Tagged: financial institutions

September 22, 2021 @ 1:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Centennial Bank (NASDAQ: HOMB) has teamed up with FINBOA, an innovator in digital automation and regulatory compliance for financial institutions, in order to boost efficiency and cut down bank losses, while also enhancing client experience and empowering workers via process automation. As virtual payments and… Read More

September 17, 2021 @ 8:20 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Form3, the platform payment tech provider, has revealed that its Series C investment funding of $160 million has been finalized. Form3‘s investment round has been led by the Growth Equity business within Goldman Sachs Asset Management and included contributions from existing investors. This brings the… Read More

September 16, 2021 @ 8:36 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Banking Circle, an established payments service provider, has looked into how collaboration can “speed up the real-time payments revolution for corporates.” As noted in a blog post by Banking Circle: “For retail customers, instant payments have come to be expected, but in… Read More

September 16, 2021 @ 7:54 am By Omar Faridi  |  

ForwardAI, a Fintech firm offering aggregated access to business and accounting data and analysis, has introduced PreciseMatch, which is described as an intelligent transaction mapping technology that “automatically cross-validates accounting systems with synced banking accounts, allowing for smarter, more efficient small business lending decisions.” Banking… Read More

August 24, 2021 @ 10:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Global AI-enhanced credit decision platform provider, Scienaptic AI, has revealed that Cooperative Teachers Credit Union (CTCU) has chosen its AI-based platform, allowing the credit union to make “stronger, faster” credit decisions and provide improved financial options for its members. As noted by Scienaptic AI‘s developers:… Read More

August 15, 2021 @ 7:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In the fast-evolving digital economy, money laundering and financial crime have been increasing quite rapidly as regulation and banking processes struggle to address the rise in “criminal innovation.” Because of these developments, financial institutions have to respond quickly and effectively, by utilizing the appropriate tools… Read More

August 6, 2021 @ 2:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nymbus, an established provider of banking tech services, has secured $3 million in capital through a round that was led by OFG Ventures, LLC, which operates as a subsidiary of the OFG Bancorp (NYSE: OFG). As noted by its management: “A revolutionary alternative to the… Read More

August 5, 2021 @ 7:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ZSuite Technologies, a Fintech firm that aims to support community financial institutions with digital escrow products for commercial verticals, reveals that Jill Feiler has joined the company as Chief Client Officer. In her new role, Feiler will be tasked with ensuring client success with ZSuite’s… Read More

August 4, 2021 @ 11:16 am By Omar Faridi  |  

NYMBUS, an established provider of banking tech solutions, has introduced an updated portfolio of “niche” virtual banking concepts via Nymbus Labs. These new services are ready and available “to purchase, launch and grow by any size bank or credit union seeking to accelerate growth through… Read More

August 1, 2021 @ 11:18 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The ASEAN Financial Innovation Network (AFIN) recently confirmed the appointment of H.E Serey Chea, Prof. Olayinka David-West as advisors and Latha Ayyar as an independent director to its board. The ASEAN Financial Innovation Network (AFIN) has been established in order to facilitate innovation and cooperation… Read More

July 31, 2021 @ 3:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Kasisto, the developer of a conversational AI chatbot, has finalized a $15.5 million Series C round that has been co-led by new investors Naples Technology Vendors and NCR Corporation. Kasisto’s KAI digital experience platform is currently being used by major financial institutions such as JPMorgan,… Read More

July 30, 2021 @ 7:45 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Early Warning Services, LLC, the network operator behind Zelle, has shared its Q2 2021 transaction results, which include signed financial institutions representing over 500 million DDA accounts. During Q2 2021, the Zelle Network handled $120 billion on 436 million transactions. YoY sent payment values “increased… Read More

July 29, 2021 @ 2:01 am By Omar Faridi  |  

SWIFT reveals that it has launched SWIFT Go, a service that enables small businesses and consumers to send “fast, predictable, highly secure, and competitively priced low-value” cross-border payments across the globe. Payments may be sent directly from users’ bank accounts. Seven international banking institutions, which… Read More

July 2, 2021 @ 4:54 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Elucidate, the financial crime risk scoring solution provider, has introduced the Elucidate FinCrime Risk Monitor (EFRM), an open database for assigning scores to the financial crime risk vulnerability of financial institutions. The EFRM has been designed to enhance transparency in the financial services sector. The… Read More

June 24, 2021 @ 10:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Financial institutions will now be able to give consumers the option to purchase, sell and hold Bitcoin via their bank accounts – which will be enabled through an integration between Fiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ: FISV), a provider of payments and financial services tech solutions, and NYDIG,… Read More

March 23, 2021 @ 8:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Only a month after announcing that it was working on an integrated service for crypto-assets, BNY Mellon (NYSE:BK) has decided to make a strategic investment into crypto startup Fireblocks. The New York-headquartered financial powerhouse, which is notably among the biggest banking institutions and also one… Read More

December 4, 2020 @ 7:51 am By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently connected with Scott Freeman, Co-Founder and Partner at JST Capital, a New York-based financial services firm currently focused on the digital asset market. The partners of JST have spent more than twenty years working in the traditional financial services sector. They’ve now entered… Read More

November 28, 2020 @ 2:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitcoin (BTC), the flagship cryptocurrency, is considered a legitimate store of value (SoV) by many investors, as it allows them to hedge against “expansionist monetary policies,” according to a blog post by Ledger Vault, a digital asset security solution for financial institutions, powered by Ledger… Read More

November 14, 2020 @ 2:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Blockchain security firm Ciphertrace has noted that FinCEN’s suggested rule change for the Travel Rule Threshold would “more than double” compliance events for US-based virtual asset service providers or VASPs. CipherTrace confirms that FinCEN had released a proposed rule change (in October 2020). The recommendation… Read More

October 22, 2020 @ 3:15 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Quavo Inc., a U.S.-based fintech provider, announced on Thursday it has launched a fraud and dispute artificial intelligence (AI), called Auto Reasonable Investigation Agent (ARIA). The company claims that ARIA is the “first and only” SaaS platform AI and automation to conduct dispute investigations as… Read More