As much as 72 per cent of merchants have experienced an increase in chargebacks in just the last three years, leading to many businesses raising […]
Month: November 2024
Whizmo Launched To Democratise Access to Finance for Users and Businesses in UAE
Whizmo, an all-in-one financial app for citizens, residents and businesses of the UAE has been launched by Whizpay Technology, the mobile financial solution company, to […]
Salt Edge Partners With Spire to Help Bahraini Banks Extend Open Banking to Corporate Accounts
Spire, a fintech leveraging open banking to make financial services accessible, is joining forces with Salt Edge, the financial API platform with PSD2 and open […]
Wise Granted Access to Philippines’ Real-Time Payment System
Wise, the fintech focused on money transfer, has been granted direct access to the Philippines’ real-time payment system, InstaPay, enabling it to enhance the cross-border […]
Mastercard Improves Payments Convenienve Using Digital Wallets With Launch of Mastercard Pay Local
Global payments provider, Mastercard has introduced a new service to make it easy for customers to utilise local digital wallets and make card payments to […]
The Bank Policy Institute and Clearing House Association Urge Regulators to Better Police Fintechs
Banking regulators should exercise their authority to regulate and supervise fintechs directly, so banks are not forced to serve as ‘quasi-regulators’, the Bank Policy Institute […]
In Profile: Ben Swails, GM Northern Europe, Pleo
Despite significant advancements in accounting and finance, many businesses still rely on outdated and cumbersome spend management practices. Pleo, a fintech company focused on modernising […]
John Lewis Introduces Checkout With Klarna for Online Customers
Klarna, the AI-powered shopping assistant, has partnered with John Lewis & Partners to bring BNPL offerings to customers at JohnLewis.com. Online customers of John Lewis […]
Scam Signal: The New UK Project Aiming to Tackle Telecommunication-Born APP Fraud
GSMA, the industry organisation representing the interests of mobile network operators, has forged a new partnership with UK Finance, the trade association for the UK […]
Banking Security Gets Physical: Are Hardware Keys the Future Standard?
A business owner logs in from overseas to approve an urgent payment, relying on two-factor authentication for security. Yet with increasingly sophisticated tactics like phishing […]