General News

April 3, 2023 @ 2:48 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The European Payments Council (EPC) has announced the appointment of Giorgio Andreoli as its new Director General, effective from 1 April 2023. He takes over from Etienne Goosse, who “stepped down after twelve highly successful years in the role.” Giorgio Andreoli reportedly “has extensive professional… Read More

April 2, 2023 @ 5:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bud Financial Limited, a key player in Open Banking and transactional data intelligence, announced its expansion into the United States. Bud’s entry into the US market reportedly coincides “with high demand for innovative products to shake up the $20 trillion banking industry.” Backed by HSBC,… Read More

April 2, 2023 @ 4:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently connected with Dan Benjamin, Co-Founder and CEO of Dig Security, which raised its $34 series A in September 2022 after emerging from stealth in May 2022. Dan has held leadership roles at Microsoft and Google, and during that time noticed customers encountered a… Read More

April 1, 2023 @ 3:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

QC Ware and JPMorgan Chase (NYSE:JPM) have completed a study of quantum “deep hedging,” paving the way “for future increased risk mitigation capabilities in financial services.” In a new paper released on March 30th, 2023, JPMorgan Chase and QC Ware examined two questions “on how… Read More

April 1, 2023 @ 11:48 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Marqeta (NASDAQ: MQ), the global modern card issuing platform, released its first Consumer Pulse Report. Based on the findings of a February 2023 survey of 4,000 consumers across the US, UK and Australia, “conducted on its behalf by Propeller Research, the report details the effects… Read More

April 1, 2023 @ 11:46 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Market drivers for vehicle demand have been more volatile since early 2020 than any time in history and lenders require flexible pricing technology to stay competitive, according to the Competing and Capturing Customers in a Disrupted Auto Finance Market report. The paper published by Earnix,… Read More

March 31, 2023 @ 12:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Northern Trust Capital Markets (Nasdaq: NTRS)  reveals that it saw growth in its Integrated Trading Solutions business more than double over the past three years, “including 22 new clients added in 2022 as asset managers choose the platform for their outsourced trading needs.” Northern Trust… Read More

March 31, 2023 @ 10:43 am By JD Alois  |  

Private equity investment in the banking sector was down by more than half in 2022, according to a recent report provided by S&P Global Market Intelligence. The drop in PE and VC money was driven by the obvious economic decline and rising interest rates. The… Read More

March 31, 2023 @ 8:04 am By Omar Faridi  |  

In just a year since it launched its Jizô Network Detection & Response (NDR) solution, French cybersecurity company Sesame it reveals that it “has achieved profitability and plans to accelerate European development thanks to a €10 million fundraising.” Sesame it, which claims to be one… Read More

March 30, 2023 @ 11:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

New research from Payoneer (NASDAQ: PAYO) shows almost half (46%) of surveyed freelancers around the world “have seen an increase in demand for their work from global businesses compared to 2021, and over half (55%) have taken on more work in response to the rising… Read More

March 30, 2023 @ 9:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Nucleus Commercial Finance research highlights the scale of the challenge facing UK SMEs: 65% of SMEs are finding the current cost-of-living crisis is proving more of a burden on their business than the pandemic lockdowns Just 33% believe the cost-of-living crisis is proving less of… Read More

March 30, 2023 @ 8:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

As Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced measures intended to lift the UK economy in the Spring Budget, data from iwoca highlights what small businesses “were most worried about as they entered 2023.” Small business lender iwoca’s latest SME Expert Index data – based on UK finance… Read More

March 28, 2023 @ 5:58 pm By JD Alois  |  

The French national financial prosecutor’s office (Parquet Financier National – PFN) announced today that it has engaged in multiple search operations at five banking and financial services firms located in Paris and La Defense (a suburb of Paris). According to the prosecutor, the actions are… Read More

March 28, 2023 @ 2:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Mendix, a Siemens business and global leader in modern enterprise application development, announced that Socotra, a provider of end-to-end insurance IT solutions, is now a Mendix independent software vendor (ISV). The Mendix ISV Program is “available for partners across all industries to expand their businesses… Read More

March 28, 2023 @ 8:41 am By Omar Faridi  |  

New research— recently published by Oxford Economics and in partnership with Funding Circle (LSE:FCH), including a detailed survey of Funding Circle customers—reveals UK SMEs’ durability, with 58% of respondents “saying their experience of dealing with the pandemic’s challenges has made their business more resilient.” Over… Read More

March 27, 2023 @ 10:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

As April 18 looms,  banks are turning to tech to help customers ease their tax anxiety, according to an update from J.D. Power. It’s been an “arduous” year for banking customers in the United States, the report noted. Between historically high inflation and wading through… Read More

March 27, 2023 @ 6:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

  It’s been a stressful few years to run a small business in America — and so far 2023 has been no exception. Inflation, supply chain snags and staffing shortages continue to test business owners, the team at Next Insurance writes in a blog post…. Read More

March 27, 2023 @ 12:27 pm By JD Alois  |  

Moody’s has distributed a report on deposits held in US banks showing that the Federal Reserve’s H.8 data, which presents an estimate of the weekly aggregate balance sheet for the US banking system, released last Friday (March 24), showed a shift in deposits from small… Read More

March 27, 2023 @ 11:53 am By JD Alois  |  

First Citizens BancShares, Inc. (Nasdaq: FCNCA) has entered into an agreement with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) to purchase all of the assets and liabilities of Silicon Valley Bridge Bank, N.A. SVB failed earlier this month and was taken over by regulators as its… Read More

March 27, 2023 @ 9:16 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Jens Plath, Adrian Plattner and Thomas Graf will join the Executive Board of TWINT from 1 April 2023. They will support TWINT in “positioning itself for future growth.” TWINT claims that it “continues to see robust growth and is reinforcing its future strategy.” As a… Read More