Tagged: digital banking

August 9, 2023 @ 7:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Several global banks have progressed with the Finteum Platform integration work, ahead of going live with the system. The Finteum Platform is “an execution venue that brings intraday funding capabilities to the global interbank market.” 19 banking groups with “a combined balance sheet of $23.5trn… Read More

August 9, 2023 @ 1:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nu officially inaugurated its new office spaces in Mexico City. With a sprawling space of over 5,000 m² in the Polanco neighborhood, Nu provides a workspace “for more than 1,200 Nubankers who work in a hybrid schedule, alternating between weeks of in-person and remote work… Read More

August 8, 2023 @ 11:59 am By Omar Faridi  |  

albo, a neobank in Mexico, has announced its acquisition of delt.ai for $20 million. With this strategic acquisition, albo has “strengthened its position in Mexico’s financial services sector, becoming the only neobank to offer debit and credit products for both consumers and SMBs.” This is… Read More

August 6, 2023 @ 2:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

BaaP (Banking-as-a-Platform) is an operational business model that “puts banks at the forefront of consumers.” In their latest whitepaper, the researchers highlighted “how BaaP can help traditional banks regain their competitive edge against neobanks.” This, according to the Juniper Research team. Through collaboration with innovative… Read More

August 1, 2023 @ 8:56 am By Omar Faridi  |  

European Depositary Bank (EDB), the Luxembourg-headquartered provider of banking, depositary, and custody solutions, announces its appointment by Aarna Capital Limited to deliver Digital Banking solutions. Aarna Capital is a multi-asset brokerage firm, “operating from Abu Dhabi Global Markets (ADGM) and offering customers access to futures,… Read More

July 27, 2023 @ 1:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Netbank, the Filipino embedded finance platform, is plessed to announce its strategic partnership with Pays0, a dynamic payments company, to offer seamless funds disbursement services through a cutting-edge application programming interface (API). This collaboration proves the opportunities in the Filipino payments market and marks a… Read More

July 26, 2023 @ 7:52 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Revolut, the global financial super-app with more than 30 million customers globally, consistent with its ongoing mission to give customers more control over their finances and connect people seamlessly across the world, announces it is “offering accounts to non-US citizens in the US, who do… Read More

July 25, 2023 @ 11:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

One year after launching its marketplace, Nubank (NYSE:NU), one of the world’s largest digital financial services platforms, is partnering with the traditional retail chain Casas Bahia in order “to implement a new shopping experience in its app.” Now, Nu customers will “have an even more… Read More

July 17, 2023 @ 10:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ubank – NAB’s digital only bank – has reached a major milestone, celebrating its first birthday since launching its new brand in market and the completion of its migration onto new technology to improve customer experience. Ubank CEO Philippa Watson said since NAB announced the intention… Read More

July 17, 2023 @ 9:09 am By Omar Faridi  |  

German regulatory authority BaFin has reportedly extended measures at digital bank N26 in an effort to prevent illicit activities. In 2019, BaFin issued an order targeting N26, telling the Fintech to “take appropriate internal safety measures” for the prevention of money laundering and terrorist financing…. Read More

July 13, 2023 @ 9:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Emirates NBD, a banking group in the MENA region and Turkey, has launched an enhanced and upgraded version of its WhatsApp banking service, “providing customers with a convenient, secure and reliable digital banking experience like never before.” Emirates NBD WhatsApp banking “allows customers to seamlessly… Read More

July 12, 2023 @ 2:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Citi (NYSE: C) has announced the launch of a new platform, CitiDirect Commercial Banking, specifically to address the needs of Citi Commercial Bank (CCB) clients. This is part of Citi’s significant strategic investment plan “to meet the growing global needs of these clients by delivering… Read More

July 12, 2023 @ 1:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

EBANX, a global fintech specializing in payments for rising markets, and Nubank, one of the world’s largest digital financial services platforms, announced a partnership to offer a new alternative payment method for international purchases, NuPay, a payment method developed by Nubank (NYSE: NU). The partnership… Read More

July 12, 2023 @ 12:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Furness Building Society (FBS), the member-owned building society, announced that it has partnered with Backbase, the global Engagement Banking Platform provider, to develop its new digital savings platform. As a member-owned building society, FBS prioritizes its members’ needs above all else. In the next three… Read More

July 12, 2023 @ 11:21 am By JD Alois  |  

Nubank (NYSE:NU) said it will expand its crypto services, Nubank Cripto, currently available to its customers in Brazil. As part of the expansion, Nubank has signed an agreement with Fireblocks, a global digital asset platform that offers a service for offering blockchain products and managing… Read More

July 6, 2023 @ 4:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Andrea Isola, former General Manager for Italy & South East Europe at N26, has been appointed as the new VP of European Markets and Business Operations at the German digital bank effective immediately. In his new role as VP of European Markets and Business Operations,… Read More

July 5, 2023 @ 10:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

On the back of a solid start to 2023, embedded banking platform BankiFi has denounced three misconceptions around a new class of digital only neobanks that continue “to persist despite ample evidence to dispel them.” As part of its efforts to highlight the issues faced… Read More

July 5, 2023 @ 8:18 am By Omar Faridi  |  

In a report published on ‘The (Unmet) Potential of Open Banking’, Oxera identifies the key economic obstacles that are “holding back the wider adoption of Open Banking and the development of new innovative use cases that go beyond the regulatory mandate.” NatWest Group commissioned Oxera,… Read More

July 2, 2023 @ 6:51 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Over three-quarters or 75% of the population in Lombardy, Italy’s largest and most industrialized area, banked online this past year, compared with the national average of just 63%, the Bank of Italy recently revealed. Virtual banking in Lombardy has reportedly increased by around 20 percentage… Read More

July 2, 2023 @ 2:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Robo.cash claims that it sees strong potential for the Asian fintech market, which is already setting certain trends, according to an update from the firm. The parent holding of Robo.cash plans “to focus on digital banking” in Asian markets. During the Finfellas P2P conference in… Read More