Canadian FinTech Nuvei and Plaid have extended their global partnership to support businesses by accepting bank-based payments for multiple use cases, including recurring payments and payouts, and to serve additional verticals within the e-commerce landscape. Nuvei and Plaid plan to scale their partnership globally before the end of the year. Nuvei’s global reach, including local acquiring in 47 markets,
MODIFI, a global cross-border trade payments company, has secured a $100 million line of credit with HSBC Innovation Banking UK to continue its growth. MODIFI helps exporters and importers to facilitate their international business. Through its digital platform, the company allows vendors to receive payments instantly while giving buyers the option to defer payment for
FNZ, the global wealth management platform, has launched FNZ Yield Plus Notes to offer professional investors such as corporates, pension funds, banks, insurers, asset managers and other institutional investors a low-risk cash alternative and strengthens its global proposition. The FNZ Yield Plus bond offers investors a higher yield than an equivalent rated government bond of
American Express has announced that Kuwait-based low-cost carrier Jazeera Airways now accepts American Express card payments. The partnership will provide American Express cardholders with access to Airways’ growing travel destinations, with best-value flights and services. It will also provide extra convenience for travelers, allowing cardholders to easily book their flights. “We are thrilled to be working
Temenos announced that Convera, the largest non-bank global B2B payments provider, has selected Temenos Payments Hub running in the Temenos Cloud to modernize its payments infrastructure. The move to Temenos Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) will help Convera to drive efficiency in payment processing from inbound funding to outbound disbursements and massively scale with the aim to double
FIS, a global financial services technology company, has announced that it has entered into an agreement to sell a majority stake in its Worldpay Merchant Solutions business to private equity funds managed by GTCR in a transaction that valued Worldpay at $18.5 billion. The agreement will allow for more centralized management and simplified operations for
Marqueta, a global card issuance platform, has announced an expansion into Brazil. The company cooperates with Latin American banking platform Fitbank and certifies the network with Visa As part of Marqeta’s partnership with Fitbank, the company will be a Marqeta customer, use it as a payment processor, and will act as a BIN sponsor for
Citi has announced the launch of a new platform, CitiDirect® Commercial Banking, specifically to address the needs of Citi Commercial Bank (CCB) clients. This is part of Citi’s significant strategic investment plan to meet the growing global needs of these clients by delivering a single-entry point digital platform. CitiDirect® Commercial Banking brings together Citi’s global
Francisco Partners, a leading global investment firm specializing in partnerships with technology companies, today announced the acquisition of Macrobond, a leading financial data and technology innovation company, from Nordic Capital, one of Europe’s leading private equity investors. Macrobond founder Tomas Liljeborg will continue as chief executive officer and remain an important shareholder of the company.
Mastercard is fighting fraudsters with its AI-powered ‘Consumer Fraud Risk’ solution, now available in the UK. Leveraging Mastercard’s artificial intelligence capabilities and a network view of account-to-account payments, it helps banks predict and prevent fraudulent payments of any kind. In partnership with nine UK banks, including Lloyds Bank, Halifax, Bank of Scotland, NatWest, Monzo and
Visa announced that it has partnered with SAP to streamline and simplify business-to-business (B2B) payments for businesses. The Asia-Pacific-focused partnership marks the first time Visa and SAP have teamed up to offer a way to integrate payments into the SAP ecosystem through the SAP Business Technology Platform (SAP BTP). . This partnership sets the stage
Chapa, a payment solutions provider in Ethiopia, has announced a partnership with Telegram to enable merchants using Telegram to seamlessly accept payments from customers, including financial and digital payments. digital in Ethiopia. Chapa’s integration with Telegram’s bot ecosystem allows merchants to accept payments without requiring customers to leave the app. Whether it’s mobile money, bank
