June 10, 2024 @ 8:48 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

This week, Turkish Fintech Papara, announced a partnership with DriveWealth. The union allows Papara’s 20 million users to invest in real-time in U.S. stocks on the Nasdaq and NYSE starting in October. Since 2020, the number of retail investors in Turkey has surged from 1.2… Read More

 Tagged drivewealth, Emre Kenci, investing, Michael Blaugrund, Papara, turkey

June 10, 2024 @ 8:39 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Visa (NYSE: V) recently released a new 2024 Consumer Segment Analysis report unveiling the top digital maturity trends shaping consumers’ financial behavior and how issuers “can keep pace with consumer expectations for seamless, secure digital payments.” Visa’s latest report, in collaboration with Ipsos, provides issuers… Read More

 Tagged digital currency, research, visa

June 10, 2024 @ 8:33 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Revolut, the global fintech with over 8 million UK customers and 40 million globally, is  introducing Wealth Protection, which is described as an extra layer of in-app identity verification, designed to prevent thieves from accessing customer savings within the Revolut app. Wealth Protection will help… Read More

 Tagged revolut, savings, uk, united kingdom, wealthtech

June 10, 2024 @ 6:42 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Zingly, described as a collaborative customer experience (CCX) platform, launched this week with a $10 million seed round. Participants included Dell Technologies Capital, WestWave Capital, Scribble Ventures, Formus Capital, Geekdom Fund, Array Ventures, Firebolt Ventures, Burst Capital, and CX industry executives. The patented customer-facing technology… Read More

 Tagged chatbots, Customer Experience, Gaurav Passi, Zingly

June 9, 2024 @ 5:44 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Asialink Finance Corp, a provider of financial solutions to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the Philippines, has announced secured P4 billion (about $71 million) from Malaysian private equity firm Creador. This strategic infusion of funds will see Creador acquiring an 18% stake in Asialink,… Read More

 Tagged Asialink, Creador, online lending, Philippines, private equity, sme lending

June 9, 2024 @ 5:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

TrueAccord’s machine learning engine, HeartBeat, ​​reportedly reaches out to every account placed with a goal of getting them to repay on their own terms when they are ready, versus the one-size-fits all communication “that ignores trends in sentiment and spending habits.” Powered by a combination… Read More

 Tagged debt collection, fintech adoption, machine learning, spending, trueaccord

June 9, 2024 @ 5:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Payhawk, the global spend management solution that helps businesses manage company cards and payments at scale across 32 countries, announced its Q1 2024 business performance results and the launch of its Summer Edition product release that “brings flexibility to the way companies manage spend.” Q1… Read More

 Tagged europe, fintech adoption, payhawk, spend management

June 9, 2024 @ 4:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Alloy, a firm focused on digital asset investment technology, and Obligate are entering a strategic partnership that will integrate Obligate’s tokenized bonds into Alloy’s comprehensive digital asset portfolio management and execution system. This collaboration aims to lead the way in “shaping how institutional asset managers… Read More

 Tagged alloy, digital assets, investment, obligate

June 9, 2024 @ 4:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

NYMBUS, a provider of cloud-based financial technology solutions, is pleased to announce the appointment of Nate Whaley as Chief Revenue Officer (CRO). With a diverse career spanning over four decades, Nate reportedly “brings a wealth of experience and a track record of driving sales and… Read More

 Tagged cloud, nate whaley, nymbus

June 9, 2024 @ 2:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Juniper Research has recently shared the top 3 uses of next-gen tech in Core Banking. The Juniper Research team notes in a report that the core banking systems market “is well established; however, technological innovation, such as cloud infrastructure, is driving innovation in this sector.”… Read More

 Tagged banking, core banking, juniper research, research