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Finextra's top impact study reports of 2023

With 2023 drawing to a close, we take a look back at our most downloaded impact study reports over the course of the past year. Our impact study reports are how-to, best practice guides that support those in the financial industry in their utilisation and optimisation of particular technologies, as well as providing an outlook at future trends to watch.

27 December 2023

Research/Instant PaymentsSentiment Paper

Payments: The key to unlocking new ecosystems and why merchant services are on the up

06 December 2023 677 downloads

Finextra TV/payments

Agile digitalisation for future-focused issuers

Jos Veendrick, the Regional Head for Continental Europe at TSYS, a Global Payments company, assesses the challenges issuers face with legacy technology and the growing demand for convenience and personalisation in digital transactions. Our discussion covers cloud-based services and API-centric approaches, addressing industry needs and anticipating future growth in the digital payments landscape.

22 November 2023

News/payments

Advent expands digital payments offering through myPOS purchase

Private equity firm Advent International has announced its acquisition of myPOS through the newly formed AI Circle Bidco, or Circle, to expand its payments services.

17 November 2023

Company update/startups

Almond FinTech Raises $7M

Almond FinTech, a B2B technology company bridging the worlds of fiat and digital currency, is excited to announce a new funding milestone of $7 million. The funding will help broaden Almond's rapidly expanding network in Asia, the Americas, and Africa, while reinforcing their commitment to making financial services affordable and accessible to people everywhere.

10 November 2023

News/crypto

JPM Coin launches programmable payments

Onyx by JP Morgan has launched programmable payments for blockchain-based accounts on JPM Coin. The solution allows users to use a ‘If-This-Then-That’ interface to program their transactions.

10 November 2023

News/cloud

Volante raises $66m

Cloud payments fintech Volante Technologies has raised $66 million in a funding round led by Sixth Street Growth.

07 November 2023

Research/Instant PaymentsWhite Paper

UK Open Banking API Performance 2022-2023

07 November 2023 639 downloads

Research/Instant PaymentsImpact Study

What should European Banks prioritise in their payments modernisation journeys?

06 November 2023 522 downloads

News/payments

Thought Machine and Form3 team on real-time payments in US and Europe

Thought Machine has enlisted cloud-native account-to-account platform Form3 to add FedNow, TCH RTP and Sepa Instant Credit Transfer connectivity to its payment platform.

24 October 2023

Research/Instant PaymentsFuture of Report

The Future of Digital Banking in North America 2024

23 October 2023 730 downloads

News/payments

JP Morgan’s Pay-by-Bank product goes live

JP Morgan and Mastercard have announced the launch of their Pay-by-Bank solution, giving billers the ability to allow their customers to pay bills directly from their bank account, using traditional ACH banking rails.

20 October 2023

News/payments

Varo Bank launches no fee payments feature “Varo for Everyone”

Varo Bank has announced a new free instant payments feature called Varo for Everyone that will allow those with a US debit card to make quick and easy money transfers.

22 September 2023

Company update/payments

Nium launches European HQ in London

Nium, the leader in real-time global payments, has opened a new European headquarters in London to accelerate business expansion across Europe and affirm its commitment to the UK as a leading fintech hub.

22 September 2023

Company update/payments

CGI gains FedNow transaction certification

CGI (NYSE: GIB) (TSX: GIB.A) today announced that the CGI All Payments solution has been certified to support transaction activity for financial institutions that make payments on the Federal Reserve Bank’s new instant payments system, FedNow® Service.

21 September 2023

Company update/payments

Libra Internet Bank taps Temenos for cross-border payments

Temenos (SIX: TEMN) today announced that Libra Internet Bank, one of the most innovative banks in Romania, has selected Temenos to modernize its payments capabilities using Temenos Payments to facilitate ISO 20022 cross-border payments and reporting (Swift CBPR+) on the Swift network. Libra will leverage Temenos’ composable, scalable platform to add other payment rails in future, bringing them together in a single, efficient platform. This will support the bank’s growth plans to double payments volumes over the next five years.

19 September 2023

Company update/payments

US Faster Payments Council announces Board Advisory Group members

The U.S. Faster Payments Council (FPC), a membership organization devoted to advancing safe, easy-to-use faster payments in the United States, today announced its 2023-2024 FPC Board Advisory Group, a standing body authorized by the FPC Board of Directors. The Board Advisory Group is comprised of experts from diverse corners of the payments ecosystem including financial institutions, technology providers, business end users, payment network operators, consultant groups, and payments associations.

08 September 2023

Research/Instant PaymentsFuture of Report

The Future of the Global Financial Ecosystem 2024

07 September 2023 1037 downloads

News/startups

African startups raise $2.7bn in VC funding

Startups in Africa's fintech market have secured more than $2.7bn in venture capital (VC) funding in the last two years, according to a recently released report.

30 August 2023

Company update/payments

FSS launches payments technology platform BLAZE

Financial Software & Systems Pvt Ltd (FSS), a globally leading provider of payments technology solutions has announced the launch of ‘BLAZE’, an advanced payments technology platform, designed to meet the diverse needs of banks and financial institutions.

25 August 2023