Tagged: financial services

September 4, 2022 @ 10:58 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Mastercard (NYSE: MA) and Ajman Bank have strengthened their commitment to inclusion through a new initiative “designed to expand access to the digital economy.” The Touch Card is “an accessible payment card that will allow blind and partially sighted people to easily facilitate payments and… Read More

September 4, 2022 @ 6:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Novant Health, which claims to be one of the largest healthcare systems in the Southeast, has significantly improved its patient financial experience by partnering with Cedar, an enterprise healthcare engagement platform that “improves the end-to-end consumer financial journey.” By investing in Cedar Pay, Cedar’s post-visit… Read More

September 3, 2022 @ 11:40 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The economy is facing massive disruptions: inflation, great resignation, and possible recession, among others. This has driven customers to switch financial institutions at a click of a button, looking for the ones that provide them the most benefits and help with their financial health. However,… Read More

September 3, 2022 @ 11:29 am By Omar Faridi  |  

InvestCloud, which claim to be the global leader in digital transformation for the financial industry, announced 80 new features to its digital planning tool NaviPlan, “to further support the most complex needs of high-net-worth individuals (HNWIs).” The upgrade also “further integrates NaviPlan into the InvestCloud… Read More

September 2, 2022 @ 2:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Adyen (AMS: ADYEN), the financial technology platform of “choice” for leading businesses,  announced that Pet Supplies Plus, the franchisor and operator of pet-specialty stores in North America, has selected the platform “to power its payments online and in-store for its approximate 230 corporate locations and… Read More

September 2, 2022 @ 8:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

TrueLayer, which claims to be one of Europe’s leading open banking platforms, announces its collaboration with Bybit, the “third-most visited” cryptocurrency exchange in the world. Bybit was established in 2018 as a crypto derivatives trading platform “where retail investors and traders could benefit from an… Read More

September 2, 2022 @ 6:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Jack Henry (Nasdaq: JKHY), a provider of technology solutions for the financial services industry, announced a collaboration with Google Cloud to further “enable its multi-year next-generation technology strategy focused on helping community and regional financial institutions innovate faster and meet the evolving needs of their… Read More

September 1, 2022 @ 8:45 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Solid, the Fintech-as-a-service platform that offers modern infrastructure for any company to launch and scale fintech products, announced its $63 million Series B funding round. Led by FTV Capital, a sector-focused growth equity firm with nearly 25 years of experience investing in financial technology, the… Read More

September 1, 2022 @ 8:41 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Ebury, which claims to be one of Europe’s largest Fintechs and provider of transaction payment solutions, is increasing its presence in the alternative investment sector “to meet growing demand for better, more focused services as an alternative to traditional banking providers.” Ebury has reportedly “invested… Read More

August 31, 2022 @ 9:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Discover (NYSE: DFS) announced its new Advanced Analytics Resource Center (AARC) and welcomed its first cohort of 75 employees at its downtown Chicago Office called the 606. The launch of the AARC@606 “advances Discover’s investment in technology and analytics as well as its commitment to… Read More

August 31, 2022 @ 1:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

dAMM Finance is building a decentralized borrowing and lending protocol for crypto assets that is “highly capital efficient” and accessible for many token projects. Credora is partnering with dAMM “to conduct privacy-preserving credit evaluations and real-time risk monitoring on eligible dAMM borrowers.” The partnership will… Read More

August 31, 2022 @ 10:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The FBI [Federal Bureau of Investigation] is warning investors that cybercriminals are “increasingly exploiting vulnerabilities in decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms to steal cryptocurrency, causing investors to lose money.” The FBI has “observed cybercriminals exploiting vulnerabilities in the smart contracts governing DeFi platforms to steal investors’… Read More

August 30, 2022 @ 6:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ: FISV), a global provider of payments and financial services technology with a growing presence in New Jersey, is reportedly partnering with Rutgers University-Newark “to create and fund a new program designed to drive diversity and innovation within the financial technology field.” The… Read More

August 30, 2022 @ 8:13 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Robert Leshner, the full-stack founder of Compound, notes that transparent, fair, autonomous interest rate markets should be available for all consumers. Compound launched in September 2018, and was reportedly “the first instance of user-to-protocol (rather than peer-to-peer) collateralized borrowing.” The ideas and innovations from this… Read More

August 29, 2022 @ 11:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

FitzRoy Investment Advisors is a multi-family office based in Miami, Florida. Addepar is an independent firm that “provides investment advice to high-net-worth families and individuals.” Nicole Sager of FitzRoy Investment Advisors notes that her favorite Addepar feature is their intuitive search tool, which “makes things… Read More

August 29, 2022 @ 10:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Saudi Central Bank (SAMA) recently announced granting permit to a new batch of companies; Lean Technologies and Mod5r to “provide Open Banking Solutions; bringing the total number of permitted Fintech companies operating under its Regulatory Sandbox to 38.” This step completes “a series of… Read More

August 29, 2022 @ 8:58 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Zywa, a teen-focused fintech aiming to “re-imagine” banking for Gen Z in the MENA region, has completed a seed funding round of $3 million. Investors who took part in the investment round reportedly “include Goodwater Capital (the largest consumer tech VC globally), Dubai Future District… Read More

August 29, 2022 @ 8:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Karachi-headquartered Fintech firm Safepay HQ is reportedly going live with Cybersource (a product of payments service provider Visa) in order to bring Pakistani merchants new ways to allow their clients to pay them online. Safepay is a payment service provider that has reportedly received pilot… Read More

August 29, 2022 @ 1:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) plans have taken over as a “popular” financing option for consumers, partly due to “an increase in online shopping demands during the pandemic,” the TrueAccord team notes in a blog post. In 2021, Americans “spent more than $20 billion through… Read More

August 28, 2022 @ 8:50 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ageras Group, based in Denmark, recently raised €35 million from CIBC Innovation Banking, according to a corporate statement. Ageras, launched in 2012, has broadened its services over time and now provides a “financial cockpit” for small businesses, including banking accounting, invoicing, payroll, and more. CIBC… Read More