Tagged: banking

June 17, 2022 @ 3:36 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ashman has announced its UK banking license (Authorized with Restrictions or ‘AwR’), which means it has been authorized and regulated “to trade with restrictions by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA).” Ashman, which was founded by real-estate entrepreneurs Ashkin Mittal and… Read More

June 17, 2022 @ 6:53 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Episode Six, a global payment and banking infrastructure provider, announced a new relationship with Galaxy FinX, Vietnam’s Fintech builder that is “re-shaping” the future of money and banking in the country. The deal “represents two firsts for Episode Six: a partnership in Vietnam as well… Read More

June 16, 2022 @ 9:01 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

NatWest recently revealed that it’s introducing a QR code-based version of its online payment service PayIt in order to help companies accept faster payments of invoices. Available within the NatWest Business Banking App and using PayIt as the tech backbone, the feature, called PayMe, allows… Read More

June 16, 2022 @ 8:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Temenos (SIX: TEMN) announced that TS Banking Group, an Iowa-based banking institution, has selected Temenos Banking Services “delivered on the Temenos Banking Cloud for a complete front-to-back digital transformation.” TS Banking Group will “migrate the entirety of its banking operations to Temenos’ leading open platform… Read More

June 14, 2022 @ 8:15 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Starling Bank has upgraded its Spending Insights tool in order to help consumers with improving their money management skills. Thirty-six new spending categories have been introduced, “giving customers instant access to monthly spending data across each category.” Starling is also rolling out a search capability… Read More

June 13, 2022 @ 9:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

NymCard, the MENA-based Banking as-a-Service (BaaS) provider and card issuer, has raised $22.5 million in its latest funding round. This will help NymCard “enable MENA-based Fintechs with the infrastructure required from BIN Sponsorship, Card Issuing, Program Management, Compliance, FX, and Treasury, leverage its over 150+… Read More

June 12, 2022 @ 8:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Stanchion Payment Solutions has completed HSM migration for one of Israel’s top three banking institutions. The bank has reportedly “migrated from ARX hardware security modules (HSMs) to Futurex HSMs.” HSMs power the bank’s secure payments environments “such as managing the cryptographic key exchange for the… Read More

June 10, 2022 @ 3:56 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Thought Machine, the Cloud-native banking tech firm, has launched Vault Payments: a new, cloud-native cards and payments processing platform. Launching with card processing on the Mastercard network, Vault Payments has been built from scratch “as a cloud-native payments processing platform – ensuring the platform is… Read More

June 10, 2022 @ 10:59 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Januar, the compliant gateway to the new digital economy for crypto businesses and institutional investors, has chosen Tuum as the core banking platform “to power its pan-Europe goals.” Tuum’s banking core will be used “to build account and payment solutions for crypto companies, in order… Read More

June 10, 2022 @ 10:45 am By Omar Faridi  |  

HSBC recently revealed that it is offering the Oxford Fintech Program to staff, “in first partnership of its kind between the University and the banking sector.” One of Europe’s biggest banks, HSBC, is joining forces with Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, “to help train… Read More

June 10, 2022 @ 9:38 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Backbase, creator of the “category-leading” Engagement Banking Platform, raised €120 million in growth equity funding from Motive Partners. Having grown organically to over €200 million in revenue, Backbase is now partnering “with a Fintech specialist private equity firm, to further strengthen its claim on the… Read More

June 10, 2022 @ 7:51 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Swedish firm Juni, a neobank focused on digital commerce entrepreneurs, has finalized a $206 million Series B and venture debt funding. The $100 million Series B investment round has been led by Mubadala Capital, whose international Fintech initiatives reportedly include investments in SpotOn, Brex, C2FO,… Read More

June 9, 2022 @ 7:52 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bloomberg has announced that Baader Bank AG, an investment bank in Germany, has adopted Bloomberg’s Rule Builder (RBLD), in order to automate its equities trading processes and streamline the performance of the company’s buy-side trading desk by leveraging key insights obtained from Bloomberg Transaction Cost… Read More

June 8, 2022 @ 10:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ever imagine visiting your banking branch virtually (without having to leave your residence) or conveniently discussing investment plans with a financial advisor? Well, the day is not so far away when you may have the option to transact, access banking details and access various banking… Read More

June 8, 2022 @ 8:18 am By JD Alois  |  

While most of the news was swirling around Apple’s (NASDAQ:AAPL) new buy now – pay later (BNPL) product that allows its users to pay in four equal payments over 6 weeks, digital bank Zopa has announced its spin on BNPL with a focus on big-ticket items. The… Read More

June 7, 2022 @ 10:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Last year, Commonwealth Bank of Australia set itself the “aggressive” recruitment target of appointing 100 new engineers each month in a bid “to help the bank deliver against its strategy of providing global best digital experiences to customers.” Less than 12 months later and the… Read More

June 7, 2022 @ 9:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Nationwide Building Society has reportedly extended its commitment to protect physical branch locations in cities and towns across the United Kingdom for at least another year as part of ongoing efforts to assist households amid the unprecedented rise in cost-of-living. The mutual lender stated that… Read More

June 7, 2022 @ 9:13 am By JD Alois  |  

Marqeta (NASDAQ: MQ) is being utilized by Western Union (NYSE:WU) to boost its “next-generation real-time multi-currency digital wallet and digital banking platform in Europe.” Marqeta’s card issuing platform is said to allow Western Union’s remittance service to be offered online, with funds disbursed to a… Read More

June 7, 2022 @ 9:05 am By JD Alois  |  

Ziglu, a UK-based e-Money institution and crypto platform, has announced a partnership with  ClearBank, a “cloud-based clearing bank.” ClearBank is regulated by the UK Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulation Authority. According to a company statement, Ziglu will be utilizing ClearBank’s platform to provide… Read More

June 7, 2022 @ 1:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Pennyworth, an AI-powered private bank for the “aspiring” affluent, has secured 103% (£619,023) of its £600,000 target from 241 investors (with 15 days left in the firm’s crowdfunding campaign) via Seedrs. Located in the United Kingdom, Pennyworth operates in the Finance & Payments sectors (Digital B2C)…. Read More