Tagged: financial management

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

February 24, 2022 @ 8:42 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Andy Rachleff, co-founder and Executive Chairman at Wealthfront, which recently agreed to be acquired by UBS, says that we should keep investing even while the market is volatile. Andy writes in a blog post that when markets are volatile (as they are currently), investors sometimes… Read More

February 24, 2022 @ 8:23 am By Omar Faridi  |  

European Fintech challenger bunq notes that managing your funds has become even easier when using their platform. The team at bunq writes in a blog post that consumers do not want to spend a lot of time on money admin, because there are so many… Read More

January 26, 2022 @ 10:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

According to a Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) report, Hong Kong’s asset and wealth management sectors registered an increase in AUM of more than 20% YoY, to HKD 34.9 trillion, as of end 2020. As one of the area’s most prominent wealth management hubs, Hong… Read More

January 18, 2022 @ 9:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Truebill notes that the new year can be a good time to “reset your finances,” and they would like to help you out with that. The company recently shared some practical ways to help improve your finances in 2022. The firm recommends… Read More

January 12, 2022 @ 10:32 am By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently connected with Ben Waterman, COO and Co-founder, Strabo App, a cloud-based platform that helps you link multiple accounts from around the world in one dashboard. The Strabo App reportedly tracks all the money you own and owe, while providing you with a holistic… Read More

January 5, 2022 @ 7:52 am By Omar Faridi  |  

European Fintech bunq reveals that with the new year and “new you,” they will help clients with  saving even more money in 2022, which means “having more to spend on the things that you love” or care about. The team at Fintech challenger bunq has… Read More

January 3, 2022 @ 11:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

From the very beginning, HMBradley claims that it was built around you (the customer) – around the idea that personal finances should be “empowering and rewarding, every step of the way.” HMBradley wrote in a blog post that clients deserve a financial platform that’s “actually… Read More

January 3, 2022 @ 4:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Addepar, a U.S.-based wealth manager with $2.5 trillion of assets on its platform, has shared a report that introduces their proprietary Investor Sentiment IndexSM. As explained by Addepar, the index measures or gauges investor sentiment using “detailed portfolio-level data” from the firm’s Wealthtech platform. The… Read More

December 22, 2021 @ 9:45 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Established 11 months ago by ex- Revolut professionals including CEO Lasse Kalkar and COO Anita Koimur, and CTO Evan O’Brien, LiveFlow plans to improve the way financial management is performed inside organizations. The team at LiveFlow wrote in a blog post that they are pleased… Read More

December 16, 2021 @ 10:04 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Pascal WealthTech recently announced that it has acquired Living Wealth Media Inc., which is a digital relationship marketing platform built and designed for wealth advisors, “in an all-stock transaction.” As mentioned in an update shared with CI, Living Wealth will continue as “a standalone product,”… Read More

December 12, 2021 @ 12:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Green Fintech firm Sugi has reportedly teamed up with Artorius in order to provide the wealth manager’s customers with access to environmental metrics that may help them with building “greener” investment portfolios. Sugi says that its mission is to transform green investing. The company wants… Read More

December 9, 2021 @ 7:46 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Chip, the savings app that aims to bring consumers the best rates while automatically building up their savings, has made changes to its membership plans as it focuses on making more of the app free and gets ready to launch a simplified fee structure. Chip,… Read More

December 5, 2021 @ 2:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Mobile banking app N26 recently confirmed that they’re getting ready to close down all US accounts in January 2022. As noted in a blog post by UK-based Fintech Monzo, this decision has “left many customers looking for a replacement that offers easy mobile banking, low… Read More

December 5, 2021 @ 1:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

GoHenry, a debit card and financial education app designed for children ages 6-18, announced earlier this week a direct deposit feature for “working teenagers.” The addition of this workforce payment feature “allows teens 14 and older to have their paychecks deposited directly into their GoHenry… Read More

December 2, 2021 @ 12:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) reveals that it has teamed up with Greenlight Financial Technology, Inc. in order to bring families an “easy, convenient way to teach kids about personal finance.” All Morgan Stanley CashPlus brokerage account holders are now able to sign up for a… Read More

November 11, 2021 @ 7:51 am By Omar Faridi  |  

An automatic online service should assist the United Kingdom’s 8 million financially vulnerable households which are currently missing out on £16 billion in benefits that may be owed to them. Not-for-profit lending platform Scotcash stated that its benefits calculator, offered by Inbest, an established Fintech… Read More

November 3, 2021 @ 8:43 am By Omar Faridi  |  

UK-based digital bank Starling Bank is launching Bills Manager, in order to help clients with settling their bills in a timely manner and better managing their funds. The new feature, one of the “most requested,” offers clients the option to have a Direct Debit or… Read More