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Five payment fraud trends reshaping financial crime

Five payment fraud trends reshaping financial crime

Payment fraud is undergoing a fundamental transformation, and the pace of change is accelerating. According to Tieto Banktech, five key trends are reshaping the...
SolvaPay raises €2.4m for agentic payment layer

SolvaPay raises €2.4m for agentic payment layer

SolvaPay, a Stockholm-based AI payments platform, has closed a €2.4m ($2.8m) pre-seed funding round to develop what it describes as the world's first payment...
Nordic banks turn to CaaS to cut costs and modernise

Nordic banks turn to CaaS to cut costs and modernise

Nordic banks are grappling with the twin burden of ageing core infrastructure and spiralling compliance costs, with spending on card scheme mandates and PCI...
Ralio raises $2.5m in Europe's biggest agentic payments round Read the story here: #FinTech #PayTech #Payments

Ralio raises $2.5m in Europe’s biggest agentic payments round

Ralio, a trust infrastructure provider sitting between AI agents and payment rails, has announced a $2.5m pre-seed funding round, marking what it describes as...
Nordic banks turn to CaaS to fight rising fraud

Nordic banks turn to CaaS to fight rising fraud

The Nordic region is among the most cashless in the world, with cash accounting for fewer than 5% of all transactions in Norway and...

Mimir acquires PayEx platform to launch Everspring

Mimir, a technology investment and development company, has acquired a platform from PayEx, a Swedbank-owned payments business, to launch a new FinTech venture called...
Lucky secures $23m to scale credit and neo-banking push

Lucky secures $23m to scale credit and neo-banking push

Lucky, an Egyptian consumer credit and financial technology platform, has closed a $23m Series B funding round, combining equity and debt, as it prepares...
Seven in ten (72%) people say fraud and scam attempts are becoming more convincing, as criminals increasingly use artificial intelligence to enhance their tactics, according to new research from global payments provider emerchantpay.

72% say AI is making scams harder to detect

Seven in 10 (72%) people say fraud and scam attempts are becoming more convincing, as criminals increasingly use artificial intelligence to enhance their tactics,...
AccessPay secures majority investment from Accel-KKR

AccessPay secures majority investment from Accel-KKR

AccessPay, a bank integration and payment automation provider, has secured a majority investment from Accel-KKR, a global private equity firm focused on enterprise technology...
The Payments Association has warned that digital platforms such as Meta’s Facebook are a major gateway for authorised push payment (APP) fraud and has called for shared accountability across the fraud chain.

Report links social media platforms to APP fraud surge

The Payments Association has warned that digital platforms such as Meta’s Facebook are a major gateway for authorised push payment (APP) fraud and has...

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Slow week for FinTech, with just $350m raised across 10 deals

It was a slow week for FinTech deals, with just $350m raised across 10 deals.  This represented a significant drop from the previous weeks. A...
How Majesco made the transition to becoming an AI-first company

How Majesco made the transition to becoming an AI-first company

While hype around AI has intensified recently, it has been around for decades, albeit confined to more niche and specific technology branches that lacked...
Allianz UK simplifies digital trading for SME brokers

Allianz UK simplifies digital trading for SME brokers

Allianz UK, the insurance giant, has refreshed its Complete Business proposition for digital trading, aiming to make it quicker and more straightforward for brokers...
WBS extends Quai Digital deal with fractional dealing

WBS extends Quai Digital deal with fractional dealing

WBS, a UK-based provider of dealing, custody and technology solutions for the investment sector, has agreed a five-year extension to its partnership with Quai...
Cardless strengthens executive team for next growth phase

Cardless strengthens executive team for next growth phase

Cardless, an AI-powered financial services platform that enables brands to launch and manage co-branded card programmes, has appointed Mark Troianovski as chief business officer...

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