Contracts

25 Nov 21 @ 11:46

A consortium of 70 Japanese firms, including the country’s three  largest banks, says it will aim to launch a yen-based digital currency in 2022 after beginning trials in coming months.... read more

23 Nov 21 @ 14:09

UnionPay, the card scheme with the world’s largest cardholder base, has announced that it has signed a new market development agreement for the Nordics with Nets. The agreement will enable... read more

19 Nov 21 @ 09:15

B2B Payments bank, Banking Circle, has joined the Danish national intraday clearing system. Through Banking Circle as a direct clearing participant, Payments businesses and Banks can now pay out and... read more

18 Nov 21 @ 18:03

At Spain’s Caixabank most customers visiting a branch for a service they could access online will now have to pay €2 for the privilege. The fees are part of a shift... read more

20 Oct 21 @ 16:23

HSBC is to launch a Banking as a Service (BaaS) offering that will enable customers to create and provide business banking services through their own platforms. HSBC and Oracle NetSuite... read more

12 Oct 21 @ 13:58

Banks from both sides of the Atlantic have successfully exchanged payment messages for a faster cross-border payments as part of a proof of concept demonstrating the feasibility of synchronising settlement... read more

12 Oct 21 @ 08:05

R3 has acquired the technology and team of the financial asset tokenization specialist Ivno, enabling the use of Ivno-developed capabilities across the Corda platform. This acquisition further strengthens R3’s capabilities in the... read more

12 Oct 21 @ 08:00

The latest study from Banking Circle has revealed the new challenges faced by CIOs and CTOs working in Banks and FinTechs. The insight from the Payments bank for the new... read more

08 Sep 21 @ 08:15

PayPal has agreed to acquire Paidy, a leading two-sided payments platform and provider of buy now, pay later (BNPL) solutions in Japan, for ¥300 billion or approximately $2.7 billion, principally... read more

09 Aug 21 @ 12:46

Their have been reports that the Australian Central bank, Reserve Bank of Australia, will apply greater focus by its policymakers on the increasing sway Big Tech giants such as Google,... read more

05 Aug 21 @ 10:11

Alpha Bank and Nexi have announced a long-term commercial agreement to establish a marketing and distribution strategic partnership, enabling Alpha Bank, through its widespread network of over 300 branches across... read more

02 Aug 21 @ 17:32

NCR , best know for its ATM’s and POS solutions, has announced a definitive agreement to acquire LibertyX, a cryptocurrency software provider, with a view to providing a complete digital... read more