November 20, 2023 @ 9:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

​Personal remittances from Overseas Filipinos (OFs) in September 2023 have reportedly “reached US$3.23 billion, 2.6 percent higher than the US$3.15 billion recorded in the same month last year.” The growth in personal remittances in September 2023 was driven “by increased remittances from 1) land-based workers… Read More

 Tagged financial services, global payments, Philippines, progress report, remittance payments, research, southeast asia

November 20, 2023 @ 7:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Feedzai, the world’s first RiskOps platform for financial risk management, and Chartis Research, leaders in risk technology research and insights, have released a joint report exploring how financial firms are responding to fraud in the APAC region. Leading the charge in the global fight against… Read More

 Tagged apac, apac region, asia pacific, feedzai, financial services, fraud, insights, research, Research Report, risk management, risk technology, riskops platform

November 20, 2023 @ 6:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Thunes and Kapronasia, a strategic advisory and financial services consultancy, have issued a report, “From Cash to QR codes: Unpacking Southeast Asia’s Diverse Consumer Payments Culture,” examining the region’s world-leading payment landscape. The report explores why payment digitization has been on the rise in Southeast… Read More

 Tagged consultancy, financial services, fintech adoption, fintech trends, payment services, paymments, report, southeast asia, thunes

November 20, 2023 @ 2:49 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Wealthfront, a consumer Fintech and pioneer of the robo-advisor industry, announces that the company now oversees more than $50 billion in assets for over 700,000 clients, largely young professionals across the United States. This year Wealthfront‘s team introduced new product lines, “leading to an increase… Read More

 Tagged consumer fintech, David Fortunato, financial services, milestone, robo advisor, united states, us, wealthfront

November 20, 2023 @ 2:42 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Xapo Bank, a fully licensed bank that combines traditional banking with access to Bitcoin, stablecoins, and altcoins, recently announced it is launching three more cryptocurrencies that members can buy, sell, and hold on the Xapo Bank app — Ethereum (ETH), Cardano (ADA), and Polygon (MATIC)…. Read More

 Tagged cardano, ethereum, gibraltar, polygon, seamus rocca, xapo bank

November 20, 2023 @ 2:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Vesta, a transaction guarantee platform, announced a partnership with Stripe, a financial infrastructure platform for businesses, in order “to enable a comprehensive fraud prevention and risk protection solution that indemnifies merchants from losses from fraudulent transactions.” Under the partnership, Vesta Payment Guarantee, which “provides 100%… Read More

 Tagged financial infrastructure, fintech adoption, fintech trends, fraud prevention, fraudulent activities, ron hynes, stripe, vesta

November 20, 2023 @ 2:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Rokt, the ecommerce technology company using machine learning and AI to make transactions more relevant to each shopper, announced its partnership with Afterpay, one of the global leaders in “Buy Now, Pay Later” payment. The partnership enables Afterpay to offer its ecommerce shoppers “highly relevant… Read More

 Tagged afterpay, ai, artificial intelligence, bnpl, buy now pay later, digital tools, digital transactions, digital transformation, digitalization, e-commerce, flexible payments, machine learning, ML

November 20, 2023 @ 9:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

OakNorth, the neobank for entrepreneurs, by entrepreneurs, has today published new research with the Social Market Foundation, a cross-party think tank, revealing the outsized impact of scale-up businesses1 on the UK economy by region, country, and sector. The new report, titled ‘The Scale of the… Read More

 Tagged digital bank, europe, neobank, oaknorth, oaknorth bank, research, rishi khosla, uk, united kingdom

November 20, 2023 @ 8:49 am By Omar Faridi  |  

At Bitpanda Technology Solutions, they’ve always been at the forefront of innovation, “committed to expanding our horizons and strengthening our network.” That’s why they’re pleased to announce their strategic partnership with Fourthline, an Amsterdam-based firm focused on AI-powered compliance solutions. In today’s fast-paced financial environment,… Read More

 Tagged amsterdam, austria, bitpanda, bitpanda technology solutions, europe, Fourthline, innovation, Krik Gunning, netherlands, regtech

November 20, 2023 @ 8:32 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Enfuce, a provider of embedded finance solutions, has revealed a new partnership with UK-based small business lending platform Funding Circle (LSE: FCH) to launch its new small business credit card as part of its FlexiPay product. FlexiPay is a revolving line of credit that “helps small… Read More

 Tagged Denise Johansson, embedded finance, Enfuce, europe, financial services, funding circle, jerome fernandez, lending, Monika Liikamaa, small business lending, small businesses, smbs, sme's, uk, united kingdom