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ESAs establish framework to strengthen coordination in case of systemic cyber incidents

The three European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, EIOPA and ESMA – the ESAs) will establish the EU systemic cyber incident coordination framework (EU-SCICF), in the context of the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA), that will facilitate an effective financial sector response to a cyber incident that poses a risk to financial stability, by strengthening the coordination among financial authorities and other relevant bodies in the European Union, as well as with key actors at international level.

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Ecommpay to deliver Mastercard's Click to Pay for merchants across the UK and Europe

End-to-end payments platform, Ecommpay, has fully integrated the Click to Pay flow within its online payment interface.

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Kuady employs 100 staff at new office in Bulgaria

Kuady today announces the opening of a new office in Sofia, Bulgaria for 100+ employees.

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Finmont adds cryptocurrency to payments ecosystem with BitPay

Global payment orchestration platform FinMont has announced a new partnership with BitPay, the world’s largest provider of Bitcoin and cryptocurrency payment services.

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CultureAI raises $10 million for human risk management platform

Leading Human Risk Management Platform, CultureAI, today announced it has closed a $10 million Series A funding round.

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Saudi Central Bank introduces Government banking services platform

The Saudi Central Bank (SAMA) has launched “Naqd,” a government banking services platform that provides easy access for government entities to their accounts at SAMA to conduct financial transactions through a secure digital platform.

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FIS ships automated matching and execution platform for securities finance trades in the UK

Global financial technology leader FIS (NYSE: FIS) has launched its new automated matching and execution platform for securities finance trades in the UK.

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Westpac issues dynamic virtual cards for business customers

Westpac is launching Dynamic Virtual Cards for institutional, corporate and government customers, enabling fast and secure ‘tap and go’ payments, giving them greater control.

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Ant International and NTU Singapore collaborate on privacy-enhancing technology

To strengthen digital economic growth in the Asia Pacific region, Ant International and Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have announced a collaboration over the next five years to conduct breakthrough research to advance digital trust leveraging both Ant International’s industry experience and NTU Singapore’s research expertise on Privacy Enhancing Technologies (PETs).

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Rakuten Card rolls out English language app

Rakuten Card Co., Ltd. today announced the release of “Rakuten Card Lite," the first English language app from the credit card company focused on the international community in Japan.

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ReceiptHero completes new funding round

ReceiptHero is speeding up its quest in transforming trash to valuable real time data, with funding from angel Asko Schrey, SuperHero VC, SeedX VC, LifeLine VC and other angels & team members.

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Clear Street to acquire Instinet’s Fox River algorithmic trading business

Clear Street (“Clear Street”, “the Company”), a cloud-native financial technology firm on a mission to modernize the brokerage ecosystem, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Instinet’s Fox River algorithmic trading business.