Tagged: banking

March 25, 2021 @ 1:58 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

    Avanti Financial Group announced on Thursday it secured $37 million through its Series A funding round. The company has notably raised a total of $44 million since its inception and the latest investment round comes less than six months after Caitlin Long, the… Read More

March 23, 2021 @ 1:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Indian digital payments giant Paytm recently confirmed that its pleased to share that Paytm Payments Bank Ltd (PPBL) has been given approval for its @Paytm UPI handle from the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) to “enable fast and seamless payment mandates for IPO… Read More

March 22, 2021 @ 1:36 pm By JD Alois  |  

Like many people, I use several traditional banks but also have several digital-only accounts. A combination of necessity and inertia has led me to be a customer of incumbent banks for years. Like many people, I am looking at multiple options in the digital banking… Read More

March 22, 2021 @ 10:33 am By JD Alois  |  

Digital bank Revolut has submitted its application to receive a national bank charter, according to a note from the company. Having launched in the US about one year ago, currently, Revolut offers banking services in partnership with Metropolitan Commercial Bank. Partnering with a chartered bank… Read More

March 22, 2021 @ 7:34 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Monzo, a UK-based digital bank that recently raised £50 million as part of a Series G extension, is celebrating one-year of offering Monzo Business. One year ago, on March 17, 2020, the banking challenger had launched Monzo Business. Since that time, Monzo reveals it has… Read More

March 22, 2021 @ 7:28 am By JD Alois  |  

Zopa, a digital bank, has raised £20 million from existing investors, according to a release from the company. The Fintech said this is an indication of confidence in the initial success of its bank launch and growth of its latest products. The round was led… Read More

March 20, 2021 @ 9:45 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Indian neobank Razorpay points out that it seems like banks have been “around forever.” In India, for example, the history of banking “dates way back to 1750 BC,” the company reveals. It also mentions that we’ve traditionally or historically been dependent on banking institutions for… Read More

March 17, 2021 @ 7:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Juniper Research recently published a report titled, “The Role of Regtech in a Post-Pandemic World.” Juniper Research notes that during the past few years, the concept of Regtech or regulatory technology has taken on a lot of importance within the financial services sector and in… Read More

March 17, 2021 @ 8:13 am By JD Alois  |  

Bitcoin Suisse AG has been denied by the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) in its application for a banking license.  Bitcoin Suisse submitted an application for a Swiss banking license in July 2019. According to a statement by FINMA, the bank license application was… Read More

March 14, 2021 @ 10:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Russian technology firms Yandex, Mail.ru Group, Ozon and Wildberries are reportedly creating their own Fintech platforms so that they can potentially compete with some of the largest banks in the country, according to a report from Forbes Russia. As first reported by the New Economy… Read More

March 10, 2021 @ 4:34 pm By JD Alois  |  

LendingClub (NYSE: LC), an online lender and nascent digital bank, has announced financial results for Q4 2020 and the full year ending December. According to a release, LendingClub’s adjusted net loss was $(22.1) million in the fourth quarter, compared to adjusted net income of $7.0… Read More

March 9, 2021 @ 1:24 pm By JD Alois  |  

SoFi has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Golden Pacific Bancorp, Inc. (OTCPK: GPBI) a Sacramento, California-based community bank that is regulated by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC). The bank reportedly holds approximately $150 million in assets so it was quite… Read More

March 9, 2021 @ 8:29 am By JD Alois  |  

Juni, a digital banking startup based in Sweden, has enlisted TruNarrative’s Regtech services to onboard customers in a compliant manner. Juni is in pre-launch mode having raised about €2.18 million in seed funding. Created last year, Juni was founded by Samir El-Sabini and Andres Orsedal…. Read More

March 7, 2021 @ 1:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Although the Swiss Fintech sector continued to grow last year, a closer examination suggests that certain segments showed signs of stalling or becoming a bit stagnant. It’s one of the main findings of this year’s Fintech research study by the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences… Read More

March 4, 2021 @ 11:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Prominent digital bank Revolut is offering the opportunity to get a 1-month trial of the Revolut for Company Grow plan or Revolut for Freelancer Pro plan for free. To take advantage of this offer, users need to upgrade their plan to Company Grow or Freelancer… Read More

March 4, 2021 @ 8:29 am By JD Alois  |  

Digital bank Revolut is expanding its banking services in 10 new European markets. According to a release, customers in the following countries may now utilize the Revolut banking app: Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Estonia, Greece, Latvia, Malta, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia. Revolut, which currently claims over… Read More

March 2, 2021 @ 11:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Banking software firm Temenos (SIX: TEMN) has released a report, titled “Open Banking: Revolution or Evolution?”, which was authored by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) and it’s also based on a survey of more than 300 senior banking professionals. The report revealed that almost half… Read More

March 2, 2021 @ 11:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Marcus executive Omer Ismail has left Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) for Walmart (NYSE: WMT), according to a report in Bloomberg. Marcus has emerged as a top digital bank in the US growing rapidly in both users and services provided minus bank branches. The report states that… Read More

March 2, 2021 @ 9:27 am By JD Alois  |  

Rewire, a digital banking startup that is targeting cross-border banking services has announced a $20 million Series B funding round. The round was lead by leading global crowdfunding platform OurCrowd and also included a line of credit from an undisclosed bank. According to a release,… Read More

February 28, 2021 @ 7:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Banking Circle, a financial infrastructure developer, notes that digitalization “dramatically accelerated” in order to address the challenges of 2020. Banking Circle writes in a blog post that having had to innovate (and fast) due to the socioeconomic challenges created by COVID-19, banking institutions are now… Read More