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Mastercard today announced Jon Huntsman will join as Vice Chairman and President, Strategic Growth, effective April 15. The former U.S. Ambassador and Governor will lead efforts focused on expanding commercial partnerships with governments and public sector institutions along with driving the company’s inclusive growth, philanthropy and sustainability agenda.

Mastercard and MTN Group Fintech have signed a multi-market agreement that will set in motion a new era of collaboration to connect millions of people and small businesses across Africa with digital tools to transact through secure mobile payments, expanding access to the benefits of the cashless digital economy.

Bison Bank, the European private and investment bank based in Lisbon dedicated to providing a range of wealth management services, today announced the launch of a debit card in partnership with Visa, a global leader in digital payments, developed in collaboration with Spain´s fintech Pecunpay, a company that offers several payment methods solutions.

Nium, the leader in real-time cross-border payments, announced today that it is the first non-Japanese company to have secured a Type 1 Funds Transfer Service Provider (FTSP) license from the Japanese Financial Services Agency (JFSA).

Carlos Torres Vila underscored the role of emerging clean technologies in decarbonizing the economy. In a talk alongside Lei Zhang, CEO of Envision, the BBVA Chair pointed out the opportunity for exponential growth of innovation in the green industrial revolution.

Woli, the money management platform that provides children and teenagers with the tools to manage their finances, is partnering with Paynetics, one of Europe’s leading providers of embedded finance, to power their payment accounts and Visa cards.

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Nuam exchange, the entity resulting from the integration of the Lima, Santiago and Colombia stock exchanges, announced a partnership with Vermiculus Financial Technology, a technological solutions vendor for the financial industry, to implement a modern, flexible technological core for the Central Counterparty Clearing Houses (CCP) in Chile, Colombia and Peru.

Swedish market participants are settling instant payments in Swedish kronor in the Eurosystem TARGET Instant Payment Settlement (TIPS), after a successful migration over the past weeks.