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Project Agorá: Central banks explore cross-border payment tokenisation

News | Cryptocurrencies | 04 Apr 2024

The BIS and seven central banks have partnered with the private sector to explore tokenisation's impact on the monetary system.

tokenization, central bank, distributed ledger technology, cross-border payments

Compliance around digital assets, exclusive interview with Sygnum Bank

Interviews | Cryptocurrencies | 12 Feb 2024

Dr. Firas Nadim Habach, CFA, Head of Compliance & MLRO at Sygnum Bank AG, discusses the intersection of compliance and digital assets, exploring how this intersection can be transformed into an opportunity within the digital asset realm.

cryptocurrency, tokenization, AML, compliance, banks, digital assets, regtech

Worldline plans to reduce its workforce by 8%

News | Payments General | 08 Feb 2024

France-base digital payments company Worldline has announced it would cut its global workforce by 8% as part of its cost reduction plan.

payments orchestration, merchants, fraud prevention, SaaS, payment processing

Worldline enables real-time transfers for Commerzbank

News | Payments General | 25 Jan 2024

Payment service provider Worldline has strengthened its partnership with Commerzbank to offer to enable real-time transfers across Europe and instant payments in Swiss francs.

instant payments, real-time payments, regulation, banking, payment processing

The Paypers Global Partnerships Analysis Q3 2023 – Banking and Fintech

Voice of the Industry | Online & Mobile Banking | 17 Nov 2023

Building onto our previous reporting related to the partnerships that took place in Q3 2023 within the payments and commerce space, this analysis focuses on the banking and fintech industry.

banking, fintech, fraud prevention, financial crime, Open Banking, Open Finance, crypto, web3, The Paypers Quarterly Analysis series

Fireblocks acquires BlockFold

News | Cryptocurrencies | 29 Sep 2023

US-based cryptocurrency custody company Fireblocks has bought BlockFold, a smart contract development and consulting company, to enrich its tokenization capabilities.

tokenization, stablecoin, blockchain, digital assets, growth markets

BIS and three central banks test cross-border wholesale CBDCs

News | Payments General | 28 Sep 2023

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) and the central banks of France, Singapore, and Switzerland have successfully tested cross-border wholesale CBDCs.

partnership, CBDC, cross-border payments, banks, financial institutions, FX , wholesale banking, blockchain, payments infrastructure, tokenization, digital currency

Intergiro partners with Incharge

News | Online & Mobile Banking | 19 Apr 2023

BaaS platform Intergiro has announced its partnership with financial service provider Incharge to launch a new banking app for students in Europe. 

partnership, online banking, digital banking, mobile banking, bank account, fraud management, identity fraud, BaaS

Swiss National Bank plans wholesale CBDC and "stablecoin"

News | Online & Mobile Banking | 12 Apr 2023

The Swiss National Bank (SNB) has announced plans to test the introduction of a wholesale CBDC and a stable-value token for payment processing as part of its "Swiss Payments Vision".

CBDC, product launch, digital assets, stablecoin, digital currency

Anapaya partners with Finastra

News | Payments General | 06 Apr 2023

Anapaya, a Switzerland-based networking technology provider, has partnered with Finastra to provide Swiss banks with access to the Secure Swiss Finance Network (SSFN).

partnership, transactions , banks, data, financial services

Swiss authorities investigate UBS and Credit Suisse deal

News | Online & Mobile Banking | 05 Apr 2023

Swiss authorities have started to investigate the planned USD 3.25 billion takeover of Credit Suisse by UBS, which would reportedly create one of the largest asset managers in Europe with EUR 1.5 trillion in assets under management, according to Funds Europe

acquisition, banks, regulation

Neobank Relio receives FINMA fintech license

News | Online & Mobile Banking | 29 Mar 2023

Switzerland-based neobank Relio has received a fintech license from the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) and must now wait for the approval of the supervisory authority to go live.

banking license, fintech, product launch, expansion, banking

UBS to acquire Credit Suisse for CHF 3 billion

News | Online & Mobile Banking | 20 Mar 2023

Switzerland-based multinational investment bank UBS has agreed to buy lender Credit Suisse for CHF 3 billion following a series of urgent talks.

acquisition, banks, lending, banking

Swiss fintech Relio raises EUR 3 million in seed financing round

News | Online & Mobile Banking | 10 Jan 2023

Switzerland-based fintech Relio has received seed financing of EUR 3 million. 

investment, funding, banking, bank account, financial services

New beneficial ownership regulations will fight financial crime, but not without a burden on banks

Voice of the Industry | Digital Identity, Security & Online Fraud | 17 Nov 2022

Dr. Henry Balani from Encompass Corporation reveals the latest regulatory updates around beneficial ownership across the globe and shares advice on how to comply with them.

regulation, financial crime

MAS launches FX CBDC initiative, Ubin+

News | Cryptocurrencies | 09 Nov 2022

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has launched an international initiative, Ubin+, to advance cross-border foreign exchange (FX) using wholesale CBDC.

partnership, cryptocurrency, cryptocurrency exchange, CBDC, FX , blockchain, wholesale banking, digital currency

Finaro teams with Payrexx to bring Samsung Pay to Switzerland

News | Mobile Payments | 12 Apr 2022

Malta-based Finaro and Switzerland-based Payrexx have announced they will open the global marketplace for Swiss merchants and consumers by enabling acceptance of Samsung Pay.

mobile payments, Samsung Pay, partnership, merchants, growth markets

Swiss National Bank successfully tests wholesale CBDC settlement

News | Cryptocurrencies | 13 Jan 2022

The Swiss National Bank (SNB), BIS and SIX have successfully tested the integration of wholesale CBDC settlement with commercial banks.

CBDC, central bank, digital currency, Citi, DLT

Pandora Papers aftermath: Media coverage analysis of top regulatory concerns

Voice of the Industry | Payments General | 06 Oct 2021

The Paypers sheds light on the most relevant media coverage of the recent Pandora Papers leak, to see what the impact of the story is on global AML and financial regulation and the true implication (or lack thereof) of crypto in the whole discussion

2021's changing payments landscape (Part I)

Voice of the Industry | Online Payments | 28 Jul 2021

Joel Van Arsdale along with a team of experts from Flagship Advisory Partners have put together an extensive analysis of the current payments landscape, from facts, figures, to a dissemination of the high-rising trends and future prospects

online payments, mobile payments, COVID-19, digitalisation, Open Banking, ecommerce, B2B payments