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Paymentology, Mastercard extend collaboration promoting financial inclusion in Northern Central America

Paymentology and Mastercard aim to enable consumers and small businesses in El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras to “gain access to innovative, safe, and convenient financial solutions”.

PayPal names Intuit exec Alex Chriss as new CEO and president

Incoming chief executive officer Chriss, who succeeds Dan Schulman, led Intuit’s $12 billion acquisition of Mailchimp.

Bank of England’s RTGS, CHAPS ‘settling normally’ following outage

The central bank’s payment and clearing systems were both hit by a “technical issue” on 14 August.

OFNC urges ‘renewed focus’ on Open Banking and Real-Time Rail in Canada

Open Finance Network Canada has called for the September 2023 Open Banking report to establish “a definitive deadline for implementation and a roadmap” to Open Finance.

Nigeria’s Moove raises $76m to ‘double down’ on profitable markets

Mubadala and BlackRock have backed the mobility fintech, which provides vehicle financing.

TSB and FinTech Scotland Innovation Labs programme opens to fintech applications

Nicola Anderson, chief executive officer of FinTech Scotland, said the programme will “discover and accelerate some of the most innovative fintech companies”.

Lopay integrates TrueLayer’s real-time payouts solution for merchants

Through the integration, point-of-sale provider Lopay can provide merchants of all sizes with instant payouts functionality.

Fintech Rightfoot secures $15m funding to launch consumer-permissioned data product

Rightfoot’s newly-launched ‘Connect Magic’ product requires only the consent of the customer to securely retrieve up-to-date banking and credit data.

Smart Pension partners with Yonder to provide UK-based remote workers with pensions

International employers will be able to digitally set up and manage a workplace pension for their UK-based employees.

UK Government to look into offering Open Banking through GOV.UK Pay

Use of Open Banking will give people the option to pay for services using their own banking app.

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