November 22, 2024 @ 6:23 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Smart Pension, one of the UK’s workplace pension providers, launches a new integrated retirement savings calculator that could have a positive impact on the “projected” pension savings of its 1.4 million UK member base. The tool is described as being designed to help members model… Read More

 Tagged savings, smart pension, uk, workplace pension providers

November 21, 2024 @ 9:58 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

iCapital, a Fintech platform driving the alternative investment marketplace for the wealth and asset management industries, announced the launch of a iCapital Growth Model Portfolio, which enables advisors to integrate exposure to private equity investments with public market investments. The Growth Model complements the firm’s… Read More

 Tagged asset management, icapital

November 21, 2024 @ 9:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Juniper Research has shared key fintech and payments trends in order to  provide industry stakeholders, including banks, intermediaries, and providers, with foresight into emerging technological shifts and market opportunities. Juniper Research stays focused on on identifying and “evaluating the latest disruptive trends in fintech, payments,… Read More

 Tagged ai, fintech trends, payments, Research Report

November 21, 2024 @ 9:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Tarabut, an open banking platform operating in the MENA region, and Geidea, Saudi Arabia’s payments solutions provider, have entered a strategic partnership to explore and develop SME financing solutions, subject to regulatory approvals. SMEs represent 1.3 million businesses in Saudi Arabia, and they face a… Read More

 Tagged mena region, open banking, saudi arabia, tarabut

November 21, 2024 @ 6:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Affirm (NASDAQ: AFRM), the payment network that empowers consumers and helps merchants drive growth, and Priceline, a key player focused on online travel, today announced an expanded partnership. Via their collaboration, Affirm is the pay-over-time provider for Priceline’s B2B business, Priceline Partner Solutions. Priceline Partner… Read More

 Tagged affirm, bnpl, pay over time, payment network, priceline

November 21, 2024 @ 5:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Crypto.com and Triple-A announced a partnership that will provide Crypto.com’s customer base access to a range of new merchants. Beginning in Singapore, Crypto.com users can soon make purchases from e-commerce brands directly with crypto from “within their trusted Crypto.com wallet while earning exclusive crypto rewards.”… Read More

 Tagged crypto.com, digital currencies, digitalization, payments

November 21, 2024 @ 5:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

International payments app Zing, and digital payments provider, Checkout.com, announced a partnership to support the launch of a new suite of alternative payment methods integrated into Zing’s app. Zing members can now use multiple top-up tools, including mobile wallets, Apple Pay, and Google Pay, made… Read More

 Tagged checkout.com, digital transformation, payments, zing

November 21, 2024 @ 2:52 pm By JD Alois  |  

Earlier today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFBP) issued final rules on non-bank firms providing payments and transfers. Digital payments have become the norm as people adopt digital wallets, hosted on their smartphones, as simpler and quicker way to transfer funds. While there are many… Read More

 Tagged caitlin long, cfpb, elon muks, elon musk, payments, x

November 21, 2024 @ 11:17 am By JD Alois  |  

The Financial Technology Association (FTA) has issued a statement criticizing the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s new rules addressing digital payments and transfers. The CFPB revealed final rules today that are said to “strengthen oversight of large technology firms in consumer financial markets” that offer digital… Read More

 Tagged cfpb, consumer financial protection bureau, fta, payments, penny lee

November 21, 2024 @ 8:07 am By JD Alois  |  

The private securities market is hot. This market is far larger than public markets as excessive regulation and policies that lack foresight have undermined public markets, pushing activity away.  Reg D issuance is measured in the trillions, and some of these issuers are for private… Read More

 Tagged globacap, private markets, secondaries, uk, united kingdom