Tagged: banking as a service

May 17, 2022 @ 10:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Griffin, a UK Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) Fintech, recently announced the completion of a key step in its application for a banking license. Griffin has submitted its application to the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). John Weguelin, Griffin Chair, stated: “This is… Read More

May 14, 2022 @ 11:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digidoe, the UK-headquartered Fintech firm that aims to streamline the global payments infrastructure, has introduced a fast Banking as a Service (BaaS) solution which enables businesses to launch a new virtual bank within 72 hours. The secure Cloud-powered API and white-label service opens the door… Read More

May 2, 2022 @ 9:36 am By JD Alois  |  

First Internet Bancorp (Nasdaq: INBK), the parent company of First Internet Bank, has terminated a planned merger with First Century Bancorp. First Internet Bank claims title as the first branchless, chartered bank having opened its virtual doors in 1999. The combination with First Century Bank… Read More

April 24, 2022 @ 2:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Evolve Bank & Trust and Bond Financial Technologies, Inc. are pushing the boundaries of embedded finance “to bring innovation to companies that want to offer financial products to their customers.” Evolve and Bond enable entrepreneurs “to build and launch innovative financial solutions at scale.” Hank… Read More

April 19, 2022 @ 4:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Financial technology provider FIS (NYSE: FIS) has announced its Banking-as-a-Service Hub, enabling banking institutions, credit unions, and Fintechs to build the virtual banking and payments ecosystems they require to provide innovation to merchants and consumers. The FIS Banking-as-a-Service Hub offers a complete suite of banking… Read More

April 12, 2022 @ 9:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Kayamo is teaming up with Netbank, a fully-regulated bank that provides Banking-As-A-Service solutions through open APIs, to improve the way they release loan payouts and collect loan repayments–”overall, to provide a better user experience for their end-customers.” Prior to this partnership, Kayamo needed “to complete… Read More

April 11, 2022 @ 10:46 pm By JD Alois  |  

OneConnect Financial Technology Co., Ltd, part of the Ping An Group, has signed a 10-year exclusive strategic partnership with Pismo, a banking Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) provider. According to a company statement, OneConnect current services will be augmented by Pismo’s “multi-tenant SaaS platform” to serve a broader… Read More

March 30, 2022 @ 9:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Finastra recently published a market assessment report, titled “Banking as a Service: Outlook 2022 | Paving the way for Embedded Finance.” The research canvassed the opinions of 1,600 senior industry executives, “exploring the opportunities presented by Banking as a Service (BaaS) – to provide retail… Read More

March 29, 2022 @ 11:46 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In order to expand its offer for its individual clients, Yeeld, the Fintech firm which provides a savings assistance application, has chosen the joint offer of Franfinance, the consumer credit specialist and Treezor, the leader in Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS), enabling technological and regulatory aspects to be… Read More

March 25, 2022 @ 9:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Chetwood Financial has confirmed the acquisition of core banking provider Yobota in order to extend their Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) capabilities. Established alongside them back in 2016 and developed as a separate business entity, Yobota is a London-headquartered tech firm that has built “a… Read More

March 19, 2022 @ 6:51 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Aazzur has reportedly agreed to a sales partnership with European Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) platform Treezor in order to allow both companies to expand their customer base and strengthen their BaaS offering. Treezor will offer its regulatory and technical expertise by providing its payment infrastructure for account… Read More

March 16, 2022 @ 7:48 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Treezor, the European firm focused on Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) solutions, has obtained authorization from the ACPR in order to expand its activities and now “has all the payment service licenses (from 1 to 8).” The new authorizations (i.e. 1, 4, 6, 7 and 8) mean Treezor… Read More

March 2, 2022 @ 8:34 am By JD Alois  |  

EstateGuru, a marketplace lending platform that provides secured loans pairing investors with borrowers, has signed a partnership with Raisin Bank – a banking as a service provider operated by global Fintech Raisin. According to EstateGuru, the Frankfort-based Raisin Bank will provide services to Estate Guru’s… Read More

February 25, 2022 @ 5:09 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

FV Bank, a U.S. licensed global digital bank offering a vertically-integrated suite of traditional and digital asset banking and custody services to Fintech and blockchain firms, has introduced its first application programming interface (API) to advance bank automation and integration for its clients’ operations. FV… Read More

February 7, 2022 @ 2:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

London-headquartered Fintech Railsbank, which provides virtual banking services, is approaching Unicorn status (valued at $1 billion or more), Sky News confirmed on Friday (February 4, 2022). The UK-based Fintech firm recently acquired certain assets of Wirecard, the collapsed and fraudulent German payments firm. As mentioned… Read More

February 5, 2022 @ 1:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

London-headquartered Fintech Fiat Republic recently announced that it has acquired $3.5 million in seed funding from EU tech investors Speedinvest, Seedcamp, and Credo. The startup, which is building a compliance-first, e-money-regulated banking and payments API, is looking to “drastically reduce the time and cost of… Read More

January 29, 2022 @ 12:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Solarisbank AG and Contis Group Ltd have announced that they have brought their previously formed partnership to completion. The firms have decided to enter into a definitive business combination agreement. Six months after the signing of the agreement, the partnership has been approved by regulatory… Read More

January 20, 2022 @ 9:22 am By JD Alois  |  

Unit, a Fintech that offers banking as a service, says it has released a new pilot environment that allows customers to issue virtual cards and create secure bank accounts in “minutes.” Labeling it a “first of a kind solution,” Unit claims that companies can build… Read More

January 18, 2022 @ 11:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Netbank, the banking as a service platform, has introduced a service that allows international payment firms to support various transactions in the Philippines. As mentioned in an update shared with CI, the Philippines has a fast-growing international trade market. Global trade in goods has has… Read More

January 10, 2022 @ 3:21 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Solarisbank, a firm that’s focused on creating a world where financial services “seamlessly sync with life,” notes in its Fintech forecast report that 2021 was quite an uncertain period but not as “unprecedented” as 2020. Solarisbank wrote in a blog post that during the past… Read More