Tagged: digital financial services

Payments Fintech MeaWallet Teams Up with Mexico’s Fondeadora

MeaWallet, a digital payments enabler specializing in card tokenization, announces its partnership with Fondeadora, Mexico’s financial service provider. Fondeadora, renowned as the digital alternative “to traditional Mexican banking, is on a mission to empower individuals by returning control over their finances.” Being among the first… Read More

Bank Muamalat in Malaysia Adopts Google Cloud Infrastructure to Enable Digital Islamic Banking Services

Bank Muamalat Malaysia Berhad (Bank Muamalat) announced a multi-year collaboration with Google Cloud to accelerate its transformation into a leading digital Islamic bank. This collaboration aims to leverage Google Cloud’s integrated capabilities in modern infrastructure, data analytics, security, and generative AI (gen AI) to “deliver… Read More

Fintech Cross River and Aeropay to Enhance Instant Payouts for Gaming

On the cusp of Sunday’s “Big Game” and the upcoming college basketball playoff season, players in the gaming industry can now receive their winnings instantly, thanks to a partnership between Cross River Bank, a technology infrastructure provider that offers embedded financial solutions, and Aeropay, a… Read More

Betterment at Work Introduces Small Business Student Loan 401(k) Matching Solution

Betterment at Work, a provider of modern financial benefits for today’s diverse workforce, announces the first commercial product that allows small business employers to automatically match employee student loan payments with a 401(k) contribution. Sarah Levy, CEO of Betterment, said: “We know that student debt… Read More

Brazil’s Nubank Introduces Nu Selic Simples with Focus on National Treasury Bonds

Nubank (NYSE:NU), which claims to be one of the world’s largest digital financial services platforms, announces its newest product developed by Nu Asset: Nu Selic Simples. With a majority allocation in post-fixed public bonds from the National Treasury (LFTs – Financial Letters of the Treasury),… Read More

Digital Banking: Grupo Financiero Banorte Introduces bineo, a New Virtual Bank in Mexico

Grupo Financiero Banorte, one of Mexico’s largest financial firms, has introduced bineo, a virtual bank that will provide savings accounts as well as personal loans with the goal of onboarding 2.8 million new customers in the upcoming 5 years. Banco Banorte, which is reportedly owned… Read More

Latin America: Cuenta Nu to Help Colombians to Grow Wealth and Achieve Savings Goals

Nu. Colombia Financial Company, a subsidiary of Nu Holdings in the country, announced the opening of the “Launch List” for “Cuenta Nu,” its latest product, which aims to provide Colombians with a savings experience through the market’s “most competitive” offering. Cuenta Nu is a digital… Read More

Luma Financial Technologies and Yieldstreet to Expand RIA Access to Private Market Alternatives

Luma Financial Technologies, an independent multi-issuer structured products and annuities platform, has expanded its partnership with Yieldstreet, a private market investment platform, to bring Yieldstreet’s diverse offerings to Luma’s customer base. In doing so, Luma is broadening Registered Investment Advisors (RIAs) access “to alternative investment… Read More

Financial Infrastructure Fintech Stripe to Work with Best Buy

Stripe, a financial infrastructure platform for businesses, announced its work with Best Buy in order “to help power the retailer’s expansion into prescription health and wellness technology products.” Stripe explains that it “provides the payments infrastructure for Best Buy’s new platform, Wellness.BestBuyHealth.com, a new convenient… Read More

Wealth Management Milestone: AuM Powered by BridgeFT WealthTech API Across Client Network Grew by Over 100% in 2023

BridgeFT, an API-first, cloud-native wealth infrastructure software company that enables financial institutions, Fintech innovators, and registered investment advisors to deliver better, data-driven outcomes for their clients, announced that the total assets under management powered by BridgeFT’s WealthTech API across its client network grew by “more… Read More

UK Fintech Kriya, the Embedded Finance Provider, Shares End of Year Highlights, Business Strategy for 2024

Kriya notes that they’re about to close off 2023 and what an “important” year it’s been for the UK Fintech firm. This time last year Kriya CEO Anil Stocker says he was reflecting on their recently launched PayLater products and rebrand. According to the company… Read More

DeFi Adoption: Folks Finance Selects LI.FI to Enable DEX Integrations for Cross-Chain Lending Protocol

Folks Finance has chosen LI.FI in order to power the swaps and DEX integrations for its upcoming cross-chain protocol. Set to launch in Q2 2024, the expansion from Folks Finance will aim to “introduce a unique hub-and-spoke model to DeFi lending, seamlessly unifying multiple blockchains… Read More

UK’s OakNorth Bank Appoints Lord (Adair) Turner as Chairman

OakNorth – a UK-based digital bank, has added Lord (Adair) Turner as its Chairman of the Board. Lord Turner reportedly has “an extensive track record in financial services, including as Vice-Chairman of Merrill Lynch Europe, a Board Director of Standard Chartered, Chair of the Financial… Read More

UK Chancellor Jeremy Hunt Signs Berne Financial Services Agreement with Swiss Counterpart Karin Keller-Sutter

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has (21 December) signed the Berne Financial Services Agreement, a pact on financial services cooperation, with his Swiss counterpart Karin Keller-Sutter. The agreement sets sectors where the UK and Switzerland will “mutually recognize each other’s domestic laws and regulations on financial services,… Read More

iCapital, a Fintech Enabling Alternative Investments for Wealth Management Sector, Teams Up with IQ-EQ

iCapital, a global fintech platform enabling access to alternative investments for the wealth management industry, has partnered with investor services group IQ-EQ to establish a new series of French domiciled funds, which will “increase access for individual investors resident in France to global alternative investment… Read More

Banks Leading in Tech Deliver Greater Value to Shareholders, Lower Costs and Improve Client Satisfaction – Report

There is reportedly a strong correlation between a bank’s technology choices and its performance, showing that overall success hinges “on deft use of technology rather than on simply spending more on technology,” according to an update from Bain & Company. Bain & Company analysis finds… Read More

Virgin Money Introduces Pension Offering, Enhancing Digital Platform and Extending FNZ Partnership

Virgin Money has announced the launch of a new pension offering, enhancing its digital platform and further extending its partnership with FNZ. The digital investment solution was initially “launched in April 2023, and aimed to make investments more accessible, straightforward and transparent for UK retail… Read More

UK’s Atom Bank Is Supporting Durham University’s Women in Technology Program with Scholarships

Atom bank, the UK’s app-based bank, is boosting Durham University’s Women in Technology program with two new scholarships aimed “at prospective female students from low-income backgrounds.” The Women in Technology program was inspired “by globally recognized tech leader Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon MBE, and was founded… Read More

Wealthtech Addepar Surpasses $5 Trillion of Client Assets Managed on its Platform

Addepar, a global technology and data company for investment professionals, announced that it has exceeded $5 trillion of client assets managed on its platform. This milestone signifies the company’s position as the standard “for data management and aggregation, analysis and reporting.” Amidst fast-moving markets and… Read More

Digital Transformation: First Bank Now Live on Backbase Engagement Banking Platform

Backbase, the global enabler of Engagement Banking, announced St. Louis-based First Bank is live on the Backbase Engagement Banking Platform, powering the bank’s transformation strategy to offer a seamless, digital-first experience to its customers. First Bank chose Backbase for its centralized platform, “enabling the integration… Read More

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