Global

August 23, 2022 @ 11:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Liquidnet, a technology-driven agency execution specialist, recently announced the appointment of Nichola Hunter as the firm’s Global Head of Sales for Fixed Income. In fast-evolving markets, Hunter will be tasked with growing customer relationships through the delivery of tailored and innovative solutions. Based in London,… Read More

August 23, 2022 @ 8:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The New Zealand payment card market is expected to “gradually recover” from the COVID-19 pandemic to register a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 5.0% “between 2022 and 2026 and reach NZ$98.0 billion ($67.1 billion) in 2026,” forecasts GlobalData, a data and analytics company. According… Read More

August 23, 2022 @ 7:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Kasisto, creators of KAI, the digital experience platform for the financial services industry, announced a $15.5 million Series C extension, “led in the United States by Fidelity Information Services, LLC (NYSE: FIS) and internationally by Westpac Banking Corporation, with participation from BankSouth.” This brings the… Read More

August 23, 2022 @ 4:58 pm By JD Alois  |  

The IDB Group and Colombia’s Davivienda Bank have completed the first blockchain-based bonds in Latin America and the Caribbean. The IDG Group includes the Inter-American Development Bank, IDB Invest and IDB Lab.  Davivienda Bank, part of Grupo Bolívar, is the second largest bank by gross… Read More

August 23, 2022 @ 3:32 pm By JD Alois  |  

Digital banks and neobanks are a fairly recent evolution in the financial services world. Incumbent banking has been around for decades, if not hundreds of years. Old banks taking deposits for safekeeping, paying little in return (or charging fees), packaged with mediocre services, and queues… Read More

August 23, 2022 @ 11:02 am By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently caught up with Huw Davies, Chief Commercial Officer, Ozone API, which has been involved in the development of Open Banking from the very beginning. Ozone API started by developing the sandbox and reference implementation for the UK Open Banking Implementation Entity (OBIE) –… Read More

August 23, 2022 @ 9:55 am By JD Alois  |  

Open Banking provider Plaid is continuing to expand its services around the world – focusing for now on Europe. According to a note from the company, Plaid is now live in 8 markets, having recently added Spain and Poland and offering data connectivity in Germany…. Read More

August 23, 2022 @ 9:39 am By JD Alois  |  

Deutsche Payment has announced a partnership with Token – an Open Banking provider. According to a company statement, an upcoming launch of “PayThisWay“, an account-to-account payments service, will be powered by Token’s Open Banking platform. Token’s white-label-ready platform is designed to enable payment providers like… Read More

August 23, 2022 @ 8:42 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Citigroup Global Markets Limited £12,553,800 “for failing to properly implement the Market Abuse Regulation (MAR) trade surveillance requirements relating to the detection of market abuse.” By failing to properly implement the MAR trade surveillance requirements, Citigroup Global… Read More

August 23, 2022 @ 8:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Beginning on August 22, 2022, everyone in the United Kingdom can reportedly use Atlantic Money in order to transfer from Euro to 9 different currencies across the globe. This means in addition to international transfers from British Pounds, customers can also transfer Euros – “for… Read More

August 23, 2022 @ 6:34 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Diebold Nixdorf (NYSE: DBD), a key player in automating, digitizing and transforming the way people bank and shop, announced that Joe Myers has joined the company ‘as executive vice president, Global Banking.” Myers will report directly to Chief Executive Officer Octavio Marquez and will “lead… Read More

August 22, 2022 @ 10:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Glia, which claims to be the leader in Digital Customer Service (DCS), and Veritran, a  global Low-Code solutions provider, announced a partnership “to offer digital-first customer support to financial institutions worldwide.” The partnership “integrates Glia’s seamless Digital Customer Service (DCS) solution with Veritran’s suite of… Read More

August 22, 2022 @ 4:56 pm By JD Alois  |  

Tamara, a Saudi Arabia-based buy now- pay later (BNPL) provider, has raised $100 million in Series B funding, according to multiple reports. Tamara operates in Saudi as well as the UAE and Kuwait. Tamara is said to be the first BNPL to make its way… Read More

August 22, 2022 @ 4:08 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Financial Services Commission of Korea has issued a warning to 16 unregistered “Virtual Asset Service Providers” or VASPs – the term utilized by the FATF for crypto exchanges. According to a statement by the Commission, the Korea Financial Intelligence Unit (KoFIU) has notified 16… Read More

August 22, 2022 @ 11:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Prometeo Open Banking, which claims to be the leading Latin American Open Banking platform, announced the launch of the first Account to Account (A2A) payments solution in Latin American markets. As noted in an update shared with Crowdfund Insider, Prometeo‘s new payment service “provides a… Read More

August 22, 2022 @ 8:43 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The past 12 months have seen phishing attacks rise 29% globally to reach a new record of 873.9M attacks, with the highest uptake of over 400% in the retail and wholesale industries, according to the 2022 ThreatLabz Phishing Report by ZscalerTM. The United States, Singapore,… Read More

August 22, 2022 @ 1:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Vyzer, an Israeli-based Fintech consumer-focused startup, joined forces with Salt Edge, a key player in offering open banking solutions, “to enable high net worth investors to instantly connect and sync their European bank accounts, offering a comprehensive analysis of investment performance and fully digital cashflow… Read More

August 21, 2022 @ 10:51 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

EstateGuru notes that summer is in full swing, which is also evident in their loan volumes. During July 2022, their investors financed €11.8M worth of loans “with Estonia contributing the most with €4.0M, followed by Latvia (€2.3M) and Lithuania (€2.2M).” EstateGuru further noted that they… Read More

August 21, 2022 @ 9:56 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

PeerBerry partners continue regular repayments of “war-affected” loans. The repayment of over EUR 1.4 million of war-affected loans was reportedly completed on August 17, 2022. EUR 1.2 million is “dedicated to repaying war-affected Ukrainian and Russian short-term loans,” the team at PeerBerry revealed. The also… Read More

August 21, 2022 @ 9:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Adyen (AMS: ADYEN), the global financial technology platform of “choice” for large businesses, is pleased to announce “the launch of its first in-house designed terminals.” Innovated to facilitate diverse payment use cases, the terminal range “marks the latest step forward in Adyen’s growing unified commerce… Read More