Digital Banking: AMP to Use Engine by Starling to Launch Virtual Bank for Small Businesses

AMP will be launching a digital bank division built specifically “for the transaction needs of sole traders and small business.” AMP will work with Engine by Starling, the SaaS subsidiary of UK digital bank, Starling Bank Limited, allowing it to leverage: Starling’s ‘Engine’ technology platform,… Read More

Refine Intelligence Launches With $13M Seed

Refine Intelligence launched earlier this month with a $13 million seed funding round led by Glilot Capital Partners and Fin Capital with participation from SYN Ventures, Valley Ventures and other investors including Ground Up Ventures. The firm describes itself as “greenflagging” legitimate customer behavior by… Read More

BankSocial Announces DEFY Federal Credit Union, the Self-Custody Platform Enabled by Distributed Ledger Technology

BankSocial, in collaboration with industry partners and advisors, announces the proposed DEFY Federal Credit Union — the first digital native, self-custody credit union powered by distributed ledger technology and the ethos of credit unions. Based in Texas and powered by BankSocial open banking features, the… Read More

Fintech Firms Could Capture Over 50% of Financial Services Revenue in Next 15 Years, Industry Professional Predicts

Rex Salisbury, partner on the Fintech team at VC firm Andreessen Horowitz (A16Z) and founder of Cambrian, a community at the “white-hot center” of Fintech, says that in the next 15 years, Fintechs could potentially capture more than 50% of financial services revenue. According to… Read More

Green Fintech Seen As Promising New Growth Area in Southeast Asia

Green fintech has become a promising new growth area in Southeast Asia, with green fintech firms bringing innovative solutions to help businesses and governments address challenges and opportunities of going green. This insight was part of the report – Fintech in ASEAN 2023: Seeding the… Read More

Consumers Asked to Stay Alert Due to Expected Rise in Fraudulent Activities: Visa Report

Visa Inc. (NYSE: V) revealed its Holiday Edition Threats Report, which anticipates heightened scam activity during the holiday season “across both card-present (CP) and card-not-present (CNP) transactions.” The new report identifies popular fraud tactics “expected between November 2023 and January 2024 due to the rapid… Read More

Philippines and Australia Forge Strategic Fintech Alliance

Australia and the Philippines have agreed to cooperate in promoting trade and investment within the financial technology (fintech) sector, marking a major step towards enhancing the technological collaboration between the two nations. The memorandum of understanding that formalises the partnership was signed by FinTech Alliance.ph… Read More

Tink Research: Armchair Investors Forced to Cash in Investments Due to Cost-of-Living Crisis

Research released by Tink, the firm focused on open banking, uncovers that investment pots have proved to be a financial ‘safety net’ for armchair investors during challenging economic times. This suggests a shift in investing behaviors “from long-term ‘set and forget’ portfolios, to needing instant… Read More

Sygnum Singapore Onboards Bordier as B2B Partner Bank

Bordier & Cie (Singapore) is Sygnum Singapore’s first B2B client since the latter received its MAS Major Payment Institutions license in October 2023 and launched its regulated Digital Payment Token (DPT) brokerage service. Globally, Sygnum has enabled “the 15+ banks and international financial institutions on… Read More

Digital Banking: Jordan Ahli Bank Beefs Up Open Banking Readiness

Jordan Ahli Bank, a Jordanian financial institution with over six decades of banking experience, has announced its full compliance with the country’s Open Banking and Open Finance regulations. The bank said it has partnered with Open Banking and financial innovation firm Fintech Galaxy to boost… Read More

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