General News

August 14, 2021 @ 4:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) recently revealed that eight teams have been chosen to take part in a “tech sprint” designed “to explore new technologies and techniques” to assist banking institutions with meeting the requirements of unbanked consumers. The FDIC’s technology lab, FDITECH, introduced… Read More

August 14, 2021 @ 1:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Although US equity markets are currently under the spotlight, due partly to the structure debate, the fact of the matter is that practices commonly found in the equity options market, like permanent specialist appointments, “complicated price improvement mechanisms” and “asymmetric” fees, are an even more… Read More

August 13, 2021 @ 3:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Novo, the powerful small business banking platform, reveals that it has appointed Dani Lima to serve as Executive VP of Revenue and Strategy, and Peter Martinez will be working as the firm’s Director of Engineering. Today, many small business owners in the US spend a… Read More

August 13, 2021 @ 3:19 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Real estate investing platform PeerStreet has another award for their trophy case. The company was named one of the 2021 Best Places to Work in Financial Technology. The honour was voted on by staff who received an anonymous survey sent directly to them by Best… Read More

August 13, 2021 @ 10:13 am By Omar Faridi  |  

TMX Group reveals that it has finalized the acquisition of AST Investor Services Inc. (Canada) and its subsidiary AST Trust Company (Canada), an established provider of transfer agency, corporate trust, and various other services. As mentioned in the announcement, the total consideration of the acquisition… Read More

August 13, 2021 @ 9:40 am By Omar Faridi  |  

First American Docutech, an established provider of document, eSign, eClose and print fulfillment tech, and a member of the First American family of companies, has reportedly integrated its ConformX loan document generation tech and Solex eSignature solution with SimpleNexus’ homeownership platform. Lenders that are using SimpleNexus… Read More

August 12, 2021 @ 11:33 pm By Priyanka Pani  |  

Fast-growing financial app Curve has appointed Renata Sumskaite as CEO and Head of Curve Lithuania to spearhead innovation and product development at the organization. Prior to Curve, Renata was the Head of Fintech hub’ Rise Vilnius’ by Barclays and was also Head of the Barclaycard… Read More

August 12, 2021 @ 10:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Australia’s first “smartbank,” 86 400, reveals that it has introduced a new 85% Loan to Value Ratio (LVR) tier for Owner Occupied, Principal and Interest home loans, and has now “removed the need to pay Lenders Mortgage Insurance (LMI) with a 15% deposit/equity, knocking thousands… Read More

August 12, 2021 @ 7:59 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

If you’ve ever regretted an investment decision, don’t worry – you’re far from alone, the results of a survey of more than 1,100 investors by MagnifyMoney show. You’d think people would give big money decisions a sober second thought, but some don’t even give them… Read More

August 12, 2021 @ 4:59 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Fraud prevention firm SEON has hired Otto Toth, former CTO of digital news outlet The Huffington Post and SVP and chief mobile innovation officer at AOL. The news comes shortly after the company secured €10 million ($12 million) Series A investment and opened new regional… Read More

August 12, 2021 @ 3:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Airbase, a spend management platform for firms from founding to IPO, recently revealed that they’ve carried out a native integration with Intuit QuickBooks Desktop. As noted in a release shared with CI, the combination provides a seamless, automated connection between company spend and the “general… Read More

August 11, 2021 @ 2:29 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Cryptocurrencies and other emerging financial technologies raise concerns with sanctions and compliance professionals, the results of a new survey by the International Compliance Association suggest. Almost half (46 percent) of respondents believe greater training and education is needed around crypto/digital currencies and emerging financial technologies… Read More

August 11, 2021 @ 2:20 pm By Priyanka Pani  |  

The UK government plans to create a digital identity trust framework using modern technology to make verification faster and easier for its citizens. The government had first published the trust framework in February this year.  The UK government has created the framework by conducting extensive online surveys,… Read More

August 11, 2021 @ 11:53 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Blockchain analysis firm Chainalysis is pleased to confirm that they now cover the world’s “premiere” memecoin: Dogecoin (DOGE). Once considered “nothing more than a light-hearted joke,” Dogecoin has become one of the “world’s most popular crypto assets, thanks in part to cheerleaders like Elon Musk… Read More

August 11, 2021 @ 10:34 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Paysafe (NYSE: PSFE), a specialized payments platform, reveals that it has appointed international payments executive, Chirag Patel, as CEO of its global Digital Wallets business. Patel will be reporting directly to Group CEO, Philip McHugh, when he joins the firm in September 2021. Chirag has… Read More

August 11, 2021 @ 8:42 am By Omar Faridi  |  

A survey by API Management firm Axway (Euronext: AXW.PA) reveals that half of Americans have “never heard” of the term “Open Banking,” however, 84% agree with its “central tenet” that they should have “control of their financial data.” As mentioned in an update shared with… Read More

August 10, 2021 @ 11:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Symphony, the market’s infrastructure and technology platform, confirmed that it will now provide a complete, secure and verified directory for the financial services sector as it has acquired StreetLinx, a counterparty mapping platform. This acquisition adds more than 200 institutional counterparties to the 1000+ institutions… Read More

August 10, 2021 @ 10:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Facteus, a provider of technology and services to access actionable insights within sensitive data, reveals that it’s now part of the Snowflake Partner Network, mainly focusing on supporting financial services organizations to securely access the scale, speed, and data services (available via the Snowflake Data… Read More

August 10, 2021 @ 9:51 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Traditional financial managers for the mass affluent better keep up with the times or they’ll risk losing those commissions, research from GlobalData suggests. Digital finance has developed a range of solutions for people from all wealth categories, including those at the top. Those services offer… Read More

August 10, 2021 @ 10:46 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Canada-based Scotiabank (TSE: BNS) is reportedly converting credit card repayments into Buy Now, Pay Later or BNPL options, by offering customers the ability to pay off their debt in 3, 6, or 12-month fixed-installment payments. Currently available for purchases over $100 in-store or online, clients… Read More