February 5, 2025 @ 9:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Algebrik AI, a cloud-native, AI-powered loan origination platform, has announced a partnership with Plaid, a data network powering the digital financial ecosystem. This collaboration aims to transform the loan origination process for credit unions and financial institutions by integrating Plaid’s consumer-permissioned data with Algebrik’s platform…. Read More

 Tagged Algebrik AI, digital technology, financial data, identity verification, plaid

February 5, 2025 @ 9:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Eastnets, a global firm enabling and supporting compliance, payments, and cloud solutions, has launched a SWIFT Service Bureau in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). Designed to empower institutions with compliant solutions, the Eastnets KSA Service Bureau delivers seamless SWIFT connectivity, cloud-enabled operations, and “adherence… Read More

 Tagged digitalization, eastnets, mena, saudi arabia, swift

February 5, 2025 @ 9:06 pm By JD Alois  |  

Faes & Co. has received funding from OakNorth to finance US real estate bridge loans. Faes & Co. was founded by Christian Faes who founded LendInvest, a Fintech originating development loans in the UK. LendInvest is now traded on the London Stock Exchange.  OakNorth is… Read More

 Tagged faes & co., oaknorth

February 5, 2025 @ 6:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

A recent funding round has highlighted the growing demand for artificial intelligence (AI) solutions in the financial services industry.  The investment in Jump, a provider of AI tools for financial advisors, underscores the potential benefits of leveraging AI to streamline administrative tasks and enhance customer… Read More

 Tagged ai, financial services, funding round, jump

February 5, 2025 @ 5:50 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

FIS (NYSE: FIS), a global financial technology firm, announced it is one of the first providers in the fintech industry “certified” to enable send capabilities for credit transfers in the Federal Reserve’s FedNow instant payment service. The addition of send capabilities and real-time alerts will… Read More

 Tagged federal reserve, fednow, fis, instant payments, us

February 5, 2025 @ 2:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

MongoDB, Inc. (NASDAQ: MDB) announced that Lombard Odier, a  Swiss private bank, partnered with MongoDB to enhance its banking tech systems. In collaboration with MongoDB, Lombard Odier has streamlined the modernization of its systems and apps with generative AI, “reducing technical complexity and accelerating the… Read More

 Tagged ai, banking, digitalization, Gen AI, mongodb

February 5, 2025 @ 12:51 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

United Fintech, the digital transformation platform, announced the full acquisition of Commercial Banking Applications (CBA), a banking tech provider focused on API-driven trade finance and payments solutions. The acquisition was reportedly financed by equity and debt from existing investors, which include four major banks: BNP… Read More

 Tagged acquisition, apis, commercial banking applications, payments, united fintech

February 5, 2025 @ 10:30 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

As Open Banking becomes more popular in Latin America, Prometeo is well-positioned to be a major player in the space. Prometeo’s partners, a provider of a single API connecting businesses to every bank in 11 countries, include Santander, Bancolombia, Banco de México, and Chile’s Banco… Read More

 Tagged banking, latam, latin america, open banking, payments, prometeo, remittances, stablecoins, transfers, women changing finance, ximena aleman

February 5, 2025 @ 9:21 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Worldpay, a firm focused on payments tech and solutions, has announced that it entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Ravelin, an AI-native fraud prevention platform based in London, UK. The acquisition of Ravelin will complement and enhance Worldpay’s portfolio of solutions and enable merchants… Read More

 Tagged acquisition, payments, ravelin, uk, worldpay

February 5, 2025 @ 9:19 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Pacaso, the tech-enabled real estate marketplace for co-owned luxury vacation homes, announced that it is continuing its international expansion with the acquisition of three European properties. The addition of two residences in London and one in Paris solidifies Pacaso’s presence in Europe, offering buyers “opportunities… Read More

 Tagged europe, pacaso, real estate, us