Tagged: digital financial services

June 18, 2022 @ 3:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Minna Bank, Ltd., Japan’s “first” digital bank, has recorded more than 1 million downloads of its mobile banking app and over 400,000 accounts have been “opened in its first year of commercial operations since May 28, 2021.” With the first “full” Cloud core banking system,… Read More

June 16, 2022 @ 8:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Temenos (SIX: TEMN) announced that TS Banking Group, an Iowa-based banking institution, has selected Temenos Banking Services “delivered on the Temenos Banking Cloud for a complete front-to-back digital transformation.” TS Banking Group will “migrate the entirety of its banking operations to Temenos’ leading open platform… Read More

June 13, 2022 @ 9:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

NymCard, the MENA-based Banking as-a-Service (BaaS) provider and card issuer, has raised $22.5 million in its latest funding round. This will help NymCard “enable MENA-based Fintechs with the infrastructure required from BIN Sponsorship, Card Issuing, Program Management, Compliance, FX, and Treasury, leverage its over 150+… Read More

June 10, 2022 @ 7:51 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Swedish firm Juni, a neobank focused on digital commerce entrepreneurs, has finalized a $206 million Series B and venture debt funding. The $100 million Series B investment round has been led by Mubadala Capital, whose international Fintech initiatives reportedly include investments in SpotOn, Brex, C2FO,… Read More

June 9, 2022 @ 2:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

MX, which claims to be a leader in Open Finance, recently announced the MX Partner Network has “doubled the number of its fintech partners in the past year alone.” MX partners with the “best” organizations across the financial services ecosystem “to bring industry-leading solutions and… Read More

June 8, 2022 @ 10:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ever imagine visiting your banking branch virtually (without having to leave your residence) or conveniently discussing investment plans with a financial advisor? Well, the day is not so far away when you may have the option to transact, access banking details and access various banking… Read More

June 8, 2022 @ 10:44 am By Omar Faridi  |  

It’s been over ten years now since digital lending software provider Blend (NYSE:BLND) launched its business. Blend noted that it is almost hard to believe that “at that time the mortgage process was largely manual, time-consuming, and paper-based.” Blend also mentioned that they believed that… Read More

June 7, 2022 @ 1:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Pennyworth, an AI-powered private bank for the “aspiring” affluent, has secured 103% (£619,023) of its £600,000 target from 241 investors (with 15 days left in the firm’s crowdfunding campaign) via Seedrs. Located in the United Kingdom, Pennyworth operates in the Finance & Payments sectors (Digital B2C)…. Read More

June 5, 2022 @ 10:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Tarabut Gateway, which claims to be the largest Open Banking platform in the MENA region with a market presence in Bahrain, the UAE and KSA, recently announced four new key banking partnerships in KSA. As part of its expansion in Saudi Arabia, and the developments… Read More

June 5, 2022 @ 4:54 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Alloy, which specializes in identity verification APIs that make KYC/AML “effective and simple,” has looked into how DeFi has evolved into a “major” sector of crypto without running KYC or AML checks on users. The Alloy team members have looked at “Permissioned… Read More

June 4, 2022 @ 11:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

TIFIN, a Fintech platform using artificial intelligence and “investment-driven” personalization to shape the future of investor experiences, recently announced the launch of their Magnifi+ platform. As noted in an update shared with CI, Magnifi + features investment intelligence “from leading financial pros through proprietary and… Read More

June 4, 2022 @ 10:58 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Alviere, which claims to be the “leading” provider of enterprise software solutions that easily enable any brand to deliver a “full suite” of financial products and services to customers, fans, and employees, recently announced that it has appointed Wes Schmidt as the firm’s Chief Revenue… Read More

June 3, 2022 @ 4:01 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

KeyBank (NYSE: KEY) recently announced the release of its end-to-end payment facilitation capabilities, allowing software companies “to easily own and process payments.” The concept of embedding financial products like payments and lending into software “is at the forefront of the financial services industry.” This release… Read More

June 3, 2022 @ 2:50 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Dave Inc. (NASDAQ: DAVE) announced the arrival of cash back rewards “for all Dave Spending members with the launch of Dave Rewards.” Dave is the banking app on a mission “to create products that level the financial playing field.” This new offering “enables Dave’s members… Read More

June 3, 2022 @ 8:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

MOCA, a provider of advanced mobile-first digital accounts featuring a “next-generation” card-based payment platform and unlimited cash-back rewards, is pleased to confirm that it has added Shawn Sinner, a former Visa Payment Executive and Issuer processing industry veteran, “as President and Chief Revenue Officer.” In… Read More

June 3, 2022 @ 7:20 am By Omar Faridi  |  

MoneyGram International, Inc. (NASDAQ: MGI), which claims to be an international “leader” in the evolution of digital P2P payments, and Mobily Pay, a “pioneering” mobile wallet powered by Saudi-based telecommunications and digital service provider Mobily, have announced a partnership “to launch MoneyGram’s leading international money… Read More

June 2, 2022 @ 11:01 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fidelity International has teamed up with Canadian Fintech company, Conquest, as the “exclusive” distributor of its financial planning software, ‘Conquest Planning’ to the UK independent advice market. ‘Conquest Planning’ uses data and AI “to provide advisers with greater insight into clients’ changing circumstances, allowing them… Read More

June 2, 2022 @ 9:16 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Affirm (NASDAQ: AFRM), the payment network that empowers consumers and helps merchants drive growth and Stripe, a financial infrastructure platform for businesses, announced a partnership that “makes Affirm’s Adaptive Checkout available to Stripe users in the U.S. today.” Adaptive Checkout uses Affirm’s smart decision engine “to… Read More

June 2, 2022 @ 8:14 am By Omar Faridi  |  

First Internet Bank recently announced that it has “raised its minimum hourly wage for full-time employees to $20.00.” The move is in response “to rising inflationary economic trends and reflects the Bank’s overall commitment to attracting and retaining talented employees.” Nicole Lorch, President and Chief… Read More

June 2, 2022 @ 6:46 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Nexi S.p.A. reveals that it has committed to a long-term strategic partnership with BPER Banca S.p.A. and Banco di Sardegna S.p.A. by transferring BPER and Banco di Sardegna’s merchant acquiring and POS management businesses to Nexi Payments S.p.A. As noted in the update, Nexi intends… Read More