Tagged: us

March 19, 2020 @ 7:36 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Chase, part of JP Morgan Chase – the largest bank in the US with over $2.6 trillion in total assets, is planning to shut down around 1,000 of its physical branch locations in order to prevent the further spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19). On March… Read More

March 17, 2020 @ 7:32 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Leading digital bank Revolut has been rolling out new features for its digital banking platform. The bank recently introduced new features that allow users to earn cashback or avail special discount offers when they spend. Revolut has also launched a new gold trading service for… Read More

March 15, 2020 @ 12:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Texas-headquartered AppBrilliance has revealed that it is introducing its payments and funds transfer software development kit (SDK) for the iOS and Android operating systems. The company reportedly made the announcement at the SoFin 2020 Event. Although SXSW 2020 had to be cancelled because of the… Read More

March 8, 2020 @ 6:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Branch, a banking challenger that works cooperatively with employers to assist Americans in growing financially, has partnered with Cardtronics (CATM) and its Allpoint Network, in order to give Branch’s clients surcharge-free access to cash at Allpoint ATMs based in the US. According to a press… Read More

March 8, 2020 @ 12:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

California-headquartered Fintech firm InvestCloud has introduced a platform, called InvestCloud White, in order to provide an end-to-end wealth management solution and turnkey asset management programs (TAMPs). Introduced at the 2020 InvestCloud Conference, which was recently held in Miami, Florida, InvestCloud White has been developed to… Read More

March 8, 2020 @ 11:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Texas-based Vantage Bank has reportedly chosen Netherlands-based Backbase and its online banking platform to consolidate the institution’s services that it offers to clients. Jouk Pleiter, CEO at Backbase, noted that the partnership is “particularly exciting.” Established in 1923 as San Antonio National Bank, Vantage merged… Read More

March 1, 2020 @ 10:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Capital One Financial Corporation (COF), a major US-based bank holding company focused on offering credit cards, auto loans, banking, and savings accounts, is preparing to close down 37 of its physical branch locations across the country.  The company notes in a press release that the… Read More

February 29, 2020 @ 2:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

LINE, a Japan-based messaging service provider, has reportedly closed down its Singapore-headquartered crypto exchange BITBOX and has launched a globally accessible platform, BITFRONT. Headquartered the US, BITFRONT is run by LVC USA, which is a subsidiary of LVC Corporation, a company that manages LINE’s digital… Read More

February 24, 2020 @ 7:41 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Christopher Giancarlo, former chairman at the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), recently stated that it may be time for the US Federal Reserve to introduce a digital currency. Giancarlo, whose comments came during Yahoo Finance’s On the Move show on February 21, said that… Read More

February 23, 2020 @ 7:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

New York-based JPMorgan Chase (NYSE:JPM) , the world’s sixth-largest bank with over $2.6 trillion in assets, has moved a step closer to introducing a wide range of personal banking products in the United Kingdom. The move would be similar to what Goldman Sachs has done… Read More

February 22, 2020 @ 9:58 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital asset exchange Bitso managed to capture a little more than 2% of the remittance market from the United States to Mexico in 2019 and now aims to gain a 20% market share by the end of this year. Established in 2014, Bitso experienced significant… Read More

February 21, 2020 @ 11:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital Banking Banking challengers have been introducing innovative financial products in order to compete with traditional banks. Challenger or neobanks attracted $5.2 billion in funding last year, which is more than triple of what they received back in 2018 ($1.6 billion). Italy-based Nexi, a digital… Read More

February 21, 2020 @ 8:40 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Coinbase Pro, the leading digital asset exchange’s trading platform for professional or highly-experienced traders, is planning to add support for Kyber Network’s KNC token by next week. San Francisco-based Coinbase’s management confirmed on February 20 that clients would have the option to deposit Kyber’s KNC… Read More

February 16, 2020 @ 10:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

JPMorgan Chase, the world’s sixth-largest bank in terms of total assets, has reportedly sent a letter to several Fintech firms in which it cautioned that they will no longer be allowed to access customer data unless they accept the terms of a new data access… Read More

February 14, 2020 @ 6:32 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The US Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation (DTCC), a major post-trade financial services firm offering clearing and settlement services to large capital markets, is considering establishing an industry consortium to formulate a joint strategy for dealing with security risks in the implementation of blockchain or… Read More

February 11, 2020 @ 2:03 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Michigan-based Neogen Corporation, a multinational food safety firm that offers test kits and various products to identify dangerous substances in food items, will be working with food industry blockchain firm Ripe Technology to track products on supply chains. Neogen and Ripe Technology aim to use… Read More

February 9, 2020 @ 4:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

San Francisco-headquartered HouseCanary, a Fintech firm focused on providing a real estate analytics solution, has secured $65 million through a growth funding round led by Morpheus Ventures, Alpha Edison, and PSP Growth. Following HouseCanary’s latest investment round, the firm’s total funding (to date) stands at… Read More

February 9, 2020 @ 1:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

​The ​​US Department of Education is backing the nation’s higher education association’s research efforts into and tests of emerging blockchain or distributed ledger technologies (DLT). The American Council on Education confirmed on February 6 that it has acquired funding from the US Department of Education,… Read More

February 8, 2020 @ 5:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Majority, a digital banking platform focused on serving immigrant communities, recently introduced its products to US customers, following a four-month beta testing period. In order to expand its existing business operations, Majority says it remains focused on two major drivers: physical meetup spaces and brand… Read More

February 6, 2020 @ 7:40 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Ripple, a San Francisco-based Fintech firm,  has confirmed its new partnership with International Money Express (Intermex), a Nasdaq-listed remittance company. Intermex will reportedly be using Ripple’s On-Demand Liquidity (ODL) solution, which uses XRP, the world’s third-largest digital asset by market cap, to conduct cross-border transactions…. Read More