Tagged: us

January 15, 2022 @ 8:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

TrueAccord Corporation, a debt collection firm providing machine learning or ML-powered digital recovery solutions, recently announced a partnership with Synapse as “an expansion of its Collections-as-a-Service offering.” The partnership will bring the “best-in-class” collection and recovery capabilities of TrueAccord to Synapse’s