January 11, 2025 @ 6:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

nsave, the provider of “compliant” accounts abroad to people from countries with high inflation, announced the launch of an investment product, enabling people at risk of financial exclusion to “protect and grow” their wealth. The company confirmed an $18mn Series A investment led by TQ… Read More

January 11, 2025 @ 5:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

TCB Pay, a provider of corporate cards and payment solutions, is pleased to announce the expansion of its services to include Automated Clearing House (ACH) payments. As explained in the announcement, this service cements TCB Pay’s position as an innovator in payment technology, delivering “flexibility,… Read More

January 11, 2025 @ 11:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Spring Financial, a Canadian financial technology company simplifying the lending process for everyday Canadians, announces the launch of Bloom, an AI-driven financial concierge mobile app for everyday Canadians. Bloom redefines financial management by harnessing Artificial Intelligence to make banking, spending and “budgeting completely transparent and… Read More

January 11, 2025 @ 11:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

M^0 has adopted Chainlink infrastructure to deliver net asset value (NAV) data on Ethereum for their “decentralized” stablecoin, $M. ​​By leveraging Chainlink’s SmartData suite of asset servicing solutions, they are “improving the transparency” of $M. The core M^0 protocol is a coordination layer for “permissioned… Read More

January 11, 2025 @ 11:08 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Nium, the infrastructure for real-time cross-border payments,  announced the launch of the Diners Club International Card for its travel customers. This milestone reportedly makes Nium one of the “first” global payment card issuers in the travel space to “offer cards across the four major schemes.”… Read More

January 10, 2025 @ 5:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Treasury4, an enterprise software platform delivering tools for treasury and finance practitioners, announced the launch of its Payments4 module tailored for the requirements of treasury and finance teams. An integral component of Treasury4’s Treasury Management System, Payments4 transforms the way organizations handle treasury payments by… Read More

January 10, 2025 @ 4:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Zellis, part of the Zellis Group, announces a definitive agreement to acquire elementsuite, an AI-enabled HR software company. As part of the transaction, elementsuite will be combined with Zellis, the provider of payroll and HR software to the UK and Ireland, “creating an end-to-end AI-powered… Read More

January 10, 2025 @ 4:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Adyen (ADYEN:AMS), the global financial technology platform for businesses, announces the launch of Adyen Uplift. The AI-powered payment optimization suite will help businesses increase payment conversion, simplify fraud management, and “reduce the cost of payments.” Adyen’s customers can utilize data-driven, tailored performance recommendations and opportunities… Read More

January 10, 2025 @ 4:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Arf, a global firm focused on providing working capital and settlement liquidity solutions to payments companies, and LuLu Financial Holdings, a financial services conglomerate, have announced a partnership aimed at enhancing settlement times in the cross-border payments sector. This collab will reportedly allow LuLuFin to… Read More

January 10, 2025 @ 9:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Chime announced that members can now file taxes for “free” directly from the company’s Fintech app in order to simplify tax season. Following a pilot program in 2024, this in-app feature is reportedly available for new and existing Chime members and offers a streamlined “e-filing… Read More

January 10, 2025 @ 9:31 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Klarna, the AI-powered global payment network and shopping assistant, is strengthening its partnership with Zalando, Europe’s online multi-brand fashion destination, by introducing Klarna’s ‘Pay in 3’ option in Germany, Austria, the Netherlands, Poland, and Denmark. This latest expansion builds on last year’s official launch in… Read More

January 10, 2025 @ 7:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Trading and investing platform eToro has unveiled a range of tools to give users a more in-depth view of their investment performance while helping them to make informed investment decisions. Designed to help users plan, identify opportunities and benchmark their portfolio against other assets, the… Read More

January 10, 2025 @ 6:21 am By Omar Faridi  |  

IXOPAY, an enterprise payment orchestration platform, and Riskified (NYSE:RSKD), a key player focused on ecommerce fraud and risk intelligence,  announced a  partnership to enhance payment security, lower  fraud challenges and boost payment operation resilience. As global payment ecosystems become more complex, so do the associated… Read More

January 10, 2025 @ 6:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

OnPay, a provider of payroll, HR, and benefits solutions, announced today that it has secured more than $100 million in funding. The funding consists of a $63 million Series B investment round that has reportedly been led by Carrick Capital Partners, along with contributions from… Read More

January 9, 2025 @ 9:49 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

TransUnion (NYSE:TRU) has signed a definitive agreement to acquire U.K.-based Monevo, a credit prequalification and distribution platform that empowers lenders and banks to deliver personalized credit offers to consumers via comparison sites and other third parties. TransUnion currently owns 30% of the equity of Monevo… Read More

January 9, 2025 @ 9:46 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Northwestern Mutual, a financial services provider of insurance and wealth products, and Sixth Street, a global investment firm, announced a partnership to support Northwestern Mutual’s long-term, diversified investment strategy for its institutional investment portfolios, which “total over $320 billion.” Under the partnership, Sixth Street will… Read More

January 9, 2025 @ 7:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has acquired a digital twin technology platform for banks developed by Percipient, a Singapore-based fintech with experience in banking tech transformation. The acquisition enhances Accenture’s banking modernization capabilities, helping financial services clients in Asia Pacific “accelerate the reinvention of their core systems,… Read More

January 9, 2025 @ 6:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Pyth Network and digital banking plaform Revolut are focused on enabling the future of mainstream finance. As the boundaries between traditional and decentralized finance blur, Revolut—a global enabler of digital banking—has partnered with Pyth Network as a data publisher to contribute its “trusted price data”… Read More

January 9, 2025 @ 2:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Akur8, the insurance pricing and reserving solution powered by transparent machine learning, is pleased to announce that Farm Bureau Insurance Company of Idaho, the property-casualty insurance company headquartered in the Gem State, has selected Akur8’s Core Platform solution to streamline the development of “high performing,”… Read More

January 9, 2025 @ 2:56 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Merrill Wealth Management announced the launch of its Ultra-High-Net-Worth (UHNW) Advisory Group, a team of more than 25 Merrill specialists who will partner with advisors to deliver comprehensive wealth and investment solutions to UHNW clients and connect them to Bank of America’s (NYSE: BAC) breadth… Read More