Tagged: banking

July 14, 2023 @ 12:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CapStack, which claims to be the first integrated operating system for banks, recently announced it has emerged from stealth backed by $6 million in pre-seed funding. The investment round was “oversubscribed and led by Fin Capital with participation from Alloy Labs, Rex Salisbury’s Cambrian Ventures,… Read More

July 14, 2023 @ 9:01 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Marqeta (NASDAQ: MQ), the global modern card issuing platform, announced its expansion into Brazil, with a new partnership with Latin American banking-as-a-service platform Fitbank and network certification with Visa. As part of Marqeta’s partnership with Fitbank, the company “will both be a Marqeta customer, using… Read More

July 14, 2023 @ 5:58 am By Omar Faridi  |  

ION, which claims to be a global leader focused on trading, analytics, treasury, and risk management solutions for capital markets, commodities, and treasury management, announces that Raiffeisen Bank International (RBI) has “implemented ION’s new ISO 20022 solution.” A corporate and investment bank in Austria and… Read More

July 13, 2023 @ 11:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Bank of London announces it has submitted its formal application for a European Union (EU) Banking Licence and “commits to €200M investment and hiring 300 people in Luxembourg over the next five years.” The formal application has been jointly “lodged with the European Central… Read More

July 13, 2023 @ 9:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Emirates NBD, a banking group in the MENA region and Turkey, has launched an enhanced and upgraded version of its WhatsApp banking service, “providing customers with a convenient, secure and reliable digital banking experience like never before.” Emirates NBD WhatsApp banking “allows customers to seamlessly… Read More

July 12, 2023 @ 2:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Citi (NYSE: C) has announced the launch of a new platform, CitiDirect Commercial Banking, specifically to address the needs of Citi Commercial Bank (CCB) clients. This is part of Citi’s significant strategic investment plan “to meet the growing global needs of these clients by delivering… Read More

July 12, 2023 @ 1:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

EBANX, a global fintech specializing in payments for rising markets, and Nubank, one of the world’s largest digital financial services platforms, announced a partnership to offer a new alternative payment method for international purchases, NuPay, a payment method developed by Nubank (NYSE: NU). The partnership… Read More

July 12, 2023 @ 12:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Furness Building Society (FBS), the member-owned building society, announced that it has partnered with Backbase, the global Engagement Banking Platform provider, to develop its new digital savings platform. As a member-owned building society, FBS prioritizes its members’ needs above all else. In the next three… Read More

July 11, 2023 @ 12:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

NovoPayment, a mission-critical financial and payments infrastructure provider, released Orchestra 2.0, an advanced cloud-based middleware orchestration layer of its BaaS platform. Orchestra is designed “to help financial institutions quickly modernize their infrastructure in a more secure, scalable, and cost-effective way.” The solution enhancements “include more… Read More

July 11, 2023 @ 11:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

RTGS.global, the Financial Market Infrastructure (FMI) streamlining cross-border settlements, has signed “landmark” pilot agreements with two innovative banks as momentum builds in emerging markets for its settlement service. MDO Humo in Tajikistan and Credo Bank in Georgia are the progressive institutions that will run pilots… Read More

July 11, 2023 @ 10:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Emirates NBD, a banking group in the MENA region and Turkey, has announced a transformation focused on harnessing the power of generative AI to change Emirates NBD’s operations and enhance productivity across various business functions supported by Microsoft. This collaboration aims “to unlock new opportunities… Read More

July 11, 2023 @ 5:14 am By Omar Faridi  |  

NYMBUS, a provider of banking technology solutions, today announced the appointment of notable financial services advisor Glenn Kim to its Board of Directors. Mr. Kim is reportedly “a senior executive with over 35 years of experience as a capital markets investment banker, fund manager, financial… Read More

July 10, 2023 @ 10:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Temenos (SIX: TEMN) announced that BanCoppel, part of Grupo Coppel, one of the largest organizations in Mexico, which includes brands such as Afore Coppel and Tiendas Coppel, has selected Temenos in order “to continue its technological transformation, driving modern banking services.” BanCoppel was reportedly the… Read More

July 10, 2023 @ 3:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

True Digital Group, provider of the industry’s first digital vendor optimization network that supports banks in their discovery, diligence, implementation, and monitoring of technology vendors, announced a strategic partnership with the Texas Bankers Association (TBA). The True Digital Platform, available to TBA bank members, “will… Read More

July 7, 2023 @ 2:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Clair, a mission-driven fintech company, announced it raised $175 million in funding to launch the first free, consumer-friendly, on-demand pay solution as a consumer lending program backed by an FDIC-insured bank. The new program “provides for a participation amount of up to $150 million, which… Read More

July 6, 2023 @ 10:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Mbanq, the US-based Fintech innovator and global Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) provider, has announced that Cheqly, a Fintech that makes banking simple for startups, has launched utilizing Mbanq’s BaaS platform. With this partnership, Cheqly provides its customers “with an improved banking experience that is specifically focused on… Read More

July 6, 2023 @ 7:21 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Mambu, an SaaS cloud banking platform, today announced it is now available on Google Cloud Marketplace. This opens the door for more fintechs, neobanks, traditional banks, and non-financial institutions “to embrace cloud technology.” The announcement builds on Mambu‘s existing partnership “with Google Cloud, which has… Read More

July 5, 2023 @ 10:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Credit unions and community banks, facing a surge in sophisticated fraud along with the challenge of protecting their members’ personal information, are “taking proactive steps to combat this alarming trend.” As the financial industry grapples with increasing fraud threats, community financial institutions (CFIs) are “turning… Read More

July 5, 2023 @ 5:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

On 4 July 2023, the Danish Financial Supervisory Authority made a decision that Saxo Bank A/S’ trading in crypto assets for its own account is found “to lie outside the legal business area of ​​financial institutions, including section 24 of the Financial Business Act.” On… Read More

July 4, 2023 @ 7:19 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The National Anti-Scam Centre will be coordinating an investment scam fusion cell in order to address the growing problem of investment-related scams, which are now costing Australian consumers well over $1 billion a year. The fusion cell will reportedly be led by the ACCC and… Read More