European neobank Viva.com has launched two new features designed to simplify business across the continent. The first new feature, real-time payments gives the Viva.com merchant community near-instant access to their funds. Transactions are now settled in up to 60 minutes, compared to the previous next-day settlement system. The second new feature, Offline Payments, was developed
Fiserv, Inc., the world’s leading provider of financial services and payments technology solutions, continues to enhance its core banking platform to deliver greater agility, fundamental resilience better infrastructure and greater scalability, enabling innovation and growth for credit union customers. One of many Fiserv cloud platforms, Fiserv Portico® enables credit unions to operate more efficiently while
TerraPay, a payments infrastructure company, has been approved by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) in principle for a Major Payments Institution (MPI) license, becoming a regulated payments company best. TerraPay’s global customers and businesses can access its vast network through this coveted MAS endorsement, enabling fully compliant, affordable, and transparent cross-border remittances. . It
Hub71, a global technology ecosystem in Abu Dhabi, and Wio Bank PJSC have announced a strategic partnership to transform the banking experience for startup founders in the capital. Partnership to improve bank account processes for SMEs; Wio becomes Hub71’s official banking partner, enabling startup founders to benefit from commercialization opportunities and professional mentoring to drive
Tymit has established a strategic partnership with Visa to accelerate the adoption of installment credit among major financial institutions and merchants in the UK and Europe. This partnership aims to enable banks and merchants to offer co-branded and white label installment credit schemes powered by Tymit. As one of the pioneering installment credit card services,
Cashflows, the platform that allows merchants to accept payments, has launched a new cloud-based direct (point of sale) payment solution. The platform is designed for merchants, independent sales organizations (ISOs) and independent software vendors (ISVs) who want to provide merchants in all industries with a fast and reliable direct payment solution. As part of the
TerraPay, a global payments infrastructure company, has partnered with Safaricom, a financial services, IT and telecommunications provider based in Kenya. TerraPay Group company Mobex (Kenya), a remittance service provider, will enable over 30 million M-PESA mobile wallet owners in Kenya to send real-time payments through TerraPay’s interoperable network to all wallets in Bangladesh and Pakistan,
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
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
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
Dubai-based technology startup Alfii has announced an upfront funding of $2.5 million to expand its team and further expand its FinTech-based HR automation platform. The round was led by Preface Ventures, a venture capital firm focused on US-based infrastructure companies. Kayan Ventures, UAE-based Aditum Ventures and Wayfinders, and a number of local and regional angel
