January 25, 2024 @ 9:20 am By JD Alois  |  

Digital bank Zopa and ClearScore report they have surpassed 10 million consumer actions that aim to boost the financial resilience of UK consumers as part of the 2025 Fintech Pledge. The coalition also hit 50 partners with the addition of SalesForc. The Fintech Pledge had… Read More

 Tagged clearscore, fintech pledge, jaidev janardana, uk, united kingdom, zopa

January 25, 2024 @ 9:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

After many shakeups in the past year, 2024 is expected to be a difficult year for the entire banking sector. We recently connected with Jeff Nowicki, VP of Banking at Treasury Prime, the embedded finance software company, to discuss banking trends for 2024 and beyond…. Read More

 Tagged banking, embedded finance, interview, jeff nowicki, perspective, treasury prime

January 25, 2024 @ 7:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Luma Financial Technologies, an independent multi-issuer structured products and annuities platform, has expanded its partnership with Yieldstreet, a private market investment platform, to bring Yieldstreet’s diverse offerings to Luma’s customer base. In doing so, Luma is broadening Registered Investment Advisors (RIAs) access “to alternative investment… Read More

 Tagged Annuities, digital financial services, independent multi-issuer, investment platforms, luma, luma financial technologies, private markets, structured products, yieldstreet

January 25, 2024 @ 7:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Ingenico, a global enabler of payment acceptance and services, has announced a strategic partnership with Cybersource, Visa’s agnostic global payment and fraud management platform. The partnership will create a global unified commerce solution “for use in Asia Pacific first, followed by other regions.” The partnership… Read More

 Tagged cybersource, Dan Parsons, fraud, ingenico, Nigel Lee, visa

January 25, 2024 @ 6:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Experian has shared an important update which reveals that UK consumers may switch and save £672 annually as lower interest credit returns in 2024. According to a blog post by Experian, savvy Brits are already “taking advantage with searches for balance transfer credit cards up… Read More

 Tagged credit, europe, experian, uk, united kingdom

January 24, 2024 @ 10:23 pm By JD Alois  |  

WealthKernel has raised £6 million in a Series A funding round, according to the company. Details on the investment were not disclosed. The funding round was led by ETFS Capital with the participation of XTX Ventures. Karan Shanmugarajah, CEO of WealthKernel, said the funding came… Read More

 Tagged etfs capital, karan shanmugarajah, martyn james, uk, united kingdom, wealthkernal

January 24, 2024 @ 10:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The ModernFi team is pleased to announce that it has raised an additional $18.7 million in funding to bring its tech-forward platform “to community and regional banks to help them grow, retain, and manage their deposits.” Led by Canapi Ventures, the investment round also “had… Read More

 Tagged banking, financial services, funding, investment round, investments, modernfi

January 24, 2024 @ 10:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bluefin, a payments Fintech that provides encryption and tokenization services, has announced the availability of PCI-validated P2PE SmartPOS payment devices for their global customer base. The solution is available “for customers of Bluefin’s TECS payment platform, and initially includes SmartPOS Android devices manufactured by Newland… Read More

 Tagged bluefin, payments, pci, tom savage

January 24, 2024 @ 7:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Informatica (NYSE: INFA), an enterprise cloud data management leader, today announced that UnionBank of the Philippines, a universal bank in the Philippines, has chosen to adopt Informatica’s intelligent Master Data Management (MDM) SaaS as “the bank transitions from an on-premises solution to the cloud as… Read More

 Tagged ai, informatica, Philippines, southeast asia, unionbank

January 24, 2024 @ 6:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fondy have signed with Detected to automate their business onboarding processes as they continue to increase market growth. Finding a flexible and scalable onboarding solution “to service their diverse range of clients was becoming a necessity.” Fondy is a one stop payment solution “for cross border… Read More

 Tagged detected, digital onboarding, fondy, payments