Tagged: embedded finance

May 30, 2021 @ 4:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Railsbank, an established embedded finance platform, has reportedly hired Ben Smith as General Manager for Australia as the banking-as-a-service (BaaS) platform expands operations across the Asia Pacific (APAC) region. Smith has earned a degree in Chemistry from The University of Manchester before he moved to… Read More

April 22, 2021 @ 7:58 am By Omar Faridi  |  

London-based Currencycloud, a provider of B2B embedded cross-border solutions, published a blog post earlier this month that explained how embedded finance works and integrates with the financial system. The Co-founders of HUBUC (CEO Hasan Nawaz and COO Ignacio Javierre), which reportedly uses Currencycloud APIs, provided… Read More

February 16, 2021 @ 8:20 am By Omar Faridi  |  

iwoca, an established European small business lender, has announced its UK-first integration with leading SME platform Xero. Integrating iwocaPay – iwoca’s invoice checkout – into Xero’s platform, will “for the first time provide small businesses with a Pay Later option for their business customers,” according… Read More

December 28, 2020 @ 10:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Sophie Guibaud, Chief Growth Officer at OpenPayd, a UK-headquartered API-based Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) provider, notes that Fintech and other industries have had an “extraordinary” 2020. She pointed out that major scandals (like Wirecard) have “rocked the industry,” however, we’ve also seen significant progress that should help… Read More

December 13, 2020 @ 6:46 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Simon Torrance, Advisor to Boards and Leadership teams on business model transformation, platform strategy, and digital ventures, claims that embedded insurance is a $3 trillion market opportunity, which may help “close the protection gap.” Torrance, a Senior Advisor at Rainmaking, explains that embedded insurance is… Read More