Americas

UK-based clearing bank ClearBank has entered into a strategic partnership with Temenos, a Swiss banking software developer, to leverage its cloud-based payments platform. ClearBank aims to provide banks with access UK payment systems and a quick way to market for...

Citi Retail Services announced a long-term agreement to provide private label and co-brand credit card services for Meijer. The privately-owned and family-operated Midwestern retailer has more than 245 supercenters throughout Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky and Wisconsin. The agreement with...

Crédit Agricole has chosen Fiorano’s HIP solution to reduce time and cost needed for integrating applications with the core banking system, Flexcube Crédit Agricole Egypt, a subsidiary of Crédit Agricole, has selected US-based Fiorano Software for its Fiorano Hybrid Integration...

Contour, the blockchain-based trade finance platform backed by eight banks including ING, HSBC, BNP Paribas and Standard Chartered, has launched in Singapore. Now established as a fully independent network, the trade platform is inviting banks and corporates to join...

South Korea-based IT security firm Penta Security has joined forces with R3 to advance the digital asset management and Multi-Party Computation (MPC) technologies. Under the partnership, Penta Security is expected to combine its technologies with R3’s broad-range of enterprise blockchain...

Kasisto, creators of the leading digital experience platform for the financial services industry announced they are integrating Kasisto’s consumer banking virtual assistant (KCB) and its KAI platform, into NCR Digital Banking technology. Automated conversational banking provides consumers with a human-like...

UK-based private equity firm Hg, has agreed to acquire stake in smartTrade Technologies, a French electronic trading solutions firm, from Keensight Capital and Pléiade Venture, for an undisclosed amount. Under the transaction agreement, smartTrade CEO and co-founder David Vincent and...