March 28, 2024 @ 5:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

FusionIQ, a firm focused on the delivery of cloud-based wealth management solutions with their all-in-one digital platform for financial advisors and institutions, announced the launch of its FIQ Market One on the FusionIQ One platform. The product marks a significant shift in the wealth management… Read More

 Tagged digital financial services, fusioniq, wealth management

March 28, 2024 @ 2:50 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nubank (NYSE: NU), which claims to be one of the world’s largest digital financial services platforms, has just reached the milestone of four million customers in Nubank PJ, which offers solutions for entrepreneurs. This number represents an increase of “around 50% compared to the previous year,… Read More

 Tagged brazil, digital banking, latam, milestone, nubank

March 28, 2024 @ 11:10 am By Omar Faridi  |  

ZayZoon, an Earned Wage Access (EWA) provider for small and mid-sized businesses, today announced it has raised US $15 million in an extension of its Series B financing. This investment round extension brings ZayZoon’s total Series B funding round “to 49.5 million USD.” The round… Read More

 Tagged earned wage access, financial services, investment round, ZayZoon

March 28, 2024 @ 11:08 am By JD Alois  |  

Yesterday, CI reported on a new circular issued by the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) warning international transfer firms to stop adding “junk fees” to the transfers and demanding greater transparency in the process. Misinformation in the industry is frequent, and some providers abuse… Read More

 Tagged cfpb, neobank, payments, rina wulfing, transfers, uk, united kingdom, wise

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

Robinhood (NASDAQ:HOOD) CEO Vlad Tenev has unveiled a new product and feature for the Fintech firm’s clients during a session in New York City. Robinhood notes that its New Gold Standard is yet another step forward in their company’s mission to “democratize finance for all… Read More

 Tagged credit card, digital financial services, robinhood

March 28, 2024 @ 10:02 am By JD Alois  |  

Australian Payments Plus (AP+) has issued a statement on the passage of the Digital ID Bill in the Senate. The bill passed the Senate without debate. The legislation aims to establish an accreditation path for entities providing digital ID services while expanding the Australian Government… Read More

 Tagged ap, australia, australian payments plus, digital id, identity, legislation

March 28, 2024 @ 8:53 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Clearbank is now a member of the Digital Pound Foundation’s (DPF) community. ClearBank joins the Foundation as “an Associate Member and will take part in the Identity and Privacy and Policy, Legal and Regulatory Working Groups.” As a member, ClearBank will have “the opportunity to… Read More

 Tagged charles mcmanus, clearbank, digital pound foundation, uk, united kingdom

March 27, 2024 @ 10:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

A new £75m equity investment fund for Northern Ireland has been officially launched by fund manager Whiterock to address the need for growth funding in the local market. The Growth Capital Fund expects to “make investments of between £1m and £5m for minority shareholdings in… Read More

 Tagged british business bank, uk, united kingdom, whiterock

March 27, 2024 @ 5:09 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is now targeting international money transfers and “junk fees” that may be saddled upon users. The CFPB issued a warning to firms that provide these services regarding allegations of false claims and misinformation about the cost of transfers and… Read More

 Tagged cfpb, consumer financial protection bureau, payments, transfers

March 27, 2024 @ 4:08 pm By JD Alois  |  

At the beginning of 2022, only 11% of all Euro credit transfers in the EU were instant, and the European Commission wants to fix this and make them all instant.  The Single Euro Payments Regulation (SEPA) aims to enable both institutions and consumers to benefit… Read More

 Tagged EU, payments, redcompass, research, sepa