Tagged: banking

May 16, 2023 @ 9:40 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The digital bank N26 announced the launch of its new N26 Instant Savings account in Spain, offering eligible customers “with a Spanish IBAN 2.26% AER (2,26% NIR) on deposits with no conditions of permanence, no minimum deposit amounts required, no additional fees, and no need… Read More

May 15, 2023 @ 11:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

P.F.C. (Personal Finance Co.), a Stockholm-based fintech, announced that its customers can now take out personal loans directly in the app, extending the range of financial services it provides on Mambu’s cloud banking platform. Mambu’s rapid deployment capability enabled P.F.C. “to configure the personal loan… Read More

May 13, 2023 @ 3:48 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Underpinning its ambitious plans to build a super-correspondent bank for global B2B payments, Banking Circle has joined the UK Faster Payments Service (FPS) as a Direct Participant for GBP. This latest initiative means clients now “have access to real-time direct clearing and settlement for both… Read More

May 12, 2023 @ 12:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Neonomics, a Nordic open banking provider, has expanded the launch of their core open banking driven Checkout solution to the Danish market. This payment solution makes it easy for any business “to get started with account-to-account payments through a frictionless front-end user interface, delivering higher… Read More

May 11, 2023 @ 7:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Feedzai, a provider of financial crime and risk management solutions, today announced significant enhancements to its RiskOps Platform, “enabling banks to better protect their customers from a wide variety of financial scams.” These new Feedzai ScamPrevent capabilities “deliver detection, classification, and interception of the widest… Read More

May 11, 2023 @ 7:21 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Sygnum announces the addition of Cosmos’ native token ATOM to its expanding portfolio of regulated digital asset banking products and services. Sygnum clients “can now conveniently buy and hold ATOM on its institutional-grade platform and stake their holdings to earn attractive staking rewards” From today,… Read More

May 10, 2023 @ 5:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Resistant AI, the AI and machine learning financial crime prevention specialists, today announces that Bank of Valletta, the largest bank in Malta, is to adopt its Transaction Forensics product for anti-money laundering (AML). It will “enable the bank to prevent and detect transactions that are… Read More

May 10, 2023 @ 5:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Temenos open platform, running on Red Hat OpenShift, is now available on IBM Power, LinuxONE and IBM Cloud for Financial Services to enable banks to realize the benefits of hybrid cloud. The partnership aims “to help accelerate banks’ digital transformation programs by providing enhanced security,… Read More

May 10, 2023 @ 12:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Taktile, the automated decisioning platform, announced the launch of its Data Marketplace as part of its mission to revolutionize how fintechs and banks harness data to make decisions. The Taktile Data Marketplace is described as “a one-stop ecosystem of leading data providers that enables customers… Read More

May 10, 2023 @ 9:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Grasshopper, the client-first digital bank built for the business and innovation economy, and Sydecar, a frictionless deal execution platform for venture investors, announced a partnership to provide Sydecar’s venture investing clients with access to digital banking products through Grasshopper’s Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) platform. The partnership fulfills… Read More

May 10, 2023 @ 8:40 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Xapo Bank, a licensed private bank that aims to combine traditional banking with access to Bitcoin and stablecoins, claims to have become the first bank in the world to integrate Tether (USDT) payment rails. Xapo Bank is regulated and based in Gibraltar. Earlier this year,… Read More

May 9, 2023 @ 4:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Standard Chartered (LON: STAN) and global payments platform Tazapay announced a global partnership to deliver best in class payments and commerce enabling experiences as part of the Bank’s broader initiative to provide curated financial services on B2B platforms. This builds on the memorandum of understanding… Read More

May 9, 2023 @ 11:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Eltropy, the digital conversations platform for community financial institutions, announced it has added new use cases – including fraud prevention – and new deployment models for its Video Banking technology, “enabling community banks and credit unions (CFIs) to offer branch-like experiences to their customers and… Read More

May 8, 2023 @ 10:58 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

OCBC Bank (SGX: O39) will be ramping up its Digital Silvers program with the aim of upskilling 2,000 elderly customers from now until the end of the year. Given this ambitious target, the bank will “increase the frequency of its workshops from around twice a… Read More

May 8, 2023 @ 7:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

PT Bank Maybank Indonesia, Tbk. (Maybank Indonesia or the Bank) announced its Consolidated Financial Results ended 31 March 2023, “with Profit before Tax (PBT) increased by 33.3% to Rp750 billion from Rp562 billion last year.” This was “derived from improved earning on its assets composition… Read More

May 6, 2023 @ 1:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ThetaRay, a provider of AI-powered transaction monitoring technology for banks and fintech, today announced 260% revenue growth in 2022, and the appointment of Eran Fishov as VP of Customer Success, Enterprise, “to accelerate market momentum.” Fishov joins the company in order “to lead relationships with… Read More

May 5, 2023 @ 11:51 am By Omar Faridi  |  

nCino, Inc. (NASDAQ: NCNO), a pioneer in cloud banking for the global financial services industry, today announces its partnership with Grasshopper, the client-first digital bank built for the business and innovation economy. Grasshopper will “leverage multiple nCino solutions, including Portfolio Analytics, Commercial Banking and Customer… Read More

May 5, 2023 @ 8:21 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Tarabut Gateway, which claims to be one of MENA’s leading open banking platforms, announces the completion of a US$32 million Series A fundraise. The investment round was “led by Pinnacle Capital, a leading alternative investment firm that focuses on KSA investments to provide unique alternative… Read More

May 4, 2023 @ 8:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Allica Bank claims it is one of the “fastest” UK Fintechs to hit profitability – “becoming monthly profitable in June 2022, less than three years after securing a banking license – and achieving a £3m pre-tax profit in the second half of the year.” Allica… Read More

May 3, 2023 @ 8:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

LHV Bank, a provider of Banking Services and SME Lending solutions, announces it has been authorized “as a credit institution by the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA), becoming the first institution to receive a banking licence without restrictions in 2023.” This milestone achievement “allows LHV Bank… Read More