Klarna prepares to integrate cryptocurrency
The Swedish giant of the BNPL Klarna continue to consolidate its offer. At the dawn of his expected IPO, it is also his co-founder and CEO Sebast...
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CommBank commits to Australian SMEs
Following the publication of a study revealing the economic difficulties faced by Australian SMEs, CommBank announced the launch of a free traini...
Allianz launches a chair dedicated to emerging risks
Allianz France has formalized a new tripartite partnership that now links its group to the Risk Foundation and ENSAE Paris. The three new associa...
Bunq translated live with AI
The Dutch neobank Bunq has just signed what it presents as a world first, with the launch of a new machine translation service in real time to fa...
Accenture deploys AI learning program for executives
Accenture has just unveiled a new learning program for its employees. Powered by Stanford's online content, this on-demand learning program is pr...
The ECB presents the progress of the digital euro
The ECB has just published its second progress report on the preparation phase of the digital euro. This publication covers the updating of its r...
Government prepares dematerialized meal card for students
During a visit to the Crous de Metz university restaurant, Patrick Hetzel, France's Minister of Higher Education, outlined his objectives for imp...
Visa acquires Featurespace to fight fraud more effectively
American payment giant Visa recently announced its strategic decision to acquire British transactional fraud prevention and detection specialist ...
Sofinco and Renault launch a credit card dedicated to electric mobility
Sofinco, Mobilize Financial Services (a Renault subsidiary), and DIAC have been partners since 2006. Today, they are renewing this association by...
MasterCard expands its consulting activities
MasterCard's advisory service has been expanded to include three major new topics: Open Banking, crypto-assets and ESG issues (concerning env...
Payment and Urban Mobility: Passport Raises $65 Million
FACTS Passport –start-up specialising in mobile car parking payment services and urban mobility solutions– just raised $65 million, lifting...
Bluetana: New App for Fighting Skimmers
FACTS Researchers from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, and the University of California, San Diego, designed a mobile app for...
Zone2boost: New Acceleration Programme for FinTechs
FACTS Ingenico, CaixaBank and Global Payments unveiled an international innovation programme for start-ups in the financial and retail mark...
AI: Fintel Refining Credit Scores
FACTS The Marseille-based start-up Fintel was founded in 2019 and launched a tool for assessing applicants’ creditworthiness in just a few ...
Younited Credit Opts for a Full Digital Approach
FACTS The French online consumer lending company Younited Credit generalises digital signing procedures and now features a full digital off...
Vein Recognition for Payments Implemented in Manchester
Photo credits: Fingopay FACTS The British FinTech Fingopay, which identifies customers using maps of their finger vein patterns, announc...
News in Brief – October 2018
Players’ Strategy EUROPE – Revolut applies for a banking licence in Luxembourg. This start-up has been granted EMI status in the UK and rel...
CMC-CIC Innovation Invests in Universign
Universign –French vendor specialising in e-signing processes– just raised €12 million. This funding round was led by historical shareholder CM-C...
StudyLink and Unly Join Forces to Grant Student Loans
StudyLink.fr is a crowdfunding website enabling individual customers to lend money –with or without interest– to students who might need financia...
The Apple Watch Also Stores Student Cards
Earlier this month, Apple introduced a set of new features along with their recent Apple Watch update. On this occasion, partnerships with US uni...
