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Mastercard has announced the opening of its first office in Uganda, marking a significant milestone in its expansion across East Africa. This strategic move underscores Mastercard’s dedication to fostering financial inclusion and accelerating digital transformation in the region. With Uganda’s economy projected to grow at 6.2% by 2025, the country is poised for sustained expansion. Mastercard’s…
Ahead of Safer Internet Day 2025 (11th February), inclusive global payments platform, has reported its latest data on fraud protection for e-commerce merchants. Since early 2022, Ecommpay’s market-leading Graph Analysis tool has unveiled nearly 13,000 fraudulent chains involving almost 51,000 users across 207 unique merchants. 29% were confirmed scammers, while others were part of unsuccessful or…
PXP, leading omnichannel global payment platform, announced a new strategic partnership with Xolvis, the digital solutions platform, to deliver innovative payment solutions for Xolvis’ customers across multiple markets. Following the successful launch of its first project in the US market last year, the partnership is now set to expand into other regions, delivering innovative payment solutions to a broader…
Temenos (SIX: TEMN) today announced that UK-based Aldermore Bank (Aldermore) has selected Temenos SaaS to modernize its existing savings operations starting with quickly launching new savings notice accounts for small businesses. The bank will adopt Temenos Business & Corporate Enterprise Service to achieve a fast time to market and scale efficiently as it seeks to grow customer deposits and unlock new…
Puma Growth Partners (“Puma”), a leading provider of growth capital to small and medium-sized businesses, has led a $4.3 million investment into legal and financial technology specialist, Semeris. Semeris was founded in 2020 by Peter Jasko, former head of JPMorgan’s European CLO team, and Sam Daroczy, co-founder and former CEO of Verba Technologies, a fintech…
Moneyhub has partnered with Money Squirrel to power its innovative financial management app for small businesses. Money Squirrel launched its app early in January to provide a platform to help businesses take control of their finances and make their hard-earned cash work harder. Moneyhub’s Open Banking-enabled API technology powers Money Squirrel’s platform. It empowers businesses…
Leading global e-wallet service provider and payment gateway STICPAY has announced a new strategic partnership with MetaTrader 5 (MT5). MT5 is one of the world’s leading online trading platforms, allowing users to buy and sell forex, stocks and futures. It is among the most widely used products of fintech company MetaQuotes, with more than 8 million…
Paymentology, the leading global issuer processor, today announces its strategic partnership with South African fintech startup Sticitt. Sticitt is on a mission to help raise a generation of South African children with healthy financial habits from Schools with a strong financial foundation. This collaboration aims to revolutionise how schools handle finances and how children establish healthy…
TerraPay, a global money movement company, has joined forces with Dubai Duty Free (DDF), the world’s largest single airport retailer, to revolutionize the shopping experience for over 100 million customers. This strategic partnership enables travellers to make purchases using their home-country digital wallets, driving a new era of convenience and accessibility in payment solutions. Through…
Jack Henry™ announced today its collaboration with Visa, the world leader in digital payments, to offer Visa Direct through Jack Henry Rapid Transfers™. The addition of Visa Direct, which facilitates the delivery of funds directly to eligible cards, bank accounts, and wallets around the world, is part of Jack Henry’s previously announced alliance with Moov to enable…
nCino, Inc. , the leading provider of intelligent, best-in-class banking solutions, today announced the appointment of Sean Desmond as President and Chief Executive Officer and as a member of the company’s Board of Directors, effective immediately. Desmond succeeds Pierre Naudé, who will continue to be actively involved in the Company as Executive Chairman of the Board…
Today, Visa Foundation is announcing the launch of a three-year initiative to support and empower women-led small businesses (SMBs) through a comprehensive training, community building and micro-grant programme. In partnership with INCO, a leading social enterprise company, the programme aims to deliver impactful financial and business support to 500 UK based female founders to address…
