December 19, 2024 @ 7:33 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Affirm Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: AFRM), the payment network that empowers consumers and helps merchants drive growth, announced that it has expanded its partnership with Adyen, the global financial technology platform for businesses. The partnership makes Affirm the Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) provider to support… Read More

 Tagged adyen, affirm, bnpl, buy now pay later, payments

December 19, 2024 @ 7:32 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Parafin, which builds embedded finance infrastructure, announced the close of its $100 million Series C at a $750 million valuation. The financing has reportedly been led by Notable Capital with participation from Redpoint Ventures. Existing investors Ribbit Capital, Thrive Capital, and GIC also took part… Read More

 Tagged embedded finance, infrastructure, investment round, parafin

December 19, 2024 @ 6:10 am By Omar Faridi  |  

ClearBank, the enabler of real-time clearing and embedded banking,  announced the availability of its cloud-native banking solutions and payment infrastructure in the Microsoft Azure Marketplace, an online store providing applications and services for use on Azure. This will open up ClearBank’s banking solutions and payments… Read More

 Tagged clearbank, embedded banking, microsoft azure marketplace

December 19, 2024 @ 4:18 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Banco Sabadell has completed a joint project with Accenture (NYSE: ACN) and QuSecure to explore the adoption of Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) technologies in the bank’s infrastructure. This project is a step forward in improving resistance to quantum attacks, with Banco Sabadell leveraging QuSecure’s software for… Read More

 Tagged accenture, banco sabadell, banking, quantum, qusecure

December 18, 2024 @ 9:46 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

GoCardless has partnered with Endava, a provider of technology services, to help enterprise merchants access the benefits of bank payments. The collab will see Endava  manage the integration of GoCardless payment solutions within their enterprise clients as part of “large-scale” digital transformation projects. This will… Read More

 Tagged bank payments, endava, fintech adoption, gocardless

December 18, 2024 @ 3:48 pm By JD Alois  |  

Multiple reports indicate that Deutsche Bank is launching a Layer 2 blockchain to fuel digital assets and compliance at the bank. A Layer 2 blockchain is a separate blockchain added to the top of a Layer 1 blockchain like Ethereum. A Layer 2 aims to… Read More

 Tagged deutsche bank, layer-2, mas, project dama, project guardian

December 18, 2024 @ 12:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Plaid has looked into how financial institutions are thinking about open banking and has shared insightful survey results. In today’s digital world, consumers demand real-time financial services – from mobile banking apps to digital wallets and investment platforms. The adoption of digital tools is no… Read More

 Tagged banking, financial institutions, open banking, plaid, research

December 18, 2024 @ 12:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

JLL Income Property Trust, an institutionally managed daily NAV REIT (NASDAQ: ZIPTAX) with appr. $6.6 billion in portfolio equity and debt investments, announced a partnership with iCapital, the fintech platform enabling the alternative investment marketplace for the wealth and asset management sectors. The partnership results… Read More

 Tagged alternative investments, asset management, icapital, investing, jll income property trust

December 18, 2024 @ 10:03 am By JD Alois  |  

The UK Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) has published a report on Authorized Push Payment (APP) scams and how to avoid them. In brief, a fraudster pilfers money illicitly when it tricks targets into sending money to its account. The trick is presenting what looks like… Read More

 Tagged authorized push payments, fraud, Payment System Regulator, push payment fraud, push payments, redcompass labs, uk

December 18, 2024 @ 9:25 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Loyalty programs, while less discussed than other areas of Fintech, are one of the most interesting sectors that deliver daily consumer value. One of the main innovators is Engage People, which has enabled the redemption of more than 1.4 billion points thanks to partnerships with… Read More

 Tagged ai, amazon, engage people, len covello, loyalty programs, points