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. .
TOTO Sports and TOTO Casino, leading online game providers and part of the Dutch Lottery, have launched an industry-leading instant payment solution from Trustly, the world’s leading provider of open banking payments. By offering players instant payouts, TOTO Sports and TOTO Casino enhance the user experience and increase player trust, preference and loyalty. According to
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
Mastercard has partnered with Moroccan financial technology NAPS to drive innovation in Morocco’s digital payments landscape. This partnership also builds on the pair’s strong historical relationship and aims to develop innovative payment solutions for individuals and businesses. NAPS, on a mission to expand the reach of digital payments in Morocco, brings together the M2M Group’s
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
Stripe, a financial infrastructure platform for businesses, today announced that OpenAI has chosen Stripe to power payments as it prepares to commercialize innovative AI technologies. it’s ChatGPT and DALL E revolution. Stripe is also integrating OpenAI’s new natural language technology, GPT-4, into its products and services. “We’re excited to work with Stripe to monetize our
Clara, the leading digital end-to-end enterprise spending management platform in Latin America, announced the approval of up to $90 million in funding from Accial Capital, a debt provider based in the United States. The US focuses on emerging markets and its fund launches in the US. partnered with Skandia FCP IMPACTO, an impact-focused debt fund
Building on their successful strategic partnership, Banque Misr has signed a long-term partnership agreement with Mastercard to provide the bank with the latest in digital payment technology to deliver products, services and solutions. New innovative solutions for customers, all segments and for digital support. advanced solutions have a competitive advantage. As part of this partnership,
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,
In terms of innovation, consumer-to-business (C2B) and consumer-to-consumer (C2C) payment technologies are currently leading the way against business-to-business (B2B) alternatives. For example, PayPal payments can be made in real-time, while business-to-business payments can take days or even weeks. While protracted payments mostly occur when steps are taken to ensure the safety of all parties, many
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
Weavr, the London-based startup that allows businesses to integrate banking and payments into their mobile apps or SaaS platforms, has acquired open banking B2B platform, Comma Payments. With Comma, Weavr claims to have become the first integrated finance provider to combine Banking as a Service (BaaS) and Open Banking in one integrated payments solution for
