Tagged: financial services

October 12, 2022 @ 4:51 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Opportunity Crypto will stop in five different communities this fall, “educating individuals about cryptocurrency, including the risks and opportunities.” The team at Robinhood (NASDAQ:HOOD) asked if you ever wondered “what is crypto” or “is crypto right for me”? In line or consistent with their mission… Read More

October 12, 2022 @ 2:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Finastra has announced that it has partnered with Kotak Mahindra Bank to support its new integrated corporate banking portal, Kotak FYN, “using Finastra’s Unified Corporate Portal solution.” Kotak Bank and Finastra have been working together since October 2021 “to expand the Kotak FYN portal for… Read More

October 12, 2022 @ 12:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Payable reveals that they’ve raised $6.1 million in order to build a payment operations platform so companies “stop using EBICs, bank files and spreadsheets to move and reconcile money.” With Payable, you can “connect your banks and automate payments from initiation to… Read More

October 12, 2022 @ 8:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bluevine, which claims to be the leading provider of holistic banking solutions designed for small businesses and Heard, the financial back-office for therapists in private practice, announced a partnership in order “to provide business checking to mental health professionals.” COVID saw “a twenty percent rise… Read More

October 12, 2022 @ 8:13 am By Omar Faridi  |  

BNP Paribas (EPA: BNP) is pleased to announce the signature of an agreement for the acquisition of Kantox, a Fintech for the automation of currency risk management. FT Partners advised Kantox on its sale to BNP Paribas. Kantox’s software solution has “managed to successfully re-bundle the… Read More

October 12, 2022 @ 8:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

MarketFinance, which claims to be one of the leading fintech credit and payments companies, has secured a £30 million credit facility from Viola, the Israeli technology investment group, in order “to expand its B2B Pay Later embedded finance offering for SMEs.” Available in Sterling, US… Read More

October 11, 2022 @ 10:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

LuLu Financial Group – which claims to be one of UAE’s leading financial services company, has joined hands with Wio Bank – the region’s “first” platform bank to allow Wio Business customers “to make account deposits through its network of LuLu Exchange branches.” The partnership… Read More

October 11, 2022 @ 9:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Zetl and Netbank, (a Rural Bank), inc. have partnered in order “to provide an innovative approach to SME financing in the Philippines.” Under this partnership, Zetl will “identify ‘asset light’ SMEs with a regular and guaranteed income stream, seeking funding.” Netbank will “provide loans to… Read More

October 11, 2022 @ 9:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Mamo, a UAE-based FinTech and financial services platform for SMEs, has been granted regulatory approval “to operate from Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), the global financial center  in the MENA and Asia region.” The license has been “granted by the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA),… Read More

October 11, 2022 @ 12:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Barclays is rolling out a new cashback without purchase service, “creating thousands of new locations for consumers to withdraw cash for free.” This is the first time a UK bank has “launched its own cashback without purchase service, made possible by Barclays’ payments franchise and… Read More

October 11, 2022 @ 11:58 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Clearstream has reached the next level of digitization of financial markets by “creating the digital instrument on D7, Deutsche Börse’s digital post-trade platform.” European issuers can now “leverage the new infrastructure to issue digital securities.” The first automated issuances were “performed by LBBW and Vontobel,… Read More

October 10, 2022 @ 11:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

October, the European Fintech company specializing in SME financing, and Solution Bank, an innovative corporate & investment bank, have “developed a new way of financing SMEs.” Businesses that apply to October for financing will also “have Solution Bank’s resources directly available to them.” The challenger… Read More

October 9, 2022 @ 2:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Decades into the new millennium, finance teams are still behind with digital transformation. Research shows that finance executives are still struggling with process improvement, whether it be document handling, collecting signatures, reporting, or forecasting. Finance is a key function that supports the business with timely… Read More

October 8, 2022 @ 6:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bizcuit provides invoice financing to Rabobank clients in their need for flexible liquidity. These services are for those who need money quickly to meet their payment obligations in the short term, want to take advantage of a purchasing option with their supplier, or because they… Read More

October 8, 2022 @ 10:05 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Via, a global payroll platform that helps hire and pay workers anywhere in the world in compliance with all local legal regulations, announced that it has opted for Bitso, the cryptocurrency platform in Latin America, to streamline international payments for workers using the power of… Read More

October 7, 2022 @ 3:51 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Axway (Euronext: AXW.PA), a provider of open banking built on the Amplify API management platform, is pleased to announce its partnership with Blanc Labs, a “trusted” financial service and healthcare innovation partner. While the largest banks are already well along their digital journey, many others… Read More

October 7, 2022 @ 3:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

U.S. Bank has announced a new innovative offering “to meet small business owners’ desire for a better line of sight into their future cash flow.” A new online banking tool will “enable the bank’s small business clients to see a 90-day forecast of their cash… Read More

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

Merrill Wealth Management launched Merrill Advisor Match, a research-based, digital platform that “connects people seeking financial advice with a Merrill financial advisor who best fits their preferences and needs.” Data shows there is “a need for a modern approach for finding an advisor.” A third… Read More

October 7, 2022 @ 7:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

PKO Bank Polski says the Metaverse initiative will be used as a laboratory “to broaden experience and to test relevant technological solutions.” According to Paweł Gruza, vice president of the management board of PKO Bank Polski managing the work of the management board, in the… Read More

October 6, 2022 @ 6:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

RBC announced it has acquired MDBilling.ca, a cloud-based platform that automates and simplifies medical billing for Canadian physicians. The company joins Dr.Bill at RBC, another medical billing company “acquired by the bank in 2020.” Founded in 2008, Toronto-based MDBilling.ca’s product offering is “rooted in its… Read More