Tagged: clearbank

April 5, 2024 @ 4:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ClearBank, the enabler of real-time clearing and embedded banking for financial institutions, today presents the results from its 2023 Annual Report. It shows ClearBank’s first full year of profitability, “with strong growth in income, platform and transaction fees, deposits, and clients.” In a challenging and… Read More

March 28, 2024 @ 8:53 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Clearbank is now a member of the Digital Pound Foundation’s (DPF) community. ClearBank joins the Foundation as “an Associate Member and will take part in the Identity and Privacy and Policy, Legal and Regulatory Working Groups.” As a member, ClearBank will have “the opportunity to… Read More

March 6, 2024 @ 8:31 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Innovate Finance, the independent industry body for UK Fintech, has launched the Unicorn Council for UK Fintech (UCFT), a coalition of UK-based Fintech unicorn founders to accelerate and unlock promised growth in the UK FinTech sector. The Council will be “co-chaired by Janine Hirt, CEO… Read More

March 3, 2024 @ 7:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ClearBank, the enabler of secure accounts, real-time clearing and embedded banking for financial institutions, announced that Emma Hagan has been appointed CEO of ClearBank UK, and will take up the role following regulatory approval. Hagan brings a wealth of banking experience “to the role, having… Read More

February 15, 2024 @ 10:58 am By Omar Faridi  |  

ClearBank Ltd., the enabler of real-time clearing and embedded banking for financial institutions, announces its partnership with digital investment platform Wealthify, which has enabled the company to launch its first Instant Access Savings Account. The partnership allows Wealthify to “provide this innovative savings account to… Read More

February 1, 2024 @ 1:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

ClearBank, the enabler of real-time clearing and embedded banking for financial institutions, announces a new report on the Electronic Money Institution (EMI) market in the UK and Europe. The independent report, commissioned by ClearBank and produced by leading analyst house Celent, finds “that EMIs now… Read More

January 14, 2024 @ 5:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ClearBank, the enabler of real-time clearing and embedded banking for financial institutions, announced the appointment of Paul Staples as Group Head of Embedded Banking and Nick Ford as Group Head of Channels and Alliances. Paul has reportedly had “a 20-year career in banking, and building… Read More

December 15, 2023 @ 3:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ClearBank announced that it is appointing former Starling Bank and Barclays executive Megan Cooper as Chief Product Officer. Cooper will reportedly “lead ClearBank’s product management team and develop product strategy.” ClearBank, the enabler of real-time clearing and embedded banking for financial institutions, recently confirmed in… Read More

December 13, 2023 @ 7:11 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ClearBank is providing LemFi with agency banking services to enhance international payment services for emerging market immigrants in North America and Europe. ClearBank, the enabler of real-time clearing and embedded banking for financial institutions,  announced its partnership with LemFi (formerly known as Lemonade Finance), a… Read More

December 10, 2023 @ 10:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Thistle Initiatives, part of the Thistle Group is pleased to announce its partnership agreement with ClearBank, the enabler of real-time clearing and embedded banking for financial institutions, “as its first trusted client compliance partner. ” As ClearBank’s partner, Thistle Initiatives provides support “on matters including,… Read More

November 9, 2023 @ 6:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Shonaid Jemmett-Page reportedly takes the place of David Gagie as Chair of UK Board of Directors ClearBank, the enabler of real-time clearing and embedded banking for financial institutions. The Fintech company confirmed in a blog post that “subject to regulatory approval, it has appointed Shonaid… Read More

October 22, 2023 @ 3:11 pm By JD Alois  |  

Jonny Fry has been selected to lead ClearBank‘s digital asset strategy, according to the digital bank. ClearBank is a fully licensed bank that also offers its tech stack to other financial services firms. Fry was previously CEO of TeamBlockchain and publisher of Digital Bytes. The… Read More

September 29, 2023 @ 1:53 am By Omar Faridi  |  

BCB Group is a crypto-dedicated payment services provider, serving many of the industry’s  clients including Bitstamp, Crypto.com, Fireblocks, Galaxy, Gemini and Kraken. It provides payment services in “over 30 currencies, FX, cryptocurrency liquidity, digital asset custody and BLINC, which is BCB’s free, instant settlements network… Read More

September 15, 2023 @ 10:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

ClearBank Ltd., an enabler of bank accounts, real-time clearing, and embedded banking for financial institutions, presents its unaudited H1 2023 results. The bank saw “a 144% YoY increase in revenues from £20.2m in H1 2022 to £49.3m in H1 2023.” Over the same period, customer… Read More

August 22, 2023 @ 7:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

It can be beneficial to support new businesses through a dedicated pre-regulated service and operating account, through to a fully licensed bank. This approach can provide cost-effective “access to Faster Payments (FPS) – offering all the advantages of the UK’s faster payments infrastructure to its… Read More

June 10, 2023 @ 12:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ClearBank, the enabler of real-time clearing and embedded banking for financial institutions, today announced its partnership with Allica Bank, the fintech challenger bank dedicated to supporting established UK small and medium businesses. Allica Bank was founded “to serve established UK SMEs (businesses with 10-250 employees)… Read More

April 21, 2023 @ 3:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ClearBank, the enabler of real-time clearing and embedded banking for financial institutions, recently announced that it has appointed Spiros Theodossiou as Chief Product Officer (CPO). An industry figure “with over 20 years of experience, Spiros previously served as CPO at cloud accounting platform DEXT.” Before… Read More

April 5, 2023 @ 6:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Embedded Banking provider announces full-year results “including 46% increase in transaction volumes and 22% growth in customers.” ClearBank Ltd., enabler of bank accounts, real-time clearing, and Embedded Banking for financial institutions, presents “the results from its 2022 Annual Report revealing the bank nearly tripled… Read More

March 18, 2023 @ 2:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ClearBank has announced its partnership with Code First Girls to actively recruit even more female coders. Code First Girls claims it is “the largest provider of free coding courses for women in the UK, and their impact doesn’t stop with education – they work with… Read More

November 30, 2022 @ 8:13 am By Omar Faridi  |  

ClearBank, which claims to be the largest next-generation clearing and embedded banking platform in the UK, and ThetaRay, provider of AI-powered transaction monitoring technology, announced they will “collaborate in cloud-native anti-money laundering (AML) monitoring to protect ClearBank against financial crime with ThetaRay’s robust and industry-leading… Read More