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The Paytech Magazine #12
In this issue of The Paytech Magazine, we bring you the industry’s hottest talking points from all across the globe! The financial sector is a constantly dynamic one, so what are the new rules of conduct? Is it cloud-based, AI-driven reconciliation? Are digital assets what we should be paying more attention towards? In our Paytech Focus section, we discuss the topic with Jethro MacDonald, Product Manager of AI & Machine Learning at SmartStream Technologies.
We also take a deep dive into the unique and restless energy of the Brazilian payment system in operation through a conversation with PagBrasil’s Ralf Germer, as well as assessing the various motivations for implementing real-time payment systems with George Evers, Senior Vice President for Realtime Products at Mastercard.
On Page 42, Alex King questions whether it’s in with the new and out with the old; have youthful neobanks alienated the very generation that could guarantee their profitability?
Often we can forget how a strong payments ecosystem can make our daily routines and rhythms so seamless. Frank Molla, Managing Director & Head of Sub Sahara Africa at BPC Banking Technologies, shares his thoughts on how better social mobility is the greatest gift payments can give Africa’s people on Page 66.
And whilst it may have been a turbulent period for the crypto world, check out our Crypto & Blockchain section to find out if 2022 will continue to be a crypt-astrophe, or whether digital currencies will open up, as Paul Wong from Stellar Development Foundation puts it, “a financial superhighway.”
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In this edition, we feature:
- George Evers, Mastercard
- Garient Evans, Trulioo
- Dexter Cousins, Tier One People
- Phillip McGriskin, Vitesse
- Portia Matsena, BankServAfrica
- Jethro MacDonald, TSB
…and many more!
- Bluefin and Basis Theory Partner to Enable Unified Tokenization Across Digital and In-Person Payments Read more
- Invest Bank and AUTON8 Build Partnership to Drive Digital Resilience and Banking Agility Read more
- ING’s AI Roadmap: Platform, People, and Agentic AI Read more
- UK-fintech Provided Over £17.5m in Emergency Wage Advances to More Than 55,000 Employees in the Last Year Read more
- TreviPay Announces AI-Powered Growth Center to Help Enterprises Predict Buyer Behavior and Drive B2B Sales Read more
- Alex Gatiragas
- Alex King
- Andrew Mitchell
- bankservafrica
- Bottomline
- BPC
- Charles de Rougé
- Charles Delingpole
- Christoph Stegmeier
- complyadvantage
- Dexter Cousins
- Diamond Trust Bank
- Diego Guiterrez
- Dome Scaffidi
- Duncan Cockburn
- Edward Vaughan
- Frank McCarthy
- Frank Molla
- Garient Evans
- George Evers
- George Grumbar
- Giesecke+Devrient
- ing
- jcb
- Jethro MacDonald
- Julius Nyerere Ngesa
- Kasper Mortensen
- LexisNexis Risk Solutions
- Luis Castillo
- m-pesa
- Mark Buitenhek
- mastercard
- Mauro Di Buono
- Natasha de Terán
- Nicole Coates
- Nordea
- Nuria Domínguez Soto
- OneBanks Hub
- Pagbrasil
- Paul Wong
- Peter Larsson
- Phillip McGriskin
- Portia Matsena
- PSR
- Ralf Germer
- Revolut
- Ron Delnevo
- SeniorsLeading
- Simon-Kucher
- SmartStream
- Stellar
- Sue Scott
- Tier One People
- Tracy Fletcher
- Trulioo
- TruNarrative
- Vinay Prabhakar
- Vitesse PSP
- Vizolution
- Vodacom
- volante technologies
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Payments specialist EFT Corporation teams up with ACI Worldwide to tackle fraud across Africa
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ReceiptHero to roll out eco-friendly digital receipting solution using Payments Platform as a Service (PPaaS) from Ingenico
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PayEd launches world’s first global payments education platform
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Zego Partners With QBE To Expand Its Insurance Offering
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Steven Bartlett’s Web3 developer platform, thirdweb, raises $24M Series A round, with $160M valuation
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FF Virtual Arena: Building for the Future
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Bluefin and Basis Theory Partner to Enable Unified Tokenization Across Digital and In-Person Payments
Bluefin, the global leader in payment and data security infrastructure and PCI-validated point-to-point encryption (P2PE), today announced a strategic partnership with Basis Theory, a modern, API-driven tokenization and vaulting platform. Together, the companies enable enterprises to implement a unified token strategy across in-store, call center, online, and backend payment environments without expanding PCI scope or introducing new integration complexity.
Invest Bank and AUTON8 Build Partnership to Drive Digital Resilience and Banking Agility
Invest Bank today announced the successful outcomes of its strategic partnership with AUTON8, a global leader in intelligent automation. The collaboration marks a milestone in strengthening regulatory resilience, operational efficiency, and customer-centric agility across both core and digital banking landscapes.
ING’s AI Roadmap: Platform, People, and Agentic AI
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UK-fintech Provided Over £17.5m in Emergency Wage Advances to More Than 55,000 Employees in the Last Year
PayCaptain, the world’s first B Corp-certified payroll solution, reports a landmark year of growth, with a 73% increase in new customers for 2025 and an average of 70% YoY revenue growth in the last two years. As the cost-of-living crisis deepens, PayCaptain has provided financial agility for 55,000 employees across 260 forward-thinking brands including TGI Fridays, Dishoom, Roadchef, NEOM, Charlie Bigham’s and Monica Vinader dedicated to combining efficient payroll with tools to support the financial health of staff.
TreviPay Announces AI-Powered Growth Center to Help Enterprises Predict Buyer Behavior and Drive B2B Sales
TreviPay, a fully managed B2B payments platform, today announced the availability of the Growth Center, a set of capabilities within the TreviPay Client Portal to help identify buyer growth opportunities more strategically and build stronger, longer-lasting supplier relationships. With its advanced features, the new Growth Center enables businesses to explore buyer needs, spot trends and optimize key steps in the order-to-cash (O2C) process. Integrated into TreviPay’s global payments network, the customizable add-ons will help businesses use their O2C programs to deepen buyer relationships and drive lasting engagement.
AYU Alternative Investment Network Launches Direct Capital Matching Service
AYU, the global private members' community for family offices and alternative investment funds, is launching AYU Capital, a matching service connecting funds and founders with verified family office investors.
Chubb Appoints Scott Henck Global Chief Actuary
Chubb announced that Scott Henck, Executive Vice President and Chief Actuary, North America, has been appointed Senior Vice President, Chubb Group and Chief Actuary