Fintech Startup BillEase Secures $5m to Expand Digital Finance in Philippines by Michael Wong

Maybank Goal-Based Investment Solution to Enable Clients in Malaysia to Growth their Wealth

Maybank announced the launch of Maybank Goal-Based Investment, a beginner-friendly digital retail investment tool that allows customers to kickstart their financial wealth journey easily and conveniently. Available on MAE App and Maybank2u Web, the latest investment feature empowers customers to “achieve their financial goals through… Read More

Philippine Digital Banking Sector Draws Over $700m Since 2021

The Philippine digital banking sector has attracted more than $700 million in investments from both global and local sources since 2021, demonstrating robust investor confidence and a rapidly growing market, according to a statement released by the Digital Bank Association of the Philippines (DiBA PH)…. Read More

API Infrastructure Fintech Setu Appoints Anand Raisinghani as CEO

API infrastructure Fintech Setu has announced the appointment of Anand Raisinghani as its new CEO. Anand is said to vast experience in “building high-performance teams and joins at a time when consent-based structured data sharing via the Account Aggregation model is gaining prominence.” Prior to… Read More

Workforce Payments Solutions: symplr Integrates Branch Instant Pay Solution

symplr, a provider of enterprise healthcare operations software, announced a partnership integrating award-winning healthcare worker payments technology from Branch, a workforce payments platform. With the integrated pay solution, the symplr Contingent Talent Management (CTM) platform offers healthcare staffing firms automated options along “with free, same-day… Read More

Industry Professional Comments on UK FCA’s Approach to Leveraging AI in Financial Services

Commenting on the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)’s strategic approach to the use of Artificial Intelligence in the UK financial services sector, Karim Haji, global and UK head of financial services at KPMG, said: “It’s hard to overstate the potential capabilities of AI for a… Read More

Fintech Airwallex Expands Payment Acceptance to the US

Airwallex, a global payments and financial platform for modern businesses, today announced the U.S. launch of its payment acceptance solution. U.S.-based merchants can use the service “to accept payments from domestic and international customers.” Additionally, foreign merchants with U.S. entities can “provide a localized payment… Read More

Wealthtech Startup Midas Raises $45m for Market Expansion

Wealthtech startup Midas, which specializes in democratizing retail investing, has secured $45 million in Series A funding to expand its financial services offerings. The funding round was led by Toronto-based venture capital firm Portage, known for its significant investments in the Fintech sector, including a… Read More

Fintech Firm Finsight Acquires T-REX to Enhance Financial Modeling

New York-based Fintech firm Finsight Group Inc announced its acquisition of T-REX, a cloud-native platform known for its capabilities in modeling and managing complex investments across private credit, structured credit, and project finance. The acquisition includes the onboarding of Benjamin Cohen, founder and CEO of… Read More

UK’s Smart Pension Appoints Claire Misata to Key Role

Smart Pension, which claims to be one of the UK’s leading workplace pension providers, has appointed Claire Misata as Business Development Director. Claire will lead relationship development for Smart Pension “with trustees and Employee Benefit Consultants (EBCs). Her appointment follows Smart Pension’s recent announcement that… Read More

Financial Infrastructure Fintech Stripe Unveils Over 50 New Features

Stripe, a financial infrastructure platform for businesses, announced more than 50 new features at its annual user conference, Stripe Sessions, held at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. Last year, Stripe says it had “processed more than $1 trillion in payments for millions of users,… Read More

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