August 21, 2022 @ 4:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Temenos (SIX: TEMN) announced that Bank of Queensland (BOQ) has gone live with retail banking services on Temenos Banking Cloud “for customers served under the BOQ and Virgin Money brands.” Work has commenced on “the migration of BOQ’s ME brand to Temenos Banking Cloud.” Using… Read More

August 21, 2022 @ 3:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Checkout.com, the cloud-based payments service provider, announced updates to its Authentication product “to help merchants combat fraud and optimize their revenues, with an evolving toolkit of products and features to help merchants navigate the rapidly evolving landscape.” Checkout.com’s enhancements to its Authentication solution “comes at… Read More

August 20, 2022 @ 7:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Australia-based Fintech firm Cape revealed that it has appointed Prospa’s former Head of Growth, Ben Lyons, as their new chief revenue officer (CRO). At Prospa, a banking-solution focused Fintech company, Lyons had helped with establishing their partner distribution strategy and expanded the firm’s online and… Read More

August 20, 2022 @ 7:36 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Standard Chartered Bank (LON: STAN) recently announced the appointment of Ayesha Abbas as Head of Consumer, Private and Business Banking, UAE. In this role, Ayesha will “report to Rola Abu Manneh, Chief Executive Officer, Standard Chartered, UAE and Bongiwe Gangeni, Regional Head, CPBB, MENA and… Read More

August 20, 2022 @ 4:17 pm By JD Alois  |  

StartEngine, one of the larger investment crowdfunding platforms in the US, has posted that it raised more money under Reg A+ and Reg CF in July than other top platforms. StartEngine states: “… in July $27.0M was raised under Reg. CF campaigns and $10.3M was… Read More

August 20, 2022 @ 3:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Verto notes that their relationship with Locusnine began in 2019 when they partnered to focus on scaling their “MVP architecture.” Since then, they’ve gone on to build a cross-border payments platform. They are excited to announce that Locusnine is now “officially part of the Verto… Read More

August 20, 2022 @ 3:37 pm By JD Alois  |  

This past week, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), staff of the Office of Investor Education and Advocacy, posted a warning about private placements under Reg D, including 506c and 506b, as well as Rule 504. Reg D is an exemption that is widely utilized… Read More

August 20, 2022 @ 3:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The property sector across the United Kingdom is set for a £3 billion “boost” as specialist bank GB Bank officially launches “after receiving its full UK banking license.” The banking license “allows Middlesbrough-headquartered GB Bank to start driving its ambitious plans forward.” It has committed… Read More

August 20, 2022 @ 3:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Sezzle Inc. (ASX: SZL), a key player in the Pay in 4 industry, announced the launch of a new “direct integration” with Klaviyo. Klaviyo is a customer platform that “helps over 100,000 paying users maximize revenue, increase repeat sales, and improve retention with personalized emails… Read More

August 19, 2022 @ 10:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ripple, the provider of enterprise blockchain and cryptocurrency solutions, announced the launch of RippleNet’s On-Demand Liquidity (ODL) in Brazil with Travelex Bank, “the first bank in Latin America to utilize ODL.” Travelex is the first bank registered and “approved by the Central Bank of Brazil… Read More

August 19, 2022 @ 8:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Arf, the global settlement banking platform for licensed money service businesses, announced that it has been “granted the approval of the Financial Services Standard Association (VQF) through Arf’s entity in Zug, Switzerland.” Arf’s VQF membership assures its compliance “with the Swiss Anti-Money Laundering and Countering… Read More

August 19, 2022 @ 7:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

UOB (SGX: U11) and Doxa are collaborating to “enable companies to move their procurement and trade financing processes online.” They signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) “with their client Kimly Construction Private Limited, for the execution of the trio’s first green trade finance transaction together.” This… Read More

August 19, 2022 @ 4:57 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee (SBCFAC), is telling the Commission to help SPACs [Special Purposed Acquisition Companies] work – not shut them down by over-regulating. Posted last month, in a letter to Chairman Gary Gensler, the SBCFAC stated:… Read More

August 19, 2022 @ 4:14 pm By JD Alois  |  

Gravity Payments CEO has posted his resignation notice on Twitter. Dan Price, the founder of the company, said that Tammi Kroll, currently the company’s Chief Operating Officer, will be taking over to lead the firm. In the Tweet, Price said that his number one priority… Read More

August 19, 2022 @ 3:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Alliant Credit Union, a fully digital, top 10 credit union in the U.S. with more than 650,000 members and over $15 billion in assets, announced it has partnered with Upstart (NASDAQ: UPST), an artificial intelligence (AI) lending marketplace, “to offer AI-powered personal loans nationwide.” Charles… Read More

August 19, 2022 @ 12:26 pm By JD Alois  |  

HUSD, a dollar-based stablecoin, lost its dollar peg yesterday during heavy trading. HUSD is a relatively small stablecoin with a market cap of around $160 million. According to Coinmarketcap, HUSD dropped to as low as $0.8483 on August 18th. As of now, HUSD has recovered,… Read More

August 19, 2022 @ 11:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Lloyds Bank has completed the UK’s first transaction “utilizing a digital promissory note purchase.” This “landmark” transaction significantly “increases speed of payment and paves the way for a significant increase in the use of promissory notes for a broad range of transactions.” As noted in… Read More

August 19, 2022 @ 10:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Seymour Bank and Teslar Software announced their partnership “to enhance the bank’s commercial lending strategy, increasing automation, efficiencies and accessibility through Teslar’s lending process automation platform.” Seymour, Mo.-based The Seymour Bank will “use Teslar to better track documentation and monitor exceptions.” They will also… Read More

August 19, 2022 @ 9:02 am By JD Alois  |  

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued a warning to Buy Now – Pay Later (BNPL) providers pertaining to misleading advertisements. A copy of the “Dear CEO” letter sent to BNPLs is viewable here. BNPL platforms offer point of sale credit to consumers which… Read More

August 19, 2022 @ 8:40 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Klarpay AG has completed another milestone “with the integration of Visa‘s B2B Connect product to its services.” This latest achievement “enables Klarpay’s business customers to perform cross-currency outbound payments from Klarpay accounts to 90+ countries and 70+ currencies via its Dashboard and APIs.” Swiss fintech… Read More