Tagged: partnership

February 23, 2018 @ 4:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this week, Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) announced it has completed a regtech pilot with ING to simplify processing of information and implementation of regulation using the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II) as a test case. According to CBA, the project… Read More

February 23, 2018 @ 11:36 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

TicketGuardian, the insurtech startup that’s aiming to shake up the ‘no refunds’ standard of live events ticketing, announced on Thursday it has formed a partnership with food and wine ticket sales company, EzTix, to provide customers with a way to insure their experience and get… Read More

February 23, 2018 @ 9:35 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

PayJoy, a San Francisco fintech startup, announced on Friday it has teamed up with mobile distributor Allied Mobile to bring affordable smartphone payment plans to markets across the continent of Africa. According to the duo, Allied Mobile will use PayJoy Checkout, an instant paperless finance… Read More

February 22, 2018 @ 12:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Banco BNI Europa, through Puzzle, its online credit brand, announced this week it has created a partnership with Code for All to provide financial aid to anyone who wants to learn to become an IT developer in Portugal. The partnership aims to convert unemployed people… Read More

February 21, 2018 @ 12:31 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last week, FinTech Scotland announced its first partnership with New Zealand fintech hub, FinTechNZ. According to the Scotland hub, FinTechNZ is The New Zealand Financial Innovation & Technology Association. It is a working group focused on delivering economic growth in New Zealand through financial innovation. Slightly… Read More

February 20, 2018 @ 3:43 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Plug and Play, a global innovation ecosystem, announced on Tuesday it has formed a partnership with TechQuartier, the one-stop startup hub in the heart of Frankfurt to run its accelerator program focused on financial technology. According to Plug and Play, the new partnership will offer entrepreneurs valuable… Read More

February 20, 2018 @ 3:17 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Monday, Credit Kudos, a challenger credit bureau, and Lending Works, a fast-growing peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platform, announced they were teaming up to launch a new Open Banking initiative, which is described as a secure way for banking customers to take control of their financial data. According… Read More

February 17, 2018 @ 7:28 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Wirecard, a Germany-based global provider of digital payments and commerce solutions, announced this week it has expanded its expanding its collaboration with German bank, ReiseBank. The duo recently rolled out the mobile banking app bankom. According to Wirecard, the companies are providing users with a completely… Read More

February 15, 2018 @ 7:27 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Q2, a Texas-based digital banking solution provider, announced on Thursday it has signed a multi-year agreement with Acorns, the financial services platform that has transformed saving and investing for more than 3 million customers. According to Q2, the deal is centered on the company’s Open portfolio,… Read More

February 14, 2018 @ 2:55 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday, Funding Circle announced the University of Huddersfield has reportedly led to more than 2,000 UK small businesses through its partnership with the online lending platform that allowed the University to became the first to lend directly to businesses through a lending platform. According… Read More

February 14, 2018 @ 1:07 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

CoverWallet, a New York-based insurtech startup, announced this week it has formed a partnership with Zurich Insurance to provide SMEs in Europe with a way to quickly size up their insurance needs, purchase coverage and manage their policies through a single digital platform. While sharing details… Read More

February 12, 2018 @ 3:54 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Finnish fintech Mash announced on Monday it has formed a partnership with Verifone to provide a pay-later solution for use in physical stores across Europe. According to Mash, the new service will provide consumers with an easy option to pay later, while still processing merchant payments… Read More

February 12, 2018 @ 11:03 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Pundi X (CURRENCY: PXS), a cryptocurrency point-of-sale (“POS”) solution provider announced over the weekend it has formed a partnership with  Coinnest, which is described as the fourth largest cryptocurrency exchange platform in Korea, announced a strategic partnership. According to Pundi X, Coinnest will be the first Korean… Read More

February 12, 2018 @ 9:15 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

UAE Exchange, a global money transfer, foreign exchange and payment solutions brand, recently announced it has partnered with San Francisco-based Ripple to enable instant, seamless and real-time cross-border payments. The organization confirmed that the partnership makes it the largest payment solutions provider in the Middle East to use… Read More

February 9, 2018 @ 1:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Thursday, mortgage giant Quicken Loans announced it has formed a partnership with Airbnb to provide new home financing options by enabling the property rental company’s hosts to use rental income on a primary residence to refinance their mortgages. Jay Farner, Quicken Loans CEO, stated;… Read More

February 9, 2018 @ 11:22 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Thursday, Chinese fintech Yirendai Ltd. (NYSE: YRD) announced it has entered into a three-year business agreement with PICC Property and Casualty Company Limited. The company reported that under the terms of the Agreement, PICC P&C will provide surety insurance for loans, with a maximum term of… Read More

February 9, 2018 @ 11:21 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Aire, UK-based company that provides an alternative way for lenders to understand and score credit applicants, announced on Thursday it has teamed up with Toyota Financial Services to launch an evaluation with TFS for its Artificial Intelligence (AI) platform. According to Aire, the collaboration is… Read More

February 8, 2018 @ 1:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Peer-to-peer invoice finance platform, MarketInvoice, announced this week it has formed a partnership with trade-credit insurance firm Euler Hermes to provide credit insurance policies to its customers in order to safeguard their businesses. This news comes just a few months after MarketInvoice added business loans to its invoice finance… Read More

February 7, 2018 @ 1:27 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

TaxSlayer, an online professional tax and fintech company, announced on Tuesday it has formed a strategic partnership with Kabbage, Inc., a global technology and data platform powering small business lending. According to the company, this new collaboration is set to offer qualified small business customers hassle-free… Read More

February 6, 2018 @ 3:11 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday Plug and Play Insurtech announced it has welcomed M Financial as its 55th partner. According to Plug and Play, M Financial is headquartered in Portland, Oregon and comprised of 155 member firms. The company is now searching for startups to transform the life insurance industry for… Read More