Finance

Visa To Buy SaaS Technology Firm Fraedom

Digital payments provider Visa has agreed to acquire Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) technology firm Fraedom. Read more

Stock Exchange Of Thailand Introduces New Payments System Service

FinNet Innovation Network, a subsidiary of the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET), has rolled out a new payments platform ... Read more

Swedish, Danish, Norwegian And Finnish Banks To Explore Common Payment Infrastructure

A group of Swedish, Danish, Norwegian and Finnish banks is currently exploring the possibility of establishing a pan-Nor... Read more

Net1 To Buy 5% Additional Stake In Bank Frick

Net 1 UEPS Technologies has agreed to acquire an additional 5% stake in Bank Frick & Co, a fully licensed bank based... Read more

Warburg Pincus To Buy Majority Stake In Fiservs Lending Solutions Business

Private equity firm Warburg Pincus has agreed to purchase a 55% stake in financial services technology solutions provide... Read more

Nordea Selects VeridiumID Platform To Replace Tokens With Biometric Authentication

Nordic financial services group Nordeais deploying the complete VeridiumID platform to replace tokens with biometric aut... Read more

BANCA IMI Migrates Equity Derivatives Business To Murexs MX.3 Platform

Intesa Sanpaolo's investment bank Banca IMI has migrated its equity derivatives business to Murex’s MX.3 platform and ... Read more

RBS Says 10-closure Threatened Branches Will Stay Open

Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has decided to keep open 10-closure threatened branches until the end of this year. Read more

Alm. Brand To Acquire Saxo Banks Retail Bank Unit For $60m

Danish financial services group Alm. Brand has agreed to acquire Saxo Privatbank from its parent firm Saxo Bank for arou... Read more

Alibaba To Buy 33% Stake In Ant Financial

Alibaba Group has agreed to purchase a 33% stake in Ant Small and Micro Financial Services Group (Ant Financial). Read more

An Overview Of The Tax Cuts And Jobs Acts Impact On Individuals

This is the first of a series of articles concerning the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) signed into law on December 22, 20... Read more

New Banking Rules Come Into Force In UK

The UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has introduced new rules, which requires banks to warn people before th... Read more

EC Launches EU Blockchain Observatory And Forum

The European Commission has launched the EU Blockchain Observatory and Forum with the support of the European Parliament... Read more

Scotiabank To Buy Citibank's Colombian Consumer, Small And Medium Enterprise Businesses

Scotiabank’s Colombian subsidiary Banco Colpatria Multibanca Colpatria has agreed to acquire Citibank’s consumer and... Read more

AHML, Tinkoff Bank To Set Up E-platform For Mortgage Loans

The Agency for Housing Mortgage Lending (AHML) and Russia-based Tinkoff Bank have agreed to form a joint venture to prov... Read more