All articles by Robert Prendergast

Robert Prendergast

Erste Group and Salt Edge partner to bring advanced multi-banking services to the CEE region

The aim is to bolster the multi-banking functionalities for Erste Group’s retail and corporate customers

Starling Bank fined £29m after FCA report highlights ‘shockingly lax’ financial crime controls

As a result, Starling has increased capability, structure and resources across all lines of defence

Banks to use Swift for digital asset transactions trial

Banks across North America, Europe and Asia will use Swift connectivity to conduct live trials of digital asset and currency transactions

Meta partners with UK banks to combat scams

Meta is expanding its Fraud Intelligence Reciprocal Exchange, a programme that enables direct information exchange between UK banks and Meta

J.P. Morgan and Trustpair join forces to offer global bank account validation service

The firms collaborate to give corporations access to leading fraud prevention capabilities

HSBC Saudi Arabia embarks on next phase of growth

HSBC has signed a long-term lease agreement with the King Abdullah Financial District Development and Management Company (KAFD DMC)

inDrive expands its financial services offering, launches inDrive Money in Colombia

The initiative will be carried out in partnership with R2, a Latam fintech specialising in financing for small and medium-sized businesses

Liberis launch new product ‘Flexible Cash Advance’ to fund eBay sellers up to $2m in the United States

eBay sellers can access ‘Flexible Cash Advance’ through their eBay seller dashboard in minutes and receive same-day approval and funding

Temenos signs development agreement with Bahwan CyberTek

BCT to develop further and market Temenos Country Model Banks, providing local functionality and service capability for financial institutions in India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Philippines and Taiwan

Indian startups raise $7.5bn in VC funding during January-August 2024, reveals GlobalData

India witnessed the announcement of a total of 742 VC deals during January-August 2023