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Mollie to Partner with Plaid for Open Banking Enabled Customer Experiences
Mollie, one of the fastest-growing payment service providers in Europe, has announced its new strategic partnership with Plaid, an open banking network and payments platform that powers digital finance, to provide improved merchant and customer experiences for financial services, including onboarding and payments. Mollie will leverage Plaid’s API to deliver a more secure and easier…
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67% of Consumers Want Their Bank to be More Sustainable
Over two thirds (67 per cent) of consumers want their bank or financial institution to become more sustainable in future, according to a new report from cloud banking platform Mambu. The report surveyed over 6,000 consumers on their attitudes to green finance globally. It reveals that, while the majority are in favour of greener financial…
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Worldline Steps Into the World of the Metaverse With New Virtual Showroom
Worldline has become one of the first payments companies to enter the Metaverse with the launch of its virtual showroom. Having gone live in March 2022, the launch of the company’s Metaverse showroom, which is located in the Crypto Valley area of Decentraland, hopes to develop its presence in what’s expected to be the next…
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Digital Inclusion for Those With Disabilities Can Lead to Financial Inclusion Finds Mastercard
A compassionate approach to the financial needs of persons with disabilities, supported by innovative technology solutions, has the potential to address the needs of the most vulnerable members of society across the Middle East and Africa, according to the latest white paper from Mastercard. The study, Bridging the Disability Gap: An Opportunity to Make a…
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Behind the Idea: Squirro
The pandemic caused a sharp acceleration of digital transformation in most industries, especially financial services (FS). Traditional banks and FS firms were faced with an urgent requirement to adopt the digital-first approach favoured by challenger brands. This also required boosting the number of touchpoints and interactions with their customers and delivering an exceptional customer experience.…
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Banxe: Unlocking Financial Potential With the Merging of Cash and Crypto
The cryptocurrency market has the potential to revolutionise the digital payments industry. However, for those who are not already crypto experts, manoeuvring the market can be incredibly difficult due to the lack of regulations and guidelines. Banxe is the next-generation financial platform, uniting traditional and digital finances. Fully licenced, secure and branch-free, Banxe gives people…
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This Week in Fintech: TFT Bi-Weekly News Roundup 02/06
The Fintech Times Bi-Weekly News Roundup on Thursday sees Marqeta join Mastercard partner programme in APAC, while Visa partners with Fundbox. Funding news Mobile identity pioneer Incognia has raised $15.5million in Series A funding led by Point72 Ventures Home. Funding will be used to support global expansion to counter billions of dollars in identity fraud…
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DeFi-Compatible Liquid Staking Tokens Launched by Swarm
The Berlin-based multi-asset decentralised finance (DeFi) platform Swarm is to introduce institutional-grade liquid staking tokens that are capable of integrating into DeFi automated market maker (AMM) pools to generate additional yield in a protected environment. The offering will begin with liquid staking tokens for Solana Network’s native token SOL, being closely followed by Eth 2.0,…
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What Is the Biggest Payment Innovation From the Last 12 Months? With MOCA, Dropp, volume pay & More
It is very easy for many who are new to the fintech space to think that financial technology is an exclusive term for payments technology, and while there is some truth to this, it does not tell the entire story about fintech. However, in June, The Fintech Times is looking to explore the hot topics…
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FOREX Strikes Deal With Diebold Nixdorf To Manage Its Currency Exchange ATMs
FOREX, the Nordic currency exchange, has outsourced the entirety of its ATM channel management to Diebold Nixdorf, whilst expanding its fleet with the firm’s DN SeriesTM devices. Since most of its five million customers are busy international travellers, foreign exchange is naturally FOREX’s most popular service, both within its 80 branches across Sweden, Denmark, Finland…