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Company update/payments

Nubank teams up with Wise Platform to power global account

Today, Wise Platform, Wise’s infrastructure offering for banks, financial institutions, and enterprises around the world, announced its partnership with Nubank, one of Brazil’s largest financial institutions, to power their global account and international debit card.

09 April 2024

News/security

Bank of Ireland blames latest glitch on "technical issue"

Bank of Ireland (BoI) was hit by another outage on Friday when its mobile banking app went down for around four hours.

08 April 2024

News/startups

SC Ventures and NEXT176 partner up to launch financial wealth platform

Standard Chartered’s investment ventures arm, SC Ventures has joined forced with building and investment arm of Pan-African financial services group Old Mutual, NEXT176, to roll out a financial wellness platform.

05 April 2024

News/retail

Russia targets Apple over banking apps

Russia's antitrust agency has set its sights on Apple, saying that the US firm has removed banking and payments apps from its App Store, according to Reuters.

05 April 2024

Company update/payments

Zeepay secures equity investment

Ghanaian fintech company Zeepay Ghana Ltd today announced the completion of an equity investment by pan-African investment firms Africa50, Oikocredit, Injaro, Verdant Capital Hybrid Fund, and I&P.

04 April 2024

Company update/payments

Worldline and Tabesto launch 'all-in-one' payment kiosk

Worldline, a global leader in payment services, and Tabesto, a major actor in order taking and payment solutions within the restaurant industry, are proud to announce the launch of the first all-in-one ordering and payment kiosk, using SoftPOS ‘Worldline Tap on Mobile’ technology.

04 April 2024

Company update/retail

Network International and Souhoola partner for BNPL service in Egypt

Network International (Network) (www.Network.global/), the leading enabler of digital commerce across the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region, has entered into a strategic partnership with leading fintech solutions provider, Souhoola, to enable merchants with the capability to offer ‘Buy-Now-Pay-Later’ (BNPL) payments at its networkpay point of sale terminals in Egypt.

04 April 2024

Company update/markets

N26 launches stocks and ETF trading in Germany

N26 today announced the launch of its Stocks and ETFs trading product in Germany.

03 April 2024

Company update/retail

First State Bank signs with Jack Henry

Jack Henry (Nasdaq: JKHY) announced today that First State Bank has selected Jack Henry to deliver a more holistic banking experience for both retail and commercial customers and drive growth.

03 April 2024

Company update/retail

XTB surpasses 1m customer milestone

XTB, a global fintech offering an online investing platform and a mobile app, announced a new milestone as it now serves one million customers worldwide.

03 April 2024

Company update/people

BLME appoints Paul Szumilewicz chief revenue officer for digital bank Nomo

BLME has appointed Paul Szumilewicz as Chief Revenue Officer for its digital bank, Nomo. Paul is a highly respected figure in the industry, and comes with a particular focus on leading business growth in the digital platform space.

02 April 2024

News/people

Santander hires former Marcus head Swati Bhatia to lead US digital charge

Santander's US arm has hired Swati Bhatia, the former head of Goldman Sachs' Marcus business, to lead its retail operations and lead a digital transformation programme.

02 April 2024

News/wealth

Chase wealth planning tool draws millions of users

JPMorgan Chase says its free Wealth Plan digital money coach has helped customers create more than a million personalised plans in just a year since launch.

28 March 2024

Company update/people

Rami Cassis named CEO of ieDigital, Connect FSS and Abaka

ieDigital, Connect FSS and ABAKA, which together form one of the leading digital banking and financial services specialists, have today announced the appointment of Rami Cassis as CEO.

28 March 2024

News/sustainable

Paynetics buys 'impact' banking app Novus

Bulgarian embedded finance provider Paynetics is making an ESG play through the acquisition of UK 'impact neobank Novus. Financial terms were not disclosed.

28 March 2024

Company update/security

Santander enlists HID for mobile banking security

HID, a worldwide leader in trusted identity solutions, in partnership with Temenos, a global provider of banking software solutions, announces the successful collaboration with Santander International to provide robust and flexible customer authentication for its digital banking platform.

27 March 2024

Company update/retail

Varo adds line of credit product

Varo Bank, N.A., the first nationally-chartered consumer techbank in the U.S., today announced the introduction of two new products designed to help Americans relieve growing financial pressure.

26 March 2024

News/retail

BofA rolls five apps into one

Bank of America has given its mobile service a major overhaul, unifying apps for banking, investing and retirement into one personalised digital experience.

21 March 2024

News/retail

Nationwide adds British Sign language to online content

In honour of Sign Language week, Nationwide has rolled out a new digital service for deaf customers by providing its website in British Sign Language (BSL).

18 March 2024

News/startups

EBAday 2024: Calling early-stage startups to showcase products

The 19th edition of EBAday, the largest annual European event for payments and transaction banking, will return on 18th – 19th June 2024 at CCL in Lisbon, Portugal.

15 March 2024