AstroPay Launches Visa Prepaid Cards in Peru Amid Political Turmoil
AstroPay launches a Visa debit card in Peru as part of its ambition to bring access to the digital economy to the country’s unbanked community. ...
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Plum Continues To Conquer Europe as It Announces Expansion Into Five New Markets
by Tyler Pathe
Plum customers in Italy, Portugal, the Netherlands, Greece and Cyprus can now automatically save, invest in commission-free stocks and control their budget with a recyclable...
FV Bank Expands Into FX Payments with Launch of Cross-Border Service
by Tyler Pathe
FV Bank launches cross-border foreign exchange (FX) payment services for its US and international account holders. The Puerto Rican digital bank FV Bank has unveiled...
Fintech Can Be a ‘Brutal’ Workplace But Are ‘Toxic’ Claims Over-Egged?
Fintech’s workplace culture is more “brutal” and “aggressive” than other sectors, but it’s not the toxic environment portrayed in the media, say experts. Fintech is...
Prominent Turkish Neobank Branches Into Insurance With Pet and Mobile Cover
by Tyler Pathe
Turkish fintech branches out into insurance products with mobile and pet insurance debut. Papara, whose multifunctional financial app has taken it to the top of...
Sopra Report Identifies Coopetition as Key to the Digital Banking Experience
by Tyler Pathe
Even though traditional banks still hold an overwhelming majority of consumer accounts, many must collaborate with fintechs and other participants in the financial ecosystem to...
Swarm Markets: Crypto Has a Collateral Problem – What’s the Solution?
“Winter is coming.” A phrase many became familiar with through HBO’s Game of Thrones, alluding to a long-lasting, dangerous and turbulent time ahead. In the...
Neobank NorthOne Secures Capabilities for Real-Time Payments
by Tyler Pathe
Businesses are set to benefit from instant payments from external financial institutions and applications through NorthOne‘s latest adoption of real-time payments. NorthOne is confirmed as...
Digital Current Accounts Adopted by Axis Bank Following OPEN Partnership
Axis Bank, India’s third largest private sector bank has partnered with the digital banking enterprise, OPEN, to provide a fully native digital current account journey...
Taiwan’s Next Bank Finds Core Banking Composability With Temenos
by Tyler Pathe
A new Chunghwa Telecom-backed digital bank launches on the Temenos core banking platform to bring products to market and scale efficiently. Next Commercial Bank, a...