3+ day, 5+ hour ago   (270+ words) Piston, a cardless payments platform that connects commercial fleets and petrol stations, has closed a $15m Series A funding round. FPV Ventures led the investment, with existing backers Spark Capital and Pear VC also taking part. The fresh capital brings Piston’s…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (435+ words) Can Wallet Pay solve digital wallets’ interoperability gap? FinTech Global Mastercard, the global payments and technology company, has launched Mastercard Wallet Pay, a portfolio of solutions designed to help digital wallets scale and connect across contactless, QR code and online…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (226+ words) CPF lifecycle schemes can invest globally, but the retirement outcomes they are built to deliver are measured in Singapore dollars. That mismatch, Kidbrooke argues in the final instalment of its CPF lifecycle series, is a design decision that deserves the…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (197+ words) Mastercard, the global payments and technology company, and Backbase, the provider of an AI-native Banking Operating System, have partnered to help financial institutions move AI initiatives beyond experimentation and into production. The collaboration will give banks using Backbase’s platform access…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago   (229+ words) Most banks, insurers, wealth managers and pension providers still run their operations across a patchwork of disconnected systems, with product governance, market data, financial planning, advice, onboarding and execution each sitting in separate applications. Keeping them stitched together into a…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago   (164+ words) Static, rule-based fraud detection is becoming a liability for growing FinTechs, flagging legitimate customers as often as it catches genuine criminals. According to SmartSearch, rules built around fixed thresholds, such as transaction size or location, generate a flood of false…...

5+ day, 8+ hour ago   (280+ words) One Mortgage System (OMS), a mortgage CRM and loan origination platform for intermediaries and lenders, has integrated with Scroll Finance, the specialist second charge buy-to-let lender operating under Perenna Bank PLC. The integration enables brokers to take a case from…...

5+ day, 9+ hour ago   (193+ words) PayTabs Group, a Saudi Arabia-founded FinTech specialising in payment processing and digital infrastructure, has agreed to acquire Amazon Payment Services’ Middle East and North Africa (MENA) payments business in a deal valued at more than $100m. The transaction has been approved…...

5+ day, 10+ hour ago   (481+ words) FinTech Global FinScan, an Innovative Systems solution and provider of AML and sanctions compliance technology, and Quantifind, a provider of AI-powered financial crime and national security risk intelligence, have formed a strategic partnership designed to help compliance teams identify financial…...

5+ day, 10+ hour ago   (387+ words) Ant International, a global digital payments and financial technology provider, has secured a Payment Institution (PI) licence from the Central Bank of Brazil, strengthening its ability to provide payment and account services to businesses operating in the country. The approval…...