PCN Blogs

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pandemic

Creative

The Future Of Fintech In A Post-pandemic World

COVID-19 has been extremely damaging for many businesses, especially small businesses and their employees. Yet, tragedy is excellent at uncovering opportunity, and in this case, the opportunity lies in the fintech industry.  The response to the pandemic in the business world was to redo structure. Businesses that hadn’t previously been online have been forced to […]…

Risk-online-retail

Creative

Risk of Fraud Is the Greatest Concern for Online Retail During COVID-19

For over half of online businesses (55%) an increased risk of fraudulent payment transactions has been one of the greatest concerns during the Covid-19 pandemic. That’s according to international research from specialised payments platform Paysafe which indicated that concerns around fraud are more front of mind for businesses than ever after an unprecedented year. The survey also […]…

Creative

Digital Source’d: 7 Networking Tips to Help You Stand Out in Tech

At some point during your job search, you may have heard the phrase “it’s not what you know, it’s who you know.” Don’t take anyone’s word for it; You should be listening to the experts. This is why we have launched a brand new blog series: Digital Source’d. Every edition will be a compilation of […]…

Events

The 3rd GCC E-Payments and Online Banking Summit

The future of payments and banking industry EastMed Ltd, announced the 3rd Annual E-Payments and Online Banking summit will be held under the patronage of Central Bank of Bahrain on 2-3 December 2020, virtually. E-Pay Summit which has been held annually since 2018 is the chosen meeting point for senior influencers from the e-commerce, retail, […]…

Events

ePay Summit 2020 – Speaker Interview Questions – Al Baraka Banking Group

Interviewee Name: Adnan Ahmed YousifJob Title: President & Chief Executive, Al Baraka Banking Group It’s been a year since the launch of Islamic challenger bank Insha. How is Insha doing? With low interest rates and volatile markets, where do you see growth coming from? How does your organisation embrace open banking? The response on Insha […]…

Santander-Wirecard

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Santander acquires Wirecard’s assets for tech expansion

Banco Santander has released a statement confirming its acquisition of tech assets from insolvent payment processor Wirecard. Although not confirmed in the company’s official document, other sources report the total figure exchange as being €100m.  Wirecard, which declared insolvency earlier in the year following revelations that it had misplaced over US$2.3bn in funds, was formerly renowned for its technology’s widespread usage […]…

Creative

Konsentus launches international Open Banking Hub

UK, 25th November 2020: Konsentus today announced it has launched an international  infrastructure platform with the ability to accelerate a country’s implementation of open  banking.  The Konsentus Open Banking Hub (OB Hub), a SaaS based solution, runs in a national  cloud infrastructure, has end to end functionality and helps create, support and secure vibrant open […]…

Reuters Events

Events

Reuters Events Launch Global Investment Summit Online Edition Uniting Institutional Investors, Asset Owners & Financial Institutions

LONDON, Nov. 16, 2020 – Reuters Events – today announced a new wave of speakers for the Global Investment Summit (Dec 3rd -4th). The 2-day strategic summit has been reimagined in the era of social distancing and will be broadcast free of charge to the public.  This Summit, with a diverse range of international voices […]…

US-PayPal-even

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PayPal partners Even to let US employees get paid early

PayPal has teamed up with salary on-demand platform Even to let all of its US employees get paid early and get access to a budgeting tool through an app. The partnership comes after PayPal Ventures joined a funding round over the summer for Even, which enables salaried staff to draw down earned income to stave […]…

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