UAE’s Ajman Bank launches ‘Touch Card’ for visually impaired with Mastercard

The new initiative uses a ‘slit system’ to help users identify whether it is a debit, credit or prepaid card.

Crypto exchange Bybit teams up with TrueLayer

Bybit customers can add fiat funds through TrueLayer to purchase digital assets offered by the exchange, such as Bitcoin and Ethereum.

NatWest’s Payit forms UK uni payments partnership with JS Group

The new service will “transform” the way in which universities and students deliver and receive funding.

Digital Dollar Project launches technical sandbox for CBDCs

The sandbox program will be a “collaborative space” to explore technological and policy approaches to a US central bank digital currency.

UK’s Strategic Working Group for Open Banking unveils ‘strategy sprints’

The “thematic sprints” will collate views and evidence on data sharing, payments and a sustainable ecosystem in the UK.

Nordigen chosen as Open Banking partner by Tresio

Zurich-based fintech startup Tresio will be able to provide banking data to customers in real-time through the partnership.

Africa’s Duplo raises $4.3m in seed funding round

The B2B payments startup secured the financing from a coalition of investors, including Y Combinator and Tribe Capital.

Tink unveils ‘Expense Check’ tool

The new Open Banking-powered product will “streamline the way lenders process data”.

ING decides to close Yolt

The Dutch bank intends to complete the “phase out” of its B2B Open Banking operations, formerly Yolt Technology Services, by end of April 2023.