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.

London-based fintech startup DigiDoe, has expanded into the Middle East. The UK-based business has appointed a Head of Operations in Doha to lead its operations in Qatar. It comes as DigiDoe puts the world’s central and commercial banks firmly in its sights, having received crucial international security certification for its innovative proprietary anti-money laundering (AML) and fraud prevention solution.

Bottomline, a leading provider of financial technology that makes business payments simple, smart, and secure, revealed today that the shift to hybrid working has left businesses seriously exposed to insider fraud1, with over half of businesses (52% in GB and 63% in the US) falling victim over the last year. These levels are likely to be significantly higher as many businesses are unaware that they have fallen foul of insider fraud, with rates expected to increase further as hybrid working becomes a permanent workplace fixture. The findings stem from Bottomline’s seventh annual Business Payments Barometer, which for the first time tracks the sentiment of US businesses, alongside their GB counterparts.

Even though the crypto lending market remains largely overcollateralized, the growth of DeFi has brought in a new paradigm shift: real-world asset-based lending. Read more on how RWA-Based loans benefit borrowers.

The global neobank market is projected to grow to nearly US$67 billion this year – but less than 5% of around 400 #neobanks in the world can actually make profit. Read more to learn the common reasons why most neobanks remain unprofitable.

Michelle Pacey, Managing Director of allpay Limited said: “In the ever-changing payments environment, it is important for allpay to be part of the journey that has seen financial institutions innovating alongside regulators and governing bodies.

With an existing market leading payments solution that serves some of the most vulnerable in today’s society, being able to build our own technology without the reliance on third parties enables allpay to push the boundaries of what we can do as a business.

The introduction of Confirmation of Payee will give both clients and consumers enhanced security as well as an improved user experience offering the opportunity to make more informed decisions around their finances.”

Nuapay discovers a 37% jump in payment declines after SCA.

Chargebacks911, the leading dispute technology specialist that powers chargeback remediation for the largest global eCommerce businesses and financial institutions, today celebrates the 3x boost to its automated dispute response platform with the addition of its data driven AI enablement.

The use of AI enabled remediation allows merchants of all sizes across dozens of verticals to intelligently fill the knowledge gap and thwart growth in first party fraud. Utilizing data from a vast consortium of businesses, this enhancement leverages rule-based data driven automation, enabling tech to be ‘trained’ to identify data points related to post transaction fraud.

• Joanne Dewar has been promoted to Vice Chair and will focus on the group’s growth and global profile
• Kevin Schultz has been appointed Chief Executive Officer and will focus on strategy and execution
• Both the new Vice Chair and CEO will work closely with the Chair, Gene Lockhart, in a newly formed Office of the Chair

In this article, Blue Train Marketing showcase four of their personal favourite fintech branding examples.

Blue Train Marketing’s, Kain Jagger, takes a deep dive into fintech inbound marketing and its many benefits. Find out more in his latest article.

Vesta, a leading end-to-end transaction guarantee platform for online purchases, today announced the hiring of experienced Identity and Fraud industry leader, Hrishi Talwar as Chief Product Officer. Hrishi Talwar will lead global marketing and product functions at Vesta. For more information visit www.vesta.io

PXP CEO, Kamran Hedjri sat down with Peter Krapfl, founder and CEO of DaoPay to discuss how their partnership will support merchants to galvanise their approach to payments, streamline their businesses and confidently expand into new markets.

The implementation of sophisticated payment systems in these untapped markets is significantly different to the previous experiences of digitally advanced countries in Europe, APAC and North America. There are two reasons for this.

Not long ago, providers offered embedded banking services as long as you could connect to their API. Now, the solution is much easier and more innovative than ever: no-code embedded finance. This article summarises why it’s a solution taking the FinTech market by storm.

Nucleus365, a UK-based payment institution offering a centralised platform for global payment processing, FX, and connected banking, has launched to market.

Banking Circle, the tech-led B2B Payments Bank, has further simplified B2B payments by adding Dynamic Sender Name to the suite of solutions available to Payments businesses. Delivering a consultative approach to ensure Payments businesses have access to the best payment solution for each customer use case, the addition of Dynamic Sender Name complements the other payment methods already available from Banking Circle.

The Office of Financial Services Implementation (OFSI) has published an updated version of its enforcement and monetary penalty guidance which comes into force on 15th June 2022.

JMMB partners with Stanchion to deliver innovative payments solutions to its customers across Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, and the Dominican Republic

FLEETCOR®, parent company of the UK’s leading fuel and electric vehicle (EV) management company, Allstar Business Solutions, today announces the appointment of Tom Rowlands as Managing Director of Global EV Solutions.

Now heading up FLEETCOR’s EV product solutions globally, Tom will focus expanding the company’s EV footprint, strategically rolling out the company’s market-leading EV products and services that will help fleets manage the transition to EV.

payabl. appoints Cyprus Country Manager in line with company growth and portfolio diversification aspirations.

• Customers will benefit from an enhanced card acquiring service at launch, and an alternative payment method (APM) aggregation service throughout Europe later this year.
• For customers, this means getting all services related to acquiring – from accepting card payments or APMs to receiving money from a single source, as well as access to 100+ payment methods, including mobile and patented phone-based payment solutions.
• As a result, administrative efforts will be reduced to a minimum, and customers will benefit from greater flexibility and less friction in the payment process.
• The new joint solution will give customers access to acquiring service for greater flexibility and less friction in the payment process.

Building on the success of its first sustainable stand in 2021, a recycled and recyclable stand has been designed for the Banking Circle ecosystem at Money20/20 Europe. Featuring every part of the ecosystem – Banking Circle S.A., YouLend, Biller, SEPAexpress and B4B Payments, every element of the stand, except the lighting feature, has been created using recycled materials.

See how banks are collaborating and using Fintech partnerships to innovate and build new digital capabilities to ensure a great customer experience.

Enfuce has created a new platform for existing and prospective customers to manage back-office operations and test new ideas for their card base. As a part of Enfuce’s turnkey solution Card as a Service, MyEnfuce makes it easy for Enfuce customers to start their card product and create value quickly.