Tagged: banking

August 1, 2023 @ 11:45 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bluevine, the provider of small business banking solutions, announced the launch of its new accounts payable (AP) offering to help business owners and their teams simplify business payments management from within their Bluevine Business Checking accounts. With accounts payable through Bluevine, business owners can now… Read More

August 1, 2023 @ 8:56 am By Omar Faridi  |  

European Depositary Bank (EDB), the Luxembourg-headquartered provider of banking, depositary, and custody solutions, announces its appointment by Aarna Capital Limited to deliver Digital Banking solutions. Aarna Capital is a multi-asset brokerage firm, “operating from Abu Dhabi Global Markets (ADGM) and offering customers access to futures,… Read More

July 30, 2023 @ 1:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Paymentology, the global issuer-processor, announces its strategic global partnership with Monese’s XYB, end-to-end ‘coreless’ banking platform provider, launched in May 2023, and poised to shake up the banking industry. The platform enables banks and non-banks “to break down the barriers to building and providing financial… Read More

July 29, 2023 @ 11:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Cross River Bank, a New Jersey State chartered FDIC-insured bank known for its diversified commercial real estate (CRE) lending program and deep market experience, announced the closing of the second quarter, “totaling over $66 million in loans year-to-date.” Additionally, the team reports that it “saw… Read More

July 29, 2023 @ 10:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Board of Monument Bank is pleased to confirm that regulatory approval has been confirmed for the appointment of Fiona Pollard as the successor to Niall Booker as Chair of Monument Bank. Monument Bank Limited is authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and regulated by… Read More

July 29, 2023 @ 10:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

As a follow-up to the recent webinar Envestnet hosted with open banking experts around the world, we caught up with Lisa Novier, Head of Governance, Risk & Compliance at Envestnet Data and Analytics. Envestnet claims it has been at the forefront of open banking adoption… Read More

July 29, 2023 @ 6:18 am By Omar Faridi  |  

ING announced the appointment of Görkem Köseoğlu as chief technology officer and member of the Management Board Banking. Görkem will take up his position “on 1 September, succeeding Ron van Kemenade, who stepped down effective 30 April 2023.” Görkem is currently “the chief operations officer… Read More

July 27, 2023 @ 4:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced that insurance policy owners will soon have online options to nominate their beneficiaries. Amendments have been “made to the Insurance (Nomination of Beneficiaries) Regulations 2009, to enable insurers to provide these options from 2 January 2024.” The process… Read More

July 27, 2023 @ 2:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Moves, the banking app built exclusively for gig workers, today announced a partnership with Astra, the all-in-one platform for faster payments, to offer members real-time transfers using Visa Direct, Visa’s real-time push-to-card payments platform. As the U.S. gig economy continues to grow, there is “a… Read More

July 26, 2023 @ 3:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Currencycloud, which claims to be the expert team simplifying business in a multi-currency world, has partnered with Malaysia-based GAT Investment Bank in order to launch GAT Money, an app offering an alternative solution to new clients who “need a global banking solution which offers access… Read More

July 25, 2023 @ 4:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Climate engagement solution, ecolytiq, is partnering with cloud banking platform Mambu to make scalable, effective climate action solutions easily accessible for financial institutions. ecolytiq’s climate engagement product suite “will be available on the Mambu marketplace that serves 110 million end users.” The partnership will offer… Read More

July 24, 2023 @ 11:45 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Klarpay AG is pleased to announce an enhancement to its services, allowing clients to create U.S. Dollar denominated Visa debit cards “linked to Corporate USD accounts.” This offering aims “to improve the way Klarpay clients transact with popular services, which are often charged in USD,… Read More

July 24, 2023 @ 9:45 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Tink, which claims to be one of Europe’s leading open banking platforms, reveals research finding that “an estimated 40% of people in the UK would like their bank to offer tools to track their environmental impact.” Based on a survey of over 2,000 UK consumers… Read More

July 23, 2023 @ 10:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

BNY Mellon (NYSE:BK) announced it is now live on the Federal Reserve’s new instant payment rail, the FedNow Service, making it one of the first banks to begin sending and receiving payments from participating institutions and support payment activity through settlement or liquidity services. FedNow… Read More

July 22, 2023 @ 4:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Backbase, a provider of Engagement Banking, has announced that Orient Commercial Joint Stock Bank (OCB) has chosen Backbase to power its omnichannel banking modernization in a signing ceremony on 20 July 2023. OCB’s goal is to create a personalized digital banking system “for each customer… Read More

July 21, 2023 @ 9:01 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Nexpay, a Lithuanian Electronic Money Institution (EMI) providing business banking solutions for digital companies, has announced its enhanced service offering by adding SWIFT payments in 23 currencies. This strategic move caters “to the evolving needs of digital businesses worldwide and advances Nexpay‘s ambition to bring… Read More

July 20, 2023 @ 11:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nordea has entered into an agreement with Danske Bank to acquire its Norwegian personal customer and private banking business and associated asset management portfolios. The acquisition is an ideal strategic fit “for Nordea and will strengthen Nordea’s market position in Norway among household customers.” The… Read More

July 19, 2023 @ 10:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nuvei Corporation (Nasdaq: NVEI), the Canadian fintech company, and Plaid, a data network that enables consumers to connect their bank accounts to more than 8,000 apps and services, announce an extension of their existing global partnership “to support a wider range of businesses with accepting… Read More

July 19, 2023 @ 9:09 am By JD Alois  |  

European digital bank bunq has now topped 9 million users, holding €4.5 billion in user deposits. Bunq reported that it grew its user base from 5.4 million to over 9 million in a bit longer than one year. In the last four months, Bunq has… Read More

July 19, 2023 @ 8:19 am By JD Alois  |  

Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) has reported Q2 2023 earnings, and it’s a bit of a mixed bag. Goldman surpassed expectations for top-line revenue generating $10.9 billion on a predicted $10.61 billion. Net revenue disappointed as Goldman generated an earnings per share of $3.08, with analysts anticipating… Read More