Innovation is essential to ensure payments keep pace with consumer demand and to enable merchants to find new ways to engage and serve customers. However, to ensure that innovative new payment methods are introduced and their benefits are realized by both consumers and businesses, payment decision-makers are reluctant to take the plunge and adopt new
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,
With two consecutive quarters of negative growth, we are by definition in a recession. The next question is, will it be light or heavy? While signs are currently pointing to a mild recession and a “light landing,” which is the ideal outcome, the advertising industry has taken a hit. Regardless of what we’re going through,
Fiserv, Inc., a leading global provider of payment and financial services technology solutions, today introduced a new fraud mitigation solution designed to simplify the way large enterprises manage multichannel risk management. Accessible through the global trading platform Carat, the modular solution provides traders with controls that can be customized to their risk appetite, as well
Northern Trust announced today that UK asset manager Redwheel is now using its data aggregator, developed by strategic partner, Equity Data Science, Inc., to improve the ability to integrate ESG in its investment activities. Founded in 2000 and formerly known as RWC Partners, Redwheel currently manages approximately US$19 billion for its clients. The data aggregator
Starling Bank has chosen Barings’ Landmark in Manchester to locate its new office in the North. The digital bank intends to create up to 1,000 new jobs for the region to fill roles across the enterprise, including operations, engineering, data science and cybersecurity. The digital lender, which now has 2,500 employees in London, Cardiff, Southampton
InvestCloud, the global leader in digital transformation for the financial industry with over $6 trillion in assets, today announced the release of the next evolution of InvestCloud White, called InvestCloud White FMB+. The new product offering includes integrated front, middle and back-end InvestCloud solutions, as well as simple multi-channel asset management services to provide comprehensive
UK-based lending platform Funding Circle has partnered with Sage, the accounting, finance, HR and payroll technology company for small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs). This partnership aims to simplify secure financing for small businesses. With the integration of Sage Accounting and Funding Circle API, businesses will now be able to apply for loans and manage their
Allianz Trade is about to acquire from Banco BPI a 50% stake in Cosec, a Portuguese trade credit insurer. Allianz Trade already owns 50% of Cosec and after the transaction will own 100% of the company. Founded in 1969, Cosec (Companhia de Seguro de Créditos, S.A) specializes in commercial credit insurance. The company became a
The Citi Foundation announced the first-ever Global Innovation Challenge to help scale the impact of nonprofits around the world developing innovative solutions to improve food security. This first challenge will provide a total of $25 million to 50 organizations to support piloting or scaling up ideas and projects designed to address this issue and strengthen
Nexi, Europe’s Payment Technology, in partnership with Jakala, Italy’s leading Martech company, established CVM Martech Lab, the new customer value management center for the financial services sector, to provide giving banks and fintech better knowledge of data science and marketing. -how and technology to advance CVM, through solutions that leverage the key role of digital
