Tagged: banking

UK’s Allica Bank Announces New Integrations to Help Businesses Streamline Operations

Allica Bank – a digital bank for established businesses with 10 or more employees – has announced partnerships with accounting software platforms Sage and Xero. The direct integrations will mean Allica Bank business current account customers that use Sage and Xero can “have their account… Read More

Banking Tech Firm Amount Appoints Len Eschweiler as CRO

Amount, a Fintech powering banking technology for consumer and small business account opening, loan origination and financing, announced Len Eschweiler as Chief Revenue Officer. His appointment coincided with “the launch of Amount’s unified, cloud-based platform, designed to revolutionize account origination and empower institutions of all… Read More

Digital Bank N26 to Offer Up to 4% Interest on Deposits in New Markets

N26 has reportedly launched Instant Savings in 13 new markets, offering customers up to 4% interest on deposits. Digital bank N26 recently confirmed in a blog post “the launch of its Instant Savings accounts in a further 13 markets across Europe.” From now onwards, customers… Read More

Digital Bank Grasshopper Bolsters PE and VC Banking Efforts with Key Appointment

Grasshopper has announced Gabrielle Piasio’s addition as Senior Vice President of Sponsor Banking. This move marks the bank’s continued commitment to providing comprehensive lending and depository solutions to companies of all stages. In this role, Piasio is expected to help move the banking institution’s strategic… Read More

Aquis Technologies Secures Contract with Central Bank of Colombia

Aquis Exchange PLC is announcing that it has been awarded the contract to provide the Central Bank of Colombia, Banco de la República, with the technology and support services for the operation of its government bond market (Sistema Electrónico de Negociación – SEN). Aquis Technologies… Read More

Core Banking Fintech Tuum Receives Investment from Citi Ventures

Tuum, the core banking provider today announces that Citi Ventures, a venture capital arm of US-headquartered Citigroup, has become a strategic investor in the company as a follow-on from Tuum’s recently announced series B fundraising. At the start of February, Tuum announced “a EUR25m Series… Read More

Finastra Payments To Go Selected by Jefferson Bank to Enable Instant Payment Services

Finastra announced that Jefferson Bank, an independent bank serving communities across Texas, has selected Finastra Payments To Go, a payments-as-a-service solution for its new instant payments services. The cloud-based payments solution will “help Jefferson Bank to efficiently deliver both RTP TCH and FedNow services 24/7,… Read More

Green Dot names Melissa Douros CPO

Green Dot Corporation (NYSE: GDOT), a digital bank and Fintech that offers consumers and businesses banking and payment solutions, this week announced the appointment of Melissa Douros as chief product officer. Douros will lead Green Dot’s product design and development team, with a focus on… Read More

Fintech xpate Enhances Payment Solutions via Partnership with Mambu

xpate, a frontrunner in the e-commerce payment solutions sector, announces its migration to Mambu’s cloud banking platform, marking an advancement in its service offerings across Europe. This transition signifies xpate’s commitment “to deploying a robust, scalable architecture that promptly adapts to evolving market demands and… Read More

MoneyLion Reports Revenue Increase of 24% Over Last Year, Q4 Net Loss of $4.2 Million, Shares Rise

MoneyLion (NYSE:ML) reported earnings this past week, which were received positively by investors. Following the earnings release, MoneyLion shares rocketed by almost 30%, and shares are expected to move higher following jobs data released this morning. MoneyLion is a Fintech that serves both retail and… Read More

ChargeAfter, the Embedded Finance Platform, to Transform How Banks Deploy Lending Solutions

ChargeAfter, the embedded lending platform for point-of-sale financing, has unveiled The Lending Hub, a platform that transforms how banks deliver lending solutions for merchants and their customers at scale. Designed to empower banks and financial institutions “to streamline the development, management, and distribution of multiple… Read More

UK’s Digital Bank Monzo Secures $400 Million at $5 Billion Valuation

UK’s challenger bank Monzo has finalized a heavily-trailed $400 million investment round, which has increased the firm’s valuation to $5 billion. The funding round, an incentive for pushing the banking platform towards profitability, was reportedly led by Alphabet-owned Capital G, along with contributions from Google… Read More

GCC Lending Surges with $1.9t in Gross Loans Despite High Interest

Despite the tightening of monetary policy by the US Federal Reserve, the banking sector in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries experienced sustained growth in lending during the second quarter of 2023, according to a recent report by Kamco Invest. This growth was largely driven… Read More

Appian and Symphony to Help Financial Services Firms with Enhancing Operations

Appian (Nasdaq: APPN) has partnered with Symphony, the markets’ infrastructure and technology platform, to help banks and financial services firms communicate, collaborate, and automate compliantly in a highly competitive and regulated market. The partnership will enable customers to “embed auditable, compliance-enabled omnichannel communications on popular… Read More

LatAm Investment Bank BTG Pactual Teams Up with Crypto.com

Crypto.com, which claims to be “trusted” by more than 80 million customers worldwide and the industry leader in regulatory compliance, security and privacy, and BTG Pactual (BTG), the investment bank in Latin America, announced a new agreement to further advance crypto banking services across the… Read More

Chatter: Treasury Prime Laying Off Staff, Company to “Double Down” on Bank Direct Approach

Treasury Prime, an embedded banking provider, is said to be laying off staff, according to a blog post. Today, the company has issued a statement outlining that it will shift its efforts to regulated banks. Jason Mikula, posting on LinkedIn,  claims that Treasury Prime has… Read More

Lithuania’s Šiaulių Bankas Selects Temenos to Enhance Core Banking Platform

Temenos (SIX: TEMN) announced that Šiaulių Bankas, which claims to be the largest independently-owned bank in Lithuania with over €4 billion in assets, has selected Temenos to modernize its core banking platform. Šiaulių Bankas will migrate its retail and corporate banking “including trade finance to… Read More

Consumer Fintech Chime Partners with Zogo, a Financial Education Platform

Chime is pleased to announce a new partnership with Zogo, a financial education platform that offers bite-sized, gamified lessons where users can complete lessons to earn real rewards like gift cards, charity donations and more. All Chime members now “have fee-free access to more than… Read More

Finnish Neobank Saldo Launches Operations in Sweden, Raises Interest Rates on Fixed-Term Deposits

Saldo Bank, which is starting its operations in Sweden, offers an interest rate of as much as 5% for a year’s deposit. Jarkko Mäensivu, the CEO of Saldo Bank, said: “We want to increase fairness in fixed-term deposits.” The digital neobank with a Finnish background,… Read More

Brazil’s Digital Banking Platform Nubank Reports $1B+ Full Year Net Profit

Nu Holdings Ltd. (NYSE: NU), one of the largest digital financial services platforms, released its Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2023 financial results. Financial results are expressed “in U.S. dollars and are presented in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).” David Vélez, founder and… Read More

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