August 28, 2024 @ 9:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

OakNorth – the digital bank for entrepreneurs, by entrepreneurs – announces that it has secured authorization from the Federal Reserve and the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) for a Representative Office in New York. The authorization will enable OakNorth to “proactively market… Read More

 Tagged digital bank, nydfs, oaknorth

August 28, 2024 @ 3:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

IDEX Biometrics has reached an important milestone for IDEX Pay by successfully passing Visa’s certification using Visa’s latest VBSS biometric payment application. The IDEX Pay biometric solution includes “the IDEX Biometrics proprietary card operating system and latest technology fingerprint sensor with Infineon’s high performing SLC38… Read More

 Tagged biometrics, idex biometrics, idex pay, milestone, payments, visa

August 28, 2024 @ 11:57 am By JD Alois  |  

German Bank Commerzbank has opened a representative office in Lithuania. According to a blog post on Invest Lithuania,  the representative office in Vilnius will serve as the hub for the Baltic States of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. Commerzbank is said to be focusing on trade… Read More

 Tagged commerzbank, europe, invest lithuania, lithuania

August 28, 2024 @ 10:40 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Dima Kats, Founder & CEO, Clear Junction, recently shared his views and insights with Crowdfund Insider. In April this year it was reported that Fintech funding dipped to a new four-year low, with only $7.3 billion invested in the sector globally during the first three… Read More

 Tagged clear junction, dima kats, interview, payments, uk, united kingdom

August 28, 2024 @ 7:40 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bank payment company GoCardless has launched GoCardless for Salesforce on Salesforce AppExchange, an enterprise marketplace for partner apps and experts, empowering customers to access the GoCardless payments platform directly within Salesforce. Customers can tap into GoCardless’ full product suite “including Instant Bank Pay, its open… Read More

 Tagged bank payment, fintech trends, gocardless, salesforce appexchange

August 28, 2024 @ 7:37 am By JD Alois  |  

Is the market softening? LendInvest has reduced mortgage rates again—this time by 15 bps on a two-year fixed-rate product and 10 bps on a five-year loan. LendInvest said they were doing so to ensure they are offering a competitive product. At the same time, the… Read More

 Tagged lendinvest, mortgages, uk, united kingdom

August 28, 2024 @ 7:32 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Aquanow, a global crypto infrastructure provider trusted by 300+ clients, is announcing a strategic partnership with Zodia Custody, an institution-first digital asset custodian backed by Standard Chartered, SBI Holdings, Northern Trust, and National Australia Bank. The partnership will see Zodia Custody “provide its enterprise custody… Read More

 Tagged aquanow, Crypto Adoption, infrastructure, zodia custody

August 28, 2024 @ 7:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

PayJunction, a tech-focused payments company, announced it has added Text to Pay capabilities to its No-code Payments Integration, Virtual Terminal, and API. The new feature enables businesses “to seamlessly and securely implement Text to Pay into current invoicing workflows, enabling them to accept customer payments… Read More

 Tagged apis, integration, no-code, payjunction, payments

August 28, 2024 @ 7:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

New figures published today from KPMG UK’s mid-year Fraud Barometer show that money laundering has been the most common fraud type by value in the last six months. Nine cases have been heard in UK Crown Courts collectively “worth £128.2 million so far this year.”… Read More

 Tagged fraud, kpmg, money laundering, research, uk, united kingdom

August 28, 2024 @ 6:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

TIAA, which claims to be the largest U.S. provider of lifetime income, announced a strategic partnership with Accenture (NYSE: ACN) to accelerate the transformation of TIAA’s retirement recordkeeping capabilities and operations. The agreement capitalizes on the strengths of “both organizations to provide next-generation technologies and… Read More

 Tagged accenture, income&, retirement, TIAA