November 17, 2022 @ 3:36 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Truist Wealth has enhanced its digital investing capabilities with Truist Trade, a new self-directed investing solution that “allows clients to open select investment accounts and conduct online trading on their own.” Joseph M. Thompson, chief wealth officer at Truist, said: “Our digital investing solutions are… Read More

November 17, 2022 @ 1:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nationwide announced a partnership with Human API, a health data platform, to improve the life insurance buying experience “by maximizing the use of digital health data to accelerate the underwriting process.” Human API’s Health Intelligence Platform “connects electronic health data from thousands of sources in… Read More

November 17, 2022 @ 11:52 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Global innovation platform, Plug and Play, together with founding partners Visa, AllianceBlock, The INX Digital Company, IGT, and Franklin Templeton, has announced “the launch of their new Crypto and Digital Assets program in Silicon Valley.” The program aims “to connect international startups with the founding… Read More

November 17, 2022 @ 11:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Planixs, the provider of real-time cash, collateral and liquidity management solutions, has announced that G-SIB (Global Systemically Important Bank), Santander, has successfully “gone live with its Realiti Software Suite to transform the bank’s liquidity management processes, including cash management, liquidity forecasting and risk mitigation.” Santander… Read More

November 17, 2022 @ 11:27 am By JD Alois  |  

Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt delivered the Autumn Budget today, and once again, there is a bundle of adjustments and announcements aiming to improve the UK economy that is struggling with high inflation, unsustainable energy costs, and a recession. The UK government has already… Read More

November 17, 2022 @ 9:23 am By JD Alois  |  

New FTX CEO John J. Ray has filed a declaration in support of Chapter 11 proceedings, completely slamming the utter incompetence of management in what was once the second-largest crypto exchange in the world. To quote the filing: “Never in my career have I seen… Read More

November 17, 2022 @ 8:46 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Veriff, a global identity verification provider, announced a partnership with global financial services software development company TrueNorth. This partnership will “provide TrueNorth’s clients with seamless access to Veriff’s growing suite of identity verification (IDV) solutions for safer and enhanced digital transformation initiatives.” TrueNorth reportedly “offers… Read More

November 17, 2022 @ 8:25 am By Omar Faridi  |  

American Express (NYSE: AXP) and Square (Block) (NYSE:SQ) announced “an expansion of their relationship and plans to launch a new credit card built specifically for Square sellers on the American Express network.” The new card will be “the first credit card Square offers to its… Read More

November 17, 2022 @ 8:15 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Regnology, a software provider with a focus on regulatory reporting solutions, announces that it has acquired b.fine, a Belgian RegTech firm which “assists financial institutions on the enhancement of their reporting supply chain.” Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Belgium, b.fine has “grown to a… Read More

November 16, 2022 @ 11:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Varo Bank — which claims to be the first all-digital, nationally-chartered U.S. consumer built from the ground up techbank — announced that it will offer Zelle® in its mobile banking app. Zelle is described as “a safe way to send and receive money with friends,… Read More

November 16, 2022 @ 10:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Opn, the one-stop payments solutions company from Japan and Southeast Asia, announced that it has acquired MerchantE, an end-to-end digital commerce platform that “provides payment processing and solutions to businesses of all sizes in the United States.” The acquisition will “accelerate Opn’s growth and innovation… Read More

November 16, 2022 @ 9:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Fintech Open Source Foundation (FINOS), the financial services umbrella of the Linux Foundation, announced the addition of seven new corporate members, which “include REGnosys, Blockchain Technology Partners (BTP), ControlPlane, Luxoft, The RegTech Association, Peer Nova, and Mifos.” FINOS now “works directly with 64 contributing… Read More

November 16, 2022 @ 9:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Extend, a virtual card and spend management platform, announced a collaboration with Bank of the West, which has more than 600 branches and Commercial Banking Offices across the Midwest and Western United States. Bank of the West small and mid-size clients can “begin using Extend… Read More

November 16, 2022 @ 9:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

It’s not your “imagination.” Digital scams are “everywhere in our daily lives.” And as the holiday season approaches, fraudsters are “counting on you to let your guard down and take the bait,” according to an update from Visa (NYSE: V). Whether in the workplace or… Read More

November 16, 2022 @ 8:42 pm By JD Alois  |  

This week, Jeremy Allaire, CEO of Circle – issuer of a leading dollar-based stablecoin USDC, forwarded a letter to Congressional leaders urging action on stablecoin legislation, providing rules for the industry to develop with surety. Following the collapse of FTX and the collateral damage of… Read More

November 16, 2022 @ 7:01 pm By JD Alois  |  

Revolut, a UK-based neobank with global ambitions, has announced topping 25 million retail customers after reporting 20 million customers this past July. Revolut is a Fintech that offers modern digital banking services minus costly physical locations. The “financial super app” added that its expansion plans… Read More

November 16, 2022 @ 4:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Members of the U.S. banking community announced the launch of a proof of concept (PoC) project that will “explore the feasibility of an interoperable digital money platform known as the regulated liability network (RLN).” Using distributed ledger technology, the proposed platform would “create innovation opportunities… Read More

November 16, 2022 @ 4:38 pm By JD Alois  |  

Sam Bankman-Fried, the disgraced founder and former CEO of FTX, continues to prostrate himself on social media – admitting he has made a huge mess of things. Bankman-Fried, while expressing his contrition, continues to believe he may be able to re-animate the collapsed firm. New… Read More

November 16, 2022 @ 4:16 pm By JD Alois  |  

Online investment platform and venture community AngelList has spun off its jobs service – AngelList  Talent, into a stand-alone company.  The new business has been rebranded as Wellfound. The company said that AngelList Venture is once again called AngelList. AngelList provided some updated metrics with… Read More

November 16, 2022 @ 3:57 pm By JD Alois  |  

Crypto trading platform Gemini has halted its Earn program following the announcement that Genesis had halted redemptions. Gemini Earn most recently promoted an 8.5% return for investors The collapse of FTX and its collateral damage continues to impact other crypto trading platforms due to counterparty… Read More