Kuwait Finance House (KFH) has launched its digital service, “opening bank account online” for new customers, citizens and residents within minutes without having to visit the branch. The new service allows new KFH customers who do not have any bank accounts at the bank, to open a bank account online through the KFHonline Application on […]

Mozper has announced the closing of a $3.55M Seed round, led by Hetz Ventures with participation from F-Prime Capital, Foundation Capital, Secocha Ventures and previous investors Dux Capital and John Farrell. This latest round brings the company’s total funding to $5.1M and comes just months after the announcement of a Pre-Seed round of USD $1.6M led by DUX Capital and angel investor John Farrell, and amongst others, including YCombinator, […]

tabby has announced that it has raised Series A financing of $23m in debt and equity led by Arbor Ventures and Mubadala Capital, with participation from STV, Raed Ventures, Global Founders Capital, JIMCO, Global Ventures, Venture Souq, Outliers VC, MSA Capital, HOF and Arab Bank. This funding will fuel the company’s next stage of growth, […]

KitKat has partnered with Facebook to launch Australia’s very first Facebook Live shopping experience. The new feature enables viewers of the live broadcast to purchase specific products in real time by typing prescribed #keywords in the livestream comment box, automatically triggering a notification within Messenger to direct users to purchase online. Nestlé Head of Marketing […]

Bangkok Bank announced the launch of the first in-house built advanced Thai conversational AI engine catering to the mobile-first trend in the country. The AI engine, called TT01, is a joint collaboration between BBL’s innovation arm, Innohub, and Singapore-based fintech start-up Pand.ai. TT01 is trained to process mixed-use language in Thai and English, as well […]

SWIFT has announced the activation of the world’s first live gpi Instant connection, a new service that enables consumers and businesses to send payments in seconds across borders, around the clock via their financial institutions. Lloyds Banking Group is the first to go live with the service and the UK is the first market where […]

Adyen  and Flywire have announced  partnership which integrates Adyen into Flywire’s global network of payment partners. Through the collaboration with Adyen, Flywire’s customers – predominantly, organizations in the education, healthcare, and travel industries – will benefit from support across more global markets with an increased number of local payment methods and currencies, and  additional support for […]

PayCentral has partnered with Mastercard to launch DigiCentral, a secure online platform that provides small business owners with a simple, quick and cost-effective way of paying out incentives, rewards, gifting, corporate expenses and even salaries to their employees through a prepaid virtual card. DigiCentral, virtual card, can be used for eCommerce and instore purchases. To […]

DoorDash & Payfare Partner to Launch DasherDirect platform, a banking solution for DoorDash delivery drivers (Dashers) offering a Business Prepaid Visa Card and mobile banking app.  DasherDirect offers Dashers no-fee daily deposits of their DoorDash earnings, convenient digital banking functionality and cash-back rewards. This marks DoorDash’s first-ever financial platform for Dashers, providing them with exclusive […]

Bill.com and Wells Fargo & Company announced Bill Manager, a new joint offering now available to help automate and simplify the accounts payable and receivable process for small to midsize businesses. Bill Manager integrates the latest cloud-based financial operations software from Bill.com into Wells Fargo’s digital banking service, Commercial Electronic Office, creating a paperless way […]