March 10, 2024 @ 11:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

DailyPay, a launching partner for Visa+, announced that the innovative new service is available to DailyPay’s millions of users nationwide. Launched in late 2023, the mission of Visa+ is to create “an interoperable future, where paying across services is as seamless as using any one… Read More

 Tagged dailypay, fintech trends, payments, visa

March 10, 2024 @ 10:48 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Israeli Fintech firm Nayax has solidified its position in the Latin American market with the recent acquisition of VMtecnologia, a key player in the technology provision for the automated self-service industry in Brazil. This move, marking the company’s second acquisition in just over four months,… Read More

 Tagged acquisition, brazil, fintech, isreal, Nayax, VMTecnologia

March 10, 2024 @ 2:26 pm By Michael Wong  |  

The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has significantly expanded its digital lending landscape by granting licenses to 19 new digital credit providers (DCPs), bringing the total to 51 licensed firms. This announcement marks the latest effort by the CBK to regulate the burgeoning fintech sector,… Read More

 Tagged central bank of kenya, Kenya, online lending

March 10, 2024 @ 1:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

‍Smart Pension, one of the UK’s workplace pension providers, has announced that its master trusts have reached £5 billion in Assets Under Management (AUM). Smart Pension, which operates the Smart Pension Master Trust, says it “serves over 1.4 million members and more than 70,000 employers… Read More

 Tagged savings, smart pension, uk

March 10, 2024 @ 1:03 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Green Dot Corporation (NYSE: GDOT), a digital bank and Fintech that offers consumers and businesses banking and payment solutions, this week announced the appointment of Melissa Douros as chief product officer. Douros will lead Green Dot’s product design and development team, with a focus on… Read More

 Tagged banking, credibly, green dot, Melissa Douros

March 10, 2024 @ 12:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

NICE Actimize, a NICE (NASDAQ: NICE) business, announced the launch of ARCHIVE-X, a cloud-based, all communications-in-one archiving and records management solution for financial services firms. NICE Actimize’s ARCHIVE-X reportedly “provides buy-side, sell-side, and online trading platforms, as well as insurance and wealth management firms, with… Read More

 Tagged chris wooten, data encryption, nice actimize, security

March 9, 2024 @ 9:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Profile Software launches its new “AI.Adaptive” solution, which simplifies user interaction into natural language with databases and applications, enhancing operational efficiency by integrating Generative AI and Large Language Models (LLMs) artificial intelligence technologies. Profile, an international financial solutions provider, confirmed in a blog post the… Read More

 Tagged evangelos angelides, profile software

March 9, 2024 @ 6:27 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Philippine bank lending in January 2024 surged by 7.8 percent compared to the same month the previous year, signaling a robust acceleration from the 7.1 percent growth recorded in December 2023, according to preliminary data released on March 8, 2024. This increase in lending by… Read More

 Tagged bangko sentral ng pilipinas, lending, online lending, Philippines

March 9, 2024 @ 2:07 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Chinese Fintech firm Ant Group has announced substantial increases in transaction limits for international travelers using its cross-border payment services. Effective immediately, the single-transaction limit has been raised from $1,000 to $5,000, and the annual cumulative transaction limit from $10,000 to $50,000. This policy change,… Read More

 Tagged ant group, china, fintech, online payments, payments

March 9, 2024 @ 12:15 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Visa (NYSE: V) announced a 7-year agreement with Western Union (NYSE: WU). Under the new deal, Western Union customers will be “able to send money to their family and friends’ eligible Visa cards and bank accounts in 40 countries across five regions.” The agreement encompasses… Read More

 Tagged payments, visa, western union