October 9, 2024 @ 12:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Research from global cloud-based small business platform Xero reveals a notable gap in financial literacy among U.S. small business owners. Despite 55% of small business owners rating their financial literacy as ‘high’, half (50%) actively face fiscal challenges in their business due to a lack… Read More

 Tagged financial literacy, research, xero

October 9, 2024 @ 9:22 am By JD Alois  |  

LendingClub (NYSE: LC) and Pagaya (NASDAQ: PGY) have announced the purchase of the assets of Tally Technologies. Tally, a Fintech that sought to support consumers in managing their credit card debt, shut down operations last August. The former CEO said at the time that they… Read More

 Tagged banking, digital bank, lendingclub, pagaya, tally

October 9, 2024 @ 8:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Business activity rose in all but one of the UK’s 12 nations and regions last month, following broad-based growth in the month prior, according to the latest NatWest Regional Growth Tracker. As noted in a blog post by NatWest, the Business Activity Index is said… Read More

 Tagged natwest, northern ireland, uk, united kingdom

October 9, 2024 @ 8:34 am By Omar Faridi  |  

UK’s digital bank Monzo has injected €4m in capital into its new Irish division. The update comes just several months following Monzo’s CEO,  TS Anil, stating that the Fintech firm was in the process of establishing its EU offices in Ireland. At the time of… Read More

 Tagged banking, digital bank, europe, ireland, monzo, uk, united kingdom

October 9, 2024 @ 6:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Assetz Capital, an estabished lender to the UK SME property markets announced that it has appointed four senior executives to its Board. Assetz Capital, a company that has been focused on the United Kingdom‘s SME commercial property and residential development markets, announced in a blog… Read More

 Tagged assetz capital, lending, sme's, uk

October 8, 2024 @ 9:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

JCB Co., Ltd., Japan’s international payments provider, announced that it enabled Google Pay for its clients. Android(TM) smartphone users are able to now easily use Google Pay in stores where JCB Contactless is accepted, by adding credit/debit cards issued by the JCB Group in Japan… Read More

 Tagged google pay, japan, jcb, payments

October 8, 2024 @ 7:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

XYB, the Coreless Banking Platform business, has announced its plans to help banks enhance their core systems. XYB is working with global tech leader IBM to provide technologies and consulting expertise that can help financial services firms with addressing the increasing requirements for core modernization… Read More

 Tagged banking, fintech trends, ibm, xyb

October 8, 2024 @ 4:45 pm By JD Alois  |  

Florida, and the Miami region specifically, has emerged as a fast-growing startup/entrepreneur ecosystem. The warm weather (minus the occasional hurricane), combined with a business-friendly state government and no state income taxes, has helped shift activity from elsewhere to the Sunshine State. Some big firms have… Read More

 Tagged emerge, florida, miami, vc, venture capital

October 8, 2024 @ 3:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Experian Consumer Services announcing a partnership with Oakbrook, a non-bank consumer lender, to offer debt consolidation loans on the Experian Marketplace by reportedly using Paylink’s ReFi tech. This recently announced collaboration is said to mark a significant milestone in improving financial inclusion and unlocking access… Read More

 Tagged debt consolidation, digital technology, digitalization, experian, online lending, paylink

October 8, 2024 @ 10:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Cashflows, the platform that for merchants to accept payments, announces its partnership with Mastercard (NYSE: MA) to offer its merchants Click to Pay. Mastercard Click to Pay is a described as a consistent way to make online payments, offering consumers a user-friendly guest checkout across… Read More

 Tagged Cashflows, europe, mastercard, payments, uk, united kingdom