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 @ 6:46 pm By JD Alois  |  

Cross-listed securities offering for Boxabl is nearing its end with three days left in the equity sale (scheduled to close the Friday, August 26). As it stands today, Boxabl is just under $1 million on Republic and over $23.4 million on StartEngine. The company previously… Read More

August 23, 2022 @ 5:20 pm By JD Alois  |  

Fitch Ratings has issued a statement affirming the Long-Term Issuer Default Rating (IDR) of Block, Inc., formerly Square (NYSE:SQ), at ‘BB’. Fitch said its outlook of Block remains “Positive” adding that its debt could decline in the coming years as EBITDA scales. Fitch affirmed 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 @ 4:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Computer Services, Inc. (CSI), a provider of end-to-end fintech and regtech solutions, announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Centerbridge Partners, L.P. (Centerbridge), a global, multi-strategy private investment firm “with deep experience investing in financial services and technology, and Bridgeport… 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 @ 12:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Highline Technologies, the payments fintech that unlocks payroll-linked lending and billpay, announced that it has raised $13 million in Series A funding. The investment round was “led by Jump Capital, Costanoa Ventures, Foundation Capital and other investors.” Founded in 2020, Highline’s payments platform “allows consumers… Read More

August 23, 2022 @ 11:48 am By JD Alois  |  

Unsecured personal loans have risen by around 30% more than pre-pandemic levels, according to a report by PeerIQ. The tech platform which tracks online lending says: ” it appears that lenders are reaching down the credit spectrum to originate loans, with the below prime originations… 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 @ 8:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Truist Financial Corporation (NYSE: TFC) announced that it has acquired key strategic assets from Zaloni, a key player in data technology solution delivery. Through this agreement, Truist will “acquire the Zaloni Arena platform to accelerate its data governance, metadata management, advanced analytics, and artificial intelligence… Read More

August 23, 2022 @ 7:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Appital, the equity capital markets technology solution, and Turquoise, the pan-European MTF, majority owned by London Stock Exchange Group, “have launched Appital Turquoise BookBuilder.” This is reportedly the first buy-side to buy-side book building platform “to give institutional investors the opportunity to proactively source liquidity.”… 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 @ 11:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

honeygrow, the Philadelphia-based fast-casual concept, is joining forces with DailyPay – which claims to be the leader in on-demand pay. Through this partnership, honeygrow’s restaurant employees can now “access their earned pay after completing a shift.” Ultimately, DailyPay‘s benefit “allows employees to access their pay… Read More

August 22, 2022 @ 10:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

If you’re eligible for Deel Advance, then you may be able to access your paycheck early “with no credit checks, interest rates, or applications regardless of your location,” according to an update from Fintech firm Deel. They claim to have heard “countless” stories of people… 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 @ 10:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Pie Insurance, an Insurtech company specializing in workers’ comp insurance for small businesses, recently appointed two executives to its leadership team. Ekta Aggarwal joins the company “as chief product officer” and Erin Mesick joins “as vice president of finance.” Both Aggarwal and Mesick will “leverage… Read More