Money Transfer
Klarpay Appoints New Deputy CEO
Klarpay announced the appointment of Markus Emödi as the Chief Legal & Compliance Officer and Deputy CEO. With a track record of over 20 years in the financial industry, Markus brings a wealth of experience and expertise to Klarpay. Markus
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Klarpay’s CEO Emphasizes On Developing a Digital-First Approach to Banking
We sat down with Martynas Bieliauskas, CEO of Swiss-licensed fintech Klarpay AG, to discuss the company’s approach to servicing global digital businesses with scalable cross-border payment solutions. A digital-first approach is of utmost importance in today’s banking landscape. With the
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SumUp Selects Form3 for UK Payments to Boost Growth
SumUp, the financial partner for over 4 million businesses worldwide, has selected Form3, the cloud-native account-to-account payments platform, to provide direct access into the UK Faster Payments Scheme (FPS) and Bacs Scheme to further enhance its business account offering for
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UK Real Time Payment Fintech Volt Closed $60M Series B Round, CommerzVenture Participates
Volt, a UK based infrastucutre-real-time payment company, announces that it has raised a $60 million Series B to fund expansion into new international markets such as APAC and the Americas – and support product development in existing markets across Europe,
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Europe Lags Behind Asia and Latin America in Real-Time Payments Adoption
ACI Worldwide, a Realtime Payment Specialist, recently launched its ACI Instant Pay solution in Europe and the U.K., enabling merchants to accept online, mobile and in-store payments instantly via a simple API integration with ACI Payments Orchestration Platform. Merchants are
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Neon Customers Tap Cross-Border Payments Thanks to Wise Platform Integration
The partnership between Swiss neobank Neon and cross-border payment specialist Wise is providing the neobank’s customers with faster, lower cost and more transparent international payments, allowing them to send move in more than 40 currencies around the world right from
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Offline Payments Using CBDCs Promise Many Benefits But Design Should Be Considered Thoroughly
The ability to make offline payments with central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) has attracted increased interest among central banks for their potential to support public policy objectives including financial inclusion, universal access, payment system resilience and privacy. A survey conducted
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What the Launch of SIC5 Instant Payments Will Mean for Switzerland
Globally, 63% of banks & financial institutions picked instant payments as their top priority over the next 12 months. Meanwhile, some of the biggest developments in Switzerland will concern the Swiss Instant Clearing (SIC) network. During the latest webinar hosted
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With SIC5 Around the Corner, Experts Weigh in on Possible Impact of Instant Payments in Switzerland
Instant payments are scheduled for rollout in Switzerland in the summer 2024, opening up new opportunities in payment transactions, digital commerce and customer experiences. But the new standard will also put pressure on banks’ lucrative card businesses and will cost
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Revolutionising Swiss Banking: Why Instant Payments are the Future
The demand for instant payment (IP) services around the world has soared in recent years, primarily driven by shifting customer expectations for fast, convenient, and seamless fund transfers. In response to this demand, the Swiss Interbank Clearing (SIC) payment system
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