Tagged: fintech trends

September 13, 2021 @ 9:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The National Institutional Facilitation Technologies (in Pakistan) and its business and tech partner TPS Worldwide, have introduced “NIFT ePay,” which is the nation’s all-inclusive payment gateway supporting business solutions beyond payments. As mentioned in a release, NIFT ePay supports digital commerce payments by aggregating different… Read More

September 12, 2021 @ 11:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Women Returners and Innovate Finance have teamed up to establish a cross-company returner program, which aims to encourage professionals to try re-entering the Fintech industry after long-term or extended career breaks. UK’s digital bank Starling, Fintech Unicorn Klarna and PrimaryBid will reportedly take part in… Read More

September 7, 2021 @ 7:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

India-based PhonePe, a leading Fintech platform that now claims 300 millions users, reveals that it has introduced PhonePe Pulse, which is an interactive website with data, insights and key trends on virtual payments. The PhonePe Pulse website reportedly features millions of transactions made by clients on… Read More

September 7, 2021 @ 10:54 am By Omar Faridi  |  

NatWest Group, National Australia Bank, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, and Itaú Unibanco will reportedly be conducting the Global Open Finance Challenge, which will aim to promote innovation and the development of new services for a globally accessible, Open Finance ecosystem. The four banking institutions… Read More

September 6, 2021 @ 10:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Kadence International Indonesia has shared the findings of a new research study, titled Digital Payments and Financial Services Usage and Behavior in Indonesia. The extensive report is reportedly based on an online survey of 1,000 respondents carried out in July of this year in large… Read More

September 5, 2021 @ 5:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

There has been a special focus on anti-money laundering (AML) in the industry during August 2021, with accelerations in the use of artificial intelligence for AML, as well as certain updates made to regulatory guidelines, according to a report from Banking Circle. Payments specialist Banking… Read More

September 5, 2021 @ 11:15 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Rahul Chari, CTO and Co-Founder at PhonePe, one of India’s leading payments app providers, recently confirmed that they’ve onboarded 300 million users after launching operations around 5 years back. Chari writes in a blog post that they launched the PhonePe app on August 28, 2016… Read More

August 30, 2021 @ 1:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fintech investments are fueling growth in the MENA region’s digital economy as consumers increasingly begin to conduct cashless transactions, following the Coronavirus outbreak. The region’s financial technology space is also benefitting from updated regulatory guidelines that may be more conducive for growth, according to consultancy… Read More

August 29, 2021 @ 11:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Atom Bank, the North East Fintech firm, has reported “strong progress” during its most recent annual report, “narrowing its losses and generating a monthly net interest margin (NIM) of 114bps by March 2021 (up from 10bps in March of 2020).” According to the update from… Read More

August 29, 2021 @ 9:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at SadaPay, a Pakistani online payments Fintech, notes that one of the things they felt was “lacking” in the nation’s financial landscape was a “fantastic” virtual debit card. As mentioned in a blog post by SadaPay, there are some virtual cards currently available,… Read More

August 28, 2021 @ 9:03 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The National Bank of Canada (TSE: NA) has reportedly invested $103 million in Flinks, including $30 million in growth capital “towards acceleration of the Montreal-based fintech’s expansion activities in North America,” according to a release. As mentioned in the announcement, the investment has been made… Read More

August 23, 2021 @ 10:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Arab Bank, one of the largest financial institutions in the Middle East, has launched its Fintech-focused corporate accelerator program, called “AB Accelerator,” in Egypt, after its successful launch in Jordan in 2018. The launch of this Fintech-related program in Egypt comes as part of… Read More

August 22, 2021 @ 9:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) has introduced the 5th edition of its flagship project,  Fintech Abu Dhabi Innovation Challenge. The challenge is reportedly a part of the upcoming Fintech Abu Dhabi festival – which is scheduled to take place in November 2021. The ADGM… Read More

August 22, 2021 @ 2:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fintech Collective, a VC company that’s focused on creating the “future” of financial services by investing across traditional Fintech and emerging crypto-assets, revealed on Friday (August 20, 2021) that it has raised capital, as part of its existing early-stage strategy and for its new strategy… Read More

August 19, 2021 @ 2:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Stax by Fattmerchant, which claims to be the industry’s “only” complete “all-in-one” solution for managing “everything” in the payments ecosystem, has announced the addition of credit card surcharging to its “feature-rich” technology. As mentioned in a released shared with CI: “With prices of processing fees… Read More

August 19, 2021 @ 11:10 am By Omar Faridi  |  

MX, the financial data platform and recognized leader in “modern connectivity,” reveals that it has teamed up with BECU, which is one of the largest credit unions in the US. Through the partnership, the companies aim to offer a mobile app feature, called Quick Save,… Read More

August 17, 2021 @ 5:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ximena Alemán, Co-CEO at Prometeo, the Latin American (LatAm) Fintech firm that’s leading Open Banking adoption throughout the region, recently shared key industry insights with Crowdfund Insider. Prometeo recently announced the launch of Spark, which is a free-of-cost program for high-potential startups, Fintechs, as well… Read More

August 16, 2021 @ 7:46 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Chime revealed on Friday (August 13, 2021) that it secured $750 million in capital through a Series G round round that now values the Fintech Unicorn at $25 billion. Notably, that’s $10 billion more than what the company had reported in October 2020 (when it… Read More

August 16, 2021 @ 2:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at digital bank Revolut reveals that they’ve been working in “overdrive” to make things “easier” for clients. Revolut, which recently secured an additional $800 million in capital at a $33 billion valuation, has shared that August brings users “stacks of all-star” updates in… Read More

August 16, 2021 @ 8:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

London-based Fintech firm SumUp has teamed up with the National Garden Scheme in order to lead the digitalization of charity by enabling “seamless” charitable donations via its card-reading tech, at an event supported by Dame Mary Berry, President of the National Garden Scheme, at Chilworth… Read More