Author: TMC Admin
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Mastercard Announces Various Partnerships to Bolster Digitisation in MEA
As digitisation continues to evolve the financial industry in the Middle East and Africa region (MEA), global conglomerates are partnering with local companies to capitise on the booming market. Mastercard, the global paytech, is no exception, as it concludes a busy month of announcing new partnerships. Partnering with One Global and i2c to provide tailored…
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CFO’s to Improve Team Spending With Revolut’s ‘Spend Management’ Solution
Revolut Business is launching ‘Spend Management’ in the UK, the US and EEA. Spend Management is a powerful new suite of solutions to help CFOs and controllers manage their teams’ spending. The tools are available on both mobile and web for all Revolut Business customers. After the launch of Payroll for UK customers this February, Spend Management…
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Bitcoin Found To Produce More e-Waste Than Even Some European Countries
The amount of e-waste produced by bitcoin has been found to be five times more than is produced by some entire nations; according to analysis of the topic by StockApps. According to a StockApps analysis, bitcoin produces close to 30, 700 metric tons of e-waste a year. When measured against an absolute scale, this figure…
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Behind the Idea: BVNK
Businesses worldwide are facing growing demand from customers, prospects and partners to incorporate cryptocurrencies into their operations and treasury functions. Mainstream banks have been slow to respond. Meanwhile, existing crypto platforms only serve the extreme ends of the customer spectrum – that is, either small-scale retail customers or multi-million dollar institutional clients. The idea behind…
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Lloyds Upgrades With Alfa For Cloud-Based Asset Finance Offering
Lloyds Bank has bolstered its collaboration with financial software firm Alfa to make it easier for customers to use asset finance to manage their working capital. Under their partnership, Lloyds Bank will upgrade to Alfa Systems v5, a cloud-based system that automates its asset finance solution’s customer servicing, income collection and recovery and pay-out handling.…
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European Retail Banking Radar by Kearney Finds EU Banks Enjoyed Strong Pandemic Recovery in 2021
Kearney, the global consultancy partnership, has released the fourteenth edition of its annual European Retail Banking Radar. The latest report shows that European banks have enjoyed a strong recovery in 2021 from previous pandemic disruption, mainly thanks to large provision releases. As banks reported their second-highest profits in 15 years, the average profit per customer…
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LHV UK Established New Office in the Fintech Capital of the North
Following months of speculation, LHV UK has now confirmed that it has established a new foothold in the fintech capital of the North; opening the doors of its brand new Leeds office. Counting over 200 prominent fintech and crypto companies amongst its clientele, including Paysafe, Blockchain, Currencycloud, Coinbase, Trustly, Monese and Wise, the banking services…
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This Week in Fintech: TFT Bi-Weekly News Roundup 26/05
The Fintech Times Bi-Weekly News Roundup on Thursday includes the latest job moves, partnerships, funding successes and more. Job moves Georgina Whalley Georgina Whalley has joined Tandem in the newly created senior role of chief impact and marketing officer. She joins Tandem having held senior roles at global consumer fintech Openpay for the past three…
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Small Businesses Are Leveraging Technology Solutions To Overcome the Biggest Barriers to Business
It’s anything but business as usual small businesses operating in the complex markets of today. They face a rising number of difficult challenges, including rapidly changing market conditions, rising costs and ever-changing regulatory standards. Businesses must be agile and quick to respond as such hurdles continue to mount pressure on businesses’ bottom line. To maintain…
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Yabx: Mapping the Transformation of the Digital Lending Landscape Powered by AI
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has permeated the landscape of most sectors. Most businesses and sectors have been on their toes due to constant changes in today’s markets, and the financial industry is no exception. The lending sector is constantly changing due to digitisation and evolving client expectations. The processes that form the framework of digital lending,…
