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Compliance Leadership Becomes a Growth Priority as UK Payment Firms Respond to Record Enforcement Pressure

The Financial Conduct Authority imposed more than £124 million in fines during 2025,

Trust Payments Certified for Offsetting 123 Tonnes of Carbon Dioxide in 2024-25

Trust Payments is proud to have been certified by Carbon Footprint Ltd for helping to combat climate change

LemFi Launches Instant Access Savings Accounts to Help UK Immigrants Grow Their Savings and Build Financial Freedom

LemFi today announced the launch of its new Instant Access Savings Account in the United Kingdom, powered by ClearBank

MoMo Rwanda Partners with TerraPay to Simplify and Accelerate Receiving International Money Transfers

MoMo Rwanda Ltd is excited to announce a new partnership with TerraPay – a global money movement company, , to make it easier for Rwandans to receive money from abroad — quickly, securely, and directly into their MoMo wallets.

2025 Holiday Profits at Risk From Friendly Fraud, Warns Chargebacks911

Each year, Black Friday and Cyber Monday spark a global sales frenzy, with the latter being the biggest online shopping day on record in 2024. According to Adobe’s online shopping forecast for the 2025 holiday season, online sales in the U.S. alone are expected to surpass $250 billion this year. But according to Chargebacks911, a global leader in dispute resolution and chargeback prevention, the projected increase in online sales will also open the gates to the most aggressive dispute season retailers have seen in years. The company warns that many merchants in the U.S. and U.K. are heading into peak holiday sales without a clear defense against friendly fraud, billing confusion and consumers who now treat banks as their first point of contact when anything feels off.

eToro Enables 24/5 Trading for all S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 Stocks

eToro, the trading and investing platform, today announced it has expanded its 24/5 trading offering to cover all stocks in the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100, allowing users to trade the most followed US equities around the clock 5 days a week.

United Creations Pioneers Transparent Payroll in Jordan with EyePay® Network by IrisGuard

United Creations, Alpine Group’s apparel manufacturing hub in Jordan, has partnered with IrisGuard to become the first company in Jordan to onboard the EyePay® Network, as a groundbreaking iris recognition payroll system that is raising the bar for transparency and worker empowerment across the country.

Ventures Platform Hosts Africa Prosperity Summit, Advancing VC Pathways to Liquidity and Scalable Growth

Africa's private capital leaders convened last week at the third annual Africa Prosperity Summit (APS), hosted by Ventures Platform, to chart the path for a new era of verifiable, scalable growth on the continent. The Summit, which was held from November 12th to 14th, 2025, with the theme “Growing the Pie: Building the Pathways for Liquidity, Scale, and Enduring Returns”, the Summit provided a forum for investors, operators, and other ecosystem players to explore the dynamics shaping Africa’s next decade of capital formation and liquidity.

ICYMI: Finance Teams Losing Control: Only 2.6% of UK Expenses Approved Instantly

Finance teams are spending more time chasing receipts than driving strategy, according to new data from cloud-based expense management platform Capture Expense. Its 2025 Expense Trends Report analysed more than 371,000 expense claims worth a combined total of £60 million, submitted across 460 UK organisations between January 2024 and June 2025. The report is one of the most comprehensive views of workplace spend in the UK.

EVC and Paysky Sign a Strategic Agreement to Develop the Integrated “Zumrah” Digital Payments Platform to Serve Haram visitors

Experts Vision Consulting EVC, the national leader in digital transformation, smart cities, and crowd management, signed a strategic partnership agreement with Paysky, the leading provider of digital financial solutions in the Middle East and Africa, to develop and operate “Zumrah”, the integrated digital payments platform and Super App dedicated to serving Haram visitors.

XTransfer and Maybank Enter Into a Strategic Partnership at Singapore FinTech Festival 2025

XTransfer, the world's leading B2B cross-border trade payment platform, and Maybank, a leading bank in ASEAN, are pleased to announce a strategic partnership to expand cross-border payment and Shariah-compliant solutions. Coinciding with Singapore FinTech Festival 2025, senior representatives of XTransfer and Maybank officially signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) at the event.

Trading Technologies Wins Market Surveillance Solution of the Year for TT® Trade Surveillance at FOW MENA Awards

Trading Technologies International, Inc. (TT), a global capital markets technology platform services provider, last night won the award for Market Surveillance Solution of the Year at the FOW MENA Awards in Dubai.

Ant Group Chairman Eric Jing Outlines Strategy for Inclusive AI, Collaboration on Tokenised Settlement

Eric Jing, Chairman of Ant Group, said the company's focus is on putting new payment and operation tools powered by AI and tokenisation technology in the hands of SMEs, to fully embrace the next wave of global productivity revolution.

Beehive Fintech Transforms Underwriting with Perfios, Achieves 48% Faster Loan Decisions

Beehive Fintech, a leading digital SME lending platform, has transformed its underwriting process with Perfios's AI-powered automation solutions. By deploying Perfios Nexus, Beehive Fintech has accelerated loan underwriting by 48%, improving risk accuracy and decision speed.

cleversoft: Sascha Wellershoff Appointed New CFO

The cleversoft group, the leading provider of cloud based RegTech services for financial service providers, has appointed Sascha Wellershoff as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). In his new role, Sascha Wellershoff will strategically develop the finance division in order to consistently pursue the cleversoft group's international growth strategy and further drive the integration of the latest company acquisitions. He succeeds Christoph Reitberger, who has transformed the company from a start-up to a scale-up over the past six years. After leaving the cleversoft Group, Christoph Reitberger will take on a new professional challenge.

Philippine Veterans Bank Partners with Clari5 to Deploy AI-Powered Enterprise Fraud Platform in Record 45 Days

Philippine Veterans Bank (PVB) today announced at the Singapore FinTech Festival the successful deployment of an AI-powered Enterprise Fraud and Risk Management (EFRM) Solution from Clari5, a global leader in real-time financial crime management. Achieved in just 45 days, the implementation marks a milestone in PVB’s ongoing digital transformation journey, setting a new benchmark for enterprise-scale fraud prevention in the region.

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