March 26, 2024
CFTC Charges KuCoin With Violations of Commodity Exchange Act

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has filed a civil enforcement action against the entities that operate KuCoin, a centralized digital asset exchange. The agency has charged KuCoin with operating an illegal digital...

March 20, 2024
Trustly and MoneyGram Launch Cardless Cross-Border Payments in Europe

Trustly and MoneyGram International have partnered to enable millions of MoneyGram users in Europe to make cardless international money transfers. With the service enabled by this collaboration, users can pay directly...

March 13, 2024
Skipify and Synchrony Team on Frictionless Checkouts

Checkout-centric FinTech Skipify has launched a partnership with consumer finance company Synchrony. The collaboration, announced Wednesday (March 13), “leverages Skipify’s payment infrastructure to provide simplified and enhanced checkout for Synchrony cardholders, improving the experience...

March 13, 2024
Allianz Trade and Nuvo Team to Enhance Trade Credit

B2B trade credit tech platform Nuvo has teamed with trade credit insurance firm Allianz Trade. The integration, announced Wednesday (March 13), will let Allianz Trade customers use Nuvo to add coverage for...

March 13, 2024
Scam Factories Exploit Advanced Tech to Amplify Payments Fraud

Scam factories, where perpetrators themselves are victims of a system they help perpetuate, present a significant challenge to the integrity of global financial networks, resulting in an estimated $75 billion...

March 12, 2024
Banking-as-a-Service 2.0 Helps Senders Monetize Instant Payments Ecosystems

The evolution of money movement, and of banking, are intrinsically linked. That’s why, as money became digitized and embedded, so too did banking, via the first iteration of the banking-as-a-service...

March 06, 2024
Leonteq Says It’s Not Aware of French Regulators Reporting Irregularities

Swiss-listed investment services company Leonteq said Wednesday (March 6) it was unaware that French regulators told prosecutors of possible irregularities at the firm.  The firm told Reuters this after being asked...

March 06, 2024
India to Banks: No More Exclusive Credit Card Agreements

India wants its banks to stop forging exclusive arrangements with credit card networks. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) — the country’s central bank and bank regulator — announced the move on...

March 05, 2024
Sandbox-as-a-Service Poised to Remove Friction From Bank-Vendor Partnerships

Few financial institutions (FIs) are choosing to develop technology in-house, indicating a growing reliance on third-party FinTechs to meet their needs. However, sifting through the multitude of options to find...