Global

UK Fintech Tintra Selects Temenos to Power AI-Led Inclusive Banking for Emerging Markets

Temenos

“Tintra PLC, a London-headquartered Deep Tech and Banking company, has selected Temenos to power its innovative new bank designed solely for emerging market clients. Tintra will be using Temenos core banking platform and market-leading payments as well as its Financial Crime Mitigation solution. Tintra’s mission is to create true fiscal inclusion in trade and finance […]

Global Payments Mobile Wallets

Episode 188 - Fanning the Flames: A Year in Travel - Turkey & Ethiopia

Next up in Glenbrook’s travelogue series, Nikhat Choudhury joins Yvette Bohanan to share her experience making payments on a recent trip to Turkey.

In this double feature episode, Elizabeth McQuerry and Bethany May also provide observations on the local payments scene in Ethiopia, including their use of the e-money wallet Telebirr.

Conferences & Meetings

Episode 183 – Fanning the Flames: Money20/20 Recap

Glenbrook’s Bryan Derman, Chris Uriarte, Cici Northup, and Joanna Wisniecka are back from Money20/20 and return to Payments on Fire to debrief with Yvette Bohanan in this Fanning the Flames episode.

If you listened to Episode 180, you know what hot topics the team was anticipating at the conference. Was it everything they expected? Tune in to hear the highlights and observations. 

Tags: Digital Currencies Fintech Lending and Payments Open Banking Payments in Emerging Markets Podcast Real-time Payments

Fintech

Episode 182 - Steering the Fintech through Regulatory Waters - Cameron Peake, Restive Ventures

Becoming a fintech is no easy task. There’s the foundational idea, there’s the team, the market opportunity, macroeconomic conditions, and the necessary skills of running a business. Never easy and today it’s even tougher for new fintechs given rising interest rates, consumer hesitation, and the uncertain global economy. 

There’s also the make-or-break concern of regulatory compliance. 

Tags: Fintech Podcast Policy and Regulation

Conferences & Meetings

Episode 180 - Fanning the Flames: Money20/20 Preview

 

Yvette Bohanan hosts Glenbrook’s Chris Uriarte, Cici Northup, and Joanna Wisniecka to discuss their attendance at the upcoming Money20/20 conference. Listen in to hear what noteworthy payments trends the team is paying attention to and what related themes they expect to surface at Money20/20. We’ll catch up with them after the conference to see what takeaways were most surprising or interesting. 

Tags: Digital Currencies Fintech Lending and Payments Open Banking Podcast Real-time Payments

Fast Payments Global Payments

Episode 172 - Fanning the Flames: Fast Payments on the African Continent

Glenbrook’s own Elizabeth McQuerry and Joanna Wisniecka just returned from spending a couple of weeks in Kenya leading training on inclusive payments systems. 

While in the country, they got to play end-users of digital payments and experimented with M-PESA’s mobile money e-wallet. You may have been following their payments adventure on Glenbrook’s LinkedIn page. 

Tags: Financial Inclusion Payments in Emerging Markets Podcast Real-time Payments

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Episode 171 - How Wallets Are Transforming The Global Payments Landscape And What Merchants Should Do About It - Chuck Huang, Citcon

Chuck Huang, Founder and CEO of Citcon, joins George Pebody and Yvette Bohanan on this episode of Payments on Fire® to chat about digital wallets across the globe. Listen in to hear their thoughts on where the industry is headed as the consumer payment choice continues to diversify.

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Tags: Financial Inclusion Fintech Merchant Payments Payments in Emerging Markets Podcast

Companies

Qenta, Inc. Unveils First Comprehensive Financial Services and Technology Platforms for Emerging Markets

PR Newswire

“Qenta, Inc., a financial services and infrastructure platform with cutting-edge technology and a proprietary enterprise-grade blockchain, the Qenta Operating System, today unveiled an enhanced and integrated suite of financial solutions. With a focus on Africa, Latin America, Asia Pacific, and Central and Eastern Europe, Qenta offers tokenized assets, multi token wallets for digital banking, cashless […]

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Global

Mojaloop Foundation Launches the Mojaloop CBDC Center of Excellence in Singapore

businesswire

“The Mojaloop Foundation today announced the launch of its Mojaloop Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) Center of Excellence (COE) in Singapore to advance financial inclusion in emerging markets. In addition, the Mojaloop Foundation announced the appointment of Nick Drury, a seasoned executive with nearly 25 years of experience innovating payments technology to drive inclusion, as the Mojaloop CBDC COE Director. […]

Tags: Singapore

Global Payments

Episode 165 - Fanning The Flames - Global Payments - Elizabeth McQuerry & Joanna Wisniecka

Yvette Bohanan, Elizabeth McQuerry and Joanna Wisniecka scratch the surface of global payments in this inaugural episode of Fanning the Flames, a shorter segment of Payments on Fire®. 

While promoting the upcoming Global Payments Insight Workshop on May 18-19, they discuss what is happening around fast payment systems, cross-border payments, and how fast payment systems are starting to go cross-border, leaving their domestic boundaries behind.

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Tags: Financial Inclusion Payments in Emerging Markets Podcast Real-time Payments

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OPay Was Approved by The Central Bank of Egypt to Issue Prepaid Cards to Help Digital Finance Reform in Emerging Markets

prnewswire

“Emerging market fintech unicorn OPay has received preliminary approval from the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) on April 13 to partner with Masria Digital Payments (MDP), Egypt’s largest card provider, to issue prepaid cards in Egypt. OPay plans to issue 200,000 prepaid cards in the first phase, which will provide Egyptian users with convenient and fast non-bank financial services and promote the […]

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Domains

Fed up With Fees? Crypto Use Is Growing for Cross-border Payments – Survey | ZDNet

ZDNet

“A new survey released today by non-profit Stellar Development Foundation and UK-based cryptocurrency payments platform Wirex has revealed a heightened awareness, and increasing use and acceptance, of cryptocurrencies for cross-border payments in four key developed and emerging countries — United States, United Kingdom, Mexico and Singapore — indicating that crypto is being used for sending […]

Tags: Cross-border payments

Global

BigCommerce Partners With dLocal to Expand Their Presence in Latin America

“dLocal, the leading payment platform connecting global merchants to emerging markets, today announced their strategic partnership with SaaS eCommerce platform BigCommerce. Under the new partnership, dLocal will power cross border and local-to-local payments to support BigCommerce’s global expansion in Latin America.”

Domains

EMQ Enables Real-time Cross-border Payments to Pakistan

“Global payments network EMQ launches real-time payments to Pakistan in a drive to bolster its payment capabilities across South Asia, with more markets underway. This extends EMQ’s network infrastructure deeper into the domestic market, providing customers worldwide with real-time payouts to mobile wallets, bank accounts or cash pick-up in Pakistan, while making financial services more […]

Tags: Cross-border payments

Domains

EMQ Delivers Real-Time Payments Across South Asia

“Global payments network EMQ today announced that it has significantly augmented its real-time cross-border payments across South Asia, including direct access to Nepal and India’s Immediate Payment Service (IMPS), with Unified Payments Interface (UPI) and additional markets in the pipeline. These major enhancements provide a more transparent and cost-efficient payments solution for our customers worldwide, […]

Tags: Cross-border payments