Tagged: financial services

May 20, 2022 @ 3:54 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Open Banking Fintech Volt has introduced a product aimed at helping merchants save on excessive debit card (interchange) fees by encouraging shoppers “to seamlessly switch to an open banking payment AFTER choosing to pay with a debit card at the checkout.” After recognizing the banking… Read More

May 19, 2022 @ 10:54 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Paxos, the regulated blockchain infrastructure platform, has teamed up with State Street (NYSE: STT). one of the “leading” providers of financial services to institutional investors, “to integrate State Street’s custodial services into the Paxos Settlement Service.” As part of the pilot, State Street was able “to… Read More

May 19, 2022 @ 10:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Greenlight Financial Technology, Inc., the Fintech firm on a mission to help parents raise financially-smart kids, recently announced the Greenlight Family Cash Mastercard, a credit card designed “to help parents save for their kids’ college and family’s future.” The Family Cash Card is the “first… Read More

May 19, 2022 @ 3:50 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Very Good Security (VGS), a firm focused on protecting sensitive data, enabling innovation while ensuring security and privacy, announced an extended partnership with Plaid, a data network that powers the tools “millions of people” rely on to “live healthier financial lives.” VGS will be “a… Read More

May 18, 2022 @ 10:36 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Foley & Lardner LLP recently represented Nomad, a Latin American Fintech firm that enables Brazilian consumers to maintain bank accounts in the United States, in its $32 million (R$160 million) financing. The Fintech company’s investment round was led by Stripe, followed by monashees, Spark Capital,… Read More

May 17, 2022 @ 11:56 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Temenos AG (SIX: TEMN) recently announced the appointment of Roman Bartik as President Americas in order to accelerate and scale expansion in the region. Roman will be “responsible for all day-to-day operations, strategy and profitability in North and South America, effective immediately.” Roman joins the… Read More

May 17, 2022 @ 11:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Tide, the United Kingdom’s business financial platform and Sage, a key player in accounting, financial, HR and payroll technology for small and mid-sized businesses, has announced the “launch of a complete end-to-end accounting and tax solution for small businesses.” In an effort to simplify business… Read More

May 17, 2022 @ 10:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

  Starling Bank has launched a campaign that “celebrates” women’s football as part of its national support of the UEFA Women’s EURO 2022 tournament. The ‘Our Time’ campaign highlights the glass ceilings that continue “to be broken for the women’s game, while nodding to Starling’s… Read More

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

Griffin, a UK Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) Fintech, recently announced the completion of a key step in its application for a banking license. Griffin has submitted its application to the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). John Weguelin, Griffin Chair, stated: “This is… Read More

May 17, 2022 @ 1:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ABN AMRO’s (AMS: ABN) investment clients are now able to see what impact they have made with their investments. The impact was already stated in the quarterly updates clients received, “but is now also visible in internet banking and via app.” As noted in a… 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 16, 2022 @ 6:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Sudozi, a financial software innovator, recently announced new solutions to help finance teams automate workflows and improve spend decisions, as well as “the close of a $4.3 million seed round led by Pear VC with participation from S3 Ventures and Mischief.” Founded by the former… Read More

May 16, 2022 @ 5:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

EQONEX Limited (NASDAQ: EQOS), a digital assets financial services company, recently announced the appointment of Daniel Ling as Chief Financial Officer and Member of the Executive Committee, “effective immediately.” Daniel was recently appointed to the EQONEX Board of Directors “as part of the company’s strategic… Read More

May 16, 2022 @ 1:29 am By Omar Faridi  |  

MPOWER Financing, which claims to be a mission-driven Fintech firm and the “leading” provider of education loans to “promising” international and DACA students, recently announced industry veteran Christopher Zaki “as its new Head of Capital Markets.” Zaki will identify and lead strategic partnerships “with capital… Read More

May 15, 2022 @ 10:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

New payment checks at online checkouts are “proving invaluable” as Nationwide Building Society reports it is “protecting its members from an additional 2,000 cases of online card fraud a month.” Despite the fact that some transactions now take a little longer, new research from UK’s… Read More

May 15, 2022 @ 7:53 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Clear Junction has announced the introduction of an e-wallet solution that will “enable open banking providers to overcome some of the challenges they face when going to market.” Clear Junction has been working on a new and improved e-wallet solution that “adds value to open… Read More

May 15, 2022 @ 7:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Klarna, a global retail bank, payments, and shopping service, recently announced the launch of its Virtual Shopping offering, “bringing the best of in-store to the online experience.” Virtual Shopping by Klarna “enables consumers to browse and buy online with confidence by connecting them directly with… Read More

May 15, 2022 @ 8:46 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Affirm Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: AFRM), the payment network that empowers consumers and helps merchants drive growth, recently reported financial results “for its fiscal 2022 third quarter ended March 31, 2022.” Max Levchin, Founder and CEO of Affirm, stated: “We continue to deliver strong growth with… Read More

May 15, 2022 @ 7:19 am By Omar Faridi  |  

DriveWealth, LLC, an international Fintech infrastructure firm that powers equity investing for Fintechs, has announced the appointment of Terry Angelos as Global Chief Executive Officer. This appointment will aim to “support DriveWealth’s continued growth, following a transformational year where the company realized a 100% growth… Read More

May 15, 2022 @ 2:44 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Santander (NYSE: SAN) claims to be the only company in Spain that “enables customers to purchase carbon credits on the ClimateTrade platform and Mastercard donation platform to offset their CO2 emissions.” 74% of its customers think sustainability “is of global importance, and 67% are calling… Read More