Saxo Payments Banking Circle wins at 2018 MPE Awards - Best Alternative Payment Solution
February 22, 2024
By: Payment Week
London, 22nd February 2018 – Further demonstrating its positioning as an essential part of the financial ecosystem, Saxo Payments Banking Circle has been named Best Alternative payment Solution at the 2018 Merchant Payments Ecosystem Awards.
Developed to provide a faster and more cost-effective way for businesses to make and receive international payments, Banking Circle is enabling a raft of Financial Tech businesses and Tier 2 and 3 banks to provide an efficient and effective cross border payment service, whilst focusing resources on the customer relationship. More than $50bn of volume is now processed on annual basis through the financial utility.
“We were up against strong competition at the MPE Awards”, said Anders la Cour, co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Saxo Payments Banking Circle. “It’s therefore hugely rewarding to be recognised by the judges for our unique approach, which delivers a unique solution for FinTech businesses to add value to their customer proposition.”
A story of exponential growth, in the last 12 months new products have been launched including Banking Circle Virtual IBAN, a unique proposition delivering full transparency and faster settlement on payments and transfers, which gives banks and FinTechs a crucial competitive edge by enhancing the service they can deliver to their customers. As a multi-currency, multi-jurisdictional banking solution, Banking Circle Virtual IBAN negates the need to have several banking relationships and enables financial institutions to give their customers their own virtual IBANs.
About Saxo Payments Banking Circle
In 2013 Saxo Bank formed a new entity, Saxo Payments A/S, with the purpose of using Saxo Bank’s core capabilities within the non-cash payments market. In October 2015 the company launched the Banking Circle – its grounbreaking product for payments and FX to the Financial Tech industry. In October 2017, the company launched its new identity for the Banking Circle, to reflect its position as a financial utility within core banking.
Domiciled in the European Union, Saxo Payments specialises in providing global payment account transactions and foreign exchange services to financial institutions, including FinTechs, banks, acquirers, payment service providers, FX brokers, money transfer businesses, e-wallets, and alternative payment providers. Saxo Payments is a Saxo Group company.
