February 25, 2021 @ 9:13 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Cross-border savings and investments marketplace Raisin announced on Wednesday it has expanded its partnership with digital bank N26 to extend N26 product portfolio with EasyFlex Savings, a flexible overnight deposit with an interest rate of 0.21% p.a., a top offer in the German market. The European… Read More

 Tagged interest rates, n26, overnight accounts, partnership, raisin

February 25, 2021 @ 8:58 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Big Four auditing firm KPMG in Australia has released a report, titled, The 30 Voices, which aims to cover “every facet” of financial services and beyond. It features insights related to developments from incumbents to banking challengers, Big Tech firms to investors, legislators to academics…. Read More

 Tagged adam roberts, amex austtralia, australia, consumer behavior, covid-19, data-sharing, deanne stewart, digital technology, digital transformation, financial data, fintech adoption, fintech trends, kpmg, research, Research Report, toby norton-smith, user experience, ux, x15ventures

February 25, 2021 @ 8:04 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Association of International Certified Professional Accountants and CPA.com have selected five early-stage ventures to participate in an accelerator. The program was launched in 2017 in recognition of the ongoing digital transformation taking place in financial services. Erik Asgeirsson, president and CEO of CPA.com, says the… Read More

 Tagged association of international Certified professional accountants, bytecheck, cpa.com, electroneek, guardd, saasable, valid8 financial

February 25, 2021 @ 2:49 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  UK banking group NatWest announced on Thursday announced earlier this week it has issued a €1 billion affordable housing social bond. The bank reported it has selected a pool of loans to not-for-profit, registered UK-based housing associations to which it will allocate the proceeds of… Read More

 Tagged afforable housing social bond, inaugural, natwest, uk, united kingdom

February 25, 2021 @ 2:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Tim Frost, CEO at YIELD App, which is a comprehensive Fintech app offering a wide range of DeFi services and new investment strategies, has shared his views and insights regarding the recent trading frenzy that was initiated by a group of armchair investors via Reddit… Read More

 Tagged bitcoin, btc, crypto-assets, dapps, Decentralized Applications, decentralized finance, defi, digital assets, eth, ethereum, financial inclusion, financial literacy, financially underserved, fintech apps, gamestop, interview, lending, robinhood, stablecoin, stablecoins, tim frost, Unbanked, usdc, usdt, wallstreetbets, wealth management, yield app, yld tokens

February 25, 2021 @ 12:34 pm By JD Alois  |  

Payments Fintech Nuapay is expanding its platform across Germany and Italy leveraging open banking. According to a statement by the company, Nuapay has connected with 308 banks in Italy and 435 banks in Germany, covering approximately 98% of Italian payers and 70% of German payers…. Read More

 Tagged germany, italy, nick raper, nuapay, open banking, payments

February 25, 2021 @ 9:32 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  SwipeStation, a click and collect service that allows users to create an order from anywhere in sports stadiums, has successfully secured more than £515,000 through its latest equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs. The funding round, which originally set out to raise £250,000, has already… Read More

 Tagged mobile payments, seedrs, stadium, swipestation, uk, united kingdom

February 25, 2021 @ 9:21 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Treasury Prime, a U.S.-based API banking platform, announced on Thursday it has teamed up with Marqeta, a fintech unicorn that claims to be the first global modern card issuing platform, to bring Marqeta’s modern card issuing capabilities to the Treasury Prime API. Treasury Prime reported… Read More

 Tagged banking, banking as a service, card issuing, credit card, marqeta, treasury prime, u.s., united states

February 25, 2021 @ 9:02 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Plastiq, a U.S.-based intelligent payments solution for small businesses, announced on Thursday it has formed a partnership with corporate card provider Ramp helps businesses pay for virtually any expense with the Ramp card. Plastiq reported that through the partnership, customers may now track, manage, and… Read More

 Tagged card, partnership, plastiq, ramp, virtual credit card

February 25, 2021 @ 8:23 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Digital banking group Varo Bank announced on Thursday the launch of Varo Believe Program, which is described as an innovative credit building product that includes a Visa credit card and credit monitoring. According to Varo, the Believe Program is aimed at the 45 million Americans who… Read More

 Tagged americans, credit, u.s., united states, varo bank, varo believe