April 6, 2024 @ 3:15 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

A study by PensionBee reveals a strong belief among pension savers that shareholder resolutions can convey robust messages to management and address areas of concern, ahead of this year’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) season. The nationally representative study of 1,000 UK pension savers showed “a… Read More

 Tagged pensionbee, research, uk, united kingdom

April 6, 2024 @ 1:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) together with seven central banks has recently announced plans to join forces with the private sector to explore how tokenisation can enhance the functioning of the monetary system. Project Agorá (Greek for “marketplace”) reportedly “brings together seven central banks:… Read More

 Tagged bis, central banks, payments, tokenization

April 6, 2024 @ 12:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

HOMErs says that it delivers turn-key, contemporary modular homes designed for rapid assembly and disassembly. HOMErs has reportedly secured 89% of its £500,002 target (at the time of writing) via Seedrs with 22 days left in the company’s crowdfunding campaign. HOMErs has so far acquired… Read More

 Tagged homers, real estate, seedrs

April 6, 2024 @ 12:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Swift announced the findings of the second phase of industry-wide sandbox testing on its central bank digital currency (CBDC) interlinking solution, with the results showing that its connector can enable financial institutions to carry out a wide range of financial transactions using CBDCs and other… Read More

 Tagged cbdcs, payments, swift

April 6, 2024 @ 12:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ValidMind, the AI and model risk management platform for financial services, today announced it has raised $8.1 million in a seed funding round led by Point72 Ventures, with participation from Third Prime, New York Life Ventures, AI Fund, Notion Capital, FJ Labs, Angel Invest, and… Read More

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April 6, 2024 @ 12:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

UK Fintech Wise (LSE:WISE) has shared its newest partnership with Swan, a European firm focused on embedded finance. Swan enables companies across Europe to easily “embed banking features such as accounts, cards, and payments into their own product.” However, one thing was missing “from their offer;… Read More

 Tagged fintech adoption, integration, swan, wise

April 6, 2024 @ 12:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Pitchbook is reporting mixed fintech performance as public fintech companies delivered mixed returns in Q1 2024. Pitchbook notes in a report that when “compared to the S&P 500’s 10.2% return and Nasdaq’s 9.1% return for the quarter, the neobanks, brokers, and crypto cohort was the… Read More

 Tagged fintech adoption, research

April 5, 2024 @ 8:09 pm By Michael Wong  |  

The Brunei Darussalam Central Bank (BDCB) and the Bank of the Lao PDR (BOL) have officially joined the Regional Payment Connectivity (RPC), marking a significant milestone in ASEAN’s financial integration efforts, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has announced. The BDCB’s accession to the RPC… Read More

 Tagged asean, ASEAN Regional Payment Connectivity, brunei, Lao, Payment Connectivity

April 5, 2024 @ 7:06 pm By Michael Wong  |  

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced significant amendments to the Payment Services Act (PS Act) and its subsidiary legislation, marking a pivotal step in expanding the regulatory framework for payment services within the city-state. These amendments, which aim to incorporate a broader spectrum of… Read More

 Tagged monetary authority of singapore, payment services act, singapore

April 5, 2024 @ 4:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ClearBank, the enabler of real-time clearing and embedded banking for financial institutions, today presents the results from its 2023 Annual Report. It shows ClearBank’s first full year of profitability, “with strong growth in income, platform and transaction fees, deposits, and clients.” In a challenging and… Read More

 Tagged clearbank, embedded banking, uk, united kingdom