Tagged: financial services

July 27, 2022 @ 11:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

MX, which claims to be a leader in Open Finance, announced it will provide data cleansing and Instant Account Verification (IAV) for FuturePay’s MyTab, a digital revolving credit platform “for online merchants and their customers.” MyTab helps online shoppers across the U.S. “apply once for… Read More

July 27, 2022 @ 10:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Financial technology firm FIS (NYSE: FIS) is continuing to broaden its global merchant services footprint, announcing that its Worldpay from FIS merchant solutions are available in the fast0growing South Korean markets. Worldpay from FIS has teamed up with Seoul’s TossPayments, which is a South Korea… Read More

July 27, 2022 @ 2:51 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In an Australian banking first, retail CommBank customers will be able “to view their personalized carbon footprint within the CommBank app from early August.” The rollout to all CommBank retail customers “follows a pilot launched in October 2021, which allowed over 250,000 customers to view… Read More

July 27, 2022 @ 1:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Rostin Behnam announced a reorganization of Fintech and customer protection efforts and “changes to key roles as the agency evolves to address changing markets and market demographics.” Chairman Behnam is “bolstering the agency’s Fintech efforts by creating the Office of… Read More

July 27, 2022 @ 8:16 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Klarna Kosma, which is Klarna‘s financial technology platform for banking institutions, Fintech firms and retailers, announced its working relationship with Airbank, a digital financial management platform for companies. Klarna Kosma’s Open Banking platform offers Airbank with access to the largest international network of banks, considerably… Read More

July 26, 2022 @ 11:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Tech firm Bloom recently announced that their members may get spending rebates in the form of virtual currency. This move should see the Bloom App become one of Hong Kong’s first-ever spending apps that supports digital currency rebates for Visa card transfers made in Hong… Read More

July 26, 2022 @ 10:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

UK-based banking institution Barclays has reportedly taken a stake in Copper via the cryptocurrency custody company’s recent funding round and has invested substantially even though there’s less enthusiasm for volatile crypto-assets. This, according to an update from Sky News. Established back in 2018, Copper offers… Read More

July 26, 2022 @ 2:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fonoa have raised $60 million in order to expand their global tax solutions. Investors in the Series B investment round led by Coatue “include Dawn Capital, Index Ventures, OMERS Ventures, FJ Labs, Moving Capital.” The funding, which comes just six months after a $20m Series… Read More

July 26, 2022 @ 9:51 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Europe’s provider of credit information, CRIF, has reportedly expanded its Open Banking-enabled consumer credit solution to the United Kingdom, assisting more consumers with  accessing affordable, “responsible” credit during the ongoing economic crisis. CRIF’s credit scoring service, which is currently available to UK-based banking institutions and… Read More

July 26, 2022 @ 7:53 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Barcelona-headquartered community Fintech 11Onze has partnered with insurance firm Tuio, in order to provide a unique market proposal – 11Onze Segurs. It’s a technology-driven, agile, transparent, affordable home insurance service for members. The home insurance policy is around 15-20% cheaper when compared to the average… Read More

July 25, 2022 @ 10:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Tietoevry has decided to initiate a strategic review of Tietoevry Banking, including a process “to study the potential separation into an independent company that would be listed on a stock exchange.” The aim is “to accelerate growth profile, scale and profitability of Tietoevry Banking, and… Read More

July 25, 2022 @ 10:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Instacart, which claims to be the leading grocery technology company in North America, and Chase, one of the largest co-brand card issuers in the U.S., recently launched the new Instacart Mastercard credit card, with Mastercard as the “exclusive” payments network. With this “first-ever” credit card… Read More

July 25, 2022 @ 9:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

According to Visa (NYSE: V) internal reporting, friendly fraud can “account for up to 75% of all chargebacks.” Mike Lemberger, Senior Vice President of North America Risk at Visa, said: “Friendly fraud is not always friendly, especially from a merchant’s perspective,” The Fair Credit Billing… Read More

July 25, 2022 @ 8:18 am By Omar Faridi  |  

FNZ, the global wealth management platform, has acquired New Access, a specialized private banking technology firm “primarily active in the markets of Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Luxembourg.” These markets are key to “serving and administering client wealth globally and will support FNZ in delivering on its… Read More

July 24, 2022 @ 8:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Huobi Group, which claims to be one of the world’s leading financial services providers specializing in cryptocurrencies and related products, recently announced that it has been granted MVP provisional approval by the Dubai Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA) on July 15, 2022, while it “undertakes… Read More

July 24, 2022 @ 5:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Financial Services Innovation Lab (FSIL), which serves as an interface between the financial services industry and faculty and students at the Georgia Institute of Technology, and Fiserv (Nasdaq: FISV), a provider of payments and financial services tech with a “flagship” presence in Georgia, are… Read More

July 24, 2022 @ 1:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Moneyhub, which claims to be one of the market-leading Open Data and payments platform, is teaming up with Pennyworth, a financial planning and banking app, “to redesign digital banking for the aspiring-affluent consumer.” Pennyworth, which has applied for a UK banking license, has “developed a… Read More

July 23, 2022 @ 7:13 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Investing in tech to optimize data and modernize data management are the “top priorities” for financial services firms according to research by Fintech Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:BR). The research was “compiled from a survey of 200 financial services professionals, conducted at the recent SIFMA… Read More

July 22, 2022 @ 8:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

As U.S. demographics change, so does the pool of Americans “pursuing homeownership.” According to Freddie Mac, the Hispanic American homebuyer segment “has increased by 25% in the last decade.” By 2030, this growing sector “will represent an estimated 56% of all new homeowners.” Still, Spanish-speaking… Read More

July 22, 2022 @ 1:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

SumUp, the financial partner for small businesses across the globe, recently confirmed the introduction of SumUp Magic Pay, a QR code payment service for the hospitality industry. Hospitality client behavior has been changing in a post-pandemic environment. As the sector reopened in different phases, it… Read More