Tagged: financial services

September 19, 2023 @ 7:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

A survey from Xero, the global small business platform, has revealed that over half (53%) of small businesses in Canada “cited inflation as impacting their cash flow management in the last six months.” Some businesses have been so heavily impacted “that nearly one-third (31%) of… Read More

September 19, 2023 @ 3:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Robinhood (NASDAQ:HOOD) is pleased to announce that Matt Billings is joining the team as VP and President of Robinhood Financial LLC and Robinhood Securities, LLC effective as of – September 18, 2023. In this role, Matt will focus on furthering the firm’s commitment “to putting safety… Read More

September 19, 2023 @ 8:15 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Gatehouse Bank, the Shariah-compliant challenger bank, has released new research demonstrating that the UK’s money mindset is shifting towards saving. The research looked at UK adults’ attitudes towards money, “assessing the key factors that influence them, why they look to save or spend their money… Read More

September 18, 2023 @ 10:11 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Despite a challenging economic environment, 101 new businesses were created every hour across the UK in the first half of 2023, according to research by iwoca, one of Europe’s small business lenders. Analysis of Companies House data reveals “that over 436,000 businesses were registered in… Read More

September 18, 2023 @ 9:32 pm By Michael Wong  |  

The Association of Banks in Singapore (ABS) has revealed that significant retail banks in the city-state have bolstered their security protocols against malware scams, introducing enhancements and new countermeasures to adapt to the ever-evolving threat landscape. In a bid to safeguard their varied customer base… Read More

September 18, 2023 @ 11:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

HighRadius, the provider of Autonomous Finance Software for Order to Cash, Treasury, and Record to Report, launched FreedaGPT – Generative AI for the Office of the CFO. FreedaGPT is the next generation of Freeda – HighRadius’ AI-enabled digital assistant “for Order to Cash, Treasury, and… Read More

September 18, 2023 @ 11:25 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Republic, the operator of the largest investment crowdfunding platforms in the world, has made investing in new opportunities more seamless and accessible. Republic, which gives you power to invest in the future you believe in by taking positions in startups, real estate, crypto and video… Read More

September 18, 2023 @ 8:45 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The scams deluge that flourished during the COVID-19 pandemic and proliferates yet today has heightened the public’s fraud anxiety. Rampant fraud is also “reshaping individuals’ expectations about organizations’ obligations to protect them – and the compromises they are willing to make to enhance security” –… Read More

September 16, 2023 @ 10:09 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Nicolas Benady, CEO at Swan, says that the fundraising is significant for reinforcing the quality and scale of their product, and it’s also notable for their customers. With Swan, it’s reportedly easy for European companies “to embed banking into their own product and reap the… Read More

September 15, 2023 @ 10:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

MX Technologies, Inc., which claims to be an industry leader in Open Finance, announced it has named Michael Whitacre as Chief Commercial Officer, effective October 2, 2023. Michael brings more than 30 years of experience “leading world-class revenue and sales organizations focused on helping financial… Read More

September 15, 2023 @ 8:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Lunar doubles net interest and fee income in the first half of 2023 “compared to the same period last year.” At the same time, Lunar continues its investments in “developing the business and the product range to become the best everyday bank in the Nordics.”… Read More

September 15, 2023 @ 8:23 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Kin, the direct-to-consumer home insurance company built for every new normal, today announced the closing of a $33 million Series D extension. The funding was led by QED Investors “with participation from returning investors Geodesic Capital, Allegis Capital, Hudson Structured Capital Management Ltd. (doing its… Read More

September 14, 2023 @ 9:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Accenture (NYSE: ACN) and Workday (NASDAQ: WDAY) are expanding their partnership to help organizations reinvent their finance functions to be more agile, data-driven and customer-centric. The companies are collaborating “to develop a suite of data-led, composable finance solutions that can be configured and reconfigured to… Read More

September 14, 2023 @ 8:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Mastercard (NYSE: MA) and Bahrain Institute of Banking & Finance collaborate “to spur skill development in the regional financial sector” Described as a “first-of-its-kind” collaboration, Mastercard and the Bahrain Institute of Banking & Finance will aim to “initiate a renewed understanding of the latest industry… Read More

September 14, 2023 @ 8:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

To better equip financial institutions’ need for faster data, more control and bigger impact throughout the analytics lifecycle, TransUnion (NYSE: TRU) launched TruIQ Data Enrichment. The solution provides unlimited, on-demand access “to pseudonymized TransUnion credit data within a customer’s private environment.” TruIQ Data Enrichment includes… Read More

September 14, 2023 @ 3:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Wealthfront clients have reportedly earned over half a billion dollars in interest year to date from our high-yield Cash Account offering 4.80% APY. According to a note from Wealthfront, high-yield accounts have “surged in popularity this year, but not all of these accounts provide the… Read More

September 14, 2023 @ 12:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

TS Imagine, a global cross-asset provider of trading, portfolio, and risk management solutions for financial services organizations, is unveiling a strategic partnership with eflow, a prominent provider of regulatory compliance solutions for the industry. The partnership represents “a significant step forward in TS Imagine‘s commitment… Read More

September 14, 2023 @ 11:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Citi (NYSE: C) announced the acquisition of its Bridge built by Citi® platform (“Bridge”) by Foro Holdings, Inc. (Foro), a Charlotte-based commercial lending services provider. As part of the transaction, Citi contributed Bridge to Foro and “joined Foro’s investors, including TTV Capital (TTV), US Bank… Read More

September 14, 2023 @ 8:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

BIAN, the independent not-for-profit standards association, has announced the third iteration of its ‘Coreless Banking’ initiative, an API-based services architecture designed to resolve the challenges banks face with interoperability. Coreless Banking 3.0 builds “upon BIAN’s second iteration of its coreless banking model developed in 2021,… Read More

September 14, 2023 @ 8:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Mastercard (NYSE: MA) and Paysend, a UK-based fintech, have today expanded their collaboration to enhance cross-border payments for small and medium enterprises (SMEs), which are increasingly looking “for ways to send money or pay vendors across the globe quickly and securely.” While digital payments are… Read More