All articles by BV Swagath
BV Swagath
Intesa Sanpaolo gets ECB’s nod to acquire controlling stake in UBI Banca
Italian banking group Intesa Sanpaolo said that it has secured prior authorisation from the European Central Bank (ECB) for the…
IDEMIA and BBVA partner to launch Spain’s first payment card made of recycled PVC
IDEMIA, the global leader in Augmented Identity, is supplying the very first cards made out of recycled plastics in Spain…
Charles Schwab, TD Ameritrade inch towards closing $26bn merger deal
US financial services providers Charles Schwab and TD Ameritrade have inched towards closing their previously announced $26bn all-stock merger after…
BNP Paribas Fortis has chosen Worldline to set up and operate its omni-channel Contact Service Center
Worldline [Euronext: WLN], the European leader in the payments and transactional services industry, has sealed a multi-year contract with BNP…
UK Finance report says 51% of payments in UK in 2019 were through cards
A new report from UK Finance found that usage of card and contactless payments continued to surge in the UK…
Tink extends open banking support for Paypal and receives strategic investment
Tink and PayPal’s extended commercial agreement now includes all countries within the European Economic Area (EEA). As a first step,…
Western Union reportedly looking to buy rival money transfer firm MoneyGram
Western Union has reportedly made a takeover offer to rival US money transfer company MoneyGram International. The deal is yet…
Amundi adds eight new equity ETFs to its growing responsible investing range
Amundi, Europe’s largest fund manager[1], today announces the expansion of its responsible offering with the launch of eight new ETFs…
ANZ to sell UDC Finance to Japan-based Shinsei Bank for $478m
The Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ) has agreed to offload UDC Finance, its asset finance business in New…
Financial institutions can connect with consumers via conversational banking capability from Fiserv
Financial institutions can engage consumers in new ways with a just-launched conversational banking capability from Fiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ: FISV), a leading global…