Tagged: fintech trends

March 20, 2023 @ 9:58 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Sopra Banking Software (SBS), the global fintech company creating a new breed of banks to power financial services in every industry, announced the consumer-focused findings of its second annual Digital Banking Experience (DBX) Report. This year’s report, “produced in partnership with Forrester and IPSOS, reveals… Read More

March 20, 2023 @ 9:54 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ForwardAI, a Fintech providing aggregated access to accounting and business data and analysis, announces the release of Precise API V2, the update to its streamlined API solution that connects and aggregates accounting data. The Precise API V2 provides financial institutions, fintechs, and lenders “with access… Read More

March 20, 2023 @ 3:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Engage People, which claims to be the only loyalty network that enables program members to pay with points (PwP) directly at checkout, “reported 22 billion points redeemed and a total of 1.8 million in transactions across its loyalty network in 2022.” As the demand for… Read More

March 20, 2023 @ 8:20 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Manchester-based Fintechs, BankiFi and Financielle have announced the joint launch of a new playbook for small-to-medium sized enterprises (SMEs), “giving business owners back their most valuable asset – time.” The new playbook has been designed “to help SMEs, especially those that are female led, to… Read More

March 19, 2023 @ 7:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CaptivateIQ is recognized as a “Strong Performer” in Forrester’s new report, “The Forrester Wave: Sales Performance Management Platforms, Q1 2023.” The report reportedly “uses 25 criteria to evaluate 11 sales performance management (SPM) providers.” CaptivateIQ was recognized for “having an enterprise roadmap that has ‘delivered… Read More

March 19, 2023 @ 2:50 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Juniper Research specializes in identifying and appraising new high-growth market sectors within the digital ecosystem. They provide market research covering 90 technology markets. Their research reports form the basis on which their analysts make various predictions. As noted in an update shared by Juniper Research,… Read More

March 18, 2023 @ 11:51 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Klarna, a global payments provider and shopping service, announced the launch of conscious badges in the Klarna App in collaboration with Clarity AI, the global sustainability tech platform. Klarna continues “to evolve beyond payments to become a starting point for every purchase for 150 million… Read More

March 18, 2023 @ 11:46 am By Omar Faridi  |  

GoCardless, a global firm focused on bank payment solutions, has integrated with Zapier, the key player supporting no-code automation, in order “to help businesses save time and energy when managing their payments.” Businesses can now “build Zaps — Zapier’s automated workflows — for GoCardless, eliminating… Read More

March 17, 2023 @ 8:56 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Cross-border payments platform CurrencyFair has announced a partnership with international payments company Thunes, who will support CurrencyFair to offer its money transfer services in 25 new currencies, including Mexican peso, which has now gone live. This represents “a growth in current markets of more than… Read More

March 16, 2023 @ 7:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Stripe, a financial infrastructure platform for businesses, announced OpenAI has chosen Stripe to power payments as it “moves to commercialize its groundbreaking ChatGPT and DALL·E generative AI technologies.” Stripe is also “incorporating OpenAI’s new natural language technology, GPT-4, into its products and services.” Peter Welinder,… Read More

March 16, 2023 @ 8:14 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Fintech firm Hokodo joins forces with French international banking group BNP Paribas in order to deliver a frictionless B2B Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) solution that “enables large multinational corporates to provide payment alternatives to their business customers.” Together, BNP Paribas and Hokodo will “offer… Read More

March 16, 2023 @ 8:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Cashlink, the Frankfurt-based Fintech providing infrastructure for tokenized assets, has closed a Series A funding round in the mid-seven-figure range. New investors on board “include Swiss venture capitalist TX Ventures, as well as Futury Capital, Beteiligungs-Managementgesellschaft Hessen and several business angels.” In addition, existing investors… Read More

March 15, 2023 @ 10:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Merchant commerce omnichannel platform Pine Labs announced the appointment of Navin Chandani as the President of its Issuing Business. Issuing Business of Pine Labs claims that ii is “a market leader in the issuing of prepaid cards, gift cards, rewards, incentives, loyalty programs and several… Read More

March 15, 2023 @ 7:11 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Wirex, a crypto payments platform, has partnered with card issuer, Novatti, to directly issue cards to Australians. The announcement has the potential “to allow over 20 million people to utilize their innovative multicurrency card every day.” Wirex claims that it “developed the world’s first crypto-enabled… Read More

March 15, 2023 @ 7:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

A Fintech firm’s Chief Executive Officer is reportedly attempting to secure over $1 billion in order to fund bridge loans for startups that have been affected by the spectacular collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB). Fintech Unicorn Brex CEO Henrique Dubugras recently revealed that he’s… Read More

March 14, 2023 @ 11:50 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

C2FO, the world’s on-demand working capital platform, and the Schultz Family Foundation, founded by Sheri Schultz and Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz, announced a new initiative designed “to provide access to $100 million in working capital for small and diverse businesses.” Leveraging unique data from the… Read More

March 14, 2023 @ 10:49 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Astra Tech’s PayBy, a Central Bank-UAE licensed Fintech offering a variety of financial technology services, has achieved a significant milestone in the MENA region fintech space by becoming one of the first fintech player “to obtain a Mastercard (NYSE: MA) principal membership license.” This achievement… Read More

March 14, 2023 @ 4:03 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

MVGX Holdings, a Singapore-based FinTech company, providing end-to-end Carbon Software-as-a-Service solutions, announced that it has appointed Meyer “Sandy” Frucher as its Vice Chairman. In his new role, Sandy will be “responsible for guiding the company toward establishing an interconnected global carbon infrastructure network with national… Read More

March 13, 2023 @ 7:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Cuscal Limited, which claims to be one of Australia’s largest independent providers of payments, banking, and regulated data and Basiq Pty Ltd, a Consumer Data Right (CDR) platform that provides data services to banks, Fintechs, and start-ups, have entered into a binding agreement under which… Read More

March 13, 2023 @ 12:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Trumid, a Fintech that operates a fixed-income electronic trading platform, has recently announced “record” trade volume, market share, and user participation for the month of February. February Highlights shared by Trumid as follows: Reported average daily volume (ADV) more than doubled year-over-year to a record… Read More