June 2019

Today, we’re excited to announce that Mastercard has received certifications under the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Cross Border Privacy Rules system and the Privacy Recognition for Processors system. Mastercard is

Trust Klarna to transform the retail experience. The Pay later payments pioneer, launched its first UK pop-up in London’s Covent Garden on 4 June, with a celebrity-packed launch event attended

Blue Train Marketing is thrilled to have been selected as the official media and PR partner for Team Card in Fintech Finance’s Payments Race 2019. The race will kick off

June is shaping up to be busy a month for fintech events. With things evolving at such an incredible rate, you need to keep up to date with the latest

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Fintech Unplugged  – Series 6 kicks off with an exciting and special episode, as Conservative MEP Syed Kamall joins Robert and Suresh for Episode 1 of Fintech Unplugged, Series 6 Listen

Optima Consultancy announces winner of third “Mobile Banking App Review” at Money 20/20 Europe in association with Visa Comprehensive study analyses 100+ banking apps and their features Extensive reporting and

Reston, VA and Boston, MA – IDEMIA, the global leader in Augmented Identity™, and the 2018 World Champion Boston Red Sox, have teamed up to bring IDEMIA’s IdentoGO® enrollment centers to Red Sox

IDEMIA, the global leader in Augmented Identity™, announced the launch and immediate availability of RapID X1, a handheld wireless device for biometric fingerprint identification. This new and innovative technology has a FBI

IDEMIA, the global leader in Augmented Identity, is delighted to announce its partnership with Kuwait Finance House (KFH) to offer the first metal payment card in the country. This full-metal-card

Asymmetric cryptography lies at the heart of digital security The asymmetric algorithms (e.g. RSA and ECC) are deemed not to be resistant to cryptanalysis methods that will be achievable with

New research from Valitor reveals retailers are underestimating the importance of after payment experience: Over a third (34 percent) of consumers feel retailers don’t care about them after they’ve made

RegTech startup FrankieFinancial has signed Australian neo banks Xinja and Novatti Group to its financial systems aggregator platform, which provides a single point of access to ID verification, KYC, AML,

Marion King, Director of Payments, NatWest, speaks about her role and the responsibility it entails, including determining payments strategy for a major UK Bank, keeping NatWest’s customers secure, regulation and

NatWest becomes Tink’s first partner in the UK as it continues to increase its European presence. Tink’s Personal Finance Management and Data Enrichment products will allow the bank to give

Visa has completed the acquisition of UK-based Earthport, providing an entree for the card scheme into the $80 trillion account-to-account payments market. Visa made a surprise £198 million bid for

Leading digital banking and prepaid payments provider moves into leisure and gifting market by powering Virgin Experience Days’ services  8th May 2019, London – PrePay Solutions (PPS), a subsidiary of Edenred,

Festival goers will now be able to split the cost of their summer plans and pay for Hideout 2019 tickets thanks to Klarna and Stripe The partnership will be available

Lancashire-based Nitecrest Group has produced some of the first wave of biometric payment cards at its Visa and Mastercard secure facility, reports Jane Connolly. The card manufacturer claims it is

Brighton, 3rd May 2019 British technology company McLEAR has today announced an exciting new partnership with The Great Escape Festival TGE  (9th – 11th May, Brighton). For the first time

  Sign-ups tripled in 2018 and 3,000+ now joining Monese daily In March, two-thirds of Monese sign-ups were in mainland Europe Continued growth and momentum following $60m Series B fundraise

  Over 350 speakers to take the stage at Europe’s leading FinTech event 70+ hours of fresh content themed around 5 must-know trends for companies Networking opportunities include workshops, innovation

Bahrain’s national bank partners with Tarabut Gateway, Bahrain’s first licensed open banking systems provider, to enable customers to access new digital services and aggregate all their accounts from different banks

Compared to other contact information we tend to keep our email address for the longest period of time. From the very first time we use our email address we are

Financial utility recognised for innovation in B2B payments and commitment to improving financial inclusion www.bankingcircle.com London, May 2019 – Banking Circle has been awarded the Judges’ Special Award for B2B

Barclays has led a $5.5 million Series A funding round for Crowdz, the Silicon-Valley startup behind a global, blockchain-based invoice exchange vowing to revolutionise the $9 trillion receivables market. More

We are currently observing a rapid digitisation of payment methods with the availability of services on a variety of personal terminals, such as Smartphones and connected objects. This trend is

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Emerging Payments Association has recently interviewed our Chief Commercial Officer Alan Nagle on how Cybertonica uses Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence to manage fraud and risk. Read more here.

We are honoured to announce that Cybertonica team is named a finalist in 3 categories for the judging of the European Women Payments Network 2019 Awards, which will be held in Amsterdam on 4th June.

Marqeta has raised $260 million in a Series E funding round led by Coatue Management, valuing the open API card issuing and processing platform at nearly $2 billion. Vitruvian Partners,

– The pop-up gives shopping a makeover with a fun-filled footprint, exciting new in-store concepts and interactive and celebrity events 22nd May 2019 — Having transformed how consumers see ‘payments’,

21st May, 2019 – Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain: Khaleeji Commercial Bank (KHCB), one of the leading Islamic banks in Bahrain, has officially announced its readiness for open banking services today,

Modulr, a London-based payments-as-a-service API platform for digital businesses, has raised £14 million in a funding round led by Frog Capital. Existing investors including Blenheim Chalcot joined the round, which

BluTV is the world’s number one streaming platform for Turkish content BluTV has more than four million subscribers Wirecard, the global innovation leader for digital financial technology, now supports BluTV,

Checkout.com, the global payment solutions provider, announces today that it is taking funding from outside investors for the first time in its history, having raised $230m in what is Europe’s