Tagged: digital financial services

August 2, 2023 @ 4:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Tide, the digital business financial platform, has launched its improved Tide Accounting tool, powered by Sage, in order “to help more small businesses meet their accounting needs directly from one place – their bank account.” At present SMEs have “to connect multiple solutions to their… Read More

August 2, 2023 @ 11:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Plinqit, which claims to be the first platform that brings together automated savings, data-driven financial wellness content and virtual account management, has launched a pilot program with support from BMO in order “to help customers achieve financial wellness and savings goals.” BMO, the eighth largest… Read More

August 2, 2023 @ 9:05 am By Omar Faridi  |  

FloQast, a provider of accounting workflow automation software created by accountants for accountants, and Crowe LLP, a public accounting, consulting, and technology firm, have announced a strategic alliance “to offer an innovative accounting workflow automation solution, aimed at improving the performance and synergy of accounting… Read More

August 1, 2023 @ 10:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Mollie, which claims to be one of the “fastest-growing” financial services providers in Europe, announces a new integration and joint marketing effort with Klaviyo, a marketing automation and customer data platform that “drives revenue growth for businesses of all sizes.” Through the new integration, merchants… Read More

August 1, 2023 @ 10:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Kuwait International Bank (KIB) has announced the launch of its Corporate Online Banking platform, heralding “a new phase of financial empowerment and security for its corporate customer.” The launch falls in line with the Bank’s commitment “to digital innovation and expanding its modern banking solutions.”… Read More

August 1, 2023 @ 7:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The new platform reportedly provides fast account set-up, easy online access to 13 international equity markets and brokerage rates from USD$5. CommSec has also reduced brokerage fees “for Australian share trading to $5 for trades under $1,000 and is introducing three new ETFs to CommSec… Read More

August 1, 2023 @ 4:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Jack Henry (Nasdaq: JHKY) announced that Machias Savings Bank, a $2.4 billion-asset mutual savings bank, has selected Jack Henry in order “to modernize its technology stack and help it continue delivering high-level customer service as the bank grows.” Founded in 1869, Machias Savings Bank is… Read More

August 1, 2023 @ 4:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

InRoads Credit Union, which claims to be a leader in innovative member experiences and an Eltropy customer, recently shared that by leveraging Eltropy‘s Video Banking solution, the Portland, Ore.-based credit union “achieved a 0% fraud rate, effectively safeguarding members and defeating fraudulent impersonations.” Kim Preston,… Read More

August 1, 2023 @ 8:02 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Fintech Open Source Foundation (FINOS), the foundation of open innovation in financial services and part of the Linux Foundation, announced the formation of an open standard project, based upon an approach developed by FINOS Platinum Member Citi, in order “to describe consistent controls for… Read More

July 31, 2023 @ 7:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Global Fintech revenue is expected to increase around 6x from current levels between 2021 and 2030 and could hit $1.5 trillion. The APAC region is expected to claim a significant portion of that total, representing around 40% of international Fintech revenue or totaling about $600… Read More

July 31, 2023 @ 1:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The first six months of 2023 were difficult for the fintech market globally, “with both total funding and the number of deals dropping, from US$63.2 billion across 2,885 deals in H2’22 to US$52.4 billion in across 2,153 deals in H1’23.” The cloud of uncertainty permeating… Read More

July 31, 2023 @ 8:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Standard Custody & Trust Company, a NYDFS chartered company providing institutional-grade custody, escrow, and settlement services for digital assets, announced a  partnership with L1 Advisors, a “pioneering” onchain wealth management platform for financial advisors and their clients. This partnership signifies an “industry-first” product offering “for… Read More

July 30, 2023 @ 9:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The United Kingdom and Singapore held the 8th UK-Singapore Financial Dialogue in London. The Dialogue facilitated a useful exchange of views, and “identified opportunities for further collaboration on joint projects, in priority areas such as sustainable finance and FinTech and innovation.” Sustainable Finance Both countries… Read More

July 30, 2023 @ 11:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

TIFIN, the artificial intelligence (AI) platform for wealth, is pleased to announce the launch of TIFIN.AI. TIFIN.AI is dedicated to conceiving and “developing TIFIN’s second cohort of AI-powered fintech companies.” J.P. Morgan (NYSE: JPM) has joined TIFIN in funding TIFIN.AI. The formation of TIFIN.AI builds… Read More

July 30, 2023 @ 5:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Maybank offers a welcome to Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) after their recent announcement to enter the electric vehicle (EV) auto market for their Model Y in Malaysia. This also signifies the Group’s involvement “as the key EV financing partner for Tesla in the country aligned to its… Read More

July 29, 2023 @ 2:36 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Klarna, the AI powered global payments network and shopping destination, has today announced its partnership with iconic British department store Liberty, “with its flexible and interest-free payment options now available online.” The partnership will aim to “help Liberty’s customers save time and money and worry… Read More

July 29, 2023 @ 10:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

As a follow-up to the recent webinar Envestnet hosted with open banking experts around the world, we caught up with Lisa Novier, Head of Governance, Risk & Compliance at Envestnet Data and Analytics. Envestnet claims it has been at the forefront of open banking adoption… Read More

July 28, 2023 @ 7:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Jeeves, a financial operating system built for global companies, backed by investors including Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), CRV, and Tencent, has expanded its product offering to include prepaid cards and cross-border payments. Jeeves launched publicly 22 months ago “with corporate credit cards as its initial product… Read More

July 28, 2023 @ 1:54 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Trintech, a global provider of cloud-based financial close solutions for the Office of the CFO, today announced its acquisition of Frontier Reconciliation and Accurate Reconciliation from Fiserv (NYSE: FI), a global provider of fintech and payments solutions. Serving customers across multiple verticals including financial services,… Read More

July 28, 2023 @ 10:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Croissant, a Fintech platform with a mission to empower intentional commerce, launched today with $24 million in seed funding from a suite of top investors, including Portage and KKR co-founders George Roberts and Henry Kravis. Initial funding was used “to accelerate Croissant’s MVP launch via… Read More