Tagged: financial services

June 16, 2023 @ 11:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Backbase, the global firm focused on Engagement Banking software, announced its acquisition of Nucoro, the UK-based digital wealth platform for an undisclosed amount. The acquisition will allow Backbase “to incorporate Nucoro’s headless platform capabilities directly into the Backbase Engagement Banking platform, enabling its customers to… Read More

June 16, 2023 @ 9:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Tide, the business financial platform, has announced it will help 200,000 female-led businesses start out by the end of 2027. It is the first fintech to support female-led SMEs on this scale. The commitment is part of Tide‘s efforts “to promote gender equality and remove… Read More

June 15, 2023 @ 10:53 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

FIA Tech, which claims to be a leading futures industry technology provider, announced that it raised an additional $25.4 million in a funding round “led by six existing shareholders, Bank of America, Barclays, Citi, Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan and Wells Fargo, in addition to BNP… Read More

June 15, 2023 @ 6:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Biz2X is pleased to announce its new Account Opening product. This “breakthrough” technology reportedly “allows banking clients to quickly and efficiently open new deposit accounts, enabling faster funding for borrowers. ” New small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are “cropping up every day.” The integration of Biz2X’s… Read More

June 15, 2023 @ 3:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nasdaq, Inc. (Nasdaq: NDAQ), a technology company serving the global financial system, today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Adenza, a provider of mission-critical risk management and regulatory software to the financial services industry, from Thoma Bravo, a software investment firm,… Read More

June 15, 2023 @ 12:48 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Umpqua Bank announced the rollout of Integrated Receivables, a “powerful” cloud-based platform for business customers that will help accounting departments “streamline the processing of high volumes of invoiced payments each month, strengthening companies’ cashflow management and overall efficiency.” Umpqua’s Integrated Receivables helps “eliminate a critical… Read More

June 15, 2023 @ 11:19 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The failure of several prominent banks, “highlighted the need for financial services institutions to better anticipate and manage risk.” To address these challenges, Oracle (NYSE: ORCL) has “launched new cloud-native services that can help banks strengthen their finance and risk management processes to reflect their… Read More

June 15, 2023 @ 7:52 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Avaloq, a subsidiary of NEC Corporation, and BlackRock, through its Aladdin Wealth business, have formed a strategic partnership aimed at enhancing their investment technology solutions for wealth managers and private banks. As part of the strategic partnership, BlackRock is making “a minority investment in Avaloq.”… Read More

June 14, 2023 @ 3:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Discover Bank has launched a new mission-driven investment fund, the Discover Financial Health Improvement Fund, “to support startups and early stage technology companies who are developing solutions to improve the financial health of low- and moderate-income people, communities, and small businesses.” Discover Bank has “made… Read More

June 14, 2023 @ 9:06 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Qorbis, an innovator in end-to-end embedded finance and Fintech personalization, announces its partnership with Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) provider, Mbanq, “to create a unique financial control and brand enhancement platform for clients.” Already live at the alpha-testing stage, the solution is unique in its flexibility for brands:… Read More

June 14, 2023 @ 9:03 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Infosys Finacle, part of EdgeVerve Systems, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Infosys (NYSE: INFY), and Keytrade Bank, the first online bank in Belgium and part of Credit Mutuel Arkea, one of France’s largest banking groups, announced the bank’s decision to select Infosys Finacle as the preferred… Read More

June 14, 2023 @ 8:58 am By Omar Faridi  |  

BoomFi, a next-generation payments company, has announced an oversubscribed seed funding round of $3.8 million led by White Star Capital. The team will use the capital from the investment round “to transform crypto and digital currency payments for web3. SaaS, eCommerce, creators, marketplaces and traditional… Read More

June 14, 2023 @ 7:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Westpac recently revealed that its new cards will be making payments more accessible for customers. Westpac has announced it is rolling out “a suite of new card designs to help make payments more accessible for blind or low vision customers.” The credit, debit and pre-paid… Read More

June 13, 2023 @ 10:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Paysend, the global card-to-card transfer pioneer and global payments platform, has appointed ex Ernst & Young auditor and American Express executive, Yuri Biondo as Chief Financial Officer for the Group’s US business. Based in Miami, he will “report directly to the Group CFO, Wilhelm Rohde,… Read More

June 13, 2023 @ 10:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has launched the 8th edition of the Global Fintech Hackcelerator, titled “Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Finance Global Challenge”, in order to “produce innovative and market-ready AI solutions that can transform the financial services industry.” The competition is “conducted in… Read More

June 13, 2023 @ 2:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

American Express (NYSE: AXP) a new partnership with Request to Pay focused fintech startup, Bluechain in order “to help streamline the supplier payment process for small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs).” Invoice management can “be resource intensive for small business owners, especially when using multiple… Read More

June 13, 2023 @ 12:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

United State Bank has partnered with digital banking provider, Bankjoy in order “to deliver a world-class online and mobile banking experience for its account holders.” Founded in 1922 and based in Lewistown, Mo., United State Bank “serves the financial needs of retail customers and commercial… Read More

June 13, 2023 @ 8:53 am By Omar Faridi  |  

XMDS Holding, a European software company active in the field of fintech and faretech, has acquired KUARIO, the Dutch based self-service payment provider to complement its portfolio of mobile payments solutions, playing into the increasing use of self-service kiosks. Since its establishment in 1998, XMDS… Read More

June 13, 2023 @ 8:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Allica Bank claims it is one of the fastest UK fintechs to hit profitability – “becoming monthly profitable in June 2022, less than three years after securing a banking licence – and achieving a £3m pre-tax profit in the second half of the year.” Allica… Read More

June 12, 2023 @ 6:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

AMNIS Treasury Services AG (amnis), a Fintech company founded in 2014 with the objective of simplifying international banking for SMEs, has recently acquired the SME portfolio of FX-Consulting AG. With this strategic move, the two Zurich-based companies aim “to enhance their support for Swiss SMEs… Read More