UK antitrust regulators give Visa’s fintech acquisition a green light
The United Kingdom Competition and Markets Authority, has given the go-ahead to Visa’s acquisition of fintech startup Plaid.
Coronavirus will accelerate the fintech revolution
COVID-19 will greatly accelerate the so-called “fintech revolution”, encouraging many more consumers and businesses to use digital solutions.
How to manage all your payments messaging with one system
PaymentComponents have a solution that allows banks to manage all payments messaging within the same system.
Launchnodes helps to support the launch of Professional Services in AWS Marketplace
Launchnodes announced today that it is participating in the launch of Professional Services in AWS Marketplace.
London Fintech Updraft raises £16m to help people break up with their credit cards
Consumers will pay over £10b in fees and interests for overdraft and credit cards in 2020 alone. Updraft wants to reduce that amount.
Trade Ledger platform selected by Bibby Financial Services to drive funding automation
BFS will leverage the Trade Ledger platform to enhance functionality and enable greater control for businesses seeking funding.
The Carlyle Group to acquire Calastone
Calastone announce that The Carlyle Group has reached an agreement to acquire a majority stake in the business from its current shareholders.
Santander takes big stake in UK FinTech
Spanish bank Banco Santander is acquiring just over 50 percent of the U.K. payments platform Ebury for £350 million ($453 million), Ebury announced in a press release on Monday (Nov. 4). The Ebury payments platform gives small and medium-size companies the ability to trade internationally. The acquisition is scheduled to close in the first quarter of next year and is intended to help boost Santander’s global payments business. “Small and medium-sized businesses are a major engine of growth around the world, creating new jobs and contributing up to 60 percent of total employment and up to 40 percent of national GDP in emerging economies,” said Santander’s Executive Chairman Ana Botín. […]
