Tagged: NAB

Fintech Lender Plenti Clients Can Make Additional Loan Repayments with NAB Pay by Bank Solution

Customers of fintech lender Plenti now have a new way to make additional loan repayments, made possible with National Australia Bank’s (NAB) Pay by Bank solution, which enables PayTo transactions. This technology, developed by US based global fintech Banked “in partnership with NAB, enables fast… Read More

Fintech Banked and National Australia Bank (NAB) Partner on Payments Solution

Fintech Banked and National Australia Bank (NAB) are partnering on a payments solution. The collaboration follows NAB’s VC arm’s participation in Banked’s Series A funding round, which saw NAB contribute $15 million to the firm. The partnership will enable Australian merchants to integrate account-to-account (A2A)… Read More

NAB Welcomes Consultation on Government’s Digital ID Bill, Bringing Privacy, Improved Access to Australians

NAB welcomed the announcement by the Government to begin consultation on a draft Digital ID bill, an important milestone in advancing the Australian Digital Identity ecosystem. NAB Executive Digital Governance Brad Carr said “the move will help to protect customers and provide greater convenience.” Mr… Read More

NAB and Microsoft to Deliver Cyber Assessment Tool to Help Australian Firms Deal with Cyberattacks

NAB has partnered with Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) to deliver a free cyber assessment tool in order “to help Aussie small businesses prepare for and bounce back from a cyber attack.” The tailored, self-assessment – available for all Australian businesses from now – “takes under two… Read More

Australia: Ubank, NAB’s Digital Bank, Reaches Key Milestone, Marking First Year Since Launching in New Market

Ubank – NAB’s digital only bank – has reached a major milestone, celebrating its first birthday since launching its new brand in market and the completion of its migration onto new technology to improve customer experience. Ubank CEO Philippa Watson said since NAB announced the intention… Read More

Australia: Significant Spike in Scams, Fraudulent Activities Prompts NAB Warning to Aussies Selling Items Online

Australians selling unwanted or used items on Facebook Marketplace, Gumtree and other online websites are “being urged to remain vigilant as new data reveals a spike in scams.” Customer reports of goods and services scams have “increased 66% in the past three months.” A third… Read More

UK’s LendInvest Welcomes Wells Fargo to £200M Financing Syndicate with NAB for Buy-to-Let

LendInvest (AIM: LINV), the UK’s platform for mortgages, announces that Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) joins its £200 million financing syndicate with National Australia Bank (NAB) in order “to support the continued growth of its Buy-to-Let proposition.” Wells Fargo reportedly “joins a growing roster of global… Read More

Australia: NAB Introduces Payment Prompts to Help Keep Clients Safe

NAB has started introducing more proactive prompts to digital banking to help customers identify potential scams and “to make sure money is going to the right recipient when they’re making a payment.” The initiative will “present customers with real-time, personalized messages based on the type… Read More

Ethereum Blockchain Used by NAB for Cross-Border Stablecoin Transaction

National Australia Bank (NAB) has completed an intra-bank cross-border transaction using NAB-issued stablecoin, which represents a “world-first” by a major financial institution on a layer-one public blockchain. This pilot transaction on the public and permissionless Ethereum blockchain “involved deployment of stablecoin smart contracts for seven… Read More

NAB Ventures Leads $30M Round in Payments Software Fintech DataMesh

NAB Ventures has led a $30 million Series A round in payments software and data analytics business, DataMesh Group, and is partnering with DataMesh “to help transform the point-of-sale user experience for NAB business customers.” Joining the investment round are new investors Deutsche Bank and… Read More

Open Banking: Natwest, NAB Whitepaper Calls For Reform Amid Transition to Smart Data

NatWest and NAB have published a jointly authored white paper “exploring the common threads that bind both Australia’s Consumer Data Right (CDR) and the UK’s Open Banking regime.” The agenda-setting whitepaper “highlights the similarities in the policies that underpin both regimes: to increase competition, innovation… Read More

BNPL in Australia: NAB Now Pay Later Now Live

NAB Now Pay Later is now live and “available for the 52,000 customers who pre-registered.” In a move to give Australians more control of their money, customers can now “apply for and use the bank’s new instalment payments product in their NAB app.” Customers can… Read More

Australia: Smartphones Become Payment Devices with NAB Easy Tap

NAB has launched tap on phone payment technology “for small businesses in a first for a major Australian bank.” The NAB Easy Tap app is described as “an innovative solution that allows small businesses to accept contactless payments when customers tap their card1 or phone… Read More

NAB Ventures Leads $6M Investment in Fintech Platform Thriday

Thriday, the “all-in-one” financial management platform, takes another leap on its mission to become the fastest way for SMEs “to manage their banking, accounting, and tax with a circa $6 million pre-Series A round led by NAB Ventures and significant participation from existing investor Lempriere… Read More

BNPL: NAB Introduces Buy Now, Pay Later Option with No Late Charges

NAB has introduced a Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) solution that it says will not hit consumers with late charges, account fees or interest payments. The banking institution will reportedly allow clients to spend as much as $1,000 through a virtual credit card that’s embedded… Read More

Former NAB and PwC Exec Joins CrowdProperty Australia to Lead Investment Growth

Diana Shoolman, former head of professional services at NAB, and former director at PwC and Deloitte, has joined Fintech CrowdProperty Australia to serve as its director of strategic partnerships, in order to spearhead the firm’s growth of wholesale, sophisticated, and institutional investors. This appointment is… Read More

Digital Banking: Australian Smart Bank 86 400 Shares Updates Aimed at Putting Homebuyers on Financial Fast-Track

Australia’s first “smartbank,” 86 400, reveals that it has introduced a new 85% Loan to Value Ratio (LVR) tier for Owner Occupied, Principal and Interest home loans, and has now “removed the need to pay Lenders Mortgage Insurance (LMI) with a 15% deposit/equity, knocking thousands… Read More

National Australia Bank Set to Acquire 86 400 to Accelerate UBank Growth

National Australia Bank Limited (NAB) announced on Friday it has entered into a scheme implementation agreement to acquire 100% of the shares in 86 400 Holdings Ltd, the holding company of Australian neobank, 86 400. According to NAB, the acquisition is to help accelerate UBank’s… Read More

Australian Consumer Marketplace Lender SocietyOne Announces Warehouse Facility & $15 Million Investment

Australia-based marketplace lender SocietyOne announced on Monday it has established a warehouse facility arranged by NAB, alongside securing $15 million through its recent equity raise, to support growth. According to SocietyOne, the warehouse facility is also scalable to support the lender’s continued growth, as borrowers… Read More

Austrlia’s Digital Banks Xinja, Judo Bank, 86 400 Attracting Millions in Savings After Launching High Interest Rate Accounts

Australia-based digital banks Xinja, Judo Bank and 86 400 have been attracting millions of dollars worth of savings from the nation’s banking clients after the introduction of their high interest rate accounts. Traditional industry players like ANZ, Westpac, NAB and Commonwealth Bank have reportedly lost… Read More

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