Tony Zerucha

Open Banking in U.S. Analyzed in Report

According to a global survey of Open Banking, 90% of companies are considering U.S. expansion following the finalization of new regulations this week. That is among the findings in The Transatlantic Index USA, a report released by Open Banking Excellence (OBE). The publication features insights… Read More

Crypto and 2024 Election: Focus on Innovation, Not Talk: Kravchunovsky

As the Presidential election nears, Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are issuing stances on everything from the environment to finances. When it comes time to weigh the credibility of those statements, the founder and CEO of decentralized telecommunications network Chirp urges… Read More

Fintel Connect Debuts BaaS-Based Monitoring Tool

Fintel Connect, a provider of growth marketing solutions for the financial industry, has launched Fintel Check for BaaS, an automated, cost-accessible fintech partner monitoring tool designed for Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) sponsor banks and middleware providers. With Fintel Check for BaaS, BaaS banks will have access to… Read More

Alternative Credit Data Usage Rising: LexisNexis Risk Solutions

This week, LexisNexis Risk Solutions unveiled the findings of its inaugural Global Consumer Lending Confidence Report. The study, conducted by Datos Insights, reveals that as visibility into consumer risk provided by traditional credit data shifts, financial institutions worldwide are expanding their use of alternative data… Read More

African Fintech Moniepoint Raises $110M Series C

African Fintech Moniepoint has successfully raised $110 million in equity financing. The company was formerly known as TeamApt. The capital raised will accelerate Moniepoint’s growth across Africa, building an integrated platform for African businesses of all sizes. This platform will include services such as digital… Read More

Melio Valued at $2B Following $150M Series E

Melio, an accounts payable and receivable platform for small and medium businesses, this week announced it had raised an additional $150 million in a strategic funding round led by Fiserv, Inc. (NYSE: FI), a global provider of payments and financial services technology solutions. Shopify Ventures and… Read More

Marqeta Flex Targets BNPL Loan Delivery

Marqeta (NASDAQ: MQ), a card issuing platform that enables embedded finance solutions, this week unveiled its Marqeta Flex solution. Marqeta Flex addresses the way BNPL loans can be delivered inside payment apps and wallets, surfacing them at the moment of need within an existing payment… Read More

Pinwheel’s Bill Navigator Launches to Save Money on Unused Subscriptions

Pinwheel, a Fintech developing account activation and engagement products, this week introduced Bill Navigator, a solution to help banks, credit unions, and fintechs save their customers money on unused subscriptions and manage their recurring bills from within their banking app. A recent consumer study conducted by CNET… Read More

FV Bank Partners with Visa

FV Bank, in partnership with Visa, has announced at Money 20/20 the launch of its new debit cards and corporate expense cards. Available to both U.S. and international customers and businesses, the debit and corporate expense cards can be used worldwide, providing individuals and companies… Read More

Retail Alliance Foundation Launches to Modernize Gift Card, Loyalty Industries

The Retail Alliance Foundation has  announced its official launch as a non-profit coalition committed to reshaping the future of a transparent and equitable gift card and loyalty economy. In partnership with BFG Labs, the organization will launch and govern the Retail Alliance Network, which aims… Read More

Proof’s Verify to Combat Deepfakes

Proof, a provider of identity-secured transactions, has launched Verify, a live face-to-face experience that delivers high-level assurance with identity verification performed in the presence of an agent. It claims to reduce the risk of fraudulent activities such as deepfakes by ensuring that users are legitimate…. Read More

Common Crawl Foundation, Constellation Network, Seek to Bridge Blockchain, AI

The Common Crawl Foundation, a non-profit organization founded in 2007 and dedicated to providing a copy of the Internet to the public, and Constellation Network, a Web3 blockchain ecosystem notable for providing solutions to the US Department of Defense, this announced a strategic partnership aimed… Read More

EtherMail CEO Kevonian Calls Stripe’s $1.1B Bridge Buy a Pivotal Web3 Moment

EtherMail founder and CEO Shant Kevonian said Stripe’s $1.1 billion acquisition of Bridge, a stablecoin API provider, is a pivotal moment in bridging the Web2/Web3 divide. Kevonian said the move is the latest step in the ongoing convergence of the crypto and fintech markets –… Read More

FINRA Report Analyzes Potential Metaverse Impacts

This week, FINRA released The Metaverse and the Implications for the Securities Industry. It is intended to raise awareness among FINRA member firms and the broader securities industry by providing an overview of how developments related to the metaverse may impact business models and processes…. Read More

Mortgage Customers Warming to Chatbots: Report

A new report from J.D. Power analyzes if mortgage customers are prepared for AI-powered chatbots. The signs are encouraging. Artificial intelligence (AI) is here to stay. Three-fourths of business leaders say they are planning to escalate their AI investments as they see its potential to redefine… Read More

Security Platform Socket Celebrates $40M Series B

Security platform Socket recently confirmed a $40 million Series B round. It was led by Abstract Ventures, with participation from Elad Gil, Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Bret Taylor (OpenAI), Phil Venables (Google), Scott Johnston (Docker), Christina Cacioppo (Vanta), Ann Mather (Pixar, Alphabet, Netflix, Airbnb), and Tobias… Read More

Sanctions Activity Rising: LexisNexis Risk Solutions

The latest edition of LexisNexis Risk Solutions’ Taking the Pulse of Major Sanctions Lists suggests a heightened level of sanctions activity may be the new normal. The report analyzes activity from the United Nations (UN), European Union (EU), Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), and… Read More

Marqeta Unveils Payment Development Tools

As more companies gravitate toward card programs to drive customer attraction and retention, they are learning that success significantly depends on the quality of the customer experience. Today, Marqeta (NASDAQ:MQ) released a pair of tools designed to make creating front-end payment experiences a much easier… Read More

Yorba CEO Chris Zeunstrom on Canadian Expansion and How Companies Keep Consumers Hooked

People have long sought to declutter their homes. A more recent trend is doing the same with their online lives. Yorba helps them do that while offering benefits like money savings, improved online security, and a cleaner email inbox. Yorba has expanded into Canada. The company has linked… Read More

Unity Wallet James Toledano on DeFi’s Potential to Snap Visa and Mastercard’s European Payment Stranglehold

Unity Wallet (formerly Savl) COO James Toledano believes DeFi has the potential to break Visa’s and Mastercard’s dominance of European payment rails, while also allowing Europe to at least partially free itself from depending on American payment rails. Savi is a self-custodial crypto and Web3 wallet… Read More

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