Tagged: banking

October 30, 2019 @ 9:19 pm By JD Alois  |  

This afternoon, the US Federal Reserve cut its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points. The Federal Open Market Committee decided to lower the target range for the federal funds rate to 1-1/2 to 1-3/4 percent due to muted inflation and the “implications of global… Read More

October 30, 2019 @ 6:01 am By JD Alois  |  

Starling Bank, a digital challenger bank, is now offering a debit card that allows customers to spend directly in Pounds or Euros (ie no standard forex fee). According to a release, the dual currency card feature goes live on the same day as Starling launches… Read More

October 30, 2019 @ 4:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Digital bank Revolut has utilized Open Banking APIs for the first time with a tie-in to Intuit QuickBooks, according to a note from Revolut. This will be the first time that Revolut has collaborated with a third-party provider to use the advanced functionality of UK… Read More

October 29, 2019 @ 10:16 pm By Cali Haan  |  

Canadian credit union Coast Capital Savings is partnering with North Carolina firm nCino to “optimize” its lending operations using nCino’s cloud-based Bank Operating System platform. The system will be applied as a, “solution for online Retail and Small Business loan applications. The relevant press release… Read More

October 29, 2019 @ 10:33 am By Omar Faridi  |  

570easi, a French home finance and savings solutions company, has introduced its own challenger bank, called SOeasi, in order to establish the world’s first Islamic ethics-focused neobank. The challenger bank aims to leverage 570easi’s existing customer base as a foundation to help grow its business…. Read More

October 28, 2019 @ 7:18 am By Omar Faridi  |  

California-based BlueVine, a Fintech firm that provides small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) access to “fast funding” and up to $5 million in loans via an advanced, online platform, is introducing its own banking service, called “BlueVine Business Banking.” Like all other US-based Fintech banks, it… Read More

October 24, 2019 @ 7:35 pm By JD Alois  |  

Digital bank Current has raised $2o million in a Series B funding round, according to a company release. The funding was led by Wellington Management Company, Galaxy Digital EOS VC Fund, and CMFG Ventures. Current also said it was expanding its partnership with Visa as… Read More

October 24, 2019 @ 7:14 pm By Cali Haan  |  

Cash App, a mobile payments app developed by Square (NYSE:SQ) that allows peers to transmit money between cellphones, make retail payments, and cash out via credit card, “Cash Card” or ATM, has added stock trading as a feature. The development was announced October 24th on… Read More

October 24, 2019 @ 7:32 am By JD Alois  |  

UK based digital bank Revolut has launched in Fintech-friendly Singapore, according to a company release. In 2018, Revolut set up an Asia-Pacific hub in Singapore, where the Fintech now employs twenty people. Revolut says it is planning to triple its headcount in Singapore in the… Read More

October 23, 2019 @ 5:33 pm By JD Alois  |  

Cogni, a digital challenger bank, has raised $5.4 million in a seed round, according to a note from the company. Cogni said it will launch its service in Q4 of 2019. Cogni last raised $1.7 million in funding in late 2018 in an earlier “seed”… Read More

October 23, 2019 @ 8:56 am By JD Alois  |  

Customers Lose as Fintech Charter Shot Down by US District Court This week, Judge Victor Marrero of the US District Court for the Southern District of New York, ruled against the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), in its ongoing legal battle to… Read More

October 23, 2019 @ 8:02 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Minneapolis, Minnesota-based US Bancorp, an American bank holding company and the parent company of US Bank, is reportedly eliminating thousands of branch jobs. The reduction in the bank’s workforce comes as more customers are now banking online, instead of visiting physical locations. Several job categories… Read More

October 23, 2019 @ 6:59 am By JD Alois  |  

Digital bank Starling Bank has raised £30 million in a new funding round, according to a company release. Merian Chrysalis Investment Company Limited is leading the round with an investment of £20 million. Starling’s existing investor, JTC, has topped off the round with £10 million…. Read More

October 23, 2019 @ 1:48 am By JD Alois  |  

McKinsey & Company has published its Global Banking Annual Review entitled “The Last Pit Stop? Time for Bold Late Cycle Moves.” The document is a probing examination of the global banking industry, based on a survey of over 1000 banks globally, highlighting both successful segments… Read More

October 22, 2019 @ 11:48 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Over 650,000 companies can register to become BBVA Spain customers, via an online process that reportedly takes a few minutes to complete.  BBVA has been offering various online enrollment options for private clients. The institution is the first bank in Spain to launch an online… Read More

October 22, 2019 @ 11:26 am By JD Alois  |  

Revolut has partnered with Mastercard to issue credit cards using the global network. According to a release from Revolut, the new deal will reach 210 countries and territories with he first cards hitting the US by the end of the year. Revolut is a UK… Read More

October 21, 2019 @ 10:56 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Almost two-thirds, or 66% of US residents, are considering opening a new savings account, and nearly half (47%) of them noted that they would be comfortable with an online-only service such as Ally, Discover or Synchrony. This, according to a survey performed by the Consumer… Read More

October 19, 2019 @ 1:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Pennsylvania-based CNB Bank has chosen nCino, a privately held financial technology company, as its Bank Operating System for digitizing its retail lending processes. CNB Bank, which manages $3.2 billion in assets, was looking for a platform that could work with its existing processes and one… Read More

October 18, 2019 @ 6:12 pm By JD Alois  |  

Curve, a popular Fintech app that enables a single card to manage all of your credit cards, has updated its brand. “Our old brand simply wasn’t cutting it. It was too bland for our colourful product. We’re too bold for the swamp of boring banker… Read More

October 18, 2019 @ 3:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Charlotte, North Carolina-based Bank of America (BoA), the second-largest US bank with over $2.3 trillion in total assets, is reportedly testing out Ripple’s distributed ledger technology (DLT)-based financial products. The bank might be planning to do more with the San Francisco-based Fintech firm’s technology. Ripple’s… Read More