Booking.com unveils FinTech department to bolster travel market access
Travel accommodation company Booking.com has created a new internal FinTech business unit to help facilitate better access to its global travel marketplace.
Carbon, Visa enter five-year partnership to support payments across Africa
African FinTech Carbon has entered a five-year strategic alliance with Visa to provide digital and physical issuance of Visa cards to its customers on the continent.
The 29 FinTech rounds raised last week prove that crypto firms and InsurTechs will...
The FinTech space continues to grow with no sign of slowing down and the 29 rounds raised week prove that, with cryptocurrency companies and InsurTechs being the leading sub-sectors.
HKMA sets out four-step initiative to drive bolstered RegTech adoption
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has outlined four actions to promote the use of RegTech in the Hong Kong banking sector.
Survey finds majority of financial sector favour hybrid work policy post-pandemic
A survey by Accenture has found almost three-quarters of financial sector workers in the UK would prefer a flexible working policy once the pandemic has come to an end.
OneSpan whitepaper details possibilities of eIDAS regulation for e-signatures
OneSpan has published a whitepaper that details how the eIDAS Regulation offers a range of possibilities for electronic signatures in the European Union.
MeasureOne secures additional $3.2m in funding
Consumer-permissioned data platform MeasureOne has secured an additional $3.2m in funding to support its product expansion.
Report finds branch-based banking may become obsolete within five years
A report published by Temenos has found that 65% of global banking executives believe branch-based banking will be ‘dead’ within a five-year period.
Bari Bank introduces credit and debit card for children
Italian digital bank Bari Bank has introduced a debit and credit card supplied with pre-set funds for children and teenagers.
Covid-19 accelerates demand for RegTech solutions in Asia, report finds
A report by Enterprise Ireland has found the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic has sped-up the demand for the adoption of RegTech solutions in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region.