Month : October 2021

Flexio Raises $3 Million Seed Round To Transform Business-to-Business Payments In Latin America
Digital Payments News

Computop Close-by for Fast and Flexible Payment via NFC

Fintech News Desk
For a long time, contactless payment with a smartphone was only possible with methods such as Apple Pay or Google Pay. Apple has still not opened its NFC interface for other payment solutions. But with the new Computop Close-by service, the use of NFC signals for payment is about to become much......
Rable is the First App to Gamify Trading With Its Next Big Update to the Social Investing Platform
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Rable is the First App to Gamify Trading With Its Next Big Update to the Social Investing Platform

Fintech News Desk
Rable user sees 4,000% return in latest virtually 6-week challenge Rable, the social investment trading app, launches a new way for users to practice their investments strategies and compete against fellow Rablers through a major update to the platform called “Challenges,” where users trade securities in real markets utilizing real-time......
Bottomline launches global first with Payments Tracker using SWIFT’s API
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Bottomline launches global first with Payments Tracker using SWIFT’s API

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Partnership with SWIFT enables integrated cross-border payments tracking  Bottomline, a leading provider of financial technology that makes business payments simple, smart and secure, announced the latest API-based payments tracking service for banks worldwide, integrating SWIFT gpi data. The gpi data is captured on behalf of Bottomline clients and is integrated......
Billtrust Acquires iController, a Belgium-based B2B Collections Software Provider
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Billtrust Acquires iController, a Belgium-based B2B Collections Software Provider

Fintech News Desk
Acquisition Establishes Strategic European Presence for AR Automation and B2B Integrated Payments Leader Billtrust , a B2B accounts receivable (AR) automation and integrated payments leader, announced today it has acquired iController, a leading B2B provider of intelligent solutions for collections management, for $58 million, financed with cash on hand. Founded in......
Digital Wealth Management Fees to Increase Threefold to $12.6 Billion By 2026
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Digital Wealth Management Fees to Increase Threefold to $12.6 Billion By 2026

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JP Morgan Identified as Leading Champion in Wealth Management Market Total fees generated from digital assets under management will reach $12.6 billion by 2025, a more than threefold increase on the 2020 figure of $4 billion, according to fintech and payments research specialists Kaleido Intelligence. “There is a far greater......
alsoug Raises $5M in First Foreign Tech Investment Into Sudan Since Lifting of International Sanctions
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alsoug Raises $5 Million in First Foreign Tech Investment Into Sudan Since Lifting of International Sanctions

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Investment marks first major foreign investment into a Sudanese technology business since sanctions were lifted in 2020 – a major milestone for the tech sector in the country. alsoug is the largest digital classifieds and marketplace nationwide and will now expand its reach into fintech and payments, becoming the largest......
Jambojet Partners with Cellulant to Reward Customers with Discount Vouchers Ahead of the Christmas Season
Digital Payments News

Cellulant Board Announces Appointment of Akshay Grover as Chief Executive Officer

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Akshay has more than 20 years of work experience in the Technology, Media and Communication Sector across emerging markets Cellulant’s Board of Directors is pleased to announce that Acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Akshay Grover, has been appointed as Group CEO and Director of Cellulant with effect from 1 October 2021. The......
Finastra Introduces Instant Onboarding for Cloud Payments Technology
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Finastra Introduces Instant Onboarding for Cloud Payments Technology

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Move provides fast and automated onboarding for financial institutions via open APIs, enabling them to bring innovative payments solutions to customers at speed Finastra announced new instant onboarding capabilities for its Fusion Payments To Go solution. The move enables banks to access the benefits of Finastra’s SaaS solution at speed and with......
AVCA and PenOp Launch Inaugural Report on Pension Funds and Private Equity Investment in Nigeria
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Private Investment in Africa is Exceeding Expectations in 2021, According to New AVCA Report

Fintech Staff Writer
According to the 2021 H1 African Private Equity Data Tracker released by the African Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (AVCA), private investment in Africa is at an all-time high. Despite widespread decline felt by most economies across the globe, private equity fundraising in Africa has already managed to reach......
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