Americas

US challenger bank, NorthOne, is launching its mobile-first small business banking platform, the result of a collaboration with digital-first Radius Bank, as reported on Pymnts. The companies said their collaboration has enabled the rollout of the NorthOne small business banking...

Finance trade partner Surecomp has formed an agreement with Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV) to implement a new end-to-end trade finance solution. US-based Surecomp’s DOKA-NG and allNETT solutions will support the ongoing growth and...

Access Bank (www.AccessBankplc.com) and GE Healthcare (www.GEHealthcare.com) are to provide sustainable healthcare equipment financing to private healthcare providers; The partnership will help the private healthcare providers to deliver access to affordable healthcare services. GE Healthcare and Access Bank Nigeria have...

Aetna, the insurance business of American retail pharmacy chain CVS Health, has signed a four-year reinsurance arrangement with Vitality Re X. The arrangement will enable CVS Health to slash its required capital and offer $200m of collateralised excess of loss...

Visa and Billtrust  announced that J.P. Morgan will utilize Billtrust’s Business Payments Network (BPN), streamlining the delivery of electronic B2B payments for J.P. Morgan Commercial Card clients. Participating clients will now be able to utilize BPN’s connected platform of...

Starling Bank will provide SumUp and its card reader merchants access to its API-based banking infrastructure to help businesses receive next-day payments A partnership between Starling Bank and mobile card reader specialist SumUp will enable faster transaction settlements for small...

Minnesota-based, Merchants Bank, has seen its floorplan finance business grow by 60% since implementing White Clarke Group’s CALMS Compass, reports Jane Connolly. In response to customer demand for a more modern solution than the labour-intensive spreadsheets previously used, the community...