Tagged: baas

Alloy for Embedded Finance Launches for Fintechs to Address Identity and Compliance Risks

Alloy, the identity risk management company behind nearly 600 banks and fintech companies, today announced Alloy for Embedded Finance, a new product custom-designed for sponsor banks, BaaS providers, and their fintech partners to collaboratively manage identity risk and stay ahead of regulatory requirements. Oftentimes, sponsor… Read More

Layer2 Financial, a BaaS Infrastructure Platform, Teams Up with Evita, a Cross-Border Payments Service

Layer2 Financial, a BaaS and payments infrastructure technology, is announcing a strategic partnership with Evita, a B2B cross-border payments solution specializing in large transactions. This collaboration marks a significant milestone in “the financial technology landscape, leveraging the strengths of both entities to streamline and optimize… Read More

US Financial Institutions Expected to Invest in AI Adoption, Banking as a Service, Embedded Finance – Report

Finastra’s annual survey reveals that, despite global economic uncertainty, US financial institutions are primed to invest in artificial intelligence (AI), Banking as a Service (BaaS) and embedded finance, “striking an optimistic tone for innovation.” The ‘Financial Services: State of the Nation Survey 2023’ finds that… Read More

Fintech Cross River, Current to Enable Financial Inclusion, Serving Underbanked US Consumers

Cross River Bank, a technology infrastructure provider that offers embedded financial solutions, and Current, a U.S. fintech platform dedicated to empowering Americans in their pursuit of a brighter financial future, today announced the launch of a new credit building product. Together, the two companies will… Read More

Payments Infrastructure Platform NovoPayment Introduces Orchestra, a Middleware Layer to Meet Demand from Financial Institutions

NovoPayment, a mission-critical financial and payments infrastructure provider, released Orchestra 2.0, an advanced cloud-based middleware orchestration layer of its BaaS platform. Orchestra is designed “to help financial institutions quickly modernize their infrastructure in a more secure, scalable, and cost-effective way.” The solution enhancements “include more… Read More

Fintech Firm Cheqly Launches Digital Banking Services By Leveraging Mbanq’s BaaS Platform

Mbanq, the US-based Fintech innovator and global Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) provider, has announced that Cheqly, a Fintech that makes banking simple for startups, has launched utilizing Mbanq’s BaaS platform. With this partnership, Cheqly provides its customers “with an improved banking experience that is specifically focused on… Read More

BaaS Fintech Bankable Acquires Embedded Finance Firm Arex Markets

Banking-as-a-Service Fintech Bankable has reportedly acquired Arex Markets, giving the combined business entity the capability to effectively embed credit and working capital into the payment channels of major neobanks, multinational/global brands as well as Fintech platforms. Financial terms of the transactions have not been shared… Read More

Qorbis, an Embedded Finance and Fintech Personalization Service Provider, Teams Up with Mbanq

Qorbis, an innovator in end-to-end embedded finance and Fintech personalization, announces its partnership with Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) provider, Mbanq, “to create a unique financial control and brand enhancement platform for clients.” Already live at the alpha-testing stage, the solution is unique in its flexibility for brands:… Read More

Philippines: Netbank, Remittance Companies to Support Low-Cost Transfers from Overseas to Local Bank Accounts

Netbank, the banking as a service platform, has launched a service that allows international remittance companies to facilitate overseas remittances into the Philippines. The market for Philippine Peso remittances “is huge since there is a large number of Filipino migrant workers all around the globe.”… Read More

UK Fintech Griffin Secures $13.5M via Series A Led by MassMutual Ventures

Griffin, the UK’s full-stack Banking as a Service platform, announced that it has raised $13.5 million (£11 million) in a Series A funding round “led by global VC firm, MassMutual Ventures, with participation from existing investors Seedcamp, Notion Capital and EQT Ventures.” This investment round… Read More

Digital Bank Grasshopper, Sydecar to Power Banking for Venture Investors

Grasshopper, the client-first digital bank built for the business and innovation economy, and Sydecar, a frictionless deal execution platform for venture investors, announced a partnership to provide Sydecar’s venture investing clients with access to digital banking products through Grasshopper’s Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) platform. The partnership fulfills… Read More

Goldman Sachs to Sell GreenSky, Downgrades Consumer Activity: “Done and Dusted”

Following the release of Goldman Sachs‘s (NYSE:GS) quarterly earnings, which fell short of analyst expectations, Goldman revealed its intent to pull back from its consumer operations and focus its efforts on its Platform Solutions. At the same time, Goldman announced that it would sell GreenSky,… Read More

Regions Bank Chooses Temenos to Power the Future of Banking

Regions Bank (NYSE:RF), a large regional bank based in Alabama, has selected Temenos (SIX: TEMN) to update its banking platform, bringing it into the Fintech era. Regions Bank has approximately $155 billion in assets, ranked at 227th in the US for consolidated assets as of… Read More

India: HDFC Bank Invests in Platform Technologies, Appoints Fintech Backbase to Enhance User Experience

HDFC Bank Ltd has appointed Backbase in order “to deliver their vision for a market-leading digital banking experience in India.” Backbase powers HDFC Bank’s retail banking, “enabling a more seamless customer experience across digital touchpoints in response to changing consumer expectations and new regulatory requirements.”… Read More

Fiserv, Central Payments Deliver Issuing Capabilities to Fintechs, Financial Institutions

Fiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ: FISV), a global provider of payments and financial services technology solutions, and Central Payments L.L.C., a banking-as-a-service (BaaS) provider, are enabling fintechs, enterprise businesses and payment facilitators “to bring financial products and services to market with greater speed and growth potential.” The… Read More

European BaaS Platform Intergiro, Retreeb to Launch Sustainable Payment Solution

Intergiro, a European Banking as a Service (BaaS) platform based in Sweden, announces its partnership with Retreeb, a Swiss payment solution empowering consumers to support social causes. This partnership marks a significant milestone “towards the launch of Retreeb‘s sustainable payment solution and reinforces its commitment… Read More

First Fidelity Bank, Episode Six Announce BaaS Solution with Launch Client Unifimoney

First Fidelity Bank (FFB), a 100-year-old community bank headquartered in Oklahoma City, announced the launch of its next-gen Banking as a Service (BaaS) solution. The solution was “developed with Episode Six (E6), a global payments and banking infrastructure provider that provides a simple, flexible platform… Read More

CSI’s BaaS Capabilities Facilitate New Fintech Partnerships

CSI, a provider of end-to-end fintech and Regtech solutions, announced that its comprehensive suite of prebuilt open APIs “has facilitated partnerships for ECHO Health, Inc. and MOCA Financial, Inc. with financial institutions to deploy Banking as a Service (BaaS) and payments initiatives.” CSI’s advanced application… Read More

51% of European Businesses Believe Banking-as-a-Service will Make Traditional Banking Obsolete: Survey

A survey of more than 1,000 European business leaders based in the UK, Belgium and the Netherlands, by Vodeno/Aion Bank has found: More than half (51%) believe BaaS will make traditional banking obsolete 58% said BaaS providers offering a licence alongside a tech solution will… Read More

Cashfree Payments CEO Shares Insights on Digital Payments, BNPL, Other Fintech Trends

Akash Sinha, CEO & Co-Founder, Cashfree Payments has provided a brief evaluation of the year 2022 and the anticipated trends in 2023, with respect to fintech, digital payments, BaaS, among other sectors. Sinha noted: “India is in a strong position to become the global leader… Read More