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Malaysian remittance company Metro Money Exchange has selected Dragonfly Fintech, a Singapore-based blockchain technology provider, to power its remittance business.

South African mobile payments provider iKhokha, which launched its Edge mobile card reader two years ago, this month introduced merchant cash advance services for retailers using its app for smartphones and tablets.

Financial incentives leading firms to strengthen risk governance internally is better than regulators mandating risk management standards.

The British giant is making fintech startups its allies as it builds a virtual bank tailored to the needs "of the people at the bottom of the pyramid."

Following a similar move from Visa last week, MasterCard is streamlining EMV certification and will adjust its fraud-cost policy for non-EMV compatible merchants.

Prepaid cards for teens that were touted as a way to teach financial responsibility by enabling parents to share control and set spending limits, are becoming scarcer.

While iris and fingerprint biometric security technologies have proven to be effective, Gesa Credit Union is quite literally asking members for a hand to help improve security even more with its palm-vein biometric reader pilot program.

Four state-run banks in Thailand and 15 corporations will soon begin registering for PromptPay, formerly known as the AnyID scheme, a national payments platform that will allow users to send money with only their national ID or mobile phone number.

The U.S. Department of Education has proposed regulations to strengthen a rule against predatory practices by post-secondary institutions.