Insurance
Universal Sompo launches an AI-powered virtual agent for motor insurance
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused ambiguity and disruption in customer services across the world. In these unforeseen circumstances, Universal Sompo General Insurance has launched Artificial Intelligence (AI) powered virtual agents for its motor claims services.
Universal Sompo's AI-powered virtual agents...
Americas
Bank of America expands commercial contact-free payments
Bank of America has expanded its mobile wallet capabilities for corporate clients in EMEA and APAC. The bank first launched mobile wallet in the United States and Canada in 2018, and this expansion makes it the first commercial bank...
Banking
Virgin Money partners with Codat to boost business bank offering
Virgin Money has partnered with financial and accounting software provider Codat to strengthen its digital business banking offering.
Codat’s financial technology offering would facilitate the easy and secure exchange of data between Virgin Money and its business bank customers.
Under the...
Cards & Payments
Paysafe to acquire payment technology firm Openbucks
UK-based online payments company Paysafe has acquired US-based payment technology company Openbucks, for an undisclosed amount.
Openbucks is a payment gateway that enables online merchants to accept retail gift cards as an alternative form of payment to credit cards, which...
Financing
InComm Payments acquires Brazilian gift card processor Todo Cartoes
InComm Payments, a leading global payments technology company, announced that it has acquired Todo Cartões, one of Brazil’s main closed-loop gift card processors. The acquisition will grow InComm Payments’ presence in the country by enabling the processing and distribution...
Financing
Revolut announces merchant acquiring solution for businesses
Revolut has extended its business product offering by offering a merchant acquiring platform from which businesses can accept online card payments.
Revolut’s chief executive Nik Storonsky announced that merchant acquiring unit will allow businesses in 13 European countries to accept...
Banking
Banking tech startups find new business opportunities as banks digitise systems rapidly
COVID-19 has been sympathetic to the cause of technology companies as manual processes have moved to digital at a faster pace through 2020. Some techies prefer to identify the pandemic as a watershed moment in the use of technology...
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