Tackling Debt Remains Canadians’ Number One Financial Priority for 11th Year in a Row
TORONTO, ON—Despite a global pandemic and financial uncertainties, a new CIBC study finds that for the 11th straight year, paying down debt remains the number one financial priority for Canadians heading into the new year (20 percent), followed closely by keeping up with bills/getting by at 18 percent. Optimism for …
KABN Unveils Challenger Banking Program for Verified Self Sovereign Identity Users
KABN North America’s prepaid Visa Card to support Liquid Avatar users and provides online banking solutions Toronto, ON–KABN Systems NA Holdings Corp., a North American Fintech solutions company specializing in empowering individuals to manage, control and generate value from their biometrically-verified Self Sovereign Identity (“SSI”) through its Liquid Avatar platform, …
IBM Acquires Expertus Technologies to Expand Hybrid Cloud Digital Payment Solutions
Canadian Fintech Solutions Provider Gives Financial Institutions the Flexibility and Security to Rapidly Innovate and Compete; Advances IBM’s Hybrid Cloud and AI Strategy ARMONK, N.Y–IBM has acquired Montreal-based fintech company, Expertus Technologies Inc. The acquisition strengthens IBM’s portfolio as an end-to-end digital payments solution provider and further advances IBM’s hybrid …
Membership Growth Underscores Role of Prepaid in Digital Banking Ecosystem
TORONTO, ON–The Canadian Prepaid Payments Organization (CPPO), the voice of the prepaid payments industry in Canada, today announced that it has added 10 new companies to its membership list. ATB, Carta Worldwide/Mogo, daVinci Payments, EML, Fintech Growth Syndicate, FIS, I2c and Marqeta SightSpan have joined as general members and EQ …
Scotiabank 1st to Offer Real-Time Payments in Canada through Interac e-Transfer for Business
Business service allows the ability to send & receive real-time payments using a recipient’s account number or email address TORONTO, ON–Scotiabank is the 1st financial institution in Canada to offer real-time payments for all business banking customers using flexible routing options like an account number or email address, using Interac …
PT. ALTO Network Partners With INETCO
VANCOUVER, BC–PT. ALTO Network (ALTO), a National Payment Gateway for Indonesia, has chosen the INETCO Insight software to deliver world-class performance and security monitoring. This partnership further supports the National Non-Cash Movement and Bank Indonesia’s National Payment System vision. ALTO is Indonesia’s leading provider of end-to-end payment switching and digital …
Amadeus Launches FX Box
MADRID, SPAIN–For travellers, booking an airline ticket can be confusing when prices are displayed in a foreign currency. To improve the customer shopping experience, travel companies, such as travel agencies and airlines, are keen to offer customers the possibility to see ticket prices in the currency of their choice. For …
Nuvei to Acquire Base Commerce
MONTREAL, QC–Nuvei has entered into a purchase agreement to acquire substantially all of the assets of Base Commerce, a leading provider of integrated payment solutions. The transaction is expected to close on or about December 31, 2020, subject to customary closing conditions. Founded in 2008, Base is a technology-driven payment …
Emerging Market Mobile Money Users to Exceed 1.2 billion: Juniper Research
BASINGSTOKE, UK–A new study from Juniper Research has found that the total number of mobile money users in emerging markets will exceed 1.2 billion in 2025, up from 980 million in 2020; equating to just under 30 percent of all mobile phone users across emerging markets. The report predicts that …
Ultra Stellar Acquires StellarX
TALLINN, ESTONIA–Ultra Stellar LLC has acquired another Stellar project, the StellarX marketplace, from Coinsquare. StellarX is one of the most popular decentralized exchanges on the Stellar network. The totally free, peer-to-peer trading platform allows for the trading of all kinds of digital assets, including bitcoin and multiple fiat stable coins. …