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Google taps Yapily to support bank account verification services for businesses in Europe

Yapily – Europe’s leading open banking infrastructure provider – today announces its strategic collaboration with Google to support the rollout of Google's bank account verification service as an option for business customers in Europe.

/payments

ClearBank and PayCaptain partner on real-time payroll payments

ClearBank, the enabler of real-time clearing and embedded banking, today announces its partnership with innovative payroll software platform PayCaptain, powering real-time salary payments for more than 50,000 employees across its network of over 300 corporate clients.

/cloud

Bahrain pilots Google Cloud infrastructure for payments

In a landmark collaboration facilitated by Bahrain Fintech Bay, the National Bank of Bahrain (NBB), Bahrain Islamic Bank (BISB), Bank of Bahrain and Kuwait (BBK), and Benefit executed instant payments using digital commercial bank money between their clients on Google Cloud Universal Ledger.

/payments

Navro expands real-time payments network to 61 countries

Navro, the pioneering fintech that simplifies international payments for businesses, today announces a major expansion of its real-time, pay-to-bank capability – that is, the ability for businesses to send money instantly to someone’s bank account at any time of day, irrespective of banking hours, with funds arriving in seconds.

/markets

Investor group buys online broker Skilling

An investor group led by Marc Joppeck, which also owns global trading brand INFINOX, has today announced the acquisition of Skilling.com (Skilling), a leading European online brokerage, subject to final regulatory approval.

/retail

Equifax UK launches free monthly credit score

Equifax UK has launched Equifax Basic, a new and improved way for consumers to monitor their financial health and better understand their credit history. The new Equifax Basic account refreshes a user’s Equifax Credit Score on a monthly basis and will also include access to their statutory credit report.

/payments

Google launches bank verification serivce for Lithuanian businesses

Google Payment Lithuania is launching a bank account verification service, a new optional solution designed to enhance the customer experience for business customers across Europe.

/crypto

Binance Japan and PayPay form digital assets alliance

Binance Japan, a subsidiary of Binance, the world’s leading blockchain ecosystem by trading volume, today announced that it has entered into a capital and business alliance with PayPay Corporation (“PayPay”), a SoftBank Corp. group company and one of Japan’s leading financial services providers, best known for its “PayPay” cashless payment service with over 70 million users.

/wealth

Online investment platform Webull UK extends offering

Webull UK, an online investment platform and subsidiary of Webull Corporation (NASDAQ: BULL), today announced significant enhancements to its service, giving retail investors greater choice, flexibility and cost-effective access to markets through new account types and the ability to trade UK-listed equities and ETFs.

/retail

Revolut granted authorisation to establish Colombian bank

Revolut, the global fintech with over 65 million customers worldwide, today announced it has secured authorization to establish Revolut Bank Colombia S.A. (‘Autorización de Constitución’) from the Superintendencia Financiera de Colombia (SFC).

/regulation

ShapeShift integrates Zcash in onchain privacy move

The community-led multichain DEX aggregator, ShapeShift announces the integration of Zcash, bringing shielded transactions directly into the ShapeShift self-custodial wallet ecosystem and making it one of the first decentralized exchanges to offer true privacy onchain for its users.

/security

Zurich and Deutsche Telekom collaborate on cyber insurance offering

Insurer Zurich and Deutsche Telekom, together with its subsidiaries Deutsche Telekom Security GmbH and DeTeAssekuranz, have presented a new cyber insurance solution at it-sa, Europe's largest trade fair for IT security, which is currently taking place.