October 16, 2023 @ 10:26 am By JD Alois  |  

Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) now allows its wallet users to schedule regular payments directly on the phone. The service has been expected for some time now and represents another step in its financial services goal of providing convenience for its users. On the iPhone, Apple explains that… Read More

 Tagged apple, apple cash, goldman sachs

October 16, 2023 @ 9:22 am By JD Alois  |  

Young buy now pay later (BNPL) provider Waylog is reporting solid growth. Founded in 2022, the Sweden-based Fintech reports going from SEK 20 million to over SEK 500 million ($46 million USD). According to a statement from the lender, a new partnership with Froda is… Read More

 Tagged bnpl, froda, sweden

October 16, 2023 @ 9:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Founded in 2017 in the Netherlands, Fourthline has developed a technological suite that enables financial service providers to automatically and compliantly perform KYC (Know Your Customer) and AML (Anti-Money Laundering) procedures in accordance with local requirements. Fourthline offers a single API “to streamline the onboarding… Read More

 Tagged aml, Business Expansion, compliance, europe, financial services, fintech adoption, fintech trends, Fourthline, france, kyc, neobank, netherlands, shine

October 15, 2023 @ 10:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fiserv, Inc. (NYSE: FI), a global provider of payments and financial services technology, and Plaid, a data network at the forefront of the digital financial landscape, announced an agreement to enable secure and reliable data sharing through application programming interfaces (APIs), addressing growing consumer demand… Read More

 Tagged aly yarris, apis, data network, data-sharing, digital financial services, financial information, financial services, financial technology, fiserv, matt wilcox, payments, plaid

October 15, 2023 @ 10:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

A market report has highlighted some key developments from the past week, including the following updates: Bank of England’s chief economist highlights challenge ahead for policymakers Hotter-than-expected US inflation leads to mixed trading ahead of bank results Microsoft takeover of Activision approved by regulator Middle… Read More

 Tagged analysis, financial services, hargreaves lansdown, inflation, interest rates, market outlook, microsoft, sophie lund-yates

October 15, 2023 @ 9:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

SoFi (NASDAQ:SOFI), the all-in-one digital personal finance company, announced SoFi Invest will offer a 1% match on all eligible IRA (individual retirement account) contributions. This comes as a new survey also out from SoFi “unveils American’s top financial ambitions including: creating or sustaining generational wealth,… Read More

 Tagged digital financial services, individual retirement account, ira, personal finance, sofi, sofi invest, united states, us

October 15, 2023 @ 6:55 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Singapore-based Web3 wallet solution provider Account Labs has announced plans to launch a new wallet that will allow users to access using just a Google account following a successful fundraising of $7.7 million. Account Labs announced that funding round was backed by a number investors… Read More

 Tagged funding, payments, singapore, wallets, Web3

October 15, 2023 @ 6:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Airwallex, a global payments and financial platform for modern businesses, announced its partnership with Alpaca, a developer-first API brokerage platform, to support Alpaca’s global payments and foreign exchange (FX) needs. The announcement comes on the heels of several recent Airwallex wins “in the wealthtech category,… Read More

 Tagged airwallex, alpaca, americas, financial platform, financial services, fintech adoption, fintech trends, foreign exchange, fx, international payments

October 15, 2023 @ 5:56 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently sat down with Monica Eaton from Chargebacks911 to gain more insights regarding the partnership between Finastra and Microsoft and how it addresses the requirements of corporate clients. Eaton, founder and CEO at Chargebacks911, also commented on how the collaboration addresses the challenges banks face… Read More

 Tagged chargebacks911, finastra, microsoft, monica eaton, perspective, trade finance, women changing finance

October 15, 2023 @ 3:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Addepar opened a new office in Pune, India in March 2023 as they deepened their commitment to global expansion and R&D investment. Abhimanyu “Abhi” Prabhavalkar recently joined Addepar’s engineering leadership team during this exciting time of growth as their R&D regional lead in India, “bringing… Read More

 Tagged addepar, Business Expansion, financial services, fintech adoption, fintech trends, india, new appointments, research and development