June 6, 2024 @ 9:46 am By Omar Faridi  |  

SoFi Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: SOFI), a member-centric, one-stop shop for digital financial services that helps members borrow, save, spend, invest and protect their money, today announced Stephen Simcock as the company’s new general counsel. Simcock – who has spent more than three decades helping retail… Read More

 Tagged general counsel, sofi, sofi technologies, stephen simcock

June 6, 2024 @ 9:21 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Ripple, the enterprise blockchain and crypto solutions provider, announced a partnership with Clear Junction, the global enabler of cross-border payments solutions for regulated institutions. The partnership will see Clear Junction facilitating “instant and secure GBP and EUR-denominated payout coverage for Ripple’s payments customers.” A host… Read More

 Tagged clear junction, Crypto Adoption, payments, ripple

June 5, 2024 @ 11:54 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Smart Pension, the UK’s tech-led workplace pension provider, announces a strategic partnership with institutional investment platform and solutions provider Mobius Life. As part of the partnership, Mobius now provides “the investment platform for Smart Pension’s £5bn Assets Under Management (AUM) and 1.4 million member-strong pension… Read More

 Tagged mobius life, pensions, smart pension, uk

June 5, 2024 @ 10:53 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

bunq, which claims to be the second largest neobank in Europe, has partnered with Mastercard to offer its 12.5 million users across Europe a complete overview of their finances. This is achieved by leveraging Mastercard’s Open Banking platform, “which allows users to add accounts from… Read More

 Tagged bunq, europe, financial services, mastercard

June 5, 2024 @ 6:50 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Token.io announces Prommt as first partner to leverage its new hosted payment pages; enhancing user experiences and maximizing conversion for Pay by Bank. Account-to-account (A2A) payment infrastructure provider, Token.io, confirmed recently the launch of new hosted payment pages “to enhance Pay by Bank user experiences,… Read More

 Tagged pay by bank, payments, prommt, token.io

June 5, 2024 @ 6:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

It’s now possible to use digital currency in China in order to save carbon credits. Industrial Bank‘s digital RMB application use-cases continue to expand. Recently, it was reported that Industrial Bank has introduced a new service. This is for newly opened real-name Industrial Bank wallet… Read More

 Tagged carbon credits, china, digital currency, industrial bank

June 5, 2024 @ 2:15 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Deel announced recently that it’s invested in embedded finance platform Alviere. The partnership further bolsters Deel’s commitment “to compliance and flexibility for workers in the US, giving them access to faster and more streamlined wage payouts and a wallet solution.” Alviere’s technology and compliance program… Read More

 Tagged alviere, compliance, deel, remote working

June 5, 2024 @ 10:35 am By JD Alois  |  

Yesterday, the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) revealed Project Rialto, a review of the potential for wholesale digital currency or using central bank digital currency (CBDC) in the settlement process for foreign exchange. BIS said that decentralized processes using interlinked payment infrastructures might be considered… Read More

 Tagged bank for international settlements, bis, cbdcs, europe, neo, payments

June 5, 2024 @ 10:05 am By Omar Faridi  |  

HPS (CSE: HPS), a global provider of payment software and solutions, is pleased to announce that it has agreed to acquire CR2, a digital banking and payments software company headquartered in Dublin, Ireland. This strategic transaction underscores HPS’s commitment “to enhancing its digital banking and… Read More

 Tagged acquisition, hps, ireland, payments

June 5, 2024 @ 9:38 am By JD Alois  |  

Qonto (the commercial name of Olinda SAS) has topped 500,o00 customers, according to a note from the firm. Qonto is a licensed payment institution authorized by the French Autorité de Contrôle Prudentiel et de Résolution (ACPR). The company partners with regulated banks such as Crédit… Read More

 Tagged banking, france, neobank, qonto