Tagged: railsbank

June 27, 2023 @ 5:04 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Bank of Lithuania has terminated the electronic money institution (EMI) license of UAB Payrnet. The bank said the license was revoked due to “serious, systematic and multiple violations of legal act. The company allegedly violated the Law on Electronic Money and Electronic Money Institutions,… Read More

August 29, 2022 @ 8:35 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Embedded finance Fintech Railsr, previously doing business as Railsbank, has entered a new partnership with specialist insurance intermediary Elmore. Via the collaboration, Elmore will aim to offer “specialist” Fintech insurance for Railsr’s client internationally, with products that offer protection against operational risks, and which also… Read More

March 15, 2022 @ 12:56 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Parpera, a money management platform for sole traders, freelancers, and startup founders, has launched Australia’s “first” embedded finance business experience “using a debit card linked directly to deposit accounts,” in partnership with Railspay (the Australian arm of Railsbank) and Volt. The Parpera Business Debit Mastercard… Read More

February 7, 2022 @ 2:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

London-headquartered Fintech Railsbank, which provides virtual banking services, is approaching Unicorn status (valued at $1 billion or more), Sky News confirmed on Friday (February 4, 2022). The UK-based Fintech firm recently acquired certain assets of Wirecard, the collapsed and fraudulent German payments firm. As mentioned… Read More

January 31, 2022 @ 3:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Embedded finance experiences platform Railsbank has driven a stake into the Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) market by “giving retailers a greater share of the spoils.” Current BNPL providers brand their own offerings which “take the customer away from the original retailer’s website and onto… Read More

November 3, 2021 @ 10:05 pm By JD Alois  |  

Railsbank (Railspay in Australia) and Douugh (ASX: DOU) have partnered to launch a “responsible financial super app.” The app is said to offer an embedded finance experience including bank accounts, payments, cards, money management, stock investing, crypto and more. The app will launch in Australia,… Read More

October 17, 2021 @ 7:49 pm By JD Alois  |  

RailsPay, an offshoot of Railsbank operating in Australia, has partnered with Parpera to offer its first Banking as a Service (BaaS) product. Parpera is a money management platform for consultations, freelancers, startup founders, and gig-workers. There are an estimated 2.4 million businesses in Australia with… Read More

September 21, 2021 @ 6:01 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

QNTMPAY, the official digital banking partner of McLaren F1, is working with global embedded finance platform Railsbank to support upcoming product and services launches in the UK. The companies made the announcement at today’s Money20/20 event. Railsbank is supporting QNTMPAY, to launch in the UK, with… Read More

September 6, 2021 @ 1:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Embedded finance platform Railsbank has reportedly hired Stuart Gregory to serve as the company’s Chief Product Officer. Stuart had joined Wise and was MD of Wise Business and Wise Platform. During the past few years, he has helped with developing, deploying and strategically expanding business… Read More

August 31, 2021 @ 3:04 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Embedded finance platform Railsbank and Status Money, the New York-based personal finance company, are partnering to launch a cash-back credit card that automatically invests rewards in cryptocurrency. This partnership comes at a time when 45 per cent of Americans have no stock market investments, according… Read More

July 21, 2021 @ 7:42 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Railsbank, an established global embedded finance solution provider, and Visa (NYSE: V) are joining forces to promote local Fintech services, with Railsbank becoming a Visa Ready Banking Identification Number (BIN) sponsor. This, according to an update shared by Finextra. Through the BIN sponsor program, all… Read More

July 14, 2021 @ 7:59 am By Omar Faridi  |  

UK banking-as-a-service (BaaS) provider Railsbank has secured $70 million in capital in order to promote its brand and products globally. Railsbank‘s latest investment round has been led by Anthos Capital and received contributions from Central Capital (VC division of Indonesia’s largest privately-held banking institution), Cohen… Read More

May 30, 2021 @ 4:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Railsbank, an established embedded finance platform, has reportedly hired Ben Smith as General Manager for Australia as the banking-as-a-service (BaaS) platform expands operations across the Asia Pacific (APAC) region. Smith has earned a degree in Chemistry from The University of Manchester before he moved to… Read More

May 11, 2021 @ 7:44 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Railsbank, an established Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) platform, has teamed up with RationalFX, a UK payments and foreign exchange provider. Through the partnership with Railsbank, RationalFX will be strengthening its product offering in European markets. Railsbank now offers ledger and payment services that will allow RationalFX’s clients… Read More

May 6, 2021 @ 10:03 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  U.S. fintech Plaid announced on Thursday it has joined forces with Railsbank. Plaid reported that through the new partnership, Railsbank customers in the UK will have access to Plaid’s Payment Initiation API to accept instant bank payments directly within their app or website. Plaid… Read More

May 6, 2021 @ 8:59 am By JD Alois  |  

Railsbank, a Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) platform, and Yimba have partnered on launching the ability to personalize the digital card art for cards stored in a consumer’s digital wallet. Yimba is a digital wallet tech provider. The two companies state that soon consumers will be able to… Read More

April 22, 2021 @ 10:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Yimba, a FAST (Fintech As a Service Technology) company, and Railsbank, the global Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) platform, are teaming up to offer clients with products and services that will improve their digital wallet experience with “the likes of Apple Pay, Samsung Pay, and Google Pay.” As… Read More

April 8, 2021 @ 8:45 am By JD Alois  |  

Railsbank, a Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) platform, has reunited the Currencycloud team to boost the growth of their services. In a release, Railsbank said it has appointed John Hammond, previously CCO at Currencycloud as its new CCO to drive the platform’s international expansion. Hammond will join his… Read More

March 25, 2021 @ 8:12 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Railsbank, a global Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) announced on Thursday it has joined forces with Paceline, a retail health and wellness platform, to create a health and wellness credit card. According to Railsbank, the Paceline branded credit card will allow users to earn category-based cash back based on… Read More

March 18, 2021 @ 9:23 am By JD Alois  |  

Railsbank, a Banking as a Service (BaaS) platform, has expanded into Australia in partnership with digital bank Volt. Founded in 2016, Railsbank is based in the UK and offers APIs and apps for financial services firms to offer modern services. Volt is the first digital… Read More