Tagged: financial institutions

December 12, 2022 @ 10:54 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Sopra Banking Software (SBS), which claims to be a leading technology partner to more than 1,500 financial institutions worldwide, announced it has been “selected as preferred supplier for Bevan Money, a digitally focused start-up who will provide retail mortgage and savings products to the UK… Read More

December 11, 2022 @ 11:43 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Matera, maker of world-class instant payment and QR code technology for financial institutions, announced its move into the U.S. “with new headquarters in San Francisco.” The expansion comes amid adoption of Pix, the instant payment system “implemented by the Central Bank of Brazil in 2020… Read More

December 2, 2022 @ 12:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Finastra announced that Clinc, the conversational AI specialist serving global financial institutions, will “deliver its Virtual Banking Assistant technology fully integrated within Finastra’s Fusion Digital Banking platform.” The application “enables Finastra’s bank and credit union customers, utilizing Fusion Digital Banking as their digital platform, to… Read More

November 28, 2022 @ 10:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ABA Bank, which claims to be Cambodia’s leading financial institution, has become the first bank in the country “to launch instant card issuance kiosks using Compass Plus Technologies solutions.” This new service “enables the issuance of international debit cards (Visa, Mastercard, and UnionPay) and local… Read More

November 25, 2022 @ 10:51 am By Omar Faridi  |  

ClearBank Ltd., the enabler of secure accounts, real-time clearing, and Embedded Banking for financial institutions, announced that it has “reached profitability.” ClearBank Ltd. has “generated £45.4m in revenue YTD and from October has reached monthly profitability in the UK.” The fintech bank “has nearly tripled… Read More

November 25, 2022 @ 8:21 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The European Banking Authority (EBA) recently published its final Guidelines on the use of remote customer onboarding solutions. These Guidelines “set out the steps credit and financial institutions should take to ensure safe and effective remote customer onboarding practices in line with applicable anti-money laundering… Read More

November 23, 2022 @ 3:11 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Finastra announced a collaboration with Fragmos Chain, a blockchain platform which digitalizes interactions between financial institutions, “to provide Finastra customers with out-of-the-box integration with Finastra Summit, its over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives market solution.” The API-first integration, via FusionFabric.cloud, “enables banks globally to digitalize their OTC derivatives… Read More

November 17, 2022 @ 8:15 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Regnology, a software provider with a focus on regulatory reporting solutions, announces that it has acquired b.fine, a Belgian RegTech firm which “assists financial institutions on the enhancement of their reporting supply chain.” Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Belgium, b.fine has “grown to a… Read More

November 15, 2022 @ 8:32 am By Omar Faridi  |  

LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group) and Mizuho Financial Group, Inc., one of Japan’s leading global financial institutions, announced an agreement “to collaborate in providing sustainability solutions to the bank’s corporate clients.” The agreement will enable Mizuho “to strengthen its offering to customers by combining LSEG’s… Read More

November 3, 2022 @ 10:48 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

METACO, the provider of digital asset management technology to complex, global financial institutions, announced that Union Bank of the Philippines (UnionBank), one of the largest universal banks in the Philippines, has “gone live on METACO’s flagship platform, Harmonize™, to pilot the launch of crypto services… Read More

November 1, 2022 @ 6:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Glia, the provider of Digital Customer Service (DCS), has teamed up with Finastra, a global provider of financial software applications and marketplaces, “to help financial institutions to improve the digital customer experience.” Via its FusionFabric.cloud platform and Fusion Digital Banking solution, Finastra will “offer Glia’s… Read More

October 28, 2022 @ 7:42 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Raisin, which claims to be the global leader for the savings and investment market, has announced the migration of its UK platform ClearBank, the “enabler of secure accounts, real-time clearing, and embedded banking for financial institutions.” ClearBank will “underpin the FSCS protected account Raisin UK… Read More

October 26, 2022 @ 8:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

WireFX, a Minnesota based Fintech startup and Stearns Bank N.A., an independently-owned financial institution with locations in Minnesota, Florida and Arizona “announce their partnership to support fintech and payment companies with FDIC insured bank accounts.” WireFX will “utilize Stearns Bank’s sponsorship to offer domestic and… Read More

October 21, 2022 @ 6:01 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Financial institutions, fintechs and enterprise businesses can transform their card programs by empowering cardholders with new programmable payments capabilities from Fiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ: FISV), a global provider of payments and financial services technology solutions, and IncumbentFI, a provider of processing services that streamline collaboration between… Read More

October 20, 2022 @ 7:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ForwardAI, a fintech providing aggregated access to accounting & business data and analysis, announced its partnership with FinTech Automation, a financial technology company that allows fintechs and traditional financial institutions (FIs) to offer various embedded finance and banking-as-a-service products. Through the partnership, FinTech Automation will… Read More

October 20, 2022 @ 6:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ZSuite Tech, a financial technology company that powers financial institutions with unbound digital accounts encompassing escrow, subaccounting, sub-ledgering, FBO and trust accounts for commercial clients, announced Manasquan Bank successfully deployed ZEscrow, the industry’s “first” completely digital commercial escrow solution, and ZRent, an automated rent and… Read More

October 19, 2022 @ 3:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Larky, a fintech provider proactively connecting financial institutions with their audience in the right place and at the right time, has teamed up with Finastra to “provide enhanced mobile banking solutions for its customers.” Larky’s nudge is now “available on Finastra’s mobile banking platform, enabling… Read More

October 17, 2022 @ 10:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Financial institutions are spending millions of dollars every year inefficiently onboarding and maintaining clients, according to research from Fenergo, the provider of Know Your Customer (KYC) and Client Lifecycle Management (CLM) software solutions for financial institutions. A global study of over 1,000 C-level executives across… Read More

October 12, 2022 @ 9:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

OneConnect Financial Technology Co., Ltd, a Technology-as-a-Service provider for financial institutions, announced the official launch of its regional operations in Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), the international financial center of the capital of the UAE. OneConnect’s addition to the ADGM family will “further support the… Read More

October 11, 2022 @ 10:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Citi Treasury and Trade Solutions announced its intent to launch “24/7 Clearing” as a service to its financial institution clients, “beginning with 24/7 USD Clearing in Q4 2022.” This new service is “designed to enable Citi’s clients to make USD payments across Citi’s 1,500 financial… Read More