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IFX Payments reaches agreement in principle to acquire Argentex Group

Today, alternative banking partner IFX Payments announces they have reached an agreement in principle to acquire Argentex Group PLC, a publicly listed FX options and electronic money institution, bringing together two established players in the UK Payments and FX space.

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Cross-border payments firm Altery partners with UnionPay to offer payment solutions in UK

Altery Ltd, a UK fintech startup, is excited to announce its partnership with UnionPay International as a principal member, following the official approval on September 13th, 2024.

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EU central banks explore synchronised settlement in FX

The Bank for International Settlements and its central bank partners have successfully demonstrated how wholesale payment infrastructures, such as RTGS systems, can interoperate with each other for FX transactions via new technologies, such as distributed ledgers.

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Standard Chartered becomes first bank to join the Temenos partner programme

Standard Chartered has embedded its FX API service on the Temenos Exchange ecosystem, becoming the first bank to join the core banking vendor's partner programme.

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FPFX to bring Acuity's research terminal to clients

FPFX Technologies, the leading SaaS provider for institutional-grade prop trading technology, has announced a strategic partnership with Acuity Trading, a global leader in AI-driven trading insights, to bring Acuity’s award-winning Research Terminal to FPFX clients and PropAccount.com users.

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Darryl Hooker joins Digitec as head of business development and partnerships

DIGITEC, the global standard for FX Swaps and NDF pricing technology and workflow automation, today announced that Darryl Hooker had joined as Head of Business Development and Partnerships.

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Itaú Unibanco enables in-app instant FX payments

Itaú Unibanco announces that its customers will now be able to send and make payments in foreign currency instantly and directly through the Itaú app.

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Banco Base selects Integral’s FX technology to bolster derivatives operations

Integral, a leading currency technology provider to the financial markets, today announced that Mexican bank Banco Base has adopted its FX technology to elevate its derivatives operations and remain one step ahead of competitors.

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Crypto meets forex: Finrax and FXBO team up

Finrax, the leading crypto payment gateway bridging crypto and fiat, offering fast and reliable payment processing, has announced a partnership with FXBO.

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Stablecoin de-pegging to be probed by Ripple, Warwick Business School’s Gillmore Centre

The research is funded by the University of California, Berkeley’s Centre for Responsible Decentralized Intelligence, and will involve collaboration between Warwick’s own Dr Ganesh Viswanath-Natraj, Ripple Research, and the University Blockchain Research Initiative (UBRI), the $50 million research division of Ripple.

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Kantox appoints Andrew gage as US sales diretor

Kantox, a leading provider of Currency Management Automation solutions, is further strengthening its global position with the appointment of Andrew Gage as its new US Sales Director.

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Deaglo debuts AI-based FX Assistant

Deaglo, a leader in FX risk management and FinTech innovation, unveils the first-ever FX Assistant, an advanced AI-driven solution that revolutionizes FX risk management for banks and businesses.

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Grain raises $50m for AI-driven FX optimisation and hedging platform

Startup Grain has raised over $50 million to launch an AI-driven foreign exchange optimisation and hedging platform.

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Okoora introduces FX360

Okoora, a fintech innovator transforming financial infrastructure, announces the launch of FX360, its proprietary technology that implements FX intelligence directly into global financial operations, eliminating inefficiencies and unlocking new opportunities.

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Cybercrime is national security risk – Google Cloud execs detail prevention strategies

Finextra spoke to leaders at Google Cloud: Nick Godfrey, senior director and global head, office of the CISO, and Jamie Collier, lead threat intelligence advisor (Europe), on how cybersecurity has evolved an what new threats are emerging in the financial crime landscape.

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Flutterwave's Swap now accessible through Send app

Flutterwave, Africa’s leading payments technology company, has announced that its innovative foreign currency exchange solution, Swap, is now accessible through Send App.

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London-based fintech startup E-Money Markets secures £700,000 in pre-seed funding

London-based fintech startup E-Money Markets Ltd has secured £700,000 in pre-seed funding to transform how SMEs access FX and international payment solutions.

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Permutable extends AI Co-Pilot to FX

Permutable AI, the pioneer in AI-powered trading intelligence, today announced the expansion of its GenAI Trading Co-Pilot platform to include FX markets, marking a significant evolution in its market coverage.