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ACI Worldwide Drives Payments Transformation for South Africa’s Altech Card Solutions, a Division of Altron

Leading South African processor leverages ACI’s UP Retail Payments to better serve merchants across the continent NAPLES, Fla. & LONDON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#ACI—ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ: ACIW), a leading global provider of real-time electronic payment and banking solutions, today announced that Altech Card Solutions (ACS), a division of Altron, one of South Africa’s leading technology companies, is utilizing […]

Singapore’s EDBI Makes Strategic Investment in Vesta as Company Makes a Concerted Push Into the Asia Pacific Region

Investment and partnership will accelerate Vesta’s expansion of fraud and approval enhancement platform across the Asia Pacific region LAKE OSWEGO, Ore.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Vesta, a fintech pioneer in fraud protection and fully guaranteed payment technologies, has secured a strategic investment from EDBI, a global Asian-based investor. This investment, along with a strategic alignment with EDBI, will accelerate […]

DeepTarget Creates an Immersive, Social Media-Influenced Experience for Financial Institutions with its New 3D Storyteller Digital Experience

  MADISON, Ala.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–DeepTarget Inc., a solution provider that utilizes data mining and machine learning to deliver targeted communications across digital channels for banks and credit unions, today announced the addition of its new 3D StoryTeller to its Digital Experience Platform. 3D StoryTeller is a transformative, patent-pending 3D user experience that turns raw data into […]

CoverWallet Announces New Digital Insurance Package for Venture-Backed Startups

Management liability package includes Directors & Officers, Employment Practices Liability, and Fiduciary coverage offered instantly online NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#aon—CoverWallet, an Aon company and a leading digital insurance platform for businesses, today announced a new digital insurance product for venture capital (VC)-backed startups. With this new management liability package, VC-backed startups can instantly buy and manage […]

Global Payments Joins Forces with AWS to Deliver the Future of Payments

AWS and Global Payments will collaborate to provide an industry leading cloud-based issuer processing platform to institutions of all sizes around the world Global Payments selects AWS as its preferred cloud provider for issuer processing; Companies will work together to broaden Global Payments’ worldwide customer base SEATTLE & ATLANTA–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Today, Global Payments Inc. (NYSE: GPN) […]

Disruptive.Asia Comments on How Huawei and ONDE Are Helping Thailand Fight COVID-19 and Go Digital at the Same Time

LONDON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Disruptive.Asia has talked to Vunnaporn Devahastin, Secretary General of the Office of the National Digital Economy and Society Commission (ONDE) of Thailand, which is collaborating with Huawei Technologies on various fronts to not only fight COVID-19 with digital technologies, but advance and accelerate Thailand’s efforts to become a digital nation, in this week’s Huawei […]

Omniscience Receives Key Patent for First Use of Augmented Reality (AR) for the Computational Enterprise

PALO ALTO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#ArtificialIntelligence–Omniscience today disclosed that it has been granted a patent for the first use of Augmented Reality (AR) for a key Computational Enterprise™ enabling application. The Computational Enterprise is a next-generation model for modern businesses. This patent allows businesses to capture and process hand-written or typed material using a cell phone or […]

As the Industry Shifts, SilverCloud Reports Rapid Growth to Accommodate New Demand

Throughout Q2, the company positioned itself to best help financial institutions transitioning to a remote, digital banking environment PORTSMOUTH, N.H.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–SilverCloud, Inc., the only support solution built exclusively for the financial services industry, today announced significant Q2 growth and expansion that includes additions to the company’s leadership team, customer base and partnership program. As financial institutions […]

RealPage Launches Online Vendor Payments Powered by AvidXchange

Vastly reduces paper vendor payments RICHARDSON, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#multifamily—RealPage, Inc. (NASDAQ:RP), a leading global provider of software and data analytics to the real estate industry, today announced the general availability of Online Vendor Payments automating the entire vendor payment process from procurement to purchase order, invoice processing and payment. Online Vendor Payments, which is part of […]

Corporate One Federal Credit Union Offers Access Softek’s EasyVest™ Robo-Advisor to Bring Digital Investment Tools to Credit Unions

