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FinTech Partners Ease Banks Into Blockchain
B2B Payments // May 25, 2021

Bank-FinTech partnerships can provide valuable guidance and technology for financial institutions to modernize and even dip their toes into emerging tools like blockchain. This week’s roundup finds fresh support for collaboration to boost open banking adoption. Customers Bank Embraces Blockchain With Tassat With a focus...

Fidor Teams With SIA To Bring New Instant Payments Solution To Europe
International // March 01, 2021

Sopra Banking Software subsidiary Fidor Solutions is partnering with CDP Equity’s SIA to introduce a new instant payments solution in Germany and other parts of Europe, according to a press release emailed to PYMNTS. Calling SIA “a highly resilient partner,” Fidor Solutions CEO Michael Maier...

Bitcoin Daily: Signal Messaging App Testing Crypto Payments; Gemini Adds 20 Tokens To Exchange; SIA,...
Bitcoin // January 26, 2021

Signal is exploring the idea of adding cryptocurrency payments into its messaging app by integrating MobileCoin, a cryptocurrency supported by the Stellar blockchain, Platformer reported. MobileCoin complements the privacy-focused app in that it is “more resistant to surveillance,” according to a 2017 Wired report. Signal...

Iceland Central Bank Debuts Instant Payments
B2B Payments // November 30, 2020

The Central Bank of Iceland (CBI) is debuting a new instant pay platform with partnership with SIA, a European company specializing in high-tech payment services and infrastructures, according to a press release. The service will help CBI focus on a more “strategic and modern” infrastructure...

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Fidor Teams With SIA To Bring New Instant Payments Solution To Europe

March 01, 2021
Sopra Banking Software subsidiary Fidor Solutions is partnering with CDP Equity’s SIA to introduce a new instant payments solution in Germany and other parts of Europe, according to a press release emailed to PYMNTS. Calling SIA “a highly resilient partner,” Fidor Solutions CEO Michael Maier said the collaboration will give customers “end-to-end service” and access […]

Bitcoin Daily: Signal Messaging App Testing Crypto Payments; Gemini Adds 20 Tokens To Exchange; SIA,...

January 26, 2021
Signal is exploring the idea of adding cryptocurrency payments into its messaging app by integrating MobileCoin, a cryptocurrency supported by the Stellar blockchain, Platformer reported. MobileCoin complements the privacy-focused app...

SIA, INFORM Team Up To Advance Digital Payments Authentication

November 12, 2020
European tech firm SIA is forming a technological partnership with German software innovator INFORM to launch a digital service to speed up the authentication process for online payments across Europe....

Digital Payment Company Nexi Agrees To Buy SIA For $5.4B

October 05, 2020
Nexi, the Italian digital payment company, agreed Sunday (Oct. 4) to buy its FinTech competitor, SIA, for about 4.6 billion euros ($5.4 billion) in a stock deal to create one...