TFT’s weekly solution of product news and offers 14/04

Welcome to Fintech Fridays! Fintech Times weekly roundup serves up something for the weekend – a shopping list with the latest offers, product launches and service updates.

Smart launches personalized pension animations for savers

Fintech Smart has launched pension animations for its pension savers. The personalized animations provide an overview of a pension in a simple, digestible and more accessible way.

The animation also takes customers on a journey through how much they have saved for retirement, showing how much their savings have grown and where their money is invested.

The launch follows a beta version with 8,000 members in the UK. The animated retirement journey is available to all customers of Smart’s UK business, Smart Pension. The feature will also be available to Keystone platform customers in other countries around the world.

Tappy Pay is now available in Europe and the UK with Curve

Tappy Technologiesa supplier of portable and digital payment solutions, has entered into a partnership with digital wallet Curve.

Watch and jewelery brand partners can now offer Tappy-enabled payment devices to Curve’s customers in 31 countries across the EU and the UK.

Wayne LeungCEO and founder of Tappy, said: “This collaboration is poised to bring significant benefits to our partner brands, enabling them to expand their mobile payment offerings to a large customer base across the region.”

A user needs to download the Curve app, link their digital wallet to existing bank accounts, debit or credit cards and tokenize and deliver it to the wearable through Tappy Pay.

Gamers Without Borders is offering a $10 million prize

Players Without Borders (GWB)a global charity e-sports event, kicks off its fourth edition with a charity prize pool of $10 million.

GWB’s 2023 edition sees partners for humanitarian aid Direct Relief, IMC, UNICEF, King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center, World Food Program (WFP) in addition to UNHCR, manage the funds to cover a number of urgent humanitarian needs.

It has five elite competitions across four of the world’s most popular esports titles.

In addition to the donations through the elite competitions, GWB also offers the opportunity for everyone to donate through www.gamerswithoutborders.com.

Paymentshield strengthens the quote service for home insurance

Non-life insurance provider Paymentshield has launched its new optimized quote journey for home insurance, enabling financial advisers to deliver a face-to-face quote to their clients in just 40 seconds.

Paymentshield has reduced the number of questions required to generate a quote by pulling in property data from the data provider LexisNexiswhich automatically fills in certain questions.

Louise Pengelly, Proposition Director at Paymentshield, says: “Finding the right balance to ensure that both our advisers and our customer audience have the best possible experience has been a core priority for Paymentshield throughout the development of our new home insurance proposition journey.”

Paymentshield has also built the new offering journey into its API offering, allowing integrated partners to deliver the same optimized experience within their platforms. The redesigned journey was tested with over 4,000 advisers before being launched in its entirety.

From dough to digital…

Pizza brand Papa John’s has entered OneRare‘s Foodverse is launching its first ever digital collectibles.

Three of their best-selling pizzas will launch as NFTs exclusively in OneRare Kitchen available for all food enthusiasts to coin and own.

“We are committed to being at the forefront and exploring innovative technologies such as NFTs and Web 3,” said Tapan VaidyaManaging Director, Papa John’s UAE KSA & JOR.

“This not only places our brand at the forefront of the industry, but also helps us capture the attention and loyalty of the next generation of consumers eager for cutting-edge experiences.”

Salmon launches service app

Consumer fintech Salmon has released a service app in the Philippines. You can download it from the App Store and Google Play Store.

Salmon supports payments made through GCash and Maya e-wallets, as well as 7-Eleven and Cebuana Lhuillier branches nationwide.

Shoppers at all Salmon’s partner retailers, including SM Department Store, the largest retailer in the Philippines, can now pay for their purchases in multiple installments using Salmon’s financing service.

Mastercard unveils partnership with Illusions Online

MasterCard and Illusions online have joined forces to launch a unique online platform to provide tailored travel offers to Mastercard cardholders.

It features curated and exclusive deals from the best hotel chains around the world, while offering discounts of up to 30 percent.

The offer will also include tailored travel experiences, such as early check-in, late check-out, room and status upgrades and F&B credits.

The new travel platform will enable Mastercard Titanium, Platinum, World and World Elite cardholders to experience the benefits of the Illusions partnership.