BERKELEY, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Through a new partnership and exclusive corporate credit union agreement, Corporate One Federal Credit Union will offer Access Softek’s EasyVest, a robo-advisor investment solution that seamlessly integrates with any credit union’s online and mobile banking platform, to credit unions nationwide. Access Softek, Inc., a digital banking platform provider, launched EasyVest as the first […]

The New Triple Threat in Esports – The Razer BlackShark V2

With all-new TriForce 50mm drivers, HyperClear Cardioid Mic and Advanced Passive Noise Cancellation, the BlackShark V2 is the new benchmark esports headset – fine-tuned and perfected with newly introduced THX Spatial Audio Game Profiles IRVINE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#BlackShark–Razer™, the leading global lifestyle brand for gamers, today announced the definitive esports headset with the Razer BlackShark V2. […]

ChartIQ to Expand Offering with FactSet

FactSet clients can now access Term Structure Graph in the product’s first enterprise adoption CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Cosaic, a financial technology company that delivers software to promote end user workflow and efficiency, today announced that it has expanded its agreement with FactSet (NYSE: FDS) (NASDAQ: FDS), a global provider of integrated financial information, analytical applications, and […]

ZenBusiness Acquires Joust, the Leading Fintech for Small Business Entrepreneurs

Joust will relaunch as ZenBusiness Money and bring a full suite of business banking solutions to the nation’s rising population of small business entrepreneurs. AUSTIN, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–ZenBusiness, the leading platform for micro businesses to start, run, and grow their business, today announced that it has completed the acquisition of Austin-based fintech platform Joust. The strategic […]

OnPay Earns Best Value, Most Recommended Awards from Gartner Companies

Capterra, Software Advice badges recognize payroll provider’s commitment to customer experience ATLANTA–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#GrowAtlanta–OnPay, the top-rated payroll service provider for small businesses and accountants, today announced a pair of 2020 awards from the Gartner family of companies: Best Value for Human Resources Software from Capterra and Most Recommended for Human Resources Software from Software Advice. The […]

Transact Bank Establishes Commercial Payments Focus with Flexible Core Platform from Fiserv

Bank transforms to meet market need for domestic and cross-border money movement BROOKFIELD, Wis.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Transact Bank, based in Denver, Colorado, is enabling its new focus on the financial needs of domestic and cross-border businesses with core account processing technology from Fiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ:FISV), a leading global provider of financial services technology solutions. The bank is […]

Artis Partners with Laika to Automate Compliance Management

Startup able to perform above industry standard for security and compliance requirements ATLANTA–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Artis Technologies provides modern lending solutions for businesses to offer affordable, low-friction financing to their customers at the point of need. The company has partnered with Laika to create and deploy custom lending compliance and information security policies and programs that are […]

Schneider Renews With WEX EFS to Continue Valued Relationship

PORTLAND, Maine–(BUSINESS WIRE)–WEX (NYSE: WEX), a leading financial technology service provider, today announced it has renewed its contract with Schneider. Schneider, a premier provider of transportation and logistics services, has been a customer of WEX EFS since 2012. The successful relationship has allowed each company to organically focus on growth and innovation. Streamlining and simplifying […]

WEX Extends Valuable Partnership With Enterprise Fleet Management

PORTLAND, Maine–(BUSINESS WIRE)–WEX (NYSE: WEX), a leading financial technology service provider, has signed a multi-year contract extension with Enterprise Fleet Management. The agreement between WEX and Enterprise Fleet Management further solidifies the longstanding partnership between the two organizations, which dates back to 1993. “It’s an honor that this partnership will continue between two powerhouses in […]

EML’s Change for Good Initiative Will Eliminate 25 Million Pieces of Plastic From FinTech

Payments Giant EML is Creating a Better Tomorrow Through its Commitment to Reducing the Use of Plastic Cards in the Communities it Serves Worldwide by 50%. BRISBANE, Australia–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#FinTech—EML PAYMENTS LIMITED (ASX: EML) (‘EML’) aspires to comparatively cut plastic consumption by the weight of 56 elephants, 10 humpback whales, 1,250 lions and the height of […]

Bank of Baroda’s Credit Card Arm Readies for Digital Transformation with Implementation of Fiserv Technology

Flexible, scalable solution accelerates digital transformation of card issuing and processing BROOKFIELD, Wis., & MUMBAI, India–(BUSINESS WIRE)–BOB Financial Solutions Limited (BFSL), a wholly owned subsidiary of Bank of Baroda, has chosen Fiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ: FISV), a leading global provider of payments and financial services technology solutions, to enable the digitization of their end-to-end card issuance […]

KDDI Selects VisualOn Media Player to Deliver High-Quality Streaming Video Services for its au Smart Pass Subscribers

Leading Japanese Telecommunications Provider Further Enhances its au Smart Pass App with Video, Featuring VisualOn’s Cutting-edge MultiStream Sync SAN JOSE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#KDDI–VisualOn, a streaming software provider that enables scalable, cross-platform media playback for leading video services, today announced that KDDI has selected the VisualOn Media Player to power video playback offer on its popular au […]

Acrisure Acquires Tulco’s Artificial Intelligence Insurance Business

 World’s Fastest Growing Global Insurance Broker and Artificial Intelligence Leader Combine to Deploy Insurtech at Scale GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. & PITTSBURGH–(BUSINESS WIRE)–In a transformational move, Acrisure today announced that it has acquired artificial intelligence (AI) leader Tulco LLC’s insurance practice to bring best-in-class data science, AI, and machine learning capabilities to the insurance brokerage industry. […]

Middle Eastern Technology Company Partners With BCT on Effort to Limit COVID-19 Spread Using MemSQL

Joint Endeavor Highlights the Power of Digital Transformation, Massively Scalable Architecture SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–In an effort to help the government in the Middle East minimize the spread of COVID-19, Bahwan Cybertek (BCT) will deploy technology from MemSQL, The Database of Now™ for operational analytics and cloud-native applications. The effort is led by a large technology […]

Fiserv Helps Financial Institutions Make the Right Business Decisions with New Financial Planning and Forecasting Capabilities

Enhanced accounting solution facilitates strategic planning through high-quality data and analytics BROOKFIELD, Wis.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Fiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ:FISV), a leading global provider of payments and financial services technology solutions, is equipping financial institutions to better evaluate and plan for risks in the current operating environment with the launch of a robust real-time forecasting and budgeting solution. Axiom […]

tZERO CEO Saum Noursalehi Provides Update on Company Progress

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–tZERO, a leader in financial innovation and liquidity for private companies, released today the following letter to investors from CEO Saum Noursalehi. Dear Investors, It has been an exciting few months for tZERO. We have a platform that enables average investors to trade shares of private companies as easily and efficiently as they […]

 Intuit Introduces QuickBooks Cash, a New Business Bank Account With a 1% High-Yield Interest Rate

 QuickBooks Cash, with funds available instantly to eligible customers, takes the complexity out of managing finances and getting paid MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Today, Intuit Inc. (Nasdaq: INTU) announced QuickBooks Cash, a business bank account that earns high-yield interest1, which, when used with the QuickBooks suite of business services, takes the complexity — and latency — […]

ACI Payments Receives Nacha Certified Status for its Bill Payment Offering

NAPLES, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#ACI—ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ: ACIW), a leading global provider of real-time electronic payment and banking solutions, today announced that its subsidiary, ACI Payments, Inc., has received Nacha Certified status. The Nacha certification verifies that ACI has achieved the highest standards of ACH payment processing outlined by Nacha for its bill payments solution, ACI Speedpay. […]

Skilling Extends Its Global Presence to London

NICOSIA, Cyprus–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#cfd—Forex and CFD online trading platform Skilling pushed forward with its 2020 global expansion, extending its physical presence to London, UK, under its new senior appointment, David Berg. David joined Skilling Group earlier this month as a global sales director and is in charge of creating a global commercial customer facing division for […]

PayU and Feedzai Announce Expansion of Risk Management Partnership Across EMEA and LATAM Markets

Feedzai’s technology strengthens PayU omnichannel fraud prevention capabilities with a robust machine learning framework SAN MATEO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–PayU, a leading financial services provider in global growth markets, and Feedzai, a leading risk management platform, announced today a partnership expansion that will enable PayU to augment its fraud prevention capabilities in Latin America in addition to […]

Sharpen Launches New Performance Management Module to Empower Agents

Contact Centers Using Performance Tiles Report Improved FCR, AHT, and CSAT, Along with Immediate, Quantifiable ROI INDIANAPOLIS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#AgentFirst—Sharpen Technologies, developers of the agent-first contact center platform, announced today the release of Performance Tiles, the first of several new applications to be released within its new Performance Management module. Performance Tiles offer agents real-time visibility into […]

Confluence unveils fully integrated business model and innovative solutions for investment management industry’s data challenges

Award-winning global technology solutions provider announces unified, broader range of products following its 2019 acquisition of StatPro Pittsburgh, PA, July 28, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Confluence Technologies, Inc. (“Confluence”), a global technology solutions provider delivering innovative products to the investment management industry, announced today the completed integration of the former StatPro Group plc and its […]

Alacriti Now a U.S. Faster Payments Council Member

Helping shape the future of faster payments PISCATAWAY, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#banking—Alacriti, a SaaS-based fintech company specializing in payments, today announced that it has joined the U.S. Faster Payments Council (FPC), a membership organization dedicated to advancing faster payments in the United States. Alacriti brings its deep expertise in banking and payments and experience working with various […]

True Link raises $35 million Series B led by Khosla Ventures and Centana Growth Partners

Specialized fintech startup ramps up growth of its services for older adults, people with disabilities, and people recovering from addiction SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–True Link Financial, a mission-driven financial technology company, announced today that it has raised a total of $35 million in two Series B tranches, the first led by Khosla Ventures and the second […]

Altamaha Drives Future of Banking with Citrix

Community bank and trust uses digital workspace solutions to connect employees and customers across channels, deliver superior experience FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#CitrixIsHow–The move toward digital banking has been on for years. But banking is a business of relationships, and to build and maintain them, institutions must still connect in personal ways. The COVID-19 pandemic hasn’t […]

Prudential and PAI Health enter partnership to deliver the new way to measure physical activity on digital health app, Pulse

Prudential enhances customer offerings and engagement by introducing the science-backed Personal Activity Intelligence score across 11 Asian markets HONG KONG and VANCOUVER, British Columbia, July 28, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Prudential Corporation Asia (Prudential) and PAI Health today announced that PAI Health’s science-backed activity metric for heart health, known as Personal Activity Intelligence, will be […]

Tyfone Enters Reseller Agreement with Payrailz® to Offer Payment Services to Community Financial Institutions

GLASTONBURY, Conn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Payrailz, a digital payments company offering smarter, more engaging payment experiences to banks and credit unions, announced it has entered a reseller agreement with Tyfone, a leading provider of digital banking solutions. Through this partnership, Tyfone will be a reseller of Payrailz’ products and offer the company’s full digital payment services to the […]

Jumio Announces Record New Account Growth, Fueled by Growth in Financial Services, Healthcare and Channel Partners

Jumio signed more new customers in Q2 than in any quarter in the company’s history as digital transformation initiatives became an economic necessity. PALO ALTO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Jumio, the leading provider of AI-powered end-to-end identity verification and authentication solutions, today announced the biggest quarter for customer growth in the company’s history. Jumio says its growth was […]

Asian Bank Selects CSI’s Core Platform to Implement Robust Digital Banking Offerings

PADUCAH, Ky.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Philadelphia-based Asian Bank has selected Computer Services, Inc. (CSI) (OTCQX: CSVI), a provider of end-to-end fintech and regtech solutions, as its new core provider in order to offer robust digital banking solutions to its unique customer base. Asian Bank—a community financial institution formed by entrepreneurs to serve the growth needs of Asian and […]

IMS Extends Telematics SDK Partnership with Onlia

Incorporation of IMS telematics technology via SDK integration with Onlia Sense safe-driving app. “The continued collaboration between IMS and Onlia will enable us to fully exploit the value of telematics technology in delivering improved road safety through the prevention-first approach that is at the heart of Onlia Sense,” said Bob Skerrett, CEO Insurance at IMS. […]

Facteus Selects BackBay Communications as Agency of Record

Innovative Financial Data and Business Intelligence Company Hires Financial Services Agency BOSTON & PORTLAND, Ore.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#positiveimpact—Facteus (formerly ARM Insight), the leading provider of actionable insights from financial data, has selected BackBay Communications as its agency of record. BackBay is an integrated financial services public relations, content development, and digital marketing agency with dedicated teams focused […]