Tagged: financial wellbeing

October 13, 2020 @ 7:49 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Polish-British Fintech Symmetrical.ai, which helps employees maintain financial well-being, has been issued a small payment institution license. The company said that the new permit should allow it to make Symmetrical-backed salaries “even faster, more flexible, and empowering.” Currently, there are 69 different small payment institutions… Read More

October 3, 2020 @ 7:43 am By Omar Faridi  |  

US-based Fintech firm Harvest is reportedly planning to transform the existing credit scoring systems. Like many other Fintechs, Harvest will be using artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) algorithms to offer clients a dynamic view of their financial profile. This should help people with… Read More

October 1, 2020 @ 8:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Rosecut, a wealth management service provider, has introduced free tools that were previously available only to high-net-worth-individuals (HNWIs). The Fintech company’s wealth management software suite has been designed to help clients with planning how to achieve their financial goals or objectives. The Wealthtech suite allows… Read More

September 28, 2020 @ 6:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Dan Jovevski, a Fintech professional and former banker at National Australia Bank (NAB), has reportedly helped his company, WeMoney, with securing $2 million in capital in order to provide a service that helps young consumers with making better financial decisions. As reported by the Financial… Read More

September 6, 2020 @ 3:17 pm By Ram Alagianambi, Arun Sikka, Janna Goldberg and Louis Caditz-Peck  |  

Expand your business’ impact by designing smarter products that benefit customers Building great financial products should follow the same basic rules as building any other solid products. However, this post will go beyond the basics and discuss how we can build financial products to improve… Read More

July 18, 2020 @ 9:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Banking challenger Branch, a service provider that teams up with employers to assist workers with growing financially, recently revealed key findings from its second annual Branch Report. The digital challenger’s report looks at the financial, work, and lifestyle interests of hourly workers. As noted in… Read More

July 3, 2020 @ 12:53 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nearly a third or 33% of UK residents say they were financially unprepared for the COVID-19 outbreak and resulting challenges. Around 38% of UK residents responding to a survey conducted by Fintech Zopa said they’re now preparing their savings for another potential emergency situation that… Read More

June 25, 2020 @ 11:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ezra, a project that leverages its partner network to support global aid initiatives through Fintech and other emerging technologies, is planning to work cooperatively with mobile operators, NGOs, and various foundations and organizations in order to enable greater financial inclusion through digital platforms. Allan Green,… Read More

June 23, 2020 @ 9:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Oakland, California based Fintech firm Even aims to improve the financial wellbeing of workers and also wants to help people become better money managers. PayPal Ventures, Valar Ventures, Founders Fund, and Marc Benioff have recently made investments in Even. Even claims it’s the only Fintech… Read More

May 15, 2020 @ 6:15 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

AI Fintech LoanSnap has secured $10 million in capital from Accelerator Ventures, Morado Ventures, MANTIS, True Ventures, and Work Play Ventures. MANTIS is notably a technology investment company established by Grammy award-winning band, The Chainsmokers. Existing investors Baseline, Liquid21, OVO, Virgin, and Thomvest also took… Read More

April 14, 2020 @ 10:58 am By Omar Faridi  |  

London-based Salary Finance, a firm that specializes in salary-linked savings and loans for workers across the UK, has integrated SpringFour, a Fintech solution provider that connects customers and employees to various productivity resources, tools and financial products. Through the integration, Salary Finance will offer free… Read More