April 23, 2024 @ 10:20 am By JD Alois  |  

Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) , the most respected investment bank in the world, is continuing its retreat from retail Fintech services as it revealed this week that Marcus Invest, its Fintech wealth management platform, would be shuttered and services picked up by Betterment, a registered investment adviser…. Read More

 Tagged betterment, goldman sachs, marcus, marcus invest, perspective

April 23, 2024 @ 8:28 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

On April 21, Trulioo, an identity verification platform, announced a collaboration with Nium, a provider of real-time cross-border payments. Nium integrated Trulioo’s Person Match identity verification capability to deliver compliant payment experiences for its U.K. operations. The companies first partnered in 2015, initially for Nium’s… Read More

 Tagged aml, Dylan Lowery, kyc, nium, steve munford, trulioo

April 23, 2024 @ 8:00 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

AU10TIX, a global provider of identity verification and management, today announced that it has protected companies against more than $18 billion in business fraud since the 2021 launch of its Serial Fraud Monitor (formerly INSTINCT). The tool draws insights from millions of transactions processed across… Read More

 Tagged au10tix, dan yerushalmi, digital identity verification, identity verification, Serial Fraud Monitor

April 22, 2024 @ 11:07 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Softloans, a Fintech startup headquartered in Vilnius, Lithuania, has successfully secured €1 million in pre-seed funding to bolster its growth and development initiatives. The investment round was spearheaded by venture capital firm Firstpick, alongside contributions from several business angels, signaling strong investor confidence in the… Read More

 Tagged fintech, lithuania, sme's, Softloans, venture capital

April 22, 2024 @ 9:15 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Ant International, a Fintech and digital payment company headquartered in Singapore, has unveiled plans to establish a new Digital Business Centre in Malaysia, aimed at tapping into the region’s burgeoning tech talent to bolster its global operations. Scheduled to open in 2025, the center will… Read More

 Tagged ant international, Digital Hub, fintech, malaysia, payments, singapore

April 22, 2024 @ 9:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

According to a recent survey, the memes are true: while only a quarter (26%) of Gen Z respondents say they can successfully define taxable income, “more than half (52%) of Gen Zs know the mitochondria as the powerhouse of the cell.” On top of that,… Read More

 Tagged chime, digitalization, financial literacy

April 22, 2024 @ 8:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Grasshopper, the digital bank built for the business and innovation economy, announced the launch of a digital application for borrowers to apply directly for Small Business Administration (SBA) loans. Small business owners can now get pre-qualified for “an SBA 7(a) loan in less than 10… Read More

 Tagged banking, digital bank, grasshopper bank

April 22, 2024 @ 8:17 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Aeon Bank (M) Bhd, a recipient of one of Malaysia’s five digital banking licenses, announced plans to commence operations and launch its banking application by the end of Q2 2024, news agency Bernama has reported. Raja Teh Maimunah Raja Abdul Aziz, CEO of Aeon Bank,… Read More

 Tagged Aeon Bank, digital bank, Islamic Banking, malaysia, online banking

April 22, 2024 @ 4:54 pm By JD Alois  |  

TabaPay will acquire the assets of Synapse Financial Technologies following the decision of the firm to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The courts must first approve the agreement. The specific terms were not revealed. TabaPay is a payments and transfers Fintech that reportedly provides services… Read More

 Tagged baas, banking as a service, payments, synapse, tabapay

April 22, 2024 @ 3:14 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Open Lending, a provider of automotive lending enablement and risk analytics solutions for financial institutions, released a new Near- and Non-Prime Consumer Update this week, continuing its quarterly report series on automotive lending trends among near- and non-prime consumers. The latest update uncovers disproportionate economic… Read More

 Tagged automotive, Kevin Filan, near-prime consumers, nonprime consumers, online lending, Open Lending, transunion