Payments

As more corporations call employees back to the office, payments technology firms like Wise are balancing the need for in-person collaboration with meeting workers' flexibility needs.

Klarna Bank's former chief operating officer was forced to leave his post at the helm of one Sweden's biggest online savings platforms having held the post for less than a week.

The bank is adding fintech-style buy now/pay later lending to other recent payment upgrades at its merchant acquiring unit.

The technology, which has its roots in cryptocurrency, could make corporate transactions more flexible.

Building on technology it acquired with cloud-banking fintech Finxact, Fiserv aims to play matchmaker between its bank partners and merchants.

Singapore's third-largest lender is again banking on a blockbuster concert partnership to boost fee income, fresh on the heels of its success with Taylor Swift concert tickets.

Roy and Bertrand Sosa have retaken control of Netspend to combine it with their other firm, Rev Worldwide, to build the companies into an international financial services provider.

HSBC plans to offer institutional clients a custody service for digital assets such as tokenized securities, the bank's latest move in the new area of finance.

The Swedish buy now/pay later lender posted the firm's first quarterly profit in about four years, but an ongoing labor dispute raised questions about the company's future operations.