October 30, 2024 @ 10:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Thunes, which claims to be the Smart Superhighway to move money around the world, announced a collaboration with Circle, a digital financial firm and the issuer of stablecoins USDC and EURC via its regulated entities, to enable ongoing innovation in stablecoin liquidity management. The alliance… Read More

 Tagged circle, payments, stablecoins, thunes

October 30, 2024 @ 10:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Experian announced the launch of Experian Assistant, a generative AI-enabled solution that accelerates the modeling lifecycle, slashing model-development timelines from months to days. Integrated with Experian Ascend Technology Platform, this solution reportedly empowers users to leverage their data for analytics with less effort. The world’s… Read More

 Tagged ai modeling, artificial intelligence, experian, Gen AI, generative ai

October 30, 2024 @ 10:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

iCapital, the platform driving the alternative investment marketplace for the wealth and asset management industries, in collaboration with GeoWealth and BlackRock (NYSE: BLK), announced its tech is powering a platform experience for registered investment advisors (RIAs), which enables firms using GeoWealth to include private assets… Read More

 Tagged alternative investments, blackrock, icapital, wealth management

October 30, 2024 @ 4:03 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Adyen (ADYEN:AMS), the financial technology platform of choice for leading businesses, has today launched a new report with Boston Consulting Group (BCG) which reveals a game-changing $185 billion market opportunity for SaaS platforms, a substantial 25% increase since 2022. BCG’s analysis reveals this market growth is… Read More

 Tagged adyen, bcg, embedded finance, research

October 30, 2024 @ 3:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance, the blockchain ecosystem “trusted” by 230 million+ users worldwide, announced Binance Wealth, the crypto exchange technological solution for wealth managers. Binance Wealth allows wealth managers to oversee the onboarding of their clients and make investment recommendations, allowing clients to receive support during onboarding and… Read More

 Tagged binance, digital assets, hnwis, wealth management

October 30, 2024 @ 3:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Lunar, the Nordic challenger bank, announces the launch of its AI Voice Assistant, marking a milestone as the European bank to introduce GenAI Native Voice tech. Powered by the GPT-4o model, the GenAI Native Voice Assistant will help make banking accessible to all demographics, offering… Read More

 Tagged ai, challenger bank, europe, Gen AI, lunar, nordic region

October 30, 2024 @ 9:53 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Visa (NYSE: V), an enabler of digital payments, announced a partnership with digital assets firm Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN). This partnership adds convenience and new services for Coinbase customers across the US and EU, including “real-time,” reliable, and “secure” money movement. By integrating with the Visa Direct… Read More

 Tagged coinbase, digital assets, virtual payments, visa

October 30, 2024 @ 9:49 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Capgemini Research Institute’s World Payments Report 2025 reveals an industry set to be reimagined with account-to-account and instant payments. Now marking its 20th edition, the report “predicts instant payments will account for 22% of all non-cash transaction volumes by 2028 globally.” Since the inaugural… Read More

 Tagged digital transactions, payments, research

October 30, 2024 @ 9:46 am By JD Alois  |  

American Fintech Council (AFC) has submitted a comment letter in response to the joint Request for Information on Bank-Fintech Arrangements. The interagency RFI includes the FDIC, OCC and Federal Reserve. The letter states that it is important for these agencies to understand that not all… Read More

 Tagged AFC, american fintech council, regulation, rgi

October 30, 2024 @ 8:49 am By JD Alois  |  

 iCapital has acquired AltExchange, according to a company statement. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. AltExchange was created to cater to the private securities market as the sector boomed post 2008. AltExchange caters to wealth managers, family offices etc., aiming to provide a robust… Read More

 Tagged acquisition, altexchange, icapital