Tagged: financial services

December 22, 2022 @ 8:51 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Alkami Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALKT), a cloud-based digital banking solutions provider for banks and credit unions in the U.S., announced its client, Ideal Credit Union, has launched the Segmint data and marketing solution via the Alkami Platform “to provide a powerful new way for it… Read More

December 21, 2022 @ 10:51 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Splitit (ASX:SPT), which claims to be the “only” white-label service allowing customers to pay by installments using their existing credit on their payment card at checkout, and Worldline (Euronext: WLN), a global firm focused on payment services, announce “the signing of a partnership agreement with… Read More

December 21, 2022 @ 8:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

LHV UK announced that it will start issuing Small Medium Enterprise (SME) loans as the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) approved the company’s Annex I financial institution registration, “a prerequisite to issuing loans in the United Kingdom under the Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of… Read More

December 20, 2022 @ 10:54 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ZEBEDEE, a Fintech and next-generation payment processor for the gaming industry,  announced the relaunch of its flagship product, the ZEBEDEE app. The revamped app “brings shopping and digital identity features to transform the previously Bitcoin–gaming-focused app into a hub of virtual economies centered around rewarded… Read More

December 20, 2022 @ 10:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fintech firm Conotoxia has launched a multi-currency card 2.0. The new product makes it possible “to share cards with family members or company employees.” Users of the global fintech Conotoxia can now “order and share their cards with others.” Owners of the multi-currency 2.0 card… Read More

December 19, 2022 @ 8:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Talos, the premier provider of institutional digital asset trading technology, released survey findings from Coalition Greenwich revealing that US Financial Advisors (FAs) are fielding significantly “increased demand from investors for digital assets despite the current crypto winter.” Conducted in partnership with Talos, the survey reported… Read More

December 19, 2022 @ 12:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

United Fintech, the end-to-end solution for banking technology, announced the 100 percent acquisition of Cobalt, the provider of critical risk and data services to the FX and digital asset markets. The acquisition elevates United Fintech’s position “as the leading end-to-end solution connecting financial institutions with… Read More

December 18, 2022 @ 10:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Secure Trust Bank has partnered with Mastercard (NYSE: MA) in order to “offer customers more choice and convenience through open banking to repay retail finance.” Open banking empowers consumers “to access, use and benefit from their financial data, and to initiate payments between any of… Read More

December 18, 2022 @ 6:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

With embedded finance set to become a “quintessential” component of many industries, smaller businesses and individuals can now “have greater access to financial services than ever before owing to banking-as-a-service (BaaS),” according to an update from GlobalData. With the right partners and systems in place,… Read More

December 17, 2022 @ 10:38 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Financial habit forming platform, Updraft, announces its latest investment round, raising another £108 million in equity and debt “to power its ambitious growth strategy and deliver savings to its fast-growing user base of 300k members.” The senior debt funding round of £100 million was “led… Read More

December 16, 2022 @ 8:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

FIS (NYSE: FIS), which claims to be a global leader in financial services technology, announced that its incoming Chief Executive Officer and Board of Directors have initiated a comprehensive “assessment of the company’s strategy, businesses, operations and structure with the goal of positioning the Company… Read More

December 16, 2022 @ 8:31 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Matrixport, one of the “largest” digital assets financial services platform, has announced that its institutional custodian service brand, Cactus Custody, has successfully “completed the SOC (System and Organization Controls) 2 Type 1 audit of its security and data privacy practices.” This certification “reflects Matrixport’s commitment… Read More

December 16, 2022 @ 8:25 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Paysafe’s (NYSE: PSFE) cash arm – viafintech – has started a new partnership with Germany’s third-largest bank by number of customers, ING Germany. From today, more than nine million ING customers “can make cash deposits or withdrawals from their current account at participating retailers across… Read More

December 15, 2022 @ 8:04 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Zurich-based digital financial services provider, bob Finance, has successfully migrated its full lending portfolio to Mambu’s cloud-native banking platform. This migration “included a move to a locally-based Google Cloud.” bob Finance is “a branch of Valora Schweiz AG, the leading provider of Foodvenience in Switzerland.”… Read More

December 14, 2022 @ 9:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Galileo Financial Technologies, LLC, a financial technology company owned and operated independently by SoFi Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: SOFI), announced the launch of Galileo Direct Deposit Switch. Powered by Atomic, the infrastructure provider for connecting with payroll accounts, Galileo’s Direct Deposit Switch functionality “gives the company’s… Read More

December 14, 2022 @ 8:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Kyriba, which claims to be the global leader in cloud-based financial and IT solutions, has announced the launch of Kyriba Receivables Finance. The solution “provides finance teams with greater control over factoring or securitization programs as well as enabling selective invoice financing.” The multi-funder solution… Read More

December 14, 2022 @ 4:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

American Express (NYSE: AXP) announced it has opened a new Decision Science Center of Excellence (CoE) in Singapore that will deliver global data-driven solutions. The CoE will “focus on data science applications in the areas of credit and fraud risk model development and production using… Read More

December 14, 2022 @ 11:06 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Extend, a virtual card and spend management platform, announced a partnership with HSBC (NYSE: HSBC), one of the world’s largest banking and financial services organizations. HSBC will offer Extend solutions “to its commercial card clients in the U.S. to help companies manage spending with the… Read More

December 13, 2022 @ 9:40 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Compliance and international payroll provider, RemotePass launches a mobile app designed specifically for remote workers, “offering them equal access to financial services and benefits from anywhere in the world.” The RemotePass Super App, which “comes with a virtual and physical payroll card, enables remote workers… Read More

December 13, 2022 @ 8:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Driven by vaccination certificates, the need for identity checks in financial services, and the potential of the metaverse, governments across the world “realize the benefits and the importance of digital identity, enabling the technology to take off,” says GlobalData, a data and analytics company. GlobalData’s… Read More