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MultiPass, a UK-based bank challenger specialising in multi-currency cross-border payments, partners with Moorwand, a payments solutions provider offering BIN sponsorship and issuing services, and payments processor Tribe Payments, to launch corporate payment cards.

When it comes to embedded finance, code may seem baffling if you’re not a developer. But for businesses that want the benefits code has to offer without the hassle of dealing with the technicalities, low-code and no-code fill the demand for a convenient solution.

This article demystifies everything you need to know about the similarities and differences, and which approach you should opt for to create new revenue streams and better serve your customers.

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When choosing a card platform provider, the last thing you want is to spend money, time, and effort and still end up locked in with a vendor and system that don’t deliver what you need for your payments business. That is why taking a hard look at your RFP/RFI process will continue to pay back long into the future. In this article, we share with you the best practices on SaaS RFX processes, applicable across enterprises.

The new product, Unlimint Banking and Cards (UBC), is a one-stop banking, card issuing and processing solution

Feedzai’s RiskOps Platform recognized for their work with Lloyds Banking Group in Best Transaction Fraud Monitoring and Decisioning Innovation categoryThe global award highlights how Feedzai’s patented innovation increased protection for banking customers against scams, and significantly lowered risk and fraud losses

According to the research done by Andreessen Horowitz, DeFi represents the 31st largest US bank by total assets under management, which is estimated to be around $116 billion as of June 2022.

Arf, the global settlement banking platform for licensed money service businesses, announces that it has been granted the approval of the Financial Services Standard Association (VQF) through Arf’s entity in Zug, Switzerland.

FLEETCOR’s subsidiary, Allstar Business Solutions, partners with leading sustainable energy business, GRIDSERVE

Thames Technology, one of Europe’s largest and most trusted financial card manufacturers, has been chosen by DND Finance, a multinational commercial equipment finance provider, to produce the Score Mastercard ®.

With the recent triumph in the women’s game, we’ve highlighted our Co-founder and CFO, Sophie Flynn’s career development in moving from the world of professional football to the world of fintech, and how the influence of football has shaped her career so far.

Recent improvements in payment technology have led to breakthroughs in cross-border payments, where businesses can expand into new, international markets.

One of these breakthrough technologies is virtual IBANs, which are fast becoming an integral part of embedded finance. But what they are, and how they can benefit your business?

BCB Group has appointed Noah Sharp as Deputy CEO, who will share responsibility with the CEO for the corporate scaling strategy across geographies, client segments, products and licensing.

Plenty of changes are afoot for the Irish consumer credit markets, following the enactment of the Consumer Protection (Regulation of Retail Credit and Credit Servicing Firms) Act 2022 (the “Act”). The Act extends the Central Bank of Ireland’s (CBI’s) consumer protection framework to a broader range of firms and consumer credit activities, with the aim of ensuring that Irish consumers receive the same protections required of other financial service providers.

The Act came into force on 16 May 2022 and those entities caught by the new legislation should by now have begun preliminary analysis of the impact of those changes to their business models. For authorised entities, this includes an assessment on their regulatory risk profile.

Chargebacks911, the leading dispute specialist that powers chargeback remediation for the largest global eCommerce businesses, today releases its third annual Chargeback Field Report. The report details a real-world look at the health and status of chargeback management in the card-not-present (CNP) space.

International payment service provider and direct bank card acquirer, ECOMMPAY, has announced the launch of its global payout product which is a one-stop solution for any business dealing with international payments.

ECOMMBX receives the prestigious Ιnvest Cyprus International Investment Award

PSD2 is the main piece of European Union legislation governing payment services, and it is being reviewed. As part of the review, the European Commission requested advice from the European Banking Authority, which was issued on 23 June 2022. This Sidley Update considers that advice and what it means for PSD3.
https://www.sidley.com/en/insights/newsupdates/2022/07/psd3-what-to-expect-based-on-the-european-banking-authority-opinion

FLEETCOR has been credited with a Gold Award in the Workplace Wellbeing Index awards by Mind, the mental health charity. The Gold Award is given to employers who have successfully embedded mental health into their policies and practices and demonstrate a long-term and in-depth commitment to staff mental health.

Griffin – the UK-based Banking as a Service provider – has secured an additional £12.5 million ($15.5 million) in funding in its quest to become the bank fintechs can build on. The round was led by Notion Capital, with participation from existing investor EQT Ventures and fintech leaders from Plaid, Wise, Liberis, and Worldpay, among others.

Griffin is building a full-stack vertically integrated BaaS platform, powered by modern user-friendly technology. The company has raised $27 million of funding to date and recently submitted its application to become an authorised bank to the UK regulators. This new round of investment will be used to grow the leadership and operational teams and continue the build of the core banking platform.

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Carta Worldwide is hiring a new Business Development Manager for our European sales team in London.

DECTA, a global payment processing company, provider of full-cycle digital payment services, today announced that it has become a Visa Ready certified partner under the Fintech Enablement program.

Chargebacks911, the leading dispute technology specialist that powers chargeback remediation for the largest global eCommerce businesses and financial institutions, today announces that it has achieved the milestone of 1,000 integrated data connections and ingestible file types though its highly automated plug-in-and play platform.

Today’s merchants have faced an uptick in fraudulent chargeback claims over the last couple of years, with profits reducing by as much as 25% due to ‘Friendly Fraud’. With over 1,000 plug-in connections, Chargebacks911’s automated platform provides a scalable method for merchants to exchange missing information that banks require to identify invalid chargeback claims and thwart the growth of this negative trend.

Leading online payments platform, Payset, is utilising bank accounts from Banking Circle to offer fast, low-cost global payments. Providing customers with multi-currency accounts, pre-paid cards and currency exchange services, Payset helps businesses hold, exchange and move money around the world quickly, effortlessly, and affordably. Working with tech-led Payments Bank, Banking Circle, Payset aims to bring financial services up to speed with modern business by eliminating the expenses, delays, and red tape associated with moving money between currencies or across borders.

The process of buying and selling goods and services has evolved significantly in the last decade or so, particularly with the growth of the internet. This has led to what we know as e-commerce, the main avenue for consumers to buy products, transmit data and transfer funds online. This evolution will only continue with greater technological advances and IT continuing to strengthen links between different aspects of financial markets. But what are IT’s current strengths and, although it is difficult to predict, how it is set to potentially transform e-commerce in the next decade? 

There are a lot of new terms floating around in the world of FinTech and embedded finance, not least no-code and low-code, as more businesses start to move away from the traditional fully coded route to offering bespoke financial services.

This article demystifies everything you need to know about the similarities, differences, and which approach you should opt for to create new revenue streams and better serve your customers.