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Boost has enabled Thai tourists to make payments in Malaysia

Boost, a leading regional full-spectrum FinTech arm of Axiata, and Payments Network Malaysia (PayNet), a national retail payments network infrastructure, have announced that Boost merchants in Malaysia can now accept cross-border payments...

Synechron completes integration of payments services and solutions provider Attra

Synechron, a leading global Digital Transformation consulting firm, has announced that it has now fully integrated its subsidiary, Attra, a payments technology services and solutions provider headquartered in Melbourne, Australia, into the larger Synechron...

Wio Bank and Mambu bring digital banking services to the UAE

Wio Bank has announced its successful go live on Mambu. Mambu’s platform enables Wio Bank to achieve a faster time to market as it helps establish the UAE as a hub for the growing digital economy.  Wio Bank provides access to banking and business...

Columbia Bank hires new EVP and CIO

Columbia Bank has appointed Manesh Prabhu as its new Executive Vice President and CIO. The bank has more than 60 full-service branch networks spanning the state of New Jersey, and in his new role Prabhu is responsible for information systems and digital...

RBC Wealth Management delivers on client expectations with Salesforce

RBC Wealth Management – a division of RBC Capital Markets – has implemented Salesforce to help drive business growth and reduce maintenance costs. Salesforce has announced that RBC Wealth Management – a division of RBC Capital Markets...

Fraud costs increased more than 10% over pre-pandemic levels for APAC businesses 

LexisNexis Risk Solutions has released the latest Asia-Pacific edition of the LexisNexis True Cost of Fraud Study, which surveyed 387 risk and fraud executives in Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. The study analysed fraud trends in retail,...

How TCS is investing in innovation 

Sumanta Roy, Vice President & Head of Middle East Africa, TCS, speaks to Intelligent Fin.tech about the banking and financial industry in the Middle East, how TCS has impacted it, industry requirements in the Middle East and how businesses in this...

Real-time rails can unlock new value creation opportunities for UAE financial organisations  

With new digital payment trends on the rise, a new set of impactful use cases are now possible. Craig Ramsey, Global Head of Real-time Payments, ACI Worldwide, talks about this and how real-time rails can create new opportunities for financial institutions...

Region’s top Web 3.0 innovators celebrated at inaugural Middle East Blockchain Awards

The first edition of the Middle East Blockchain Awards (MEBA), held on 18 November in the five-star W Hotel on Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, 14 of the region’s best in the field of Web 3.0. Award winners were announced during a glittering ceremony attended...

C2FO research reveals more businesses facing new challenges in accessing capital  

Cash flow optimisation has been a strategy long pursued by businesses, however, new research from C2FO has revealed that enterprises are increasingly struggling due to inflation supply chain weaknesses and interest rates, with many now finding it difficult...

Jingle Pay set to launch in Bahrain in collaboration with AFS

Jingle Pay, a financial app that provides money services in the Middle East, North Africa and Pakistan(MENAP) region, has entered into a strategic partnership with Arab Financial Services (AFS), a leading digital payments solutions...

Mastercard and Nclude partner to accelerate Egypt’s FinTech ecosystem

Mastercard has announced a strategic investment in Nclude, a FinTech-focused VC investment platform launched in partnership with Egypt’s leading national banks – Banque Misr, National Bank of Egypt and Banque Du Caire – to further boost...