Tagged: financial services

November 10, 2022 @ 4:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The all-new Kuda app has arrived on the Play Store and the App Store with features including investments and UK-to-Nigeria transfers. Financial inclusion is in “our soul,” the company claims, while noting that since 2019, they have worked “with almost five million users to build… Read More

November 9, 2022 @ 10:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Shieldpay, the Fintech solving complex B2B payments, has announced its partnership with Checkout.com, the global payments platform, “to support customers that need more than just straight-through-processing.” This partnership will allow Checkout.com “to leverage Shieldpay’s unique payment engine and digital escrow capabilities to address the payment… Read More

November 9, 2022 @ 10:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Weavr, a London-headquartered technology provider that empowers businesses with plug-and-play embedded finance solutions, sets up in Singapore “as part of its mission to make embedded financial services available to any digital business.” Backed by a US$40m Series A led by American investment firm Tiger Global,… Read More

November 9, 2022 @ 9:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

PayTabs — MENA and South Asia’s payments Fintech — in a new move announced that it plans “to acquire a 100% stake in Digital Pay, Saudi Arabia.” Under the terms of the acquisition, Digital Pay will “serve as PayTabs’ flagship point of sale (POS) terminal… Read More

November 9, 2022 @ 1:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Liquidnet, a technology-driven agency execution specialist, announced the advancement of electronification in the new bond issuance process “following the successful transmission of buy-side orders in live market deals from Order and Execution Management Systems (O/EMS) to participating syndicate banks.” This workflow follows “the initial testing… Read More

November 8, 2022 @ 1:14 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Paysera has reportedly made an agreement with the global Fintech platform Airwallex. This agreement opens the gateway for Paysera’s customers to send funds to 149 different countries and open IBAN accounts of 9 countries. Bashkim Zeqiri, the Vice President of the Paysera Group, and the… Read More

November 7, 2022 @ 8:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fintech Galaxy, which claims to be the “industry-leading” financial innovation company, has become the first central bank regulated Open Finance platform in the MENA region “after receiving a license from the Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB), allowing the firm to operate as a regulated Third-Party… Read More

November 6, 2022 @ 10:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Adyen (AMS: ADYEN), which claims to be the global financial technology platform of choice for leading businesses, recently announced a partnership with Teamwork Commerce, a mobile POS and OMS omnichannel retail solution, in the U.S. and Europe. Integrating Adyen’s technology and Teamwork’s cloud-based mobile POS… Read More

November 6, 2022 @ 10:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

UnionDigital Bank, the digital banking subsidiary of Union Bank of the Philippines, recently announced its partnership with cloud-native banking technology company Thought Machine and has “deployed its core banking engine, Vault Core.” Thought Machine’s next-generation core technology has “enabled UnionDigital Bank to swiftly build its… Read More

November 6, 2022 @ 4:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Zilch, which claims to be one of the world’s first Commerce Cards, recently announced it has surpassed the 3 million customer milestone – “outpacing fintech heavyweights like Revolut, Starling Bank and N26.” Zilch’s direct-to-consumer approach “continues to outperform the market showing significantly stronger levels of… Read More

November 6, 2022 @ 3:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Revolut, the global financial superapp with more than 20 million customers worldwide, and more than five million retail customers in the UK, has released its Poppy card in partnership with the Royal British Legion and Visa. The card provides Revolut’s UK customers “with a unique… Read More

November 5, 2022 @ 4:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Finastra has announced that NBP (National Bank of Pakistan) has implemented Finastra’s Fusion Trade Innovation solution “to power its trade finance operations.” InfoTech (Pvt) Ltd., a systems integrator and Finastra’s exclusive authorized and certified reseller in Pakistan, “led the deal and implemented the solution, which… Read More

November 4, 2022 @ 8:14 am By Omar Faridi  |  

N26, The Mobile Bank, announced the appointment of its new group Supervisory Board “as it continues to evolve its governance structures in preparation for the next stages of development.” The latest appointments “will see Marcus W. Mosen, Jörg Gerbig, Dr. Barbara Roth, Dr. Julian Deutz… Read More

November 3, 2022 @ 7:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Moneythor, a solution provider of personalized customer experiences for banks and embedded financial services firms, announced at the Singapore FinTech Festival (SFF) the launch of “a wealth & portfolio management add-on module to its award-winning data-driven personalization and digital engagement solution.” Blending enterprise-scale technology with… Read More

November 2, 2022 @ 7:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Honeywell (Nasdaq: HON) announced the release of Honeywell Smart Pay, a contactless software payment solution “enabling the company’s powerful mobile computers to become secure and compliant payment terminals, accepting contactless mobile payments from anywhere a business sells or delivers goods and services.” Honeywell Smart Pay… Read More

November 2, 2022 @ 12:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

TIFIN, the Fintech platform known for its highly engaging products fueled by advanced data science and machine learning, has launched what it claims to be  “a first-of-its-kind platform for client personalization.” The platform “to facilitate modern personalization will be offered by its TIFIN Wealth division… Read More

November 2, 2022 @ 12:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Rapyd, the fintech platform for global payments, payouts and business everywhere, has announced the launch of a multi-currency Treasury Solution, which is reportedly the “first of its kind” for the APAC area. This solution is described as a collection of cash management features/solutions that optimize… Read More

November 1, 2022 @ 2:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Kenanga Investment Bank Berhad has entered into an agreement with AntChain Technology Pte. Ltd., part of the Ant Group, “to build Malaysia’s first wealth SuperApp using AntChain’s proprietary mobile platform solution.” This agreement “follows from its recent MoU with AntChain.” Kenanga’s SuperApp aims “to help Malaysians… Read More

October 31, 2022 @ 7:51 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Adyen (AMS: ADYEN)  has broadened its offering by taking live two new embedded financial products – Capital and Accounts – which are now “available to platform and marketplace businesses in the US and Europe via Adyen’s single integration.” Adyen, the global financial technology platform of… Read More

October 30, 2022 @ 1:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency recently announced it will “establish an Office of Financial Technology early next year to bolster the agency’s expertise and ability to adapt to a rapidly changing banking landscape.” The Office of Financial Technology will “build on and… Read More