Tagged: financial services

January 22, 2023 @ 3:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Product innovation, growth and increasing profit – these are all things small business owners and entrepreneurs need to focus on, “particularly at the early stages of their company,” according to an update from Paysend. Paysend asks why is their attention being diverted by “trying to… Read More

January 21, 2023 @ 2:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Marqeta (NASDAQ: MQ), the global modern card issuing platform, announced its new web push provisioning product. With web push provisioning, Marqeta customers can “reduce friction at the point-of-sale and enable their users to pay directly from their mobile wallets without requiring them to download a… Read More

January 21, 2023 @ 1:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Instant Financial, the pioneer of fee-free, responsible earned wage access (EWA) solutions, unveiled its new website, brand positioning and card design to reflect the company’s  leadership in on-demand pay. Since its founding in 2015, Instant has “built the most comprehensive, fee–free earned wage access platform… Read More

January 21, 2023 @ 1:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Dollar General (NYSE: DG) announced a partnership with Ibotta, which will extend Dollar General’s financial services and “offer cash back options to all consumers.” Emily Taylor, Dollar General’s executive vice president and chief merchandising officer, said: “We are excited to provide an additional innovative option… Read More

January 20, 2023 @ 10:31 am By Omar Faridi  |  

C2FO, which claims to be the world’s on-demand working capital platform, claims it finished 2022 strong “in the face of shifting global financial conditions.” The company’s focus on “providing fast, flexible and equitable access to cash flow became an even more significant asset to businesses… Read More

January 19, 2023 @ 11:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Dock, an innovator in financial technology infrastructure across Latin America, has launched Dock One, an integrated cloud-based platform for banking and payments that “allows companies to easily scale business operations anywhere in the world by offering financial services enablement to their customers.” The innovative platform… Read More

January 19, 2023 @ 7:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

WeLab Bank, which claims to be the most innovative bank in Hong Kong, launched the Exclusive Limited-time Offer: Tesla-dedicated Loan with 0% APR “for selected Tesla owners and staff from selected organizations across Hong Kong.” Eligible customers will also “enjoy bonus offer including free supercharging1,… Read More

January 18, 2023 @ 4:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Citcon, the “one-stop” service global payment platform in providing in-store, online, and mobile payment solutions, and Klarna, which claims to be the global leader in the generational shift away from credit cards, announced an integration and business partnership which will add Klarna as a featured… Read More

January 18, 2023 @ 11:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

“Pioneering” issuer processing powerhouse, Enfuce, announced a new partnership with Orka Ventures, the Nordic-Czech fintech holding company, “to launch Orka Card, a new consumer lending card and mobile app that challenges the traditional understanding of ‘Buy Now Pay Later’ (BNPL) lending.” Until now, Orka Ventures… Read More

January 18, 2023 @ 9:52 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The financial services sector has evolved considerably during the past decade, with many new Fintech startups and banking challengers raising substantial funding to fundamentally improve how consumers perform transactions. Individuals and business organizations across the globe have been moving their activities online, a digital transformation… Read More

January 18, 2023 @ 8:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Lynk, the payment solution providing merchants a secure alternative to costly credit card processing fees while powering customer loyalty programs,  announced it has added Pay by Bank, the No. 1 customer-requested feature, to its platform. Pay by Bank allows businesses “to reduce their credit card… Read More

January 17, 2023 @ 12:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ingenico, which claims to be a global leader in payments acceptance solutions, and Klarna, the “leader” in the generational shift away from credit cards, announced a partnership that will facilitate the roll out of Klarna’s flexible payment options “at the point of sale using PPaaS,… Read More

January 17, 2023 @ 8:38 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Global fintech Airwallex has announced the launch of a partnership with American Express, allowing Airwallex customers “to accept American Express Cards as a payment method.” Airwallex customers in Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore and the United Kingdom will now be able to “accept American Express Card… Read More

January 17, 2023 @ 8:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Divilo, a Spain-based fintech providing B2B financial services, and ThetaRay, a leading provider of AI-powered transaction monitoring technology, announced they will “collaborate to protect Divilo’s growing services against money laundering, sanctions violations, and other financial crimes.” Through the agreement, ThetaRay will “provide Divilo its SONAR… Read More

January 16, 2023 @ 10:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

One True Holding Company d/b/a/ TrueML, a financial technology software company developing machine learning-driven products that enable intelligent, digital communication in the financial services space, announced that Thomas Overton will “join as Chief Technology Officer.” TrueML develops software using patented machine learning technology “to create… Read More

January 16, 2023 @ 9:19 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital lender and non-bank challenger MONEYME (ASX: MME) has officially launched a new credit score product that has already “seen over 37,000 new customers swarming to discover their score during a Beta Trial, despite zero marketing of the product so far.” The MONEYME Credit Score… Read More

January 14, 2023 @ 1:53 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Apex Group Ltd., a global financial services provider, announced the acquisition of Pacific Fund Systems (PFS), a global fund administration software business, from co-founders and Pollen Street Capital. This acquisition “follows Apex Group’s longstanding partnership with PFS through the use of PFS-PAXUS and will expand… Read More

January 13, 2023 @ 4:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

PayQuicker, an innovative financial technology “leader” in the global payouts market, announced the addition of Nazuk Jain as Head of Product. In this role, Jain will “continue to build out PayQuicker’s product team, and lead new initiatives in PayQuicker’s growing toolkit of payouts-as-a-service products.” As… Read More

January 13, 2023 @ 3:48 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Stax Payments, the “all-in-one” payment technology provider, announced the appointment of John Kristel to interim Chief Executive Officer of the company, “succeeding outgoing founders Suneera Madhani and Sal Rehmetullah.” Kristel currently “serves as an operating partner with Greater Sum Ventures, Stax’s control investor, guiding growth… Read More

January 12, 2023 @ 11:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Intergiro, a Swedish business account provider and payment processor, has announced that it will offer free banking services “to merchants who open a merchant business account with the company.” This move comes in response “to rising inflation rates and uncertain market conditions, which places pressure… Read More