Tagged: us

October 26, 2022 @ 11:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

YuLife, the tech-driven financial services brand on a mission to inspire life, announced that it is launching in the United States. Founded in London in 2016, YuLife claims it “achieved rapid traction in the UK insurance market through its flagship product, group life insurance.” The… Read More

October 26, 2022 @ 8:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

WireFX, a Minnesota based Fintech startup and Stearns Bank N.A., an independently-owned financial institution with locations in Minnesota, Florida and Arizona “announce their partnership to support fintech and payment companies with FDIC insured bank accounts.” WireFX will “utilize Stearns Bank’s sponsorship to offer domestic and… Read More

October 26, 2022 @ 8:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Spring by Citi, Citi’s (NYSE: C) digital payments service enabling eCommerce and B2B funds flows launched in the U.S. in 2020, has now been fully “integrated with Citi Present and Pay, Citi’s electronic bill presentment platform.” The combined solution “offers comprehensive digital payment acceptance and… Read More

October 26, 2022 @ 4:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Kyriba, which claims to be a global “leader” of cloud-based finance and IT solutions, announced the launch of Liquidity Planning, a “totally reimagined” cash flow planning and forecasting solution. Liquidity Planning unifies FP&A, working capital and treasury data across multiple scenarios, giving CFOs data, insight… Read More

October 26, 2022 @ 10:53 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Amazon’s (NASDAQ: AMZN) U.S. customers will soon be able “to add their Venmo account as a payment method.” At Venmo, they’re consistently “focused on giving you more ways to use Venmo in your daily life.” Today, they’re pleased to introduce the ability “to pay with… Read More

October 25, 2022 @ 11:15 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

MoneyLion Inc. (NYSE: ML), the “go-to” destination for financial content, products and advice, announced it launched MoneyLion University (MLU) as part of a financial literacy initiative aimed at “filling a gap in money education across the United States.” MoneyLion has partnered with NFL player and… Read More

October 25, 2022 @ 10:58 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Finastra recently announced that Delta National Bank & Trust Company has selected Fusion Essence and Fusion Payments To Go “as its new retail core banking and payments solutions to modernize its digital banking infrastructure.” The move will also “support better customer experiences for its international… Read More

October 25, 2022 @ 10:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

An average person “has more than 100 passwords to manage, often making it difficult and frustrating to complete even the simplest online transactions.” Enter MiPass from Mitek (NASDAQ: MITK), a passwordless identity authentication solution that “allows a person to access digital accounts effortlessly and securely using… Read More

October 25, 2022 @ 9:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

BNY Mellon (NYSE: BK) recently launched Vaia, its new aggregated payment platform that “gives US-based institutions access to the latest digital payment options for disbursements.” Through a single integration with BNY Mellon, institutions can now “provide their payees with access to Vaia’s wide range of… Read More

October 23, 2022 @ 10:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Paysafe (NYSE: PSFE), a specialized payments platform, announced a new integrated payments partnership with HotelKey, a cloud-based software solution provider for the hospitality industry. Paysafe will “integrate with HotelKey’s software solutions to streamline payments for U.S. hotels across their front-desk, hospitality, retail, food and beverage,… Read More

October 23, 2022 @ 8:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Zolve, a global neobank providing cross-border financial services, recently announced the appointment of Kin Chung to its leadership team in the United States. Chung, Zolve’s new Head of Credit and Risk, comes with “a wealth of experience in the financial domain through several key leadership… Read More

October 22, 2022 @ 3:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Global Fintech Capital on Tap has secured a $110 million corporate revolving credit facility with Atalaya Capital Management “to provide small businesses in the US and UK with a central hub to manage all aspects of their business finances.” Since launching in 2012, Capital on… Read More

October 21, 2022 @ 7:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Uplinq Financial Technologies – which claims to be the first global credit assessment and scoring platform for SMB lenders – announced: “a $1.25 million investment from ATX Venture Partners, an early-stage venture capital firm based in Austin, Texas.” This announcement “comes after Uplinq raised $3.5… Read More

October 21, 2022 @ 8:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance.US, the U.S. partner to the largest crypto exchange and “America’s home” to buy, sell, trade, convert and stake digital assets, announced the appointment of former Federal Bureau of Investigation agent, BJ Kang, “as the company’s first Head of Investigations.” In this role, BJ will… Read More

October 20, 2022 @ 3:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Chase, the U.S. consumer and commercial banking business of JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM), announced it is giving Secure Banking customers more flexibility “over how they manage their money by providing access to direct deposits up to two days early.” Beginning this month, Secure… Read More

October 19, 2022 @ 4:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

San Francisco-based financial technology firm, Cardless, Inc., and Simon, a real estate investment trust engaged in the ownership of premier shopping, dining, entertainment, and mixed-use destinations in the United States, have “agreed to launch the Simon® American Express® Credit Card from Cardless.” Once launched, Cardmembers… Read More

October 18, 2022 @ 5:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Following Kraken’s listings of Altair (AIR), Basilisk (BSX), Bifrost (BNC), Karura (KAR), KILT (KILT), Kintsugi (KINT), Moonriver (MOVR), Phala (PHA) and Tokemak (TOKE) for most countries, Kraken is pleased to announce “the availability of these tokens for residents of the United States and Canada.” Funding… Read More

October 18, 2022 @ 12:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Regulators in Texas are reportedly probing cryptocurrency platform FTX and company CEO Sam Bankman-Fried. The state securities regulator is looking into whether FTX has offered unregistered securities to Texas residents, which could potentially be a violation of state law. According to reports, Texas’ securities regulator… Read More

October 15, 2022 @ 3:36 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Erica, which is described as the “most advanced” and “first” widely available virtual financial assistant, has surpassed 1 billion interactions with Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) clients. The technology, powered by artificial intelligence (AI), officially “launched in 2018 and has since helped nearly 32 million… Read More

October 14, 2022 @ 8:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Astra, a provider of instant card-to-card funding as a service in the U.S., announced a $10 million Series A funding round led by FPV Ventures, with participation from Slow Ventures and Allegis Capital, as well as a $30 million line of credit through CoVenture in… Read More