Category: digital currencies

Bryce Elliott, Truist’s chief information officer for wholesale and enterprise payments, will join the panel “In the Air: How to Develop for the Cloud in Order to Enable Technology Strategy” on Monday, Sept. 19, at 10 a.m. UTC at Bank Automation Summit Fall 2022. The summit will be held Sept. 19-20 at the Hyatt Olive…

Swiss core provider Temenos will upgrade digital banking at Canadian Tire Bank, the companies announced Wednesday.   Temenos, one of the world’s largest core providers, will enhance account opening and buy now pay later (BNPL) capabilities for the $6 billion Oakville, Ontario-based bank, whose customer base clears 2 million customers.  Canadian Tire Bank selected Temenos over…

Stripe is launching the Stripe App Marketplace. The company’s business customers will be able to browse the new digital store to find and integrate third party apps into their own operations. Businesses will be able to develop and launch their own custom apps within their own company. Ecommerce technology company Stripe launched an offering that…

The 2008 financial crisis repositioned the banking, financial services and insurance (BFSI) industry forever, sowing the seed for massive regulatory renovation and increased compliance costs. Following the crash, regulators have been quicker to catch up to firms that have failed to comply with the more stringent regulatory landscape; which has driven more companies to invest…

New Cameroon business incubator signs up with Pan-African tech firm and Finnish education technology network to spread 5G tech spaces across the African continent. The recently launched Cameroon-based Boris Bison Youth Empowerment Business Incubator (BB Incubator), the Pan-African video game publishing company Ludique Works and the Finnish technology learning accelerator network Start North are to…

Sokin has come together with Mastercard to connect consumers across 39 new markets to more open and transparent payment services; eliminating barriers that have historically hindered access and financial inclusion. The fintech payment firm signed a multi-year agreement with Mastercard to support the rollout of its fixed-price payment services across the markets of the Middle…

Every Wednesday, we delve into the latest fintech updates from across the UK. This week we look into the impact of Eastern European conflict on UK business plans; while debt collection takes a digital approach.  Ukrainian conflict affects UK business expansion Proactis, which offers software solutions for digital trade, has released research that highlights the…

Knowing who’s who whilst online has never been as important to global consumers as it is now. Identity checks form a crucial access point to financial services, but as new research from Jumio points out, consumers are becoming increasingly interested in seeing such checks being extended to other areas of digital services; such as healthcare…

Here is our pick of the 3 most important Stablecoin news stories during the week. Here come the Regulators! After the failure in recent weeks of an Algo stablecoin (Terra) the Regulators have now got some red meat to stick their teeth into and propose sweeping regulations of the entire industry and this week they pounced.  …