Tagged: us

November 20, 2022 @ 5:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Securrency, a developer of institutional-grade, blockchain-based financial and regulatory technology, announced that it has received a United States patent for its Compliance Aware Token Framework (CATF). This framework is a critical step in Securrency’s four-phase vision that includes: Tokenizing financial assets at scale Interconnecting global… Read More

November 20, 2022 @ 1:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Galileo Financial Technologies, LLC, a financial technology company owned and operated independently by SoFi Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: SOFI), announced that its API-enabled financial technology powers Pomelo, a new charge card that “allows families in the U.S. to build and extend their credit access abroad without… Read More

November 19, 2022 @ 6:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Paysend, the UK-based fintech, introduced Paysend Libre, which will “allow unbanked users in Northern Central America (Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador) to receive remittances from the U.S. instantly to a Paysend virtual Mastercard digital card.” The virtual card is ready “to use in minutes for cash… Read More

November 18, 2022 @ 12:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Prosper Marketplace, which claims to be the “first” peer-to-peer lending platform in the United States, announced the closing of a new $75 million financing “from a fund managed by Neuberger Berman.” This capital enables Prosper “to meet strong consumer demand for its personal loan, credit… Read More

November 17, 2022 @ 10:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

To help meet short-term cash needs, eligible customers now have another option with the newest product from Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) – Flex Loan. Flex Loan is described as “a digital-only, small-dollar loan that will provide millions of eligible customers convenient and affordable… Read More

November 17, 2022 @ 1:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nationwide announced a partnership with Human API, a health data platform, to improve the life insurance buying experience “by maximizing the use of digital health data to accelerate the underwriting process.” Human API’s Health Intelligence Platform “connects electronic health data from thousands of sources in… Read More

November 17, 2022 @ 11:52 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Global innovation platform, Plug and Play, together with founding partners Visa, AllianceBlock, The INX Digital Company, IGT, and Franklin Templeton, has announced “the launch of their new Crypto and Digital Assets program in Silicon Valley.” The program aims “to connect international startups with the founding… Read More

November 16, 2022 @ 11:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Varo Bank — which claims to be the first all-digital, nationally-chartered U.S. consumer built from the ground up techbank — announced that it will offer Zelle® in its mobile banking app. Zelle is described as “a safe way to send and receive money with friends,… Read More

November 16, 2022 @ 10:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Opn, the one-stop payments solutions company from Japan and Southeast Asia, announced that it has acquired MerchantE, an end-to-end digital commerce platform that “provides payment processing and solutions to businesses of all sizes in the United States.” The acquisition will “accelerate Opn’s growth and innovation… Read More

November 16, 2022 @ 9:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Extend, a virtual card and spend management platform, announced a collaboration with Bank of the West, which has more than 600 branches and Commercial Banking Offices across the Midwest and Western United States. Bank of the West small and mid-size clients can “begin using Extend… Read More

November 16, 2022 @ 4:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Members of the U.S. banking community announced the launch of a proof of concept (PoC) project that will “explore the feasibility of an interoperable digital money platform known as the regulated liability network (RLN).” Using distributed ledger technology, the proposed platform would “create innovation opportunities… Read More

November 15, 2022 @ 9:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Brightwell, an Atlanta-based global payments technology company, announced a new cross-border payments solution, Brightwell’s ReadyRemit, powered by The Bancorp Bank, N.A., and Mastercard’s Cross-Border Services. ReadyRemit allows fintechs, businesses and program managers “to increase revenue and loyalty by offering a user-friendly, cross-border payments solution that… Read More

November 14, 2022 @ 8:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

As part of its mission to promote financial equity and inclusion for all working Americans, DailyPay has teamed up with the veteran-run Coordinated Assistance Network (CAN) to “make free financial coaching and counseling available to millions of DailyPay users.” Partnering with America’s employers, DailyPay enables… Read More

November 14, 2022 @ 2:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

C2FO, the on-demand working capital platform, announced the addition of two new executive roles to its leadership team, “naming Dan Karas as its first chief credit officer and promoting Controller Bri Simoneau as the first chief accounting officer.” Karas brings extensive leadership experience “in lending… Read More

November 13, 2022 @ 12:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

It’s been a time of “great change” in the UK, with political events unfolding alongside global economic themes, including high inflation and rising interest rates, the team at PensionBee notes. According to PensionBee, there’s “an interconnected relationship between inflation and interest rates; often when one… Read More

November 11, 2022 @ 10:49 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Gemini noted that they’re pleased to announce that their platform will “expand its Greater Seattle Area presence in 2023, with plans to increase the number of employees based in our Bellevue downtown office from 28 to over 125.” There are currently 100+… Read More

November 10, 2022 @ 11:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Blockchain Association announced that it has filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Securities and Exchanges Commission’s (SEC) lawsuit against Ripple. This case, which is just one in a long line of SEC efforts to regulate by enforcement, highlights the SEC’s efforts “to cement and… Read More

November 8, 2022 @ 8:44 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Backbase, a global player focused on Engagement Banking, announced an expanded relationship with Eastern Bank, a Boston-based financial institution with approximately $22 billion in assets. Eastern is “adopting Backbase-as-a-Service (BaaS) and Backbase’s Engagement Banking Platform, which will offer enhanced digital banking solutions.” The solutions Eastern… Read More

November 8, 2022 @ 7:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

One of Europe’s “fastest-growing” digital currency exchanges Coinmetro has closed an interim funding round of EUR 7million, “valuing the company at EUR 180million.” The “community-driven” exchange claims it has become “a go-to platform for jaded customers from some of the more established cryptocurrency platforms, with… Read More

November 7, 2022 @ 8:56 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is now making the claim that all ETH transactions fall under U.S. jurisdiction due to the network’s high concentration of nodes within the country. If this claim is found to be accurate, we will very soon see a… Read More