Tagged: financial services

March 5, 2023 @ 10:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Tipalti, the global payables solution, announced its 2022 results, highlighting significant growth in customer transactions, expanded office space and locations, and innovative new products. Tipalti grew its overall customer base “to more than 3,000, helping total transactions to soar by 50% for a total payments… Read More

March 5, 2023 @ 9:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nubank, one of the largest digital financial services platforms in the world, announces the launch of Nucoin, “a free-of-charge native crypto token that rewards users’ engagement through a loyalty program.” First announced in late 2022, the novelty was “developed through a decentralized creation process, gathering… Read More

March 5, 2023 @ 6:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Eric Parker, co-founder and CEO of Giddy, a provider of cryptocurrency wallets, recently shared his views and insights exclusively with Crowdfund Insider. Parker talked about the different opportunities that consumers may be willing to explore in the nascent DeFi space. He also touched on some… Read More

March 5, 2023 @ 5:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

First Fidelity Bank (FFB), a 100-year-old community bank headquartered in Oklahoma City, announced the launch of its next-gen Banking as a Service (BaaS) solution. The solution was “developed with Episode Six (E6), a global payments and banking infrastructure provider that provides a simple, flexible platform… Read More

March 3, 2023 @ 7:44 am By Omar Faridi  |  

InvestCloud, the global player focused on digital transformation for the financial industry with over $6 trillion in assets, has announced the release of the next evolution of InvestCloud White, called InvestCloud White FMB+. The new product offering “includes integrated front, middle and back-office InvestCloud solutions,… Read More

March 2, 2023 @ 10:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Open finance platform Brankas has announced a new feature enabling instant bank account opening as an “embedded finance” experience on third-party applications. The API is the “first” of its kind in the region, “launched first in Indonesia and the Philippines.” As a bundle with Brankas’… Read More

March 2, 2023 @ 4:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently caught up with Sarah Howell, SVP of Partner Programs at Infinant, a financial technology company that provides pioneering infrastructure to help banks build embeddable financial products above their legacy banking technology. Sarah Howell shared her insights on the origins of the ecosystem strategy,… Read More

March 2, 2023 @ 3:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Wealthfront, a robo-advisor for young professionals, launched the ability to buy individual stocks and fractional shares with zero commissions. Starting today, investors can open a Wealthfront Stock Investing Account with just $1 and access curated stock collections designed “to help clients discover new investment opportunities.”… Read More

March 2, 2023 @ 7:59 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Wise (LSE:WISE), the global technology company building the best way to move and manage money is rolling out a new look and feel. This comes as the company announced that it has “reached 16 million customers served worldwide, and revealed plans for further global expansion.”… Read More

March 1, 2023 @ 11:24 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Thought Machine, the cloud-native banking technology company, announces the next phase of its expansion plans, in which it will increase its global headcount by more than 20% in 2023, which includes hiring in India, Japan and other world regions for the first time. The company… Read More

February 28, 2023 @ 10:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Cashfree Payments, India’s payments and API banking company, announced its strategic acquisition of Zecpe, a one-click checkout company. Zecpe enables e-commerce businesses “to improve checkout conversion by making the process quick and seamless for customers.” Zecpe will now “operate as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Cashfree… Read More

February 28, 2023 @ 8:15 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Maybank, Southeast Asia’s fourth largest bank by assets, reported “a net profit of RM8.23 billion for the financial year ended 31 December 2022 (FY22).” Profit before tax (PBT) meanwhile, “was 11.6% higher at RM12.15 billion from RM10.89 billion a year earlier.” The better results were… Read More

February 28, 2023 @ 9:16 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Rally Commerce, the headless, one-click checkout solution for digital merchants, announces a partnership with Swell in order “to give merchants better control over their business and deliver a seamless checkout experience for customers.” Swell’s infrastructure “coupled with Rally’s checkout empowers small merchants to scale their… Read More

February 28, 2023 @ 8:03 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Pagos, a payment intelligence company that empowers businesses to optimize their digital payment infrastructure and maximize revenue, lower payments costs, and reduce fraud,  announced an oversubscribed $34 million Series A investment led by Arbor Ventures, a global fintech-focused venture firm. Additional participating investors “include Point… Read More

February 27, 2023 @ 10:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Western Union (NYSE:WU)  and Beforepay (ASX: B4P) announced a first-of-its-kind collaboration, allowing consumers “to boost their cross-border money transfers by accessing reliable, ethical and affordable short-term lending.” Consumers can ‘Send Now, Pay Later’ by “borrowing up to AUD 2000 through Beforepay’s wage-advance product on Western… Read More

February 27, 2023 @ 10:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Klarna, the global firm focused on the generational shift away from credit cards, announced strong momentum in the US, “with a 71% YoY increase in GMV, while improving credit loss rates by 37%.” Now with 34 million consumers in the US, the market has “become… Read More

February 27, 2023 @ 11:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

TransferMate have announced the launch of ‘TransferMate Connect’, an integrated payments solution for banks and financial institutions “to deliver faster and more cost-effective payments products and services for their customers.” TransferMate claims it has “built the largest non-bank payments infrastructure in the world, covering more… Read More

February 26, 2023 @ 4:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Saudi Central Bank (SAMA) announced the licensing of Mani, a finance debt collection company to provide debt collection service for finance institutions. The license was granted to the company after completing all requirements stipulated in the “Rules of Licensing Finance Support Activities” issued by… Read More

February 26, 2023 @ 4:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Stripe, a financial infrastructure platform for businesses, announced the expansion of its network tokens and card account updater in partnership with Visa, Mastercard, and American Express. Together, these features “help businesses protect revenue, increase authorization rates, and reduce the churn that occurs when customers’ credit… Read More

February 25, 2023 @ 10:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

UK car finance fintech Carmoola has raised a £8.5 million Series A round and £95 million debt facility to improve “the way people pay for car purchases.” The investment round was “led by US-based fintech specialists QED Investors, with participation from existing investors VentureFriends and… Read More