Tagged: us

September 18, 2022 @ 8:50 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Adyen (AMS: ADYEN), the global financial technology platform of “choice” for large businesses, has teamed up with Cash App (Block, Inc.) to offer Cash App Pay, “a mobile payment method, to Adyen’s U.S. customers.” Businesses working with Adyen will “have access to Cash App Pay… Read More

September 17, 2022 @ 4:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The UK happens to be the “top” European market and is also one of the key global markets for venture capital (VC) funding, according to an update from GlobalData. However, it has been “experiencing a subdued funding activity in the recent months with monthly VC… Read More

September 14, 2022 @ 2:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

KlariVis, a fast-growing enterprise dashboard and analytics solution for the financial services industry, announced its new relationship with its first Indiana-based institution, First Farmers Bank & Trust, as “a key data partner for the bank’s future.” KlariVis explains that it “compiles and aggregates high-value, actionable… Read More

September 13, 2022 @ 9:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Zolve, India’s “first” neobank providing cross-border financial services, announced the appointment of Steve Freiberg to its leadership team in the United States. Freiberg comes “with vast experience and expertise in the financial domain and has held several key leadership roles in global organizations in the… Read More

September 13, 2022 @ 8:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Aurora Payments, LLC is pleased to announce the acquisition of One Payment, a Florida-based Fintech payment company. Co-founded by Luis Requejo and Jorge Calzadilla, One Payment “boasts over 6,000 merchants in its portfolio with particular emphasis on minority-owned small and medium sized businesses.” With over… Read More

September 12, 2022 @ 10:48 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ErisX, a Cboe Global Markets (Cboe: CBOE) company, announced it has introduced the ErisX Settlement Service, a solution designed “to help remove settlement risk for over-the-counter (OTC) crypto transactions.” The offering expands ErisX’s suite of tools for institutional investors, “enabling them to settle OTC trades… Read More

September 12, 2022 @ 10:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) recently revealed that it has recorded the most patents granted in the first half of any year in the company’s history. The U.S. Patent Office granted Bank of America 341 patents “during the first half of 2022, which is a… Read More

September 12, 2022 @ 3:01 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Interledger Foundation (ILF) has awarded Bowie State University (BSU) a $25,000 grant to partner on an undergraduate course that will “enable students to explore open payments technologies and issues in eCommerce and personal finance.” Open payments technologies “allow individuals and businesses to pay for… Read More

September 11, 2022 @ 6:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

authID [Nasdaq: AUID], a provider of secure, mobile, biometric authentication solutions, announced that Kompliant, a U.S.-based, AI-driven, business onboarding and risk-scoring company, will “integrate authID’s biometric authentication platform Verified™ to stop identity fraud and automate digital onboarding for its customers.” Kompliant works with payment processors… Read More

September 11, 2022 @ 5:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

BIGG Digital Assets Inc. (CSE: BIGG), owner of Netcoins (Netcoins.ca), the online cryptocurrency brokerage that makes it easy for Canadians to buy, sell and understand cryptocurrency, and Blockchain Intelligence Group (blockchaingroup.io), a developer of blockchain technology search, risk-scoring and data analytics solutions, is pleased to… Read More

September 11, 2022 @ 5:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

DailyPay, a financial technology company, recently announced the launch of Friday, a  general purpose reloadable (GPR) prepaid card and app, which “unlocks instant no-fee on-demand pay transfers for DailyPay users.” Friday, created in partnership with Visa, the digital payments giant, and The Bancorp Bank, Member… Read More

September 10, 2022 @ 3:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Card Curator, an app that informs rewards credit cardholders on how to earn the most out of their purchases without spending more, and U.S. investment and financial education app Invstr, have partnered “to help Invstr users make sharper decisions on their daily card spending with… Read More

September 9, 2022 @ 7:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

In the past five years, consumers and businesses, small and large, have sent more than five billion Zelle payments, “totaling nearly $1.5 trillion,” according to Early Warning Services, LLC, the network operator of Zelle. Zelle users have “leveraged the convenience and security of Zelle to gift… Read More

September 6, 2022 @ 8:16 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Easy4Cloud, which conducts operations in Italy, the United Kingdom, Spain and the US, digitizing different business areas and simplifying their management, has selected Fabrick to expand its offer and introduce BancheinCloud, a Business Intelligence platform for the aggregated management of Current Accounts through which personal,… Read More

September 5, 2022 @ 2:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

After months of investments tumbling in a downward trend, July seemed “to mark a positive turning point for global markets,” according to an update from PensionBee. In fact, China was “the only leading stock market to fall in value.” This brief rebound had “created speculation… Read More

September 4, 2022 @ 11:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Autobooks, the Detroit-based small business payment and accounting services platform that’s reportedly used by over 1,000 financial institutions, recently announced that it has been named to Inc. magazine’s Inc. 5000 list for 2022 — landing at No. 258 overall, and #2 in Michigan. The Inc…. Read More

September 4, 2022 @ 6:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Novant Health, which claims to be one of the largest healthcare systems in the Southeast, has significantly improved its patient financial experience by partnering with Cedar, an enterprise healthcare engagement platform that “improves the end-to-end consumer financial journey.” By investing in Cedar Pay, Cedar’s post-visit… Read More

September 4, 2022 @ 11:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Landa, a real estate investing company, announced a $25 million Series A funding round, “bringing their total equity raised to $33 million with the inclusion of a previously raised $8 million seed round.” The company has also “raised $62 million in debt financing.” Through a… Read More

September 3, 2022 @ 3:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fairmarkit, the automated sourcing platform that is transforming the procurement of goods and services for enterprises, announced a $35.6 million Series C investment, “bringing its total funding to date to $78 million.” The investment round was “led by OMERS Growth Equity with participation from investors… Read More

September 3, 2022 @ 10:35 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has taken action against credit services company Credit Karma for “deploying dark patterns to misrepresent that consumers were ‘pre-approved’ for credit card offers.” The FTC alleges that the company “used claims that consumers were ‘pre-approved’ and had ‘90% odds’ to… Read More