Tagged: financial services

July 10, 2023 @ 8:33 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital wallets are a rapidly growing technology, seeing particular growth in popularity in the years since the COVID-19 pandemic, according to an update from Juniper Research. As noted in a report from Juniper Research, they are also “important in the fields of financial inclusion, and… Read More

July 9, 2023 @ 1:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Saudi Central Bank (SAMA) announces the issuance of the Implementing Regulations for the Law of Payments and Payment Services “to support the objective of enhancing soundness and efficiency of the payment systems infrastructure in Saudi Arabia.” The relevant regulatory and supervisory frameworks enable SAMA… Read More

July 9, 2023 @ 12:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Moneyhub, the data and payments platform built on the principles of Open Banking and Open Finance, has announced a partnership with MX Technologies, Inc., which claims to be a leader in Open Finance in North America. This partnership enables Moneyhub and MX “to leverage each… Read More

July 9, 2023 @ 12:58 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

FIS (NYSE: FIS), which claims to be a global leader in financial services technology, announced an acceleration of its previously announced separation plan in order “to create two highly focused global companies with greater strategic flexibility.” FIS has signed a definitive agreement “to sell a… Read More

July 8, 2023 @ 7:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

China’s regulatory authorities revealed on Friday (July 7, 2023) a 7.12 billion yuan (approximately $984 million) fine for Ant Group, a decision that effectively ends a lengthy regulatory revamp of the Fintech firm while marking an important step to concluding a massive crackdown on the… Read More

July 8, 2023 @ 3:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Apple has reportedly removed several malicous lending apps targeting unsuspecting users in India. The apps had allegedly used unethical methods in order to collect repayments, like threatening to send deepfake nudes to the borrowers’ personal contacts. In the last week, Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) has removed various… Read More

July 8, 2023 @ 10:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Jeremy Allaire, the  Co-founder & CEO of Circle, which helps businesses and developers harness the power of USDC for payments and commerce, reveals that they quietly released the first major milestone of Circle Web3 Services into production beta this week. We quietly released the first… Read More

July 7, 2023 @ 6:58 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nexo, which claims to be the world’s leading digital assets institution, recently marked a significant milestone with the successful completion of its independent Type 2 SOC 2 audit. This step underlines Nexo‘s commitment “to delivering industry-leading client data security and ensures an elevated experience for… Read More

July 7, 2023 @ 2:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Clair, a mission-driven fintech company, announced it raised $175 million in funding to launch the first free, consumer-friendly, on-demand pay solution as a consumer lending program backed by an FDIC-insured bank. The new program “provides for a participation amount of up to $150 million, which… Read More

July 7, 2023 @ 9:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Members of the U.S. financial services sector published the findings of a proof of concept (PoC) that explored the feasibility of the regulated liability network (RLN), which is envisioned “as an interoperable network for wholesale payments operating on a shared multi-entity distributed ledger.” While today’s… Read More

July 6, 2023 @ 4:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Andrea Isola, former General Manager for Italy & South East Europe at N26, has been appointed as the new VP of European Markets and Business Operations at the German digital bank effective immediately. In his new role as VP of European Markets and Business Operations,… Read More

July 6, 2023 @ 4:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Financial wellbeing platform, Claro Wellbeing, and expert in global pay solutions, CloudPay, have announced a new partnership to provide financial wellbeing and education via the CloudPay NOW app. Claro Wellbeing, the financial education and wellbeing provider, “which offers financial coaching, e-learning courses and webinars, is… Read More

July 6, 2023 @ 7:49 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital bank Revolut recently revealed that it has expanded its financial services in Germany by offering personal loans. As noted in the update from Revolut, existing clients may now apply for loans, which can range anywhere between €1,000 and €50,000 via the platform’s Fintech app… Read More

July 6, 2023 @ 7:21 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Mambu, an SaaS cloud banking platform, today announced it is now available on Google Cloud Marketplace. This opens the door for more fintechs, neobanks, traditional banks, and non-financial institutions “to embrace cloud technology.” The announcement builds on Mambu‘s existing partnership “with Google Cloud, which has… Read More

July 5, 2023 @ 10:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

On the back of a solid start to 2023, embedded banking platform BankiFi has denounced three misconceptions around a new class of digital only neobanks that continue “to persist despite ample evidence to dispel them.” As part of its efforts to highlight the issues faced… Read More

July 5, 2023 @ 10:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Credit unions and community banks, facing a surge in sophisticated fraud along with the challenge of protecting their members’ personal information, are “taking proactive steps to combat this alarming trend.” As the financial industry grapples with increasing fraud threats, community financial institutions (CFIs) are “turning… Read More

July 5, 2023 @ 10:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Seedstars is announcing the launch of Financial Innovations for Women Affected by Migration (FIWAM), a growth program that aims “to identify and support fintech companies that are focused on promoting financial inclusion, particularly for women migrants and women affected by migration.” Applications are open until… Read More

July 5, 2023 @ 5:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Tim Frost, CEO of digital wealth platform Yield App, says that recent price stability in bitcoin combined with a number of positive macro and regulatory signals mean the stage could be set for crypto’s next bull market. Tim Frost, CEO of digital wealth platform Yield… Read More

July 5, 2023 @ 5:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

On 4 July 2023, the Danish Financial Supervisory Authority made a decision that Saxo Bank A/S’ trading in crypto assets for its own account is found “to lie outside the legal business area of ​​financial institutions, including section 24 of the Financial Business Act.” On… Read More

July 5, 2023 @ 5:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The financial institution is launching a new job portal “to attract people with technological backgrounds in the different countries where it has a presence.” The Group expects to end 2023 “with over 2,600 new hires of this type of professionals, 1,000 of which will be… Read More