August 22, 2023 @ 7:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

It can be beneficial to support new businesses through a dedicated pre-regulated service and operating account, through to a fully licensed bank. This approach can provide cost-effective “access to Faster Payments (FPS) – offering all the advantages of the UK’s faster payments infrastructure to its… Read More

 Tagged banking, clearbank, europe, financial services, specialist bank, uk, united kingdom

August 22, 2023 @ 6:41 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The new CFO joins WealthKernel to steer the company’s strategic vision. WealthKernel, a provider of digital investment infrastructure, recently confirmed the appointment of Aqsa Tariq as its new Chief Financial Officer. Having held key positions at FNZ Group, Goldman Sachs International, and EY LLP, Aqsa… Read More

 Tagged digital investments, financial services, infrastructure, karan shanmugarajah, new appointments, wealthkernel, women changing finance

August 22, 2023 @ 4:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

FloQast, a provider of accounting workflow automation software created by accountants for accountants, released the results of its latest survey, Controller’s Guidebook – When Accountants Dare to Dream. This installation of FloQast’s research series “asked accountants to dream about how the profession might be different… Read More

August 21, 2023 @ 11:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Addepar recently held a discussion with Three Bridge Wealth Advisors and Navigator’s Rajiv Sharma. Recently, Addepar sat down with the co-founders of Three Bridge Wealth Advisors, Brett Sharkey and Eric Thurber, and product lead for Navigator, Rajiv Sharma, in order “to glean… Read More

 Tagged addepar, financial services, fintech adoption, fintech trends, insights, navigator, wealth management, wealthtech

August 21, 2023 @ 9:56 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

As Americans face record-high credit card debt and fees, nearly three in four (73%) say credit cards make it challenging to manage their finances, according to a new survey conducted by OnePoll and commissioned by Affirm (NASDAQ: AFRM) the payment network that empowers consumers and… Read More

 Tagged affirm, bnpl, consumer behavior, financial management, financial services, fintech adoption, flexible payments, Libor Michalek, onepoll, payment network, payments, research, spending, survey, united states, us

August 21, 2023 @ 9:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Colt Technology Services, the digital infrastructure company, announced a new partnership with AsiaNext. The partnership will see AsiaNext “benefit from a suite of Colt’s secure, high performance digital infrastructure solutions – including Multicast Market Data in the Cloud and PrizmNet – to facilitate high frequency… Read More

 Tagged colt, colt technology services, digital infrastructure, digital technology, digital transformation, digitalization, infrastructue

August 21, 2023 @ 9:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

TIFIN AMP, the artificial intelligence (AI) platform for the intelligent distribution of funds, is pleased to announce the appointment of Sal Gagliano as the Chief Executive Officer. The firm also announced “the addition of Charlie Shaffer as the President and Chief Revenue Officer. Dr. Vinay… Read More

 Tagged ai, artificial intelligence, new appointments, tifin, tifin amp

August 21, 2023 @ 8:53 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

DLocal Limited (Nasdaq: DLO), a technology-first payments platform enabling global enterprise merchants to connect with billions of consumers in emerging markets,  announced earlier this month that Pedro Arnt has been “appointed as co-Chief Executive Officer and member of the Board of Directors of the company,… Read More

 Tagged dlocal, emerging markets, new appointments, payments, sebastian kanovich

August 21, 2023 @ 8:35 pm By JD Alois  |  

One of the ongoing themes of the Fintech sector is the fact that agile early-stage firms can do better with less. This is especially the case with old financial services firms, like lumbering banks. While Fintechs tend to combine industry knowledge with a vision of… Read More

 Tagged banking, banks

August 21, 2023 @ 6:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The latest Bank Financing Supply and Demand Survey conducted by Bank Indonesia in July 2023 reportedly “indicates limited growth of corporate financing, as reflected by a relatively stable Weighted Net Balance (WNB) of 17.6% compared to 17.8% in June 2023. Corporate financing was primarily sourced… Read More

 Tagged bank indonesia, banking, corporate financing, financial services, funding, research, Research Report, southeast asia, survey