Tagged: banking

February 26, 2021 @ 11:28 am By JD Alois  |  

TD Bank will shutter 82 branches as it seeks to reduce physical locations and cut costs as the transition to digital banking forges ahead. Yesterday, TD announced financial results for the first quarter ended January 31, 2021. TD reported earnings of CDN $3.3 billion, up… Read More

February 25, 2021 @ 10:50 pm By JD Alois  |  

Crowdo has announced the launch of a new platform in Indonesia that is described as the first “SME digitalization platform powered by Neobank technology.” According to Crowdo, the platform seeks to help businesses digitalize their operations that improve supply chain operations with financial and banking… Read More

February 25, 2021 @ 9:56 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Rebecca Schot-Guppy, CEO at FinTech Australia, says that her organization thinks that Australia is on the right path in terms of financial technology adoption and its overall approach to developing its economy. Rebecca, whose comments came during the Select Committee on Financial Technology and Regulatory… Read More

February 25, 2021 @ 9:30 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Atom Bank, a UK-based mobile bank, announced on Thursday is to set to raise £40 million from existing shareholders as it moves to profitability from its mortgage and business lending within a year and to IPO the year after. As previously reported, Atom Bank claims… Read More

February 25, 2021 @ 9:21 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Treasury Prime, a U.S.-based API banking platform, announced on Thursday it has teamed up with Marqeta, a fintech unicorn that claims to be the first global modern card issuing platform, to bring Marqeta’s modern card issuing capabilities to the Treasury Prime API. Treasury Prime reported… Read More

February 25, 2021 @ 6:32 am By JD Alois  |  

OakNorth Bank has completed a £4.4 million Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) loan to complete the development of Beulah Vista Caring Home in London. OakNorth Bank says that the number of care home beds per 100 people over the age of 85 has fallen… Read More

February 23, 2021 @ 2:22 pm By JD Alois  |  

Last year, it was reported that Transferwise (recently rebranded as Wise) had been approved in the UK to offer investment services for retail accounts. According to the FCA registry, “TIVN” is approved to offer various retail investment services. At that time, it was expected that… Read More

February 22, 2021 @ 9:54 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Green Dot Corp. (NYSE: GDOT), a fintech and registered bank holding company, announced on Monday it has appointed Amit Parikh as new Executive Vice President of its Banking as a Service division. According to Green Dot, Parikh will lead the organization responsible for delivering end-to-end… Read More

February 22, 2021 @ 9:14 am By JD Alois  |  

OakNorth Bank says it has completed a £5.6 million loan to convert vacant pub and hotel, Antigallican Hotel, in Charlton into a mixed-use building with 60 studio apartments. The loan was made to Gallican Investments Limited, which is led by the team behind Dandi founded… Read More

February 18, 2021 @ 10:50 am By JD Alois  |  

Earlier this week it was reported that Monzo was asking the UK government to make available gambling blocks for everyone. Monzo said that around two million people in Britain are experiencing harm caused by gambling. Today it was announced that Monzo and TrueLayer are partnering… Read More

February 17, 2021 @ 8:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Cloud-based clearing bank ClearBank will be offering access to the United Kingdom’s Faster Payments network, allowing payments that would normally take three working days to be settled within minutes. Cloud-powered ClearBank will be teaming up with Manchester Credit Union in order to streamline digital payment… Read More

February 16, 2021 @ 8:47 am By JD Alois  |  

Warburg Pincus LLC has invested $75 million into Personetics, an artificial intelligence (AI) firm providing proactive engagement for banks and other financial services firms. Terms of the investment were not disclosed. Personetics has created an AI software platform for global banks. The service is currently… Read More

February 15, 2021 @ 3:47 pm By JD Alois  |  

MoneyLion, a digital banking Fintech, is the next company to go public via a special acquisition company (SPAC). The deal was announced last Friday where MoneyLion will merge with Fusion Acquisition (NYSE:FUSE) at a transaction value of $2.4  billion and $2.9 billion in equity value… Read More

February 14, 2021 @ 10:49 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Bank of America has announced its plans to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions before 2050. The banking giant revealed its plans are built on its longstanding support for the Paris Climate Agreement and is continuing to actively engage with its clients to help accelerate… Read More

February 11, 2021 @ 8:43 pm By JD Alois  |  

BNY Mellon (NYSE:BK),  a bank with $2.2 trillion in assets under management, has announced the creation of a new Digital Assets unit that seeks to accelerate the development of solutions to help clients address growing and evolving needs related to the growth of digital assets,… Read More

February 11, 2021 @ 10:01 am By JD Alois  |  

Monzo, a UK based digital bank that recently raised £50 million as part of a Series G extension, has appointed a new CEO for the United States, according to a report. Monzo has been going through a period of transition as founder Tom Blomfield fully… Read More

February 11, 2021 @ 9:51 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Blue Ridge Bank has announced on Wednesday it is providing access to Bitcoin at its branch locations. Cardholders can purchase and redeem Bitcoin at nearly 20 Blue Ridge Bank ATM locations, consisting of both branch and off-site ATMs. The banking group reported that it has… Read More

February 11, 2021 @ 9:36 am By JD Alois  |  

illimity, a digital bank that claims the title of the first in Italy, is reporting €31 million in net profit for 2020. In 2019, illimity reported a €16.1 million net loss. Corrado Passera, illimity’s CEO, said illimity has fully met the results for the year… Read More

February 10, 2021 @ 11:46 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Nordic banking group Nordea recently announced it has updated its plan to fully integrate sustainability into its business strategy with a long-term objective to become a net-zero emissions bank by 2050 at the latest. Nordea revealed in order to become a net-zero emissions bank by 2050, it has… Read More

February 10, 2021 @ 8:23 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Juniper Research, an analyst house focused on digital technology market research and related Fintech trends, technology data, market sizing, and consulting, notes that e-commerce and financial services have become a key part of many consumers’ lives in a post-COVID world. The Juniper… Read More