Fintech News

MARCH 25, 2025

HSBC Holdings plans to ramp up investment banking efforts in Asia and the Middle East following a strategic retreat from the US and Europe, CEO Georges Elhedery told Bloomberg Television. Georges Elhedery Elhedery, who took over in September, said the bank is reallocating US$1.5 billion in cost savings toward areas of growth. The focus includes strengthening debt and financing capabilities globally, while sharpening its presence in Middle Eastern equity capital markets and M&A advisory.

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VISTA InfoSec

MARCH 25, 2025

We are excited to announce that VISTA InfoSec has achieved CREST membership , a new recognition joining the list of our diverse array of global certifications and accreditations. This new milestone not only marks our ongoing dedication to excellence but also strengthens our standing as a trusted partner for all the organizations seeking comprehensive and reliable security solutions.

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Fintech News

MARCH 25, 2025

Singapores digital bank, Trust Bank , has introduced a new security feature called Trust Lock , designed to provide users with an added layer of protection against scams. The launch comes amid rising concerns over financial fraud, with at least S$1.1 billion reported lost to scams in Singapore last year. Locking your money Trust Lock allows customers to secure funds in a designated Savings Pot within the bank app.

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NFCW

MARCH 25, 2025

“Despite significant investment, biometric payment cards continue to struggle with mainstream adoption,” ABI Research concludes in a new market forecast that predicts there could be as few as just 1.27m in circulation by 2029. “In a conservative scenario, biometric payment card shipments will grow from an initial base of 310,000 units in 2023 to 1.27m by 2029, with a more aggressive outlook projecting 43m units still far from initial market expectations,” ABI says. ̶

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Speaker: Jason Cottrell and Gireesh Sahukar

Retailers know the clock is ticking–legacy SAP Commerce support ends in 2026. Legacy platforms are becoming a liability burdened by complexity, rigidity, and mounting operational costs. But modernization isn’t just about swapping out systems, it’s about preparing for a future shaped by real-time interactions, AI powered buying assistants, and flexible commerce architecture.

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Fintech Finance

MARCH 25, 2025

Fundiin , Vietnam’s leading Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) platform, has announced a strategic partnership with Visa to elevate its credit-scoring model to global standards. The partnership’s aim is to enhance Fundiin’s risk management capabilities, reduce costs, and expand credit opportunities for Vietnamese consumers, especially the unbanked and underbanked.

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Bank Automation

MARCH 25, 2025

Citizens Bank is advancing its digital payments strategy in 2025, with a focus on embedded finance and omnichannel capabilities. For example, Citizens is moving from screen scraping to an API-enabled environment, allowing it to use insights from its private banking segment in other segments, such as SMB, mid-market and commercial, Taira Hall, executive vice president […] The post Podcast: Citizens moves from scraping to APIs for payments appeared first on Bank Automation News.

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Fintech Finance

MARCH 25, 2025

The Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) market in the Philippines has seen significant growth in terms of unique users, with at least one out of four Filipinos having tried the service at least once between 2018 until the end of 2024. New insights from UnaCash reveal that 28.4 million Filipinos having used BNPL as of end-2024, displaying a 40% increase from the 20.3 million unique users tallied in 2023.

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The Fintech Times

MARCH 25, 2025

The International Financial Centre (IFC) of the UAE’s capital, ADGM has announced a new memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Chainlink , the onchain finance firm, to advance compliant tokenisation frameworks. The new collaboration will see projects under ADGM s Registration Authority leverage Chainlinks technical expertise, industry insights, and a suite of advanced services to maximise the utility of tokenised assets while ensuring regulatory compliance.

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Fintech Finance

MARCH 25, 2025

SAP Fioneer , a leading global provider of financial services software, today announced a significant advancement in its Virtual Account Management (VAM) solution, unveiling plans for AI-driven enhancements that will redefine the future of banking payments. This announcement, made at the prestigious Pay360 event in London, marks a pivotal moment in the industry’s journey towards intelligent, streamlined treasury operations.

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NFCW

MARCH 25, 2025

The UK city of Manchester has completed the rollout of open loop contactless ticketing across its entire bus and tram network and announced plans to integrate rail services into the system in three years’ time. “By introducing contactless tap and go across both Bee Network buses and trams, Greater Manchester has realised its long-held ambition of having a truly multi-modal, integrated and affordable transport system that is on par with other major cities around the world,” Tran

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Speaker: Michael Veatch, Senior Director, Implementations & Ella Aguirre, Director of Solution Consulting

Embedding payments can be a transformative step for software companies looking to enhance their platform capabilities, boost customer satisfaction, and drive long-term growth. However, the success of payments hinges on a single thing: implementation. Drawing on real-world insights and experiences, payments implementation experts Michael Veatch and Ella Aguirre will explore actionable strategies that can lead to a transparent, friction-free launch and mitigate potential challenges like technical

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The Fintech Times

MARCH 25, 2025

The Somalian financial ecosystem has taken its next step in the digital world as the Central Bank of Somalia’s (CBS) payments initiative, the Somalia Payment Switch (SPS), has successfully launched the country’s first instant payment system. The launch in Somalia has been made possible with support provided by paytech BPC ‘s SmartVista platform.

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Fintech Finance

MARCH 25, 2025

BR-DGE , the breakthrough payment orchestration provider, today announces a strategic partnership with Traveltek , a leading provider of travel technology. This latest partnership adds to BR-DGE’s fast-expanding presence among travel companies and booking platforms, highlighting its success in helping them access payment innovations, lower operational costs, and enhance their tech stack.

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The Fintech Times

MARCH 25, 2025

Georgian fintech Keepz has collaborated with the Georgian Revenue Service to make digital currencies a payment option for taxes. Following a successful pilot project in December 2024, where residents could pay their taxes using major digital assets including USDT, Bitcoin and Ethereum through the Keepz platform, Georgia becomes one of the first countries in the world to provide an official crypto payment channel for public services.

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Finovate

MARCH 25, 2025

Trek partnered with Gr4vy to power an online-to-offline payment experience, offering consumers accurate inventory checks and simplified checkout. Gr4vy’s payment orchestration dynamically routes transactions, which reduces friction, increases authorization rates, and allows Trek to manage multiple merchants efficiently. Gr4vy provides Trek with a no-code, cloud-native platform to quickly implement diverse payment methods, comply with data laws, and enhance fraud prevention.

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Speaker: Benjamin Woll, Tiffany Spizzo, and Jaime Santos Alcón

Enterprise commerce is at an inflection point. Rigid, monolithic platforms slow brands down, but a full replatforming is disruptive and costly. Modular architecture offers a flexible, scalable alternative - allowing enterprise brands to modernize without ripping and replacing their entire stack. Learn how a composable approach helps modernize commerce stacks while maintaining control over critical systems.

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Payments Dive

MARCH 25, 2025

Two Senate Democrats are calling on Frank Bisignano to oppose any cuts to Social Security ahead of hearings on his nomination to lead the agency.

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Finovate

MARCH 25, 2025

Truework Intelligence , a new offering from income and employment verification technology company Truework , will provide mortgage lenders and property managers with a fully automated and comprehensive verification platform. The solution provides automatic orchestration, data standardization, and insights to provide an end-to-end verification experience that leverages new data methods, predictive modeling, and more. “We started Truework to reinvent the way consumer data was collected and p

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Fintech Finance

MARCH 25, 2025

A new merchant survey by Elavon , a global payments provider, reveals that UK small-to-medium businesses (SMBs) are increasingly agile and adept at dealing with uncertainty, as they navigate an external environment which is increasingly hard to predict. The research, conducted in February ahead of the Spring Budget, highlights that despite fiscal challenges, a significant proportion of UK businesses remain positive about the future.

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The Fintech Times

MARCH 25, 2025

With financial fraud continually on the rise across Europe, businesses are facing increasingly sophisticated scams involving account-to-account transactions. Recognising evolving challenges related to fraud, Intergiro , a white-label fintech platform, and Movitz , the payment fintech, have joined forces to combat financial fraud by building advanced payment verification solutions which financial institutions can leverage to enhance the security of their customers as they make payments online.

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Bank Automation

MARCH 25, 2025

Amid a push toward the use of cross-border payments, the financial services industry is holding back on stablecoin payments as it awaits consumer adoption and regulation. Stablecoin is cryptocurrency that aims to keep a stable value relative to a specified asset like government-issued currency or gold. Other cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin are not pegged to an […] The post FIs hold back on cross border stablecoin payments appeared first on Bank Automation News.

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The Payments Association

MARCH 25, 2025

The fintech sector is evolving rapidly, transforming financial transactions, but it is also facing growing regulatory scrutiny and risks, such as fraud and cybersecurity threats. As director/MLRO of SENDS, a UK-licensed EMI, I see AI’s potential in fraud prevention, AML, and compliance. Sends leverages AI to mitigate risks, comply with FCA, PSD2, and PCI DSS, and enhance client experience with secure and innovative services.

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The Fintech Times

MARCH 25, 2025

According to Statista , fintech in Latin America (LatAm) suffered in 2023, with less than $2billion invested in fintech ventures a drastic drop from 2021s value of $6billion. Nonetheless, in the face of this hardship, fintechs have still continued to emerge and find success in the region, and across 2024, investment levels surged back up over $2billion again.

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Fintech Finance

MARCH 25, 2025

dLocal , the leading cross-border payment platform connecting global merchants to emerging markets, has enabled Airtel Mobile Money as a payment method for Google Play in Kenya. Airtel Mobile Money has played a transformative role in Kenya, contributing to one of the highest mobile money penetration rates globally. With over 31.5 million mobile money accounts, representing nearly 80% of the adult population, Airtel is a key enabler of financial inclusion in Kenya and across Africa.

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Speaker: Becky Parisotto and John Vurdelja

Fulfillment is no longer just about getting products from point A to point B – it's about crafting seamless, scalable, customer first experiences. Flexible fulfillment strategies are more important than ever for those aiming to stay ahead and build resilience as retail enters a new era in 2025. Learn how to optimize fulfillment processes, tackle complex, multi-vendor orders, and create seamless customer experiences – from white-glove delivery for high-value items to quick-ship solutions for ever

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The Fintech Times

MARCH 25, 2025

The complex infrastructure of creating a secure payment card representing your firm’s brand has long been one of the biggest challenges stopping, not only branded organisations like sports clubs or car manufacturers, but banks and fintechs too, from creating a unique, brand-relevant product. A new partnership between financial SaaS solution provider, Tietoevry Banking , and Tapeeze , the Swedish digital wallet and tokenisation fintech, is looking to create a solution to this problem.

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Fintech Finance

MARCH 25, 2025

SUNRATE , the global payment and treasury management platform, today announced the launch of its maritime payments solution, aimed at empowering shipping companies and their key stakeholders at Sea Asia 2025. The SUNRATE maritime payments solution leverages the company’s cutting-edge proprietary platform, extensive global network, and robust APIs to enable secure and seamless ways to pay, including but not limited to crew payroll, travel expenses, and shipping suppliers. “Driven by t

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Finovate

MARCH 25, 2025

LoanPro and NovoPayment have teamed up to help expand access to credit for consumers in Latin America. The partnership integrates LoanPro’s credit ledger and origination, servicing, and collections technology with NovoPayment’s API-based issuing processing. Utah-based LoanPro made its Finovate debut at FinovateSpring in 2021. Modern credit platform LoanPro and financial infrastructure provider NovoPayment have announced a partnership to help boost access to credit in Latin America.

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Fintech Finance

MARCH 25, 2025

Clapper, a rapidly growing social media platform, announces its partnership with TruBit , the leading digital asset payment solutions platform in Latin America , to enable seamless US-LATAM cross-border payments. This strategic collaboration is set to transform how Mexico -based content creators on Clapper receive their earnings, offering a faster, more efficient, and user-friendly solution that empowers creators to maximize their income.

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Speaker: Brad Pinneke, VP of Business Development at Payrix and Worldpay for Platforms

In this webinar, Brad Pinneke, Vice President of Business Development at Payrix and Worldpay for Platforms, will dive into the 7 must-have criteria for evaluating payments partners, helping you maximize both efficiency and the long-term value of your investment. From assessing technology capabilities to leveraging business development opportunities, this session will give you a clear, actionable strategy to select the right partner for scaling your business.

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Finextra

MARCH 25, 2025

Debit cards have overtaken cash as the favoured payment method among consumers in Switzerland.

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Fintech Finance

MARCH 25, 2025

PayU GPO , the leading online payment service provider operating in over 50 emerging markets, has revealed new insight into merchants across Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), Africa and Latin America (LatAm), who have experienced optimised payments, improved approval rates and unlocked new growth opportunities, thanks to PayU GPOs data driven approach.

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Fintech Review

MARCH 25, 2025

New York, New York, March 25th, 2025, FinanceWire Metrika , a leading provider of real-time, dynamic risk management solutions for digital assets and blockchain, collaborated with Moody’s Ratings on a proof-of-concept (PoC) to evaluate key risk indicators (KRIs) for digital assets, issued on multiple blockchains, focusing on operational challenges such as platform network health, governance breakdowns and others.

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Fintech Finance

MARCH 25, 2025

AstroPay , a global leader in digital financial solutions, today announced the availability of its global multicurrency wallet across Latin America with an expanded presence in Colombia, Brazil, Argentina, Peru, and Chile. With this expansion, AstroPay is giving digital workers and global travelers a faster, lower-cost way to send, receive, and spend money without relying on slow and expensive banking systems.

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Speaker: Jennifer Wright and Nick Barron

2025 is right around the corner, and with it comes a new wave of consumer expectations, competitive pressures, and operational challenges. Success lies in finding the balance between operational flexibility and creating experiences that keep customers coming back. The future of retail belongs to those who can stay ahead of shifting customer preferences and marketing trends. 🔮 In this session, we’ll dive deep into what it takes to keep customers engaged and your operations nimble, no matt

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