Blackrock and Avaloq announce strategic partnership to deliver integrated technology solutions that meet the evolving needs of asset managers This partnership will enable private bank and wealth managers to improve their operations throughout the customer journey, including referrals, portfolio building, client reporting and management. risk management. By combining Avaloq’s core banking, CRM and mobile banking
FreedomPay, the world’s first standalone commerce platform, and Toast, an all-in-one digital platform designed for the entire restaurant community, have signed a partnership agreement for FreedomPay to become a gateway partner FreedomPay Toast’s preferred payment for certain corporate brands. Toast will be able to offer its cloud-based digital restaurant platform to leading corporate merchants in
UBS has completed the acquisition of Credit Suisse today, crossing an important milestone. Credit Suisse Group AG has been merged into UBS Group AG and the combined entity will operate as a consolidated banking group. Ad hoc announcement pursuant to Article 53 of the SIX Exchange Regulation Listing Rules Combined entity now operates as consolidated
Westpac is launching a new set of card designs to make payments more accessible to customers who are blind or visually impaired. Credit, debit and prepaid cards will incorporate new accessibility features, including different notches along the short edge to allow customers to distinguish their payment cards from each other with a single touch. .
MoneyGram International, Inc., a leading global financial technology company connecting communities around the world, and Madison Dearborn Partners (“MDP”), a leading private equity investment firm headquartered in Chicago, announced today that MDP-linked funds have completed their all-cash transaction. acquired MoneyGram for $11.00 per share. MoneyGram’s common stock has ceased trading and will be delisted from
ClearBank, a company that provides integrated banking services and real-time clearing for financial institutions, today announced a partnership with Allica Bank, a fintech bank dedicated to supporting small businesses. Small and medium enterprises based in the UK. Allica Bank was established to serve established UK SMEs (companies with 10-250 employees) and to provide them with
BNP Paribas and NatWest have partnered with fintech CobaltFX to simplify and streamline the allocation of credit for foreign exchange (FX) trades between banks. The implementation of CobaltFX’s ‘Dynamic Credit’ solution marks a step forward in enhancing market access and control while optimizing credit disbursement. CobaltFX, part of United Fintech, has been a longstanding partner of BNP Paribas and NatWest. This latest
Fiserv, Inc., a leading global provider of payment and financial services technology solutions, and Central Payments L.L.C., a banking as a service (BaaS) provider, enabling fintechs, businesses Businesses and payment facilitators bring financial products and services to market with greater speed and growth potential. The combination of the Fiserv technology stack, including real-time core, card
Apex Group Ltd., a global financial services provider, today announced its proposal to acquire Efficient Group (Pty) Ltd. Efficient is the parent company of Boutique Collective Investments (RF) (Pty) Ltd (“BCI”) and Boutique Investment Partners (Pty) Ltd (“BIP”) and upon completion of the acquisition, Efficient Group (Pty) Ltd will rename the Apex Corporation banner. The
TruEra, a leading provider of AI quality management solutions for testing, interpreting, debugging, and monitoring machine learning (ML) models, today announced that it has been selected by PwC to integrate AI risk management in the UK and Ireland. Key elements of the collaboration include: • Using TruEra’s software to validate AI/ML models (e.g., analyzing robustness
The collapse of the US bank Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) HSBC has bought its UK subsidiary, SVB UK, for £1. Customers and businesses who have deposited funds into SVB UK will have normal access. Taxes were irrelevant. “Continue to bank as usual, safe in the knowledge that their deposits are backed by the strength, safety
Carrefour Italia and Nexi have announced a partnership to enable citizens to pay postal payment slips and PagoPA notifications at the cashiers of over 190 stores in Italy, including Carrefour Hypermarkets and Carrefour Supermarkets. Developed in collaboration with Poste Italiane, the service allows payment in any way. The solution, based on the Nexi technology platform,
