As part of the Central Bank of Bahrain’s (“CBB”) objective to maintain disclosure transparency and high corporate governance standards, in addition to its commitment to social and climate related goals, the CBB is currently developing Environmental, Social, and Governance (“ESG”) disclosure guidelines to assist companies with ESG integration and reporting against a broad range of […]

Adyen, the global financial platform of choice for leading companies, announced the deepening of its partnership with SHOPLINE, Asia’s biggest smart commerce platform. Adyen is processing payments for SHOPLINE in Singapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong. Under this expanded partnership, SHOPLINE will use Adyen for Platforms in Singapore to further power its global expansion efforts and […]

HSBC UK has launched a record £15 billion lending fund to support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across the UK, as part of its commitment to help British businesses innovate and grow as the country looks to rebound from the Covid-19 health crisis. The Fund, which includes over £10 billion of specific regionally focussed allocations, […]

Garanti BBVA, BBVA’s Turkish unit, announced on Monday the launch of its new bank account aggregation service specifically for businesses, SMEs, and freelancers. According to Garanti, the services allow clients to view the amount debited and credited to their non-BBVA accounts. Garanti did explain that clients are required to enter the pertinent account details in Garanti […]

MoneyGram International,  a global leader in cross-border P2P payments and money transfers, today announced a partnership with E9Pay, one of the largest money transfer and payment fintech companies in Korea. The partnership enables E9Pay customers to connect to the MoneyGram platform and distribution network in over 200 countries and territories. The integration will especially benefit […]

Facebook is acquiring Giphy, a popular website for making and sharing animated images, or GIFs, and will integrate it with its rapidly growing Instagram photo-sharing app, Facebook said in a blog post on Friday. The cost, which Facebook and Giphy declined to disclose, was placed at around US$400 million by news website Axios. The announcement […]