July 12, 2024
JPMorgan and Standard Charters Back Blockchain Rails Firm Partior’s $60...

Partior has raised $60 million in a Series B funding round to add new capabilities and more currencies to its global unified ledger-based interbank rails for real-time clearing and settlement....

July 11, 2024
Mastercard and Network International Launch Business Payment Solutions in UAE

Network International has introduced new Business Payment Solutions for companies in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). These solutions were launched in partnership with Mastercard and include card offerings, expense management and virtual...

July 08, 2024
Embedded Lending Puts SMBs at Center of Financial Services Landscape

The growing importance of seamless, customer-centric financial solutions has transformed today’s digital economy. And innovations like embedded lending have revolutionized the financial services ecosystem by increasingly placing small and medium-sized...

July 04, 2024
Crypto’s Three Priorities for 2024: Interoperability, Acceptance, Regulation

Halfway through 2024, and the cryptocurrency and blockchain space finds itself at a critical juncture.  It is the same critical juncture, or at least one strikingly similar, that the crypto...

July 03, 2024
Interest Rates Prompt Major Firms to Scale Back Supply-Chain Finance...

In response to higher interest rates, several major companies have reportedly made the decision to reduce the size of their supply-chain finance programs. This financing option, which allows companies to extend...

July 03, 2024
AI Reshapes Banking: Promises and Pitfalls as Industry Grapples With...

As artificial intelligence revolutionizes the banking sector, industry leaders from UBS and McKinsey highlighted the potential and challenges facing financial institutions. Concerns range from return on tech investments to the...

July 03, 2024
Switzerland Central Bank Willing to Expand CBDC Project

The Swiss National Bank is reportedly amenable to expanding its digital currency project. “We would like to see a pilot which develops, with more banks joining and a higher volume...

July 03, 2024
Why Data Analytics Represent the Frontier of B2B Decision-Making

Building better B2B relationships increasingly starts with better payments data. And with the news Tuesday (July 2) that FleetUp and RoadFlex have integrated their solutions to automate fleet expense management and fuel management,...

July 02, 2024
BIS: Central Banks See Opportunities and Challenges From AI

Artificial intelligence is poised to transform the financial sector and broader economy, creating opportunities and risks that central banks must navigate carefully, according to a top official at the Bank...