Archive for January 2023
New UK entrant Ashman Bank boosts management team
Ben Hynes named CIO and Mark Holloway has been appointed CTO as the bank readies for launch.
Read MoreBud partners with subscription management app Little Birdie
The Little Birdie app uses Bud’s ‘Engage’ product to help consumers save money by managing their subscriptions and recurring payments.
Read MoreBNPL provider Pay with Suave teams up with iDenfy
The partnership will help Pay with Suave reduce fraudulent transactions, using iDenfy’s ID verification solution.
Read MoreAdyen partners with touchless self-checkout solution Autocanteen
Autocanteen chose Adyen’s technology to create a “completely frictionless” payments process.
Read MoreSaudi Arabian super-app ToYou enters BNPL market with Tabby
ToYou Pay Later is powered by Tabby, a shopping and payments app that has raised more than $275 million in funding, to date.
Read MoreEuropean businesses expect rising BaaS adoption as consumers embrace embedded finance
Research by Vodeno and Aion Bank found business leaders also expect tech firms to increasingly move into financial services.
Read MoreEnfuce and Visa team up to issue prepaid cards to refugees in France
The pilot project, which also involves Finland’s Epassi and community-driven neobank Welcome.Place, aims to distribute the cards to 50,000 Ukrainian refugees arriving in the country.
Read MoreSaudi Central Bank unveils Open Banking Lab
The Lab features a sandbox, as well as use cases, for banks and fintechs to develop and test their Open Banking services.
Read MoreUK fintech Twig buys French teen banking challenger Vybe
The acquisition is Twig’s third as it aims to become the ‘go-to’ platform for Gen Z.
Read MoreTurkey’s central bank conducts first Digital Lira payment transactions
In other central bank digital currency news, the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston’s joint research effort with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) into a potential CBDC has come to an end.
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