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Signicat Acquires Sphonic
Norway’s Signicat, a leading provider of digital identity and electronic signature solutions, is acquiring all shares in the UK-headquartered anti-fraud company Sphonic for an undisclosed sum. Existing management shareholders will reinvest a substantial part of the consideration into Signicat. Signicat
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Tink Expands Open Banking Payments Services to Finland and Norway
Tink, Europe’s leading open banking platform, has announced the expansion of its open banking payments services to five new markets across Europe. Its Payment Initiation Services (PIS) product is now live in the Netherlands, Norway, Estonia, Finland and Latvia. Tink
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SEB Partners with Fintech Startup Humla
SEB is entering into a strategic partnership with Humla, a fintech startup within Axel Johnson set out to drive innovation in the retail industry. Humla will develop its products and offerings on the banking-as-a-service (BaaS) platform developed by SEBx, thereby
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Payment Firms Dominate Mastercard’s Lighthouse FINITIV 2022 Programme
Five payment acceptance startups were among the 15 selected to meet Mastercard in the Lighthouse FINITIV programme. Since its launch in 2018, Lighthouse FINITIV has created a forum for selected startups to enter partnership discussions with Mastercard and its largest
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E-Krona Pilot Project Status Update
In February 2021, the second phase of the e-krona pilot project began. The aim of the work was to continue investigating and testing the technical solution developed in the project and also to investigate a potential legal framework around the
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Intergiro and Incharge Partner to Release Banking App for Ukrainian Refugees
In an effort to support Ukrainians fleeing the conflict, Incharge, a company built using Intergiro’s Banking as a Service solution “Intergiro.3d”, has created a banking services app specifically for refugees. The app will offer free banking services and physical or
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