October 30, 2024 @ 4:03 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Adyen (ADYEN:AMS), the financial technology platform of choice for leading businesses, has today launched a new report with Boston Consulting Group (BCG) which reveals a game-changing $185 billion market opportunity for SaaS platforms, a substantial 25% increase since 2022. BCG’s analysis reveals this market growth is… Read More

 Tagged adyen, bcg, embedded finance, research

October 30, 2024 @ 3:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance, the blockchain ecosystem “trusted” by 230 million+ users worldwide, announced Binance Wealth, the crypto exchange technological solution for wealth managers. Binance Wealth allows wealth managers to oversee the onboarding of their clients and make investment recommendations, allowing clients to receive support during onboarding and… Read More

 Tagged binance, digital assets, hnwis, wealth management

October 30, 2024 @ 3:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Lunar, the Nordic challenger bank, announces the launch of its AI Voice Assistant, marking a milestone as the European bank to introduce GenAI Native Voice tech. Powered by the GPT-4o model, the GenAI Native Voice Assistant will help make banking accessible to all demographics, offering… Read More

 Tagged ai, challenger bank, europe, Gen AI, lunar, nordic region

October 30, 2024 @ 9:53 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Visa (NYSE: V), an enabler of digital payments, announced a partnership with digital assets firm Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN). This partnership adds convenience and new services for Coinbase customers across the US and EU, including “real-time,” reliable, and “secure” money movement. By integrating with the Visa Direct… Read More

 Tagged coinbase, digital assets, virtual payments, visa

October 30, 2024 @ 9:49 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Capgemini Research Institute’s World Payments Report 2025 reveals an industry set to be reimagined with account-to-account and instant payments. Now marking its 20th edition, the report “predicts instant payments will account for 22% of all non-cash transaction volumes by 2028 globally.” Since the inaugural… Read More

 Tagged digital transactions, payments, research

October 30, 2024 @ 9:46 am By JD Alois  |  

American Fintech Council (AFC) has submitted a comment letter in response to the joint Request for Information on Bank-Fintech Arrangements. The interagency RFI includes the FDIC, OCC and Federal Reserve. The letter states that it is important for these agencies to understand that not all… Read More

 Tagged AFC, american fintech council, regulation, rgi

October 30, 2024 @ 8:49 am By JD Alois  |  

 iCapital has acquired AltExchange, according to a company statement. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. AltExchange was created to cater to the private securities market as the sector boomed post 2008. AltExchange caters to wealth managers, family offices etc., aiming to provide a robust… Read More

 Tagged acquisition, altexchange, icapital

October 30, 2024 @ 7:36 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Klarna, the AI-powered global payments network and shopping assistant, and TickPick, the modern transparent ticket marketplace transforming the event ticketing industry, announced their partnership to enhance the ticket buying experience for all TickPick customers. TickPick, known for its no service fee policy, best price guarantee,… Read More

 Tagged fintech trends, klarna, payments, virtual payments

October 30, 2024 @ 7:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

DWS Xtrackers has reportedly become the new crypto ETP issuer at SIX Swiss Exchange. SIX welcomes DWS Xtrackers as the latest issuer of Exchange-Traded Products (ETPs) with “cryptocurrency underlyings.” DWS Xtrackers lists in total two new products, one on Bitcoin and one on Ethereum. With… Read More

 Tagged crypto etps, dws xtrackers, six, Swiss Stock Exchange, switzerland

October 29, 2024 @ 10:49 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Crime experienced by individuals and households has generally decreased over the last 10 years with some notable exceptions. Latest estimates from the Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) showed that there were an “estimated 9.2 million incidents of headline crime” (which includes theft, robbery,… Read More

 Tagged england, financial crime, research, survey, uk, wales