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Real-Time Payments Now as Popular as Cash in Southeast Asia as Pandemic Accelerates Digitization of Payments, New ACI Worldwide Research Reveals
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Real-Time Payments Now as Popular as Cash in Southeast Asia as Pandemic Accelerates Digitization of Payments, New ACI Worldwide Research Reveals

Fintech News Desk
by Fintech News Desk0
Three in five (61%) consumers in Southeast Asia select real-time payments – such as DuitNow (Malaysia), PayNow (Singapore) and PromptPay (Thailand) – as a preferred way to pay in 2021, equal to cash (61%) Strong consumer demand for real-time payments demonstrates urgent need for payments modernization across Southeast Asia and heralds......
AXIA Capital Bank Launches to Redefine Banking
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AXIA Capital Bank Launches to Redefine Banking

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by Fintech News Desk0
AXIA Capital Bank will focus on a participatory and low risk model that creates value for members The AXIA Projectannounced the launch of its own dedicated digital currency banking platform AXIA Capital Bank. The project aims to embed AXIA Coin, it’s proprietary digital currency, into a variety of ready-made ecosystem......
Software Solutions Begin to Integrate Cryptocurrency Payments Options
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Software Solutions Begin to Integrate Cryptocurrency Payments Options

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by Fintech News Desk0
FinancialBuzz.com News Commentary The blockchain and cryptocurrency market has achieved impressive strides this year. The first decentralized cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, was created in 2009. Now, the burgeoning popularity of various cryptocurrencies has resulted in major financial institutions, like banks, paying attention to developments in the crypto market. As a result of......
Baasid Has Developed Authentication and Storage That Most Clearly Utilizes Blockchain Technology
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BaaSid Has Developed Authentication and Storage That Most Clearly Utilizes Blockchain Technology

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by Fintech News Desk0
A multinational company located in the Asian countries of Taiwan, Japan, Korea, Singapore, and Malaysia, BaaSid aims to focus on blockchain technology application development. Since blockchain has been around for quite some time now, many developing countries, with the help of multinational corporations, are currently exploring and developing blockchain-based applications to support their financial sectors. We......
CR2 Market Insight: African Banking and Payments Trends
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CR2 Market Insight: African Banking and Payments Trends

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African banking and payments industry is showing positive growth across all technology domains.  According to the latest CR2 report, across Africa, all banking and payment channels are showing positive growth – from ATM usage through to mobile wallets. The key challenge for banks is to equip themselves so that they......
African Banker Awards
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Innovation and Resilience Common Themes Amongst Winners of African Banker Awards 2021

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Access Bank’s Herbert Wigwe wins Banker of the year for second consecutive year Standard Bank Group, Africa’s biggest bank, rewarded for its COVID-related and women empowerment programmes; Access Bank’s Herbert Wigwe wins Banker of the year for second consecutive year; Innovation and resilience featured highly in this year’s entries; Organisers......
Philippines’ Voyager Innovations Secures US$167 Million for PayMaya Expansion Into Financial Services, Digital Banking
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Philippines’ Voyager Innovations Secures US$167 Million for PayMaya Expansion Into Financial Services, Digital Banking

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New funding to advance Voyager’s thrust of enabling all Filipinos with digital financial services through PayMaya and its soon-to-be-established digital bank Voyager Innovations, the leading technology company in the Philippines, announced that it raised US$167 million to fast-track financial inclusion in the Philippines through its financial technology arm, PayMaya Philippines......
Entrust Achieves Visa Ready Certification for Instant Financial Card Issuance Solutions, Joins Visa Fintech Partner Connect Program
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Entrust Achieves Visa Ready Certification for Instant Financial Card Issuance Solutions, Joins Visa Fintech Partner Connect Program

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Certification signifies Entrust instant financial issuance solutions meet Visa standards and payments regulations Entrust, a leading provider of trusted identities, payments and data protection, announced that it has become a Visa Ready certified partner, offering their market-leading portfolio of Instant Financial Card Issuance solutions and expert guidance to help financial......
Financial Institutions Can Now Provide Consumers Easy Access to Bitcoin via Fiserv and NYDIG
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Financial Institutions Can Now Provide Consumers Easy Access to Bitcoin via Fiserv and NYDIG

Fintech News Desk
by Fintech News Desk0
Banks and credit unions of all sizes can facilitate buying, selling, and holding bitcoin within their digital banking platforms Financial institutions of all sizes now can enable consumers to buy, sell and hold bitcoin through their bank accounts via an integration between Fiserv, Inc., a leading global provider of payments and......
Bringing DeFi to the Masses: Launch of X-Accounts & Fireblocks Partnership
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Bringing DeFi to the Masses: Launch of X-Accounts & Fireblocks Partnership

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– Earn up to 16% interest back on crypto and fiat funds* – Superior to leading competitors and high-street banks with unprecedented levels of control – User-friendly, zero fees, interest accumulated daily and paid weekly, withdraw funds at any time, no minimum amount or term – Robust technology offering maximum......
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