Tagged: banking

October 28, 2020 @ 12:02 am By JD Alois  |  

Zopa, formerly a peer to peer lender and now a regulated digital bank, has launched its first credit card that is said to be designed to help customers stay in control of their money and their debt. Zopa says its credit card provides a feature called ”Safety Net”  which allows customers to lock… Read More

October 26, 2020 @ 2:45 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

FCA authorized e-Money Institution Ziglu is set to close its equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs with more than £2.9 million raised. The funding round was launched last month and quickly secured its initial £1 million funding target. The campaign also attracted over 1100 Seedrs investors…. Read More

October 24, 2020 @ 5:43 pm By JD Alois  |  

Every two years, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) completes a report on the status of banking in the US. The recently released report, “How America Banks: Household Use of Banking and Financial Services,” says that a record low 5.4% of U.S. households were unbanked… Read More

October 20, 2020 @ 11:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Triyono Gani, the head of digital finance innovation at Indonesia’s Financial Services Authority (OJK), notes that it may have taken a long time for people to understand one of Bill Gates’ quotes, “Banking is necessary, but banks are not.”  Gani points out that Gates actually… Read More

October 20, 2020 @ 11:51 am By JD Alois  |  

Following the recent news that digital bank Revolut will pursue a bank charter in California, Current has announced it has no intent on doing the same stating they are a “Fintech and not a bank.” Current, a Fintech that offers banking services in partnership with… Read More

October 20, 2020 @ 7:41 am By Omar Faridi  |  

What consumers might say and what actions they take when it comes to sharing personal financial data (via Open Banking) are two different things, ING Bank notes. Although there are many tools to help improve our financial lives, the findings of an ING global survey… Read More

October 19, 2020 @ 10:15 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

NYMBUS, a U.S. financial service platform provider, announced on Monday that PeoplesBank has gone live with NYMBUS SmartLaunch to outsource the technology and remote full-service operations of its digital-only bank, ZYNLO. As previously reported, ZYNLO describes itself as a digital-only bank designed to make banking… Read More

October 19, 2020 @ 3:40 pm By JD Alois  |  

The United States has one of the most fragmented regulatory environments for financial services in the world. Frequently, a financial service provider will need to adhere to both state and federal rules along with an alphabet soup list of regulators. While the current leadership of… Read More

October 18, 2020 @ 5:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

David Jimenez Maireles, Customer Experience Officer at TNEX, a Vietnam based digital bank, claims that despite the skeptics, banks have been “no laggard when it comes to cloud adoption.” Banks have been migrating incrementally, and today “the average bank has 58% of its workloads in… Read More

October 14, 2020 @ 7:57 am By JD Alois  |  

Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) blew the doors of its earnings report this morning as it announced net revenues of $10.78 billion and a record quarterly diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $9.68 and annualized ROE of 17.5%, the highest quarterly ROE since 2010. Wall Street had… Read More

October 12, 2020 @ 10:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Neobanks have been finding it quite challenging to maintain their competitive deposit rates. During the past few weeks, three Australian neobanks have reduced their rates and two of them have placed limits on the balances on which they’ll pay higher interest. Australia based digital bank… Read More

October 12, 2020 @ 9:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The AMTD Group, a financial services company rooted in Hong Kong and based in the Greater Bay Area with a global focus, has revealed that the Weihai City Commercial Bank Co., Ltd. (based in Weihai, Shandong Province – marine economy demonstration zones of China) was… Read More

October 11, 2020 @ 11:33 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) has reportedly issued updated guidelines and instructions that will allow local residents and small businesses to open certain types of bank accounts under various terms and conditions. The CBE sent a letter to local banks in which it noted… Read More

October 9, 2020 @ 10:46 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Yayzy, a UK-based sustainable banking app, is set to close its equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs with more than £625,000 in funding secured. The round launched last month, originally seeking £200,000, and has attracted 865 Seedrs investors. As previously reported, the Yayzy team has… Read More

October 8, 2020 @ 8:57 am By JD Alois  |  

Monument Bank has received regulatory approval this week to operate under a restricted license receiving a green light from the Financial Conduct Authority and Prudential Regulation Authority. Monument Bank seeks to cater to the affluent providing a service that is just a click away as… Read More

October 6, 2020 @ 2:50 pm By JD Alois  |  

B-North, a Fintech that is looking to acquire a bank license, is raising capital on Growth Capital Ventures (GCV). According to the offering page, B-North has raised over £1.23 million – topping its hurdle of £500,000. Craig Peterson, co-founder and chief operating officer of GCV,… Read More

October 6, 2020 @ 9:10 am By JD Alois  |  

Digital bank Revolut has launched a new feature that enables its users to track subscriptions and re-occurring payments to more easily manage these expenditures.  The “Subscriptions” feature organizes these charges in a single location so users can see how much they are spending and on… Read More

October 5, 2020 @ 12:48 pm By JD Alois  |  

Digital bank Starling has announced the launch of online banking for its personal and joint bank account customers. The new online portal will allow Starling Bank’s customers to manage their money from their desktop or laptop as well as their smartphones. Previously, Starling had been… Read More

October 2, 2020 @ 10:41 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Yayzy, a UK-based sustainable banking app, is now nearing £550,000 through its equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs. The funding round was launched last month, originally seeking £200,000, and has attracted more than 700 Seedrs investors. Founded in 2019, the Yayzy team has created technology that… Read More

October 2, 2020 @ 10:21 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Santander Bank announced on Friday the launch of Santander One, which is a new simple banking account with service plans through subscription. The banking group revealed it customized the account for individuals and companies with free essential services for loyal customers and offers the possibility… Read More