Tagged: financial services

May 10, 2023 @ 12:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CMFG Ventures, the venture capital arm of CUNA Mutual Group, has announced a strategic investment in DataVisor, a global firm focused on online fraud detection and risk management for financial services and ecommerce, as they expand their services into the credit union market. Credit unions… Read More

May 10, 2023 @ 12:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

iDenfy, an AI-enabled identity verification, and fraud prevention tech startup, announced its partnership with Fincapital Partners, an all-in-one banking and asset management platform that offers comprehensive financial services. The company will “leverage iDenfy’s advanced KYC and AML solutions to deliver a seamless customer onboarding process.”… Read More

May 10, 2023 @ 9:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Grasshopper, the client-first digital bank built for the business and innovation economy, and Sydecar, a frictionless deal execution platform for venture investors, announced a partnership to provide Sydecar’s venture investing clients with access to digital banking products through Grasshopper’s Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) platform. The partnership fulfills… Read More

May 10, 2023 @ 5:20 am By Omar Faridi  |  

  Digital Asset and market participants announce their plans to launch the Canton Network, the industry’s “first” privacy-enabled interoperable blockchain network designed for institutional assets and built “to responsibly unlock the potential of synchronized financial markets.” Canton Network participants reportedly “include 3Homes, ASX, BNP Paribas,… Read More

May 9, 2023 @ 10:36 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Saudi Central Bank (SAMA) seeks public consultation on the draft “Rules for Regulating Buy Now Pay later (BNPL) Companies.” In the interest of transparency and wider participation, SAMA reportedly “invites stakeholders and public to provide suggestions and observations on the draft Rules by visiting… Read More

May 9, 2023 @ 5:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Airwallex, a global payments and financial platform for modern businesses, announced its official launch in Israel to fuel future expansion across the region, including the appointment of Or Liban as Airwallex’s Head of Israel and the Middle East. This expansion comes at “a pivotal moment… Read More

May 9, 2023 @ 4:50 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

QistBazaar, a Pakistan-based Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) Fintech, announces an equity and Shariah-Compliant embedded finance partnership with Bank Alfalah – one of Pakistan’s largest commercial banks. The partnership is “worth PKR 500 million (US$1.7m) , and includes Bank Alfalah taking a 7.2% equity stake… Read More

May 9, 2023 @ 4:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Standard Chartered (LON: STAN) and global payments platform Tazapay announced a global partnership to deliver best in class payments and commerce enabling experiences as part of the Bank’s broader initiative to provide curated financial services on B2B platforms. This builds on the memorandum of understanding… Read More

May 9, 2023 @ 12:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Finastra has announced that Banco Sofisa, a nationally ranked São Paulo, Brazil-based financial institution known for its Sofisa Direto digital bank, has partnered with Finastra “to implement Vector Risk, a market and credit risk solution.” Delivered via Finastra’s FusionFabric.cloud and hosted on Microsoft Azure, Vector… Read More

May 9, 2023 @ 8:23 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Paysend, the global card-to-card payments platform, has announced a new multi-year partnership with the Spanish-language content and media company, TelevisaUnivision. As part of the partnership, TelevisaUnivision will “become a shareholder in Paysend and will help the brand scale its presence with U.S. Hispanics and Latinos… Read More

May 8, 2023 @ 10:58 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

OCBC Bank (SGX: O39) will be ramping up its Digital Silvers program with the aim of upskilling 2,000 elderly customers from now until the end of the year. Given this ambitious target, the bank will “increase the frequency of its workshops from around twice a… Read More

May 8, 2023 @ 10:56 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Asda customers can now get £20 added to their Asda Rewards cash pot if they open a new Asda Money Credit Card or Asda Money Select Credit Card account, “provided by digital lender Jaja Finance, on or before 4 July 2023.” Asda Rewards is Asda’s… Read More

May 8, 2023 @ 10:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Remitly Global, Inc. (NASDAQ: RELY), a digital financial services provider for immigrants and their families in over 170 countries around the world, reported results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2023. Matt Oppenheimer, co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Remitly, said: “We are pleased to… Read More

May 8, 2023 @ 7:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

PT Bank Maybank Indonesia, Tbk. (Maybank Indonesia or the Bank) announced its Consolidated Financial Results ended 31 March 2023, “with Profit before Tax (PBT) increased by 33.3% to Rp750 billion from Rp562 billion last year.” This was “derived from improved earning on its assets composition… Read More

May 8, 2023 @ 6:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Westpac is rolling out a new feature on its banking app, which will allow customers to estimate their carbon footprint. Westpac customers will soon be able “to track their carbon footprint, with new functionality on the banking app that enables those with eligible accounts to… Read More

May 8, 2023 @ 8:01 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Finix is now a payments processor, which will help with simplifying the payments stack. With direct integrations to American Express, Discover, Mastercard, and Visa, Finix offers businesses everything they need “to build world-class payments and embedded fintech experiences.” Finix is pleased to announce their launch… Read More

May 7, 2023 @ 4:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nu México, a digital finance company, announces the launch of Cuenta Nu to the entire Mexican market, starting May 4, 2023. Cuenta Nu reportedly “offers its clients 24/7 liquidity and one of the most competitive yield rates on the market, 9% per year, without the… Read More

May 7, 2023 @ 3:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nearly two-thirds of women report that personal finances impact their mental health “a lot or somewhat,” according to a new survey conducted by SoFi (NASDAQ: SOFI), the digital personal finance company and all-in-one app. And nearly two-thirds (65%) disclosed they are “not comfortable with the… Read More

May 7, 2023 @ 2:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has reportedly imposed on DBS Bank Ltd (DBS Bank) an additional capital requirement, “following the widespread unavailability of DBS Bank’s digital banking services on 29 March 2023 and a subsequent disruption to its digital banking and ATM services on… Read More

May 7, 2023 @ 10:25 am By Omar Faridi  |  

FLEETCOR Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: FLT), a global business payments company,  reported financial results “for its first quarter ended March 31, 2023.” Ron Clarke, chairman and chief executive officer, FLEETCOR Technologies, Inc., said: “We reported a very good first quarter, with fundamental trends driving reported and… Read More