Tagged: financial services

January 11, 2022 @ 4:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Financial services have become a lot more accessible, seamless, and user-friendly in the past decade due largely to the rise of innovative Fintech platforms throughout the world. Traditional banking service providers have launched their own digital transformation strategies in order to remain competitive in a… Read More

January 11, 2022 @ 10:33 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at LatAm Fintech Belvo has reflected on a great year for all the financial innovators working towards “leveraging open finance in Latin America.” Belvo has shared their latest product updates and releases “on three fronts: data enrichment, data aggregation, and [their] developers portal.”… Read More

January 10, 2022 @ 3:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Open Banking is the “future of banking,” according to an update from alternative investment platform YieldStreet. The team at YieldStreet has explained how Open Banking can impact your banking experience. In an episode of The Yield, Yieldstreet CFA Peter Kerr was joined by Frédérick Lavoie… Read More

January 10, 2022 @ 3:21 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Solarisbank, a firm that’s focused on creating a world where financial services “seamlessly sync with life,” notes in its Fintech forecast report that 2021 was quite an uncertain period but not as “unprecedented” as 2020. Solarisbank wrote in a blog post that during the past… Read More

January 9, 2022 @ 1:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Kendra Pecan, Senior Marketing Project Manager at Airbase, has explained how marketing departments may budget with the Fintech firm’s spend management platform. Kendra notes that as a project manager, many of the challenges for her “came around the planning aspect of the role.” She often… Read More

January 9, 2022 @ 1:09 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Tommy Nicholas, CEO at Alloy, which specializes in identity verification APIs that make KYC/AML “effective and simple,” says that he loves Fintech. Nicholas writes in a blog post that he believes the wide availability of “digital-first” consumer/SMB financial services helps “drive fees down, increases access… Read More

January 8, 2022 @ 12:51 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Itai Damti, CEO at Unit, a financial services company that helps tech firms build financial features into their products (accounts, cards, payments, lending), notes that 2021 was a great year for Unit, thanks to their clients, team, partners, and investors. In the “demanding” day-to-day of… Read More

January 7, 2022 @ 6:03 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Railsbank APAC Marketing Manager Darren Thang has taken a look at how property buyers are about to get an enhanced experience. Thang writes in a blog post that increasingly, nonbank firms are “warming to the idea of embedded finance experiences, offering banking-like services that provide… Read More

January 7, 2022 @ 4:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

A recent survey highlights a “clear divide” between high-income and emerging economies in “attitudes” toward artificial intelligence (AI), with “optimism” considerably higher in emerging economies. Those in emerging economies noted that they are “more familiar with AI tools and products than those in developed economies.”… Read More

January 7, 2022 @ 10:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Jack Wilson, ex-FCA advisor and TrueLayer’s Head of Public Policy, notes that he’s responsible for coordinating how the firm “influences” public policy (government and regulators) to ensure the appropriate conditions for the company’s growth across the United Kingdom, European Union, internationally. A lot of the… Read More

January 7, 2022 @ 2:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

If you’ve sent or received a payment from a friend or family member, you might have used either Zelle or Venmo to complete the transaction. These Fintech payment services enable consumers to send and receive local personal payments easily, with simply an email address or… Read More

January 6, 2022 @ 10:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Stephanie Leung, Group Deputy CEO at Southeast Asia’s StashAway, a digital wealth manager, notes that the COVID-19 outbreak has accelerated three key trends: a new inflation regime, China’s economic recovery, and the Fourth Industrial Revolution. According to Leung’s observations, the Coronavirus pandemic has continued to… Read More

January 6, 2022 @ 10:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bank Negara Malaysia, the nation’s central bank, recently issued the Discussion Paper on Licensing Framework for Digital Insurers and Takaful Operators. As noted by Bank Negara, the Discussion Paper outlines the proposed framework for “licensing new digital insurers and takaful operators (DITOs)” in order to… Read More

January 6, 2022 @ 2:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Payments giant Visa (NYSE: V) notes that Sara’s Tamales in Portland, Oregon, is a small business built on a “big dream” — one that seemed quite “far-fetched” before owner Sara Rodriguez introduced her very first tamale cart. “When you don’t have the opportunities, the money… Read More

January 6, 2022 @ 2:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

DeFi protocol Exotic Markets has reportedly secured $5 million in capital from various prominent VCs and investors. In addition, the private token sale round attracted a lot of attention, as demand for structured products in decentralized finance has picked up, according to an update shared… Read More

January 5, 2022 @ 11:15 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

UK’s digital bank Starling has reportedly launched a new advertising campaign that “encourages small business owners to break free from their incumbent bank.” As mentioned in a release, the campaign, created specifically for Starling Bank by Wonderhood Studios, is the second “under Starling’s new platform… 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 4, 2022 @ 11:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

David Snitkof, Head of Analytics at Ocrolus, which claims to be the leading document automation platform in financial services, powering the digital lending ecosystem, notes that just over a year ago, he had commented on the state of the automotive lending markets in the US…. Read More

January 4, 2022 @ 10:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Papaya Global, which aims to help your company grow (with its passion for automation), notes that if your firm is planning an expansion or engaged in recruiting remote workers without regard for their actual location, then it might make sense to consult… Read More

January 4, 2022 @ 5:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fintech firm Melio has shared ways that online accounts payable tools can make life a lot easier. The Melio team writes in a blog post that most of us set out on an independent career path because we may have a “passion for our field… Read More