strongDM, the company behind a People-First Access Platform, has released the results of its latest survey, the 2022 Access-Productivity Gap Report, which revealed that almost two-thirds of organisations have their productivity impacted on a daily or weekly b...

Resistant AI, an AI and Machine Learning financial crime prevention specialist, has announced that Habito, an online mortgage broker and lender, has reported a 30% increase in mortgage fraud detection following the implementation of its Document Forensics...

An Open Banking Excellence Campfire shone a light on payment initiation in Brazil and addressed the topic of the country’s Open Banking ecosystem. Guests included representatives of Mastercard, Brazil’s Central Bank and Itaú Unibanco. Brazil’s Open Banking and fi...

CIOs must take time to consider ‘what if’ scenarios to avoid being blindsided by social, behavioural and technological disruptions, according to Gartner. Speaking at Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo in Australia, David Yockelson, VP analyst at Gartner, said many dis...

The emergence of the metaverse presents a wild west for regulation. Nick Aronson, VP, Capital Markets, APAC, FIS, discusses the challenges and methods to tackle them as the metaverse is built. The concept of the metaverse represents a multitude of...

Recorded Future, the intelligence company, has announced the expansion of its Intelligence Cloud with Payment Fraud Intelligence, a single source of truth for identifying, mitigating and preventing payment fraud. Payment Fraud Intelligence enables those...

As many as 22.91 million people from all over the globe registered their interest in getting Dubai Police’s first collection of non-fungible tokens (NFTs), which was released by the Dubai Police General Command during the second quarter of 2022....

A flexible office environment can better align employee needs and business goals, but the financial and banking sector seems to be reverting to old habits and rallying for in-office presence. Ekta Puthran, MEA Lead – Collaboration, Barco, takes a l...

Many FSIs make the mistake of layering piecemeal cloud solutions on infrastructure in an attempt to achieve functional goals. Nutanix has detailed organisations’ relationship with the cloud and how the company is aiding them on this journey. Nutanix, a l...

Mastercard and Ajman Bank have strengthened their commitment to inclusion through a new initiative designed to expand access to the digital economy. Touch Card is an accessible payment card that will allow blind and partially-sighted people to easily...

Carbon Finance, a Pan-African microfinance bank, has announced it has extended its partnership with Mambu to continue growing its financial services offering and accelerate expansion. The agreement enables Carbon to offer the full-spectrum of...

Grey, a FinTech started to simplify sending and receiving foreign payments for Africans, has raised US$2 million in seed funding. The service offered by Grey enables its customers to have virtual international bank accounts for free and enjoy a seamless...