April 3, 2023 @ 12:39 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Confluent Co-Founder and Board Member Neha Narkhede and former Meta engineering executive Sachin Kulkarni announced the launch of their newest company, Oscilar, with the goal of “solving one of the biggest challenges facing businesses and consumers: how to protect online transactions from fraud and theft.”… Read More

April 3, 2023 @ 12:31 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bittrex Co-founder and CEO Richie Lai released the following statement on March 31, 2023 regarding Bittrex U.S. As clarified in the update, this announcement does “not impact Bittrex Global, which will continue operations as normal for its customers outside the U.S.” As noted in a… Read More

April 2, 2023 @ 11:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Over the past few years, there has been a proliferation in the number of SaaS apps a person can use at their company “for HR admin work – worker contract creation, paid time off tracking, task management – the list goes on and on.” As… Read More

April 2, 2023 @ 11:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

As part of Boerse Stuttgart Digital, blocknox GmbH has received the final license for its business operations as a crypto custodian from the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin). Under the brand Boerse Stuttgart Digital, Boerse Stuttgart Group has “bundled all its cryptocurrency and digital… Read More

April 2, 2023 @ 7:36 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Following up on their last update, TWINO have recently received the regulator’s approval to list the Polish Loan Securities with different interest rates. Thus, not only different terms but also different rates of the securities “will be available on the TWINO platform further on.” Term:… Read More

April 2, 2023 @ 7:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Pacaso announced the launch of an opportunity for accredited U.S. investors to invest in a technology-enabled real estate marketplace “that helps people buy and co-own a luxury second home.” The new investment opportunity with Pacaso is “a two year, 10% annualized promissory note backed by… Read More

April 2, 2023 @ 6:30 pm By JD Alois  |  

Beginning on April 6, 2023, early-stage private firms will be able to tap into an improved Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS), one of several tax policies aimed at supporting entrepreneurship and early-stage firms in the UK. The popular program is a positive for both investors… 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 @ 5:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Klarna, a global payments provider and shopping service, reveals UK consumers prefer chatting politics, fertility and break-ups than finances, but that’s set to change “with young people feeling increasingly comfortable talking about money with friends and family.” The new findings from Klarna and YouGov’s research… 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 2, 2023 @ 11:08 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Greenlight Financial Technology, Inc., the fintech company on a mission to help parents raise financially-smart, independent kids, announced Greenlight for Banks, a family banking solution designed for banks and credit unions. With Greenlight for Banks, financial institutions can now easily “add Greenlight’s family finance app,… Read More

April 2, 2023 @ 10:44 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Pidgin, a secure, real-time payments platform built for the future of payments, has partnered with Effectiv, a fraud-fighting and compliance automation platform “to help financial institutions monitor transactions to detect and prevent payments fraud in real time.” Through the partnership, financial institutions using Pidgin’s faster… Read More

April 2, 2023 @ 6:18 am By Omar Faridi  |  

NdcTech, a technology services firm transforming banks and financial institutions globally has successfully modernized the core banking system of Samba Bank onto the latest release of Temenos Transact. Samba Bank Limited is “a subsidiary of Saudi National Bank (SNB) KSA in Pakistan, offering personal and… Read More

April 1, 2023 @ 4:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Alkami Technology Inc. (Nasdaq: ALKT), a Cloud-based digital banking solutions provider for banks and credit unions in the U.S., announced that Connecticut-based Liberty Bank has launched “the Alkami Digital Banking Platform, and is successfully converting a substantial portion of their customer base—approximately 150,000—to Alkami’s single… 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 @ 2:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Onfido, the global provider of automated digital identity verification, announced a partnership with The Co-operative Bank, the “original” ethical bank, “enabling a streamlined, secure digital identity verification for its new customers.” The partnership “enables customers to prove their identity online, meaning they can onboard quicker,… Read More

April 1, 2023 @ 1:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Regpack, a software leader that enables quick and simple automation of billing and other business processes, announced a partnership with Stripe, a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. With Stripe, Regpack will “enable its customers to expand services and receive payments in Euros, Yen and the… Read More

April 1, 2023 @ 12:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Cross River Bank, a technology infrastructure provider that offers embedded financial solutions, today announced a partnership with FinClusive, a global Compliance-as-a-Service (CaaS) infrastructure provider for financial services, “to provide account and payment services to advance secure and compliant access to the financially underserved.” Gilles Gade,… 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