January 24, 2024 @ 12:51 pm By JD Alois  |  

Bilt Rewards has raised $200 million at a valuation of $3.1 billion in a new funding round, according to a statement by the company. FT Partners advised on the transaction. The funding round was led by General Catalyst, with the participation of new investor Eldridge,… Read More

 Tagged ankur jain, bilt rewards, ft partners, general catalyst, ken chenault, roger goodall

January 24, 2024 @ 10:10 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Plannix, a personal finance hub that helps with wealth tracking, portfolio management, and financial planning, teams up with Salt Edge, a key player focused on offering open banking solutions, to enable users from Italy and beyond “to connect and view all their bank accounts in… Read More

 Tagged europe, italy, open banking, plannix, salt edge, uk, united kingdom

January 24, 2024 @ 8:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Starling Bank has created a new brand platform with a new positioning, strategy, and ad creative developed to “mark the beginning of an ambitious year of growth for the bank.” ‘The Bank Built for You’ platform celebrates “how banking is about more than just money,… Read More

 Tagged banking, digital bank, europe, starling, starling bank, uk, united kingdom

January 24, 2024 @ 8:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Liberis, a firm focused on embedded business finance solutions, announced a two-year extension of its collaboration with Worldpay, a global enabler of e-commerce and payment processing technology and solutions. Worldpay Working Capital empowers small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) by providing easy access “to personalized, revenue-based… Read More

 Tagged digital technology, e-commerce, embedded business finance, financial services, liberis, payment processing, worldpay

January 24, 2024 @ 8:09 am By Omar Faridi  |  

This past year marked significant milestones for BlinkSky, a global payments platform that delivers secure, interactive and customizable digital cards, real-time at scale. Among its most recent accomplishments, BlinkSky raised $1.5M in its initial private round, with investment participation from industry luminaries, “including former c-suite… Read More

 Tagged blinksky, digital cards, digital financial services, funding, international payments, investment round, real-time services

January 24, 2024 @ 7:16 am By Omar Faridi  |  

KuCard, which claims to be among the first crypto debit cards introduced by KuCoin, a crypto exchange, is bringing its customers Apple Pay, a more secure way to pay. Every Apple Pay purchase is secure because it is “authenticated with Face ID, Touch ID, or… Read More

 Tagged apple pay, crypto debit cards, crypto exchange, Crypto Transactions, digital transactions, iphone, kucard, kucoin

January 24, 2024 @ 5:25 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Numerated and Moody’s Analytics are collaborating to expand the end-to-end capabilities of Moody’s Analytics Lending Suite across all commercial and small business asset classes. The Lending Suite combines Moody’s Analytics data, analytics, and credit assessment capabilities with Numerated’s user experience and automation “to provide a… Read More

 Tagged lending suite, moody's, moody's analytics, numerated

January 23, 2024 @ 11:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

GB Helios (formerly known as Goldbell Financial Services), an innovative Singaporean financial solutions provider, is marking four years of working with cloud banking platform Mambu, with the partnership instrumental in enabling GB Helios “to achieve rapid growth and deliver exceptional customer experiences.” Since partnering with… Read More

 Tagged alex chna, banking, cloud, colin kum, financial solutions provider, gb helios, mambu, singapore, southeast asia

January 23, 2024 @ 11:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Viamericas Corporation, which claims to be a licensed, international remittance company, recently has integrated with 24Xoro in order “to provide additional options for remittance beneficiaries to receive money in Mexico, providing Viamericas customers more options and locations for their remittance recipients to receive their money.”… Read More

 Tagged joseph argilagos, mexico, nicolás noriega, north america, remittance payments, remittances, viamericas, viamericas corporation

January 23, 2024 @ 7:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Objectway, the Fintech provider of as-a-service software and services to banks, wealth and asset managers, announced the acquisition of Nest Wealth, a Canadian provider of digital wealth solutions. Building on more than 30 years of business expertise, Objectway has “built partnerships with banks, wealth and… Read More

 Tagged acquisition, canada, nest wealth, objectway, wealth management