improve financial knowledge and management is growing among young people, according to new data from Plum.  Its research of 2,000 UK adults found 61% of those aged 18–34-year-olds are comfortable with AI making f...

Lookout data shows credential theft mobile attacks on the rise in US government agencies 

Lookout, an endpoint to cloud security company, has released its 2022 Government Threat Report which examines the most prominent mobile threats affecting federal, state and local governments in the United States.  Lookout data reveals mobile phishing...

How ACT enabled College Ave to deliver seamless experiences 

Eric Chas, Head of Customer Operations, College Ave, speaks to us about why the organisation chose to deploy ACT’s solutions for its contact centre and how it has been able to deliver strong customer experiences for students across America.   When customer eng...

The future of payments in Latin America 

Rapid development in Latin America is leading to high levels of innovation in FinTech. EBANX’s Beyond Borders 2022/2023 report explores the causes and potential effects this may have into 2023.  EBANX, a FinTech company that specialises in international pa...