July 20, 2024 @ 11:33 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Cash App announces its integration with Google Play, giving consumers an alternative payment option when checking out on their Android smartphones or tablets. This partnership represents an opportunity to engage with a broad range of consumers, particularly in the gaming space. Pete Albers, Director of… Read More

 Tagged cash app, google pay, integration, payments

July 20, 2024 @ 10:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Jifiti, a global embedded lending technology company, announced the release of its Tap Now, Pay Later technology, which enables consumers and business customers to “add their approved loan or credit funds into any digital wallet, including Apple Pay, via virtual card.” The customer can then… Read More

 Tagged bnpl, buy now pay later, digital wallets, embedded lending, jifiti, pay later

July 20, 2024 @ 8:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Aven, a technology company offering consumer credit cards backed by home equity,  announced a $142 million series D round of funding led by Khosla Ventures and General Catalyst, with participation from existing investors including Caffeinated Capital, Electric Capital, Founders Fund, and The General Partnership. Aven… Read More

 Tagged aven, credit cards, funding, general catalyst, khosla ventures

July 19, 2024 @ 8:34 pm By Michael Wong  |  

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced an additional commitment of S$100 million (about $74 million) under the Financial Sector Technology and Innovation Grant Scheme (FSTI 3.0). This funding aims to bolster financial institutions in developing quantum and artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities and foster the… Read More

 Tagged artificial intelligence, mas, monetary authority of singapore, quantum technology, singapore

July 19, 2024 @ 4:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Velocity Global, which claims to be the world’s expert on work, announced that it has successfully opened new entities in El Salvador and Georgia, “allowing customers easy and compliant access to talent in these economies.” The new entities will open opportunities for organizations and local… Read More

 Tagged el salvador, georgia, Velocity Global, worktech

July 19, 2024 @ 2:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) proposed an interpretive rule explaining that many paycheck advance products, sometimes marketed as “earned wage” products, are consumer loans subject to the Truth in Lending Act. The guidance will ensure that lenders “understand their legal obligations to disclose the… Read More

 Tagged cfpb, consumer financial protection bureau, lending, paycheck advance

July 19, 2024 @ 12:50 pm By JD Alois  |  

Yesterday, it was reported that CHAPS, or the Clearing House Automated Payment System, the system that enables real-time gross settlement payments in the United Kingdom, had gone offline, impacting some “high-value” payments and transfers. The Bank of Engaland did not reveal the cause of the outage,… Read More

 Tagged alex reddish, bank of england, chaps, npa, payments, tribe payments, uk, united kingdom

July 19, 2024 @ 12:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Laboratório de Inovações Financeiras e Tecnológicas (LIFT), a joint initiative of Banco Central do Brasil (BCB) and Federação Nacional de Associações dos Servidores do Banco Central, announces the resumption of activities following a hiatus in 2023. Since its inception bac in 2018, the laboratory… Read More

 Tagged aml, bcb, brazil, lift

July 19, 2024 @ 12:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Jared DeMatteis, Chief Legal & Strategy Officer, DailyPay has issued a statemenet regarding the CFPB Proposed Interpretive Rule. Jared DeMatteis, Chief Legal & Strategy Officer, DailyPay said: “We strongly disagree with the CFPB’s proposed interpretive rule. Characterizing employer-integrated Earned Wage Access products as loans or… Read More

 Tagged cfpb, consumer financial protection bureau, dailypay, jared dematteis, payments

July 19, 2024 @ 12:03 pm By Michael Wong  |  

New Frontier Funding, a company that uses generative AI to assist small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in securing credit and debt funding, has closed a substantial round of growth capital from the Homsher Family Office. The financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. This… Read More

 Tagged Credit Funding, Debt Funding, Homsher Family Office, New Frontier Funding