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United Fintech bolsters FX and digital assets capabilities with Cobalt acquisition

UK-based Cobalt is United Fintech’s fifth acquisition since 2020.

Shawbrook Bank completes a remortgage using PEXA’s digital payment system

The specialist lender has become the first UK bank to do so, following Hinckley & Rugby Building Society in September, with more lenders and conveyancers to transact remortgage cases using PEXA’s platform next year.

EY: Enhanced payments and data portability will be ‘disruptive forces’ in Canada

Abhishek Sinha, partner at EY Canada, talked about “the Great Convergence” as he moderated the last Open Banking Expo Canadian meetup of 2022.

Temenos signs agreement with NdcTech to bring ‘Country Bank Model’ to seven Middle Eastern countries

NdcTech will develop regulatory and business-specific localised functionality to enhance the ‘Model Banks’ framework for banks of all sizes in Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and UAE.

Paysend partners with Plaid for Open Banking payments initiation

Through the partnership, merchants will be able to connect with their customers’ banks via Plaid and initiate a payment through Open Banking rails.

UK food service company partners with Ecospend and Solaris to offer Open Banking payment solution

The closed loop direct account-to-account ‘pay by bank’ solution will be offered to JJ Foodservice customers at the online checkout.

A third of UK online merchants invest in payments upgrades as customers abandon baskets

Research by Tink revealed retailers are worried about how their business will survive the next 12 months and are prioritising reducing payments-related costs.

Curve to launch BNPL-style lending product in 2023 following $1bn Credit Suisse deal

The financial super-app said the deal will enable it to scale its lending business, Curve Flex.

Airwallex teams up with Plaid to offer instant payments

Together, the companies will provide an integrated payments solution that can streamline Automated Clearing House payments for US customers.