Visa (NYSE: V), a world leader in global digital payments, announced today it has joined the AWS Partner Network (APN), a global community that leverages AWS technologies, programs, expertise, and tools to build solutions and services for customers. Visa’s presence in the APN will help enable its partners and clients, including cloud-native fintechs, to access and integrate select Visa services more efficiently. Global Payments Simplified Visa is committed to making transactions faster, easier and more secure for all players in the payments ecosystem. Visa will make select payment services ava ..read more

Today at Ignite! 2024, Finastra, a global provider of financial software applications and marketplaces, announced the availability of its latest mobile banking software, Next Gen Mobile Banking, a new digital banking experience for community banks and credit unions. The advanced mobile banking application provides a seamless user experience, offering financial institutions customization options and enhanced security features. This comes as community financial institutions strive to maintain and grow market share in a competitive and consolidating landscape, which requires cutting-edg ..read more

ModernFi, the leading technology provider of deposit management for banks and credit unions, has earned recognition from both Fast Company and GGV Capital for continuing to innovate in the fintech space. ModernFi was named to Fast Company’s list of the World’s Most Innovative Companies for 2024, and was ranked the sixth most innovative company in the finance category. ModernFi was also named to the GGV Capital Fintech Innovation 50, which recognizes the 50 most promising fintech companies as determined by investors. Since its inception, ModernFi has been fully focused on helping ..read more

Trakx, an emerging global fintech company providing thematic Crypto Tradable Indices (“CTIs”), today announced the launch of the Trakx USDc Earn CTI powered by OpenTrade that is designed to allow users to easily generate high risk-adjusted returns on their USDc backed by US Treasury Bill yields. With the USDc Earn CTI, Trakx offers a unique instrument that seamlessly earns US Treasury Bills (T-Bills) like returns, while the assets are securely managed through OpenTrade’s bankruptcy remote structure. USDc holders on Trakx can now maximize the value of their USDC holdings by investing ..read more

Sapiens International Corporation, (NASDAQ: SPNS) (TASE: SPNS), a leading global provider of software solutions for the insurance industry, today announced the launch of its latest version of Sapiens ReinsuranceMaster. The new release of Version 9 brings a multitude of enhancements and technology stack updates, designed to empower insurers and reinsurers with robust, enriched functionality to support business requirements. This includes automating global inter-company retrocession, facilitating U.S. NAIC statutory reporting (Schedule F), and real-time reinsurance allocation support (‘rein ..read more

COMPLY, a category leader of compliance software, consulting, and education resources for the financial services sector, today announced the appointment of Michael J. Stanton as Chief Executive Officer. Stanton succeeds Amy Kadomatsu, who guided COMPLY through a period of substantial customer and revenue growth and will transition to the role of Board Advisor. “I am honored to join COMPLY, a great team that has been successfully delivering solutions to meet the critical needs of global financial services clients,” said Stanton. “Our customers face an increasingly complex regulatory landscape t ..read more

Equitable Bank, Canada’s Challenger Bank, proudly announces that it was ranked #4 on the 2024 LinkedIn Top Companies list, an annual and data-driven list that identifies Canada’s top companies for workplace growth and career progression. “We’re thrilled to be recognized as a top workplace in Canada,” said Gavin Stanley, SVP and chief human resources officer. “At Equitable Bank, we’re proud to create a compelling employee experience, which means supporting our employees’ evolving needs with an inclusive workplace culture, excellent health and wellness resources and ..read more

1. Dawn of CBDC: How CBDC Initiated in APAC 2. Role of Fintech in Driving CBDC 3. The Evolving Landscape of Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) 4. Financial Inclusion Conclusion Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) have emerged as a remarkable innovation in finance, providing a digital translation of the fiat currency of a country. Across the region of APAC, both CBDC uptake and development have been driven by the combination of technology and changing financial systems. 1. Dawn of CBDC: How CBDC Initiated in APAC APAC countries demonstrated the important role of the leader by developi ..read more

Lumin Digital (Lumin), a leading fintech company specializing in digital banking solutions, continues to strengthen its senior leadership team with the appointment of Lisa Sutton as chief talent officer (CTO). Sutton’s addition underscores Lumin’s people-centric approach and commitment to corporate culture, as highlighted by the company’s recent Great Place To Work (GPTW) certification. Sutton, who has over two decades of HR leadership experience driving innovative talent strategies for high-performing global brands, including PSCU and PPG Industries, will lead Lumin’s HR functi ..read more

Figure Technology Solutions (“Figure”), provider of a disruptive and scaled technology platform built to enhance efficiency and transparency in financial services, today announced the appointment of Michael Tannenbaum as Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors, effective immediately. In conjunction with the appointment, Mike Cagney, Co-Founder and previous Chief Executive Officer of Figure, has assumed the role of Executive Chairman. Mr. Tannenbaum is a seasoned finance executive with over 15 years of experience in financial technology and financial services. Most r ..read more