Tagged: digitalization

October 11, 2024 @ 6:49 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Matrixport, which claims to be one of the world’s “one-stop” crypto financial services platforms, officially launches its latest “Official Channel Verification” feature. Users are now reportedly able to visit the verification page anytime in order to verify their accounts via multiple channels. This is said… Read More

October 11, 2024 @ 2:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Akur8, the insurance pricing and reserving solution powered by Transparent AI, is pleased to announce its collab with RSM US LLP, which is the provider of assurance, tax and consulting services for the middle market. RSM has reportedly used Akur8’s Reserving solution for a number… Read More

October 11, 2024 @ 10:24 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitcoin Suisse says it’s pleased to announce the addition of the EIGEN token from EigenLayer to its comprehensive trading and custody services. Effective immediately, Bitcoin Suisse clients can now reportedly trade and securely store EIGEN, further expanding their access to a growing range of digital… Read More

October 8, 2024 @ 3:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Experian Consumer Services announcing a partnership with Oakbrook, a non-bank consumer lender, to offer debt consolidation loans on the Experian Marketplace by reportedly using Paylink’s ReFi tech. This recently announced collaboration is said to mark a significant milestone in improving financial inclusion and unlocking access… Read More

October 6, 2024 @ 2:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Mastercard (NYSE: MA) announced recently that it has launched various new benefits in support of small businesses operating across Canada. Curated new cardholder benefits provide savings on products and solutions tailored to meet the requirements of Canadian business owners. In order to to acknowledge Small… Read More

October 4, 2024 @ 11:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Numerated, the AI-enhanced commercial lending platform, announced its partnership with Alloy, the identity risk management company working with various banks and fintech companies, to deliver fraud checks within commercial lending. This partnership will aim to support Numerated’s lending automation capabilities by combining risk management with… Read More

September 29, 2024 @ 5:46 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Global Fintech Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE: BR)  announced that Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (SEB) is leveraging Broadridge’s international post-trade processing solution to simplify and streamline its securities business across international and domestic markets. SEB is an established, long-standing user of Broadridge‘s front and middle… Read More

September 25, 2024 @ 7:24 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) commenced Phase 2 of the e-HKD pilot program and is expanding Project e-HKD to explore new forms of digital money. The HKMA in Hong Kong revealed on September 23 that it officially began Phase 2 of the e-HKD Pilot… Read More

September 21, 2024 @ 10:36 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital wallets are said to be a rapidly growing online technology, which has now reportedly experienced a particular and steady growth in popularity since the COVID-19 outbreak of 2020. This, according to a comprehensive report from Juniper Research. Juniper Research noted that it is also… Read More

September 19, 2024 @ 9:35 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Mesh, the modern connectivity layer for crypto that makes transfers and account aggregation seamless, is thrilled to announce its strategic partnership with CoinMENA FZE, a digital assets trading platform in the Middle East. This collaboration aims to enhance digital asset transfer services by “allowing CoinMENA’s… Read More

September 18, 2024 @ 2:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Xalts announced a deeper collaboration with Avalanche to bring more enterprise-grade real world asset tokenization solutions for institutions. This will provide out-of-the-box solutions to “enable financial services, governments, and other enterprise developers looking to build digital asset platforms for implementing blockchain, tokenization, and smart contract applications… Read More

September 17, 2024 @ 9:48 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Chainlink, the industry-standard decentralized computing platform, and ZKsync, an ever expanding verifiable blockchain network secured by math, announced that Chainlink CCIP, the industry-standard cross-chain protocol, is now live on ZKsync’s Era Mainnet. This is the next phase between Chainlink and ZKsync, and is “in line… Read More

August 25, 2024 @ 11:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Soneium by Sony Block Solutions Labs has officially been introduced in order to support the future of Web3. Soneium, by Sony Block Solutions Labs is “building a public Ethereum layer 2 next-generation blockchain ecosystem designed to invoke emotion and empower creativity.” Soneium will connect the… Read More

July 1, 2024 @ 9:48 am By Omar Faridi  |  

As the financial services world becomes increasingly digitized and consumer demands evolve, fraudsters and their methods are becoming more sophisticated, according to an update from Provenir. Provenir, a global firm focused on AI-powered risk decisioning software, is helping organizations fight back “by detecting these emerging… Read More

July 1, 2024 @ 9:08 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Mats Eklund has been announced as the new Head of Information Technology and Digitalization Department at Riksbank. The Executive Board of the Riksbank has reportedly appointed Mats Eklund new Head of the Information Technology and Digitalization Department. Mats comes most recently from “a position as… Read More

June 28, 2024 @ 12:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

On 2024 International MSME Day, Ant International, a digital payment and financial services provider, shares that it supports almost 100 million Micro, Small, and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs) worldwide across its businesses and partner programs; and reinforces its commitments towards MSME digitalization and inclusion through the… Read More

June 23, 2024 @ 7:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Refine Intelligence launched its Digital Customer Outreach for Check Fraud Prevention solution for banks, addressing a growing wave of check fraud fueled by mail theft and advanced counterfeiting techniques. Responding to the massive caseload that is overwhelming fraud analysts, the Refine solution – which works… Read More

June 9, 2024 @ 4:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Project mBridge continues its development and has reached the minimum viable product (MVP) stage, while broadening its international reach. The project aims to explore a multi-central bank digital currency (CBDC) platform “shared among participating central banks and commercial banks, built on distributed ledger technology (DLT)… Read More

May 20, 2024 @ 11:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision recently released a report that considers the implications of the ongoing digitalization of finance on banks and supervision. The report builds on the Sound Practices: implications of fintech developments for banks and bank supervisors released in 2018, and “takes… Read More

May 20, 2024 @ 7:41 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Socure, the provider of artificial intelligence for digital identity verification, sanctions screening, and fraud prevention, today released a new report titled, “The State of Digital Identity in 2024”, in partnership with The Center for Digital Government. According to the Government Accountability Office, the federal government… Read More