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Business Wire | August 21, 2020

Mastercard (MA) and TransferWise, today announced an expanded partnership to enable the issuance of cards in any market around the world where Mastercard is accepted and TransferWise is licensed. Mastercard has built a strong partnership with TransferWise, working with the global technology company since its issuance of its first debit card in Europe in 2018. Since then TransferWise has issued over 1 million Mastercard’s globally. TransferWise currently partners with Mastercard across the ...

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Equifax, AccountScore | February 10, 2021

In order to improve Open Banking and insights competences of the company, Equifax, Inc. (NYSE: EFX) has recently acquired AccountScore Holdings Limited, a transaction data analytics company. This acquisition will help the company to enhance commercial and consumer products offerings. This would be made possible with the assistance of AccountScore in combining Equifax’s traditional credit bureau information with bank transaction data. This integration also bene...

Insurance Business Magazine | February 07, 2020

A new malware is spreading among online banking users, stealing their passwords by disabling any autofill functions their devices might have and forcing them to manually retype their passwords as the malware copies the data. The Metamorfo trojan malware has targeted the users of more than 20 banks across the globe, in countries such as the US, Canada, Peru, Chile, Spain, Brazil, Ecuador and Mexico. ZDNet reported that the attacks were first reported in Brazil, but have since spread to other onli...

Business Wire | October 12, 2020

Temenos, the banking software company, today announced that FlowBank has selected Temenos Transact delivered as SaaS to power its new digital bank in Switzerland. Temenos Transact core banking technology will enable FlowBank to rapidly launch and offer a new investing experience to private and institutional investors in Switzerland and internationally. FlowBank has recently secured its banking license in July 2020 and is planning to launch the operations by the end of 2020. The bank aims to meet...