August 27, 2023 @ 7:03 am By Omar Faridi  |  

TradeStation Securities, Inc., a self-clearing online brokerage for trading stocks, ETFs, options and futures, has announced its integration with Unusual Whales, an option flow platform and information service. This collaboration makes TradeStation “the first major U.S. multi-asset class broker dealer integrated into the Unusual Whales… Read More

 Tagged brokerage, etfs, exchange traded funds, futures, integration, Online Services, options, stocks, tradestation, trading

August 26, 2023 @ 11:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

11 early-stage startups from 7 countries (3 from Switzerland, 3 from Germany) have been selected for the upcoming Tenity Incubation Program starting “on August 28th, 2023, in Switzerland” Selected startups reportedly receive “an initial CHF50k investment from the Tenity Incubation Fund II.” The fund will… Read More

 Tagged early-stage firms, europe, germany, incubator, marc hauser, startups, switzerland, tenity

August 26, 2023 @ 7:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Maybank introduced the myimpact credit card, in efforts “to empower its customers towards making better sustainable life choices which will impact the next generation.” The credit card, which is “made from bio-sourced polylactic acid, features a ground-breaking initiative deemed first-of-its-kind in the country, provides mechanisms… Read More

 Tagged credit cards, financial services, fintech adoption, fintech trends, malaysia, maybank, Payment Cards, social impact, southeast asia, sustainability

August 26, 2023 @ 4:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

HSBC (NYSE: HSBC) announced that HSBC Innovation Banking, a business division with services provided by HSBC Bank USA, N.A. and its affiliates, has “expanded its venture debt offering in the U.S. to support companies from Series A through scaled multi-national enterprises.” While HSBC has been… Read More

 Tagged hsbc, innovation, investments, united states, us

August 26, 2023 @ 4:11 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital bank N26 announced the integration of popular local payment service iDEAL to its 100% digital banking experience in the Netherlands. Available to the first N26 customers in the Netherlands from today, the new integration will be gradually “rolled out in the market and will… Read More

 Tagged digital bank, digital financial services, europe, germany, ideal, integration, n26, netherlands, virtual banking

August 26, 2023 @ 3:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Addepar platform has shared updates, research insights and client, partner and company developments. In August, Addepar made their Help Center more accessible by “bringing it in-app and introduced group automation to simplify and streamline group management.” Addepar released new research “on manager selection in… Read More

 Tagged addepar, digital financial services, fintech adoption, fintech trends, insights, research, us, wealth management, wealth technology, wealthtech

August 26, 2023 @ 3:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

  As the banking landscape rapidly evolves, we decided to speak with Amit Dua, President at SunTec, a technology partner that claims to work with the world’s largest banks, helping them to improve their customer experience, pricing strategies, and ESG approach through technology-led solutions. Amit… Read More

 Tagged Amit Dua, banking, Customer Experience, cx, digital banking, digital financial services, esg, financial services, financial technology, fintech adoption, fintech trends, insights, interview, perspective, SunTec, sustainability, virtual bank

August 26, 2023 @ 2:46 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Poof Payments is pleased to announce the launch of an open-source implementation of Multiparty Computation (MPC) wallets, ingeniously integrated with Shamir Secret Sharing (SSS) for the XRP Ledger. This milestone development, “backed by the XRP Ledger Grants program, seeks to accelerate the momentum of secure… Read More

 Tagged integration, open source, xrp ledger

August 26, 2023 @ 1:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Federal Reserve Bank’s ongoing efforts to ease inflation by increasing net borrowing costs and then cooling demand for products/services could begin to undermine investments in innovative tech that might make the economy more robust in the long-term. This, according to research released this past… Read More

 Tagged borrowing costs, central banks, digital technology, economist, europe, federal reserve, germany, inflation, innovation, investments, monetary policy, research, Research Report, reserve bank, safe, united states, university of chicago, us, us federal reserve

August 26, 2023 @ 12:11 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Craftgate Technology, a “One-Stop Shop” payment orchestration platform, announces that the company received USD 1 million investment from D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading (d/b/a ‘Hepsiburada’) (NASDAQ: HEPS), a Turkish e-commerce platform and D4 Ventures, a UK-based venture capital company. Based in İstanbul, Türkiye, Craftgate helps… Read More

 Tagged digital commerce, e-commerce, europe, investments, payment orchestration platform, turkey, uk, united kingdom, venture capital