Tagged: financial services

May 15, 2022 @ 12:42 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Katanox, the travel accommodation distribution and Fintech platform, has acquired $5.7 million from a group of financial, hospitality, and tech entrepreneur family offices “to overhaul and reconfigure B2B distribution in hospitality.” The group of investors reportedly “includes Rappi and Yuno co-founder Juan Pablo Ortega, co-founder… Read More

May 14, 2022 @ 11:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Rewire, the first digital financial services platform for migrant workers worldwide, has expanded its insurance provision “for Filipino customers in the UK and Europe to cover their families living in the Philippines.” Filipino migrants in the UK and Europe can now “buy three additional coverage… Read More

May 14, 2022 @ 11:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

JPMorgan’s Securities Services business announced the launch of “Fusion by J.P. Morgan,” a data platform that “delivers end-to-end data management and reporting solutions for institutional investors.” Fusion will allow clients to seamlessly “integrate and combine data from multiple sources into a single data model that… Read More

May 14, 2022 @ 10:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Wahed Inc., an international Islamic Fintech firm, has announced the appointment of former BlackRock lawyer, Shahan Jamil, “as Deputy General Counsel based in London.” In this role, Shahan will be “a key contributor to the company’s legal function led by Wahed’s Chief Legal Officer and… Read More

May 13, 2022 @ 10:46 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Banco Santander is digitalizing its Core banking with Cloud tech in order to improve service and efficiency. The core banking platform is reportedly the most vital part of a bank’s IT infrastructure and is “where the main financial transactions, such as money transfers, deposits or… Read More

May 13, 2022 @ 7:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Brex, the firm that is “reimagining” finance for growing businesses, recently announced it is expanding Brex Empower to serve employees from US-based companies in over 100 countries “across card, spend management, and reimbursements.” Brex Empower — a new software platform designed to enable businesses to… Read More

May 12, 2022 @ 11:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

nCino, Inc. (NASDAQ: NCNO), a pioneer in Cloud banking and digital transformation solutions for the global financial services industry, has announced that Capitec Bank, a virtual bank has teamed up with nCino. nCino is assisting with building the bank’s Business Banking loan management system, “optimizing… Read More

May 12, 2022 @ 9:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Starling Bank, the digital bank, has reportedly doubled the size of its Cardiff office and “created hundreds of new jobs as its growth continues.” 868 employees are based in the region, “a 117% increase on the bank’s original 2020 pledge to hire 400.” As mentioned… Read More

May 12, 2022 @ 5:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Current, a U.S. financial technology platform serving Americans working to “create a better future” for themselves, recently announced the launch of its platform API, “built to facilitate seamless integrations and embedded banking experiences.” Plaid, the API-first data network powering the digital financial ecosystem, is reportedly… Read More

May 11, 2022 @ 5:54 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

KeyBank has reportedly acquired another Fintech. This time, the company has bought a business that works cooperatively with consumers who may have outstanding student loan debt. The Cleveland-headquartered banking institution confirmed on Monday (May 10, 2022) that it had acquired GradFin, which provides counseling to… Read More

May 11, 2022 @ 7:52 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Peppermint Innovation (ASX: PIL) has reportedly been granted a license in order to operate as an Electronic Money Issuer (EMI) by the Central Bank of the Philippines, “in one of the biggest regulatory milestones achieved by the company.” The EMI license authorizes the company “to… Read More

May 11, 2022 @ 7:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

As a leader at an advisory or investment company, you may recognize the requirement to streamline your business by leveraging appropriate technology, data and services–but the “process of designing that stack has its challenges,” according to an update from Addepar. Does the proposed solution “handle… Read More

May 10, 2022 @ 11:36 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bringing forth the inception of a “new era” in financial inclusivity, Netbank has introduced the Netizen Mobile Banking App as a “One-Stop-Banking Solution” “for Pinoy OFWs around the world.” With a commitment to address solutions to OFWs’ banking transactions, Netizen is developed to be “easy,… Read More

May 10, 2022 @ 2:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

COMO, an international automated paytech, has chosen SAP Fioneer’s Cloud for Banking (C4B) application. This partnership will “allow COMO’s customers immediate access to rich core banking functionality, while enabling real-time payment transactions and reducing costs by up to 60% for corporates.” The C4B system and… Read More

May 8, 2022 @ 11:56 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Asa connects financial institutions with vetted Fintechs for end users “in a secure, compliant and easy to implement marketplace.” The firm has announced that 40-year banking industry veteran Austin Adams has “joined its board of directors.” In this role, Adams is “helping drive the company’s… Read More

May 7, 2022 @ 1:36 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Kaleidofin, a Fintech firm from India, has finalized a second close to its $15 million Series B equity round. The company’s latest investment round has been led by the Michael and Susan Dell Foundation. The recent round takes the total funding secured by Kaleidofin to… Read More

May 6, 2022 @ 5:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

SaaScada, the Cloud native Core banking platform provider, recently announced it has secured £2.5 million in seed funding “from over ten investors – including leading figures from the banking and private investment sectors.” The SaaScada Cloud native platform “allows Fintechs and challenger banks to launch… Read More

May 6, 2022 @ 2:01 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Stripe, a financial infrastructure platform for businesses, has launched Stripe Financial Connections, “enabling businesses to establish direct connections with their customers’ bank accounts that power a wide range of financial processes.” The new service aligns with the Open Banking or Open Finance movement that enables… Read More

May 5, 2022 @ 10:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Metro Bank is reportedly one of the signatory companies “pledging support for the National Literacy Trust’s Vision for Literacy Business Pledge.” Poor adult literacy skills mean that one in seven adults in England “have the reading skills of a nine to eleven year old.” Poor… Read More

May 5, 2022 @ 8:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Affirm (NASDAQ: AFRM), the payment network that empowers consumers and “helps merchants drive growth,” and Fiserv, an international provider of payments and financial services tech solutions, announced a relationship that will “make Affirm available to Fiserv enterprise merchant clients later this year.” With this partnership,… Read More