Tagged: financial management

February 11, 2023 @ 12:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

October has been providing financing to Qonto, Europe’s financial management company, for almost two years now. Integrated directly via API with the Qonto platform, October “analyzes customer requests in a few clicks to provide them with an instant loan offer.” With over 40,000 active retail… Read More

January 26, 2023 @ 8:16 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Klarna, which claims to be the global leader in the generational shift away from credit cards,  announced the launch of Money Story in the US Klarna App – “a personal spending summary of 2022 that provides millions of consumers with useful insights into their spending… Read More

January 10, 2023 @ 9:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

As many Canadians set their financial goals for the year ahead, CIBC announced the launch of CIBC Smart Planner, which is described as “an easy to use, self-serve digital tool that takes the complexity out of managing finances and offers personalized advice.” CIBC Smart Planner… Read More

December 12, 2022 @ 5:49 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Carefull announced a partnership with Cetera Financial Group, which claims to be a leading financial services firm and one of America’s “largest” networks of financial professionals. Through a collaborative partnership, Cetera financial professionals now “have access to Carefull’s state-of-the-art technology, which is purpose-built for those… Read More

October 14, 2022 @ 9:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

NorthOne recently announced it has raised $67 million in Series B funding. With participation from new and existing investors, NorthOne claims it is poised “to further expand the reach of its business banking and financial management platform across all sectors of the small business community.”… Read More

September 28, 2022 @ 11:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Thriday, the “all-in-one” financial management platform, takes another leap on its mission to become the fastest way for SMEs “to manage their banking, accounting, and tax with a circa $6 million pre-Series A round led by NAB Ventures and significant participation from existing investor Lempriere… Read More

August 24, 2022 @ 6:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

C2FO, which claims to be the largest global platform for working capital, announced a  partnership with Vic.ai, a provider of artificial intelligence (AI) for autonomous accounting and financial management. Through this partnership, C2FO and Vic.ai will “provide their enterprise customers with a flexible AI-driven invoice… Read More

August 17, 2022 @ 2:46 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

MX, a firm focused on the Open Finance ecosystem, recently announced that Guild Financial, an investing platform helping the U.S. military community, is “leveraging MX to enable military service members, veterans, and their families to easily and securely connect financial data to help them build… Read More

July 13, 2022 @ 5:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Wealth Wizards has implemented a “consumer-led” financial wellbeing app for Royal London in order to help over 1.5 million new and existing workplace pension clients with their finances. Royal London has reportedly configured the Turo Wellbeing app to create a series of personalized journeys to… Read More

July 8, 2022 @ 7:54 am By Omar Faridi  |  

  London Fintech Plum, Europe’s personal finance app, has introduced a debit card “to help its customers take control of their finances.” The card is Plum’s first move into spending, “consolidating its position as a comprehensive money app.” Designed to complement Plum’s budgeting features and… Read More

May 29, 2022 @ 2:46 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Strabo, which aims to offer wealth analytics “at your fingertips,” has acquired 110% (£193,573) of its £175,003 target (at the time of writing) from 163 investors through its crowdfunding campaign via Seedrs (with 17 days left in the campaign). Located in London, Strabo operates in… Read More

May 17, 2022 @ 3:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

inbestMe, a “smart” digital investment platform, “simple to use” and customized to deliver “better returns with lower costs,” has acquired 140% (€2,113,386) of its €1,500,000 target via Crowdcube from 171 investors (at the time of writing). After launching in Spain back in 2017, inbestMe claims… Read More

May 14, 2022 @ 10:52 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Analysis from online pension provider, PensionBee reveals that many women could “lose out on as much as £225,000 in pension savings, should they retire at the same time as their male partner.” As men in heterosexual relationships tend to be the older partner, typically by… Read More

May 1, 2022 @ 12:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Curve, the financial super app which helps customers with understanding and “mastering” their finances by bringing together debit, credit and loyalty cards into one, announced a partnership with Lewes Football Club. The partnership has been born out of the brands’ goals and objectives of empowerment…. Read More

April 18, 2022 @ 7:45 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Technology is too often a “blindfold” when it should be a “microscope,” Oxford Risk has warned. Wealth managers or advisers risk failing investors on suitability “by not using technology appropriately to measure ESG preferences and being caught up in the ‘green rush’,” according to behavioral… Read More

April 17, 2022 @ 11:54 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Truelytics recently teamed up with BlackRock (NYSE:BLK) to offer advisors “access to data, analytics, and insights to manage and grow their practices.” Financial advisors need access to the most “accurate, timely, and insightful tools for helping manage their practice and improve their valuation.” To that… Read More

April 16, 2022 @ 5:36 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Formations, a financial management solution that “maximizes” the financial wellbeing of the self-employed, recently announced the completion of an $8 million Series A round led by Arthur Ventures. The investment round comes on the heels of YoY growth “of 500%.” It will help Formations further… Read More

April 3, 2022 @ 12:15 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Carefull, which claims to be the first digital platform built “to protect the daily finances of older adults,” has announced a pilot program with Nationwide and their Innovation team, “leveraging access to Carefull’s safe money monitoring technology.” In using its tech to support the 45… Read More

March 14, 2022 @ 3:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ebitly and open banking platform Nordigen have joined forces to offer financial information straight onto the program from clients’ bank accounts. Ebitly is a real-time cashflow planning platform, which is focused on giving SMEs access to smart and robust financial management tools. The program’s interface… Read More

February 28, 2022 @ 3:11 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Betterment at Work recently confirmed the introduction of its Student Loan Management solution, and that it has entered into an agreement to acquire the partner and customer relationships of Gradvisor, a platform that offers “personalized” college savings plans. These two product offerings are meant to… Read More