Tagged: digital financial services

July 10, 2022 @ 11:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Delio (CEO James Jung), which claims to be a leader in digital asset finance in South Korea, has launched a Crypto Bank service and expanded its business into offering virtual banking services. Since its founding in 2018, Delio claims it has been “leading the Korean… Read More

July 10, 2022 @ 11:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Starling Bank is introducing Bills Manager for small businesses in order to help business and sole trader account customers “streamline” their finances. The feature gives small businesses the ability “to have a Direct Debit or standing order taken from money set aside in any of… Read More

July 9, 2022 @ 5:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Stripe, a financial infrastructure platform for businesses, announced that Revolut will use Stripe “to support payments in the UK and Europe and accelerate its expansion into new markets.” Founded in 2015, Revolut has rapidly “become one of Europe’s great fintech success stories.” After launching in… Read More

July 9, 2022 @ 1:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

radicant, which claims to be the “first” sustainable, digital and collaborative internet-based financial services company that’s “aligned” with the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals, is working closely with Squirro. The integration of tech “enables radicant to automate decision-making processes and improve customer understanding and service… Read More

July 8, 2022 @ 7:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

FSS Technologies Singapore Pte Ltd., a provider of banking and payment tech solutions, announced a partnership with ACLEDA Bank, Cambodia’s largest commercial bank, in a multi-product deal “to consolidate and digitally transform its nation-wide merchant operations and automate its terminal monitoring, reconciliation and settlement processes.”… Read More

July 7, 2022 @ 4:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Kueski, which claims to be one of the largest buy now, pay later (BNPL) and online consumer lenders in Latin America, announced the appointment of Sung Hae Kim as the company’s Chief People Officer. Kim’s main objectives are “to promote Mexico as a technology and… Read More

July 7, 2022 @ 7:16 am By Omar Faridi  |  

UK-based business financial platform Tide has teamed up with Transcorp International Limited in order to issue prepaid cards intended for SMEs across India. The co-branded Tide Expense Cards should be introduced as an entry product, supported by India‘s card payment network, Rupay. The Tide app… Read More

July 6, 2022 @ 10:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Quirk, the new finance app developed for Gen Z consumers, has been introduced to the wider public this week after managing to reach 10,000 beta users. The app’s developers are offering this “financially-neglected” generation their “best” way to get on top of their finances and… Read More

July 4, 2022 @ 3:49 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Brazil’s C6 Bank clients can now make 100% free Pix Saque and Pix Troco transactions across the country. The new functionality “allows operations like these to be carried out in commercial establishments and lottery houses, not just at ATMs, making life easier for users.” Maxnaun… Read More

July 3, 2022 @ 9:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Virtual banking tech provider Amount is the latest Fintech firm to trim down its workforce, reducing its employee headcount by around 18%, according to a recent report from TechCrunch. Amount offers retail banking and point-of-sale tech to customers such as Banco Popular, HSBC, Regions Bank… Read More

July 3, 2022 @ 7:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Transact365, a UK-headquartered payments platform supporting merchants across the world, has recorded 300% YoY growth during its third year of European business operations. Established in 2017, Transact365 provides an international payments solution platform for merchants in major industries. With head offices in London, Transact365 currently… Read More

July 3, 2022 @ 1:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Finastra recently unveiled its embedded consumer lending solution, “enabling access to traditional regulated lending options for consumers at point-of-sale (POS).” Financial institutions, distributors and merchants will “benefit from a platform that makes it easy for their customers to access lending options.” For end consumers, Finastra… Read More

July 2, 2022 @ 9:13 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Westpac has announced that it will roll-out new technology which will “enable small businesses to accept payments from customers via their compatible Android mobile.” Westpac Tap on Phone leverages Airpay TAP technology from Australian payment technology provider Quest Payment Systems. It is being trialed with… Read More

July 1, 2022 @ 4:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Atlantic Money has secured a license as a payment institution through the National Bank of Belgium (NBB) which will “enable the business to provide its services across the European Union.” The announcement precedes an expected launch in Europe later this summer, “meaning that EU residents… Read More

July 1, 2022 @ 8:29 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Following a “successful” inaugural tax season, April Tax Solutions Inc., a personal income tax platform that embeds into digital financial apps, announced that it has raised $30 million in a Series A round. The Fintech startup has “gained the attention of unicorn founders and leaders… Read More

June 27, 2022 @ 9:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Spire, a GCC Open Banking services provider, has announced a partnership with Mastercard (NYSE: MA),  a technology leader in the global payments sector. The collaboration will “help banks revolutionize consumer engagement and enhance user experiences in the region by integrating Spire ‘Ingage’ and Mastercard’s Merchant… Read More

June 27, 2022 @ 2:59 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Open Banking Fintech Volt, a UK-based company powering the growth of real-time payments in the UK and Europe, is launching Verify, which is described as “an ultrafast bank account authentication service for online merchants and businesses.” As confirmed in the update, Volt is launching Verify… Read More

June 27, 2022 @ 2:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Accounting firms are missing a “key opportunity” to adopt Open Banking to help meet the needs of small businesses facing a cash flow squeeze, according to a report by iwoca, which claims to be one of Europe’s largest small business lenders, and AccountingWeb. The report,… Read More

June 23, 2022 @ 12:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Revolut Business has reportedly launched a new cashback offer for US customers. Businesses of any size – from SMEs to freelancers – “get up to 1.9 % cash back for card purchases,” according to an update shared with CI. Revolut, the global financial super app… Read More

June 20, 2022 @ 2:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Salesforce, which claims to be the global leader in CRM, recently announced it is working with Revolut, the global financial Superapp, “to help grow Revolut Business.” Revolut Business launched in 2017 “to provide companies with multi-currency exchange services, merchant acquiring, and corporate debit cards to… Read More