General News

June 7, 2023 @ 11:19 am By JD Alois  |  

S&P Global Market Intelligence has distributed a brief on traditional banks, providing a list of banks by assets as well as deposits. According to the report, a majority of the largest US banks posted increases in assets in the first quarter as failures and exited… Read More

June 7, 2023 @ 7:13 am By Omar Faridi  |  

FloQast, a provider of accounting workflow automation software created by accountants for accountants, released the results of its latest market research survey, Compliance and Controls: The State of the Industry, in conjunction with the University of Georgia Consumer Analytics program. With only 26% of participants… Read More

June 7, 2023 @ 5:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) has reportedly appointed Theo Michalopoulos as General Manager, Financial Services for the United Kingdom. In his role, Theo will be responsible for leading “the Financial Services industry for the UK across banking, capital markets and insurance.” Theo will be joining the Microsoft… Read More

June 6, 2023 @ 8:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

RIBBIT, Inc., the “authority” on alternative bank and payment data, today announces its acquisition of ValidiFI, a provider of fraud, compliance, and risk mitigation solutions. The acquisition will aim to “create the industry’s leading banking and payment data solutions platform, improving the company’s product offering… Read More

June 6, 2023 @ 3:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Chargebacks911 and Fi911, the firm focused on chargeback management technology, announced the appointment of payments industry professionals Guy Harris as its Chairman of the board, and Eric M. Hoffman as President of Interbank Solutions and board member. The two experienced and well-connected payments professionals, “who… Read More

June 6, 2023 @ 11:59 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Online fraud and financial crime prevention platform SEON has released its latest ‘Global Banking Fraud Index’, which analyzes “the cost of fraud to banks and other financial institutions around the world in 2023.” Notably, the new review by SEON highlights the following: The value of… Read More

June 6, 2023 @ 11:12 am By JD Alois  |  

Approvals by big banks for small business loans continue to decline. According to Biz2Credit’s periodic survey of SME lending, loan approval percentages at big banks dipped from 13.5% in April to 13.4% in May. At the same time, approval ratings at small banks remained at… Read More

June 5, 2023 @ 4:53 pm By JD Alois  |  

Regulation Crowdfunding (Reg CF) experienced a tepid month of online capital formation during May. In their monthly update, Crowdfund Capital Advisors (CCA) said that while the number of new deals increased by 22.7% compared to April, the capital committed decreased by 40.4%. CCA notes that… Read More

June 5, 2023 @ 1:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Qonto, the European business finance solution provider, has appointed Kenneth de Spiegeleire as its Chief Revenue Officer. Since April 2023, de Spiegeleire leads “both central growth teams and international markets, to help Qonto pave the way to reach profitability.” His arrival “reflects Qonto’s strategy to… Read More

June 4, 2023 @ 10:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Earlier this week, N26 announced the appointment of international regulatory compliance and governance professional Déborah Carlson-Burkart to its Group Supervisory Board. Déborah will reportedly work closely “with existing board members Marcus W. Mosen, Jörg Gerbig, Dr. Barbara Roth and Dr. Julian Deutz, as well as… Read More

June 4, 2023 @ 5:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Mortgage entrepreneur, Ying Tan, will reportedly take the position of CEO at Habito (subject to Financial Conduct Authority approval) and aim to become a significant shareholder in the business. This update comes as Habito, the digital mortgage broker and home-buying service, finalizes its most-recent round… Read More

June 4, 2023 @ 12:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Sana, the AI-powered learning and knowledge platform, announced it’s landed another $28M in an opportunistic investment round led by NEA. Workday Ventures also joined the round. With a combined total of $62M in Series B funding, the Swedish-born scaleup is now “one of the most… Read More

June 4, 2023 @ 12:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ubiquity, a global business process outsourcer for industry innovators, announces the following three executives have joined its team “to support business development across the U.S. and expand its footprint in the U.K. and Europe:” Brad Richardson as chief sales officer; John Goodale as executive director,… Read More

June 4, 2023 @ 6:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

insightsoftware, a global provider of reporting, analytics, and performance management solutions, announced the evolution of Longview Tax with capabilities for BEPS 2.0 Pillar Two. Organizations can “implement the comprehensive solution for all tax reporting challenges, or opt for a new standalone offering for BEPS 2.0… Read More

June 3, 2023 @ 9:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Mambu, the cloud banking platform, has announced the departure of Chief Executive Officer and co-founder, Eugene Danilkis “effective immediately.” Eugene has “made the decision to step down after thirteen years at the company for personal reasons.” He will continue “to play an important role in… Read More

June 3, 2023 @ 11:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Kasisto, creators of KAI, the digital experience platform for the financial services industry, announced the launch of KAI-GPT, the world’s first banking-specific large language model (LLM), designed to address the industry’s unique needs for accuracy, transparency, trustworthiness and customization. Powered by KAI-GPT, KAI Answers is… Read More

June 3, 2023 @ 8:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Proxymity, the digital investor communication platform, and Clearstream, the post-trade business for global markets, have expanded their partnership “to create a digital general meeting announcement solution.” Historically, communication between issuers and investors was “initiated through multiple disparate sources and using different modalities, causing delays and… Read More

June 2, 2023 @ 9:06 am By Omar Faridi  |  

White Clay, a company that helps community and regional financial institutions improve relationships and increase revenue, announced the launch of its Treasury Management Pricing and Profitability solution. Determining the pricing and profitability of treasury management relationships can often be manual and cumbersome, “requiring bankers to… Read More

June 1, 2023 @ 6:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Non-custodial wallet-as-a-service (WaaS) provider and web3 onboarding solution to expand its enterprise-ready product suite to support growing customer base. Magic, which claims to be the leading wallet-as-a-service (WaaS) provider, has announced it has raised $52 million in a strategic funding round led by PayPal Ventures,… Read More

June 1, 2023 @ 1:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Traderpal is described as a simple and easy-to-use app designed to democratize access to financial markets for Spanish-speaking individuals. With Traderpal, users can “invest in thousands of US stocks, and ETFs and start building a diversified investment portfolio to help them achieve their financial goals.”… Read More