Tagged: banking

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

May 2, 2023 @ 6:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Finastra announced that First Citizens Bank of Iowa and Minnesota, a family-owned community bank headquartered in Mason City, Iowa, has “expanded its collaboration with Finastra, migrating Finastra’s Fusion Phoenix core solution from on-site hosted to the cloud.” The bank will leverage its new core capabilities… Read More

May 2, 2023 @ 10:32 am By JD Alois  |  

Banking as a Service Provider Griffin, has appointed Marina Gorey as Chief People Officer. Griffin states that this marks a new phase for the Fintech, which was recently authorized, subject to restrictions, as a UK bank by the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA). David Jarvis, CEO and… Read More

May 1, 2023 @ 9:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Mr. Tharith Panpiemras, Assistant Governor of the Financial Institutions Policy Group, announced that after the Bank of Thailand (BOT) released the Virtual Bank Licensing Framework for public consultation “between January 12 and February 12, 2023, the BOT reportedly received questions and helpful feedback from stakeholders… Read More

May 1, 2023 @ 11:44 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Gilles Gade, CEO at Cross River Bank, notes that they recently “closed the first quarter of the year strong and on target despite a turbulent macro environment.” It’s worth noting that Cross River Bank, a top Fintech enabler, is a target of a Federal Deposit Insurance… Read More

May 1, 2023 @ 11:32 am By JD Alois  |  

In another sign of the flagging global economy, Germany-based digital bank N26 has announced a 4% reduction in its employee headcount. N26 is a fully licensed bank receiving approval in its home country. N26 operates in various European countries. At one point, it took a… Read More

April 30, 2023 @ 11:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Volante Technologies, the global provider of cloud payments and financial messaging solutions to accelerate digital transformation, has released a partner-authored paper featuring insights “into the banking sector and projections for innovation-driven growth.” The report, the first in an annual series, “incorporates contributions from fifteen global… Read More

April 30, 2023 @ 5:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Mutual Vision, a community-owned technology provider, announced it will adopt Mambu’s cloud banking engine. Mambu will “underpin Mutual Vision’s services and bring a unique proposition to its expanding customer base of 27 building societies and banks in the UK.” Mutual Vision provides “a digital platform… Read More

April 30, 2023 @ 8:59 am By Omar Faridi  |  

LendingClub Corporation (NYSE: LC), the parent company of LendingClub Bank, America’s digital marketplace bank, recently announced financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2023. Scott Sanborn, LendingClub CEO, said: “We delivered a solid quarter driven by our strategic advantages, including over 15 years… Read More

April 28, 2023 @ 3:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Glia, the provider of Digital Customer Service (DCS), announced a voice banking solution for the Glia Interaction Platform. The new feature is “an extension to its turnkey AI-powered Glia Virtual Assistants (GVAs) to support dial-in phone interactions.” This provides “a single, native virtual assistant across… Read More

April 28, 2023 @ 8:29 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Nubank (NYSE: NU), which claims to be one of the largest digital financial services platforms in the world, reportedly reached the milestone of 80 million customers in Latin America “in the first week of April 2023, where it maintains operations in Brazil, Mexico and Colombia.”… Read More