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Saudi Arabia’s only financial payments company Saudi Payments (SP) has introduced ‘sarie’ – an instant payments system – in collaboration with IBM and Mastercard.

California-based IT and security management solutions provider Syxsense has secured $6m in a funding round.

German InsurTech Getsafe has partnered with UK-based company comparethemarket.com to provide better insurance policies to UK consumers.

A Greenpeace-led report has found UK banks and assets managers were responsible for 805m tonnes of CO2 in 2019 – making it the ninth largest carbon emitter worldwide.

As the number of people using services online has ballooned over the last year due to the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, the threat posed by cybercriminals around the world has grown even stronger. How can companies and governments alike deal with this coming storm?

Australian compliance software specialist Castlepoint Systems has completed a $3m Series A funding round led by Main Sequence.

Dubai-based payments gateway company Telr introduced a buy now, pay later (BNPL) solution after entering a partnership with compatriot BNPL firm tabby.

Credit card company Deserve has secured $50m in a Series D funding round led by Mission Holdings, Mastercard and Ally Ventures.

A study by LexisNexis Risk Solutions has found 78% of compliance professionals in the UK see increased anti-money laundering (AML) legislation on the horizon due to Brexit.

A report by payments technology firm Tribe Payments has found 67% of FinTechs believe AI is the technology that will have the biggest impact on the sector in the next five years.