December 26, 2023 @ 11:13 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Affirm (NASDAQ: AFRM), the payment network that empowers consumers and helps merchants drive growth, today announced it has expanded its services with Walmart in order to “bring Affirm’s transparent and flexible pay-over-time options to self-checkout kiosks at over 4,500 Walmart stores in the United States.”… Read More

 Tagged affirm, bnpl, checkout, flexible payments, pay over time, united states, us, walmart

December 26, 2023 @ 11:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Tuum is pleased to announce that Foke Burmeister has joined as the new Sales Director for the DACH (Germany, Austria, and Switzerland) and CEE (Central and Eastern Europe) regions. With an extensive track record in core banking and payments at EY and Accenture, Foke is… Read More

 Tagged austria, dach, europe, foke burmeister, germany, switzerland, tuum

December 26, 2023 @ 11:09 am By Omar Faridi  |  

2023 marked Nubank’s (NYSE:NU) tenth anniversary with further innovation from one of the world’s largest digital financial services platforms. Over the past 12 months, the company has “launched over 45 new solutions to give people more autonomy and security in managing their finances.” With significant… Read More

 Tagged banking, brazil, digital banking, latam, latin america, nubank

December 26, 2023 @ 9:13 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Smart Pension, which claims to be one of the UK’s leading workplace pension providers, has signed an open letter urgently “calling for more asset managers to offer pass-through voting on pooled funds.” Collectively representing pension schemes, endowments and wealth managers stewarding approximately £250bn assets under… Read More

 Tagged pensions, smart pension, uk, united kingdom

December 26, 2023 @ 8:53 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Medius, a global provider of autonomous accounts payable (AP) automation and spend management solutions, announced that it has entered into a series of partnerships with several UK-based value-added resellers (VARs) and consultants for ERP solutions including those for Sage, IFS, Infor, OpenAccounts, Access, and eBIS…. Read More

 Tagged doug embleton, Medius, uk, united kingdom

December 26, 2023 @ 8:45 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

AU10TIX, a global technology provider of identity verification and management services, this week released its Q3 2023 Global Identity Fraud Report. Drawing insights from millions of transactions processed across 249 countries from July to September 2023, the report uncovers significant trends in the world of… Read More

 Tagged au10tix, dan yerushalmi, fraud, identity, mica

December 26, 2023 @ 8:40 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital bank Revolut has shared some important financial updates. Revolut reveals that its revenue has reportedly “increased to $1.1bn (£923m) in 2022, up 45% from $786m (£638m) in 2021.” Revolut added almost 10m customers last year “with a 71% increase in deposits and 55% increase… Read More

 Tagged banking, digital bank, martin gilbert, nik storonsky, revolut, uk, united kingdom

December 26, 2023 @ 8:38 am By Omar Faridi  |  

CSI, a provider of end-to-end financial software and technology, announced today it has acquired St. Louis, Missouri-based software provider Hawthorn River, which offers a modern, single-platform loan origination system (LOS) “purpose-built for community banks.” The transaction reportedly follows “a successful commercial partnership between the two… Read More

 Tagged acquisition, banking, community banks, csi, david culbertson, digital technology, financial services, financial software, hawthorn river, jon rigsby, loan origination system, missouri, st louis, united states, us

December 26, 2023 @ 7:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Mastercard (NYSE: MA) and WestJet announce the long-term extension of their partnership agreement, expanding beyond powering transactions by “innovating the travel and purchasing experience for customers while always prioritizing security and trust.” The deepening of the partnership showcases “the progression of each companies’ evolution in… Read More

 Tagged mastercard, payments, travel

December 26, 2023 @ 6:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Santander Bank, N.A. (NYSE: SAN)announced that it has closed a transaction with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) to participate in a joint venture that consists of a $9 billion portfolio of New York based multifamily real estate assets retained by the FDIC following the… Read More

 Tagged ana botin, banking, fdic, federal deposit insurance corporation, santander, santander bank, signature bank, tim wennes