Tagged: banking

September 26, 2022 @ 8:23 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Revolut, the global financial super app with more than 20 million customers worldwide,  announced that it has “expanded its crypto offering to launch 29 new tokens for US* users, via a new partnership with Apex Crypto.” Customers can now “buy and sell a total of… Read More

September 24, 2022 @ 6:54 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bizum has arrived at N26. The online bank has announced that all customers with a Spanish IBAN can now “send, receive and request money through the popular mobile payments solution.” In addition, the online bank’s app will “incorporate the Bizum functionality to pay at partner… Read More

September 24, 2022 @ 12:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Trade Ledger, the data-driven lending technology provider, has partnered with Thought Machine, the cloud-native banking technology company and developer of core banking engine Vault Core, “to provide a fully integrated technology stack for commercial lenders and banks.” API-driven data exchange between the two companies will… Read More

September 23, 2022 @ 8:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Treasury Prime, a Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) company, announced it is partnering with FB Financial Corp (FirstBank) in order to bring embedded finance offerings to its customers. The partnership with FirstBank brings Treasury Prime’s bank network “to well over a dozen, adding to their rapidly growing available… Read More

September 23, 2022 @ 8:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Finastra and Visa ( NYSE: V) announced a Banking as a Service (BaaS) collaboration to co-develop new functionality on its Payments Hub solutions and implement Visa Direct – which provides access “to more than two billion accounts through push to account offerings.” The new capability… Read More

September 22, 2022 @ 10:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Newgen Software, a global provider of digital transformation products, has introduced what it claims to be the first low code trade finance platform at the recent customer meet in Mumbai, India. Trade finance is a fairly complex process as it involves a lot of paperwork,… Read More

September 22, 2022 @ 2:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

PCI Pal (LON: PCIP), the global SaaS provider of secure payment solutions for business communications, has announced the launch of its Pay By Bank open banking solution for contact centers. It is the first in “a series of new agent-assisted, digital payment products that enable merchants… Read More

September 22, 2022 @ 10:32 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) recently announced it is expanding Transaction Banking (TxB) to the European Union. Originally launched in the US in 2020 and expanded to the UK in 2021, this growth will deepen Goldman Sachs’ relationships “with existing clients who have banking needs in the… Read More

September 21, 2022 @ 9:31 pm By JD Alois  |  

FV Bank, a digital/digital asset bank, has integrated USDC, Circle’s dollar-based stablecoin. The new service enables account holders the ability to instantly convert USDC into US dollars at the moment of deposit. FV Bank is a US-licensed bank based in Puerto Rico where it is… Read More

September 21, 2022 @ 8:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Revolut has experienced a major data breach that has reportedly exposed the sensitive personal details of around 50,000 clients globally. Revolut‘s management has now informed Lithuania’s State Data Protection Inspectorate about the security breach, noting that access to its database had been obtained via advanced… Read More

September 20, 2022 @ 7:52 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Vivian Health, an IAC (NASDAQ: IAC) company and the leading healthcare jobs marketplace serving healthcare professionals first, announced an agreement with Lume, a banking platform for healthcare workers, which “allows Vivian to leverage Lume’s technology to create new banking and financial services for the more… Read More

September 18, 2022 @ 8:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ENOC Group has accelerated its digitization strategy through a collaboration with Emirates NBD, a banking group in the MENA region (and Turkey), in order “to implement innovative payment solutions.” ENOC Group has “successfully implemented Emirates NBD’s Host to Host (H2H) services for payments and account… Read More

September 18, 2022 @ 5:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR), an enterprise technology provider to banks, retailers and restaurants, announced its Board of Directors has unanimously “approved a plan to separate NCR into two independent, publicly traded companies – one focused on digital commerce, the other on ATMs.” The separation is… Read More

September 17, 2022 @ 3:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Deeptech & Banking company Tintra PLC has been awarded a Fintech Services License to operate in the Qatar Financial Centre (QFC), which is described as “a watershed moment as the company expands its build-out worldwide.” Tintra is using artificial intelligence and Web3 technologies “to build… Read More

September 15, 2022 @ 9:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Wio Bank PJSC announced its official launch in the UAE, “becoming the first platform bank in the region, aiming to transform banking operating models towards a more digital future.” This is in line with the UAE’s Digital Economy Strategy that aims “to double the contribution… Read More

September 15, 2022 @ 8:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Codat, the universal API for small business data, announced a partnership with nCino (NASDAQ: NCNO), the worldwide specialist in cloud banking, “to automate and accelerate banks’ ability to underwrite small business loans around the world.” nCino’s solution significantly “reduces the time it takes banks to… Read More

September 14, 2022 @ 2:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

KlariVis, a fast-growing enterprise dashboard and analytics solution for the financial services industry, announced its new relationship with its first Indiana-based institution, First Farmers Bank & Trust, as “a key data partner for the bank’s future.” KlariVis explains that it “compiles and aggregates high-value, actionable… Read More

September 13, 2022 @ 3:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Banking-as-a-Service Fintech firm Griffin recently announced the launch of Verify, a customer onboarding product. Verify will help regulated fintechs “onboard customers at scale while meeting regulatory requirements.” Adam Moulson, Griffin’s acting CEO, said: “Our mission is to create a technology-driven bank that we believe will… Read More

September 12, 2022 @ 10:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) recently revealed that it has recorded the most patents granted in the first half of any year in the company’s history. The U.S. Patent Office granted Bank of America 341 patents “during the first half of 2022, which is a… Read More

September 10, 2022 @ 7:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

India’s Cashfree Payments, a payment and API banking solutions company, is enabling door-step payment collection for DASH, a tech-led go-to-market platform for brands in Tier-3 towns. DASH will be using Cashfree Payments’ point of sale solution, ‘softPOS’, “to offer this service to more than 2,000… Read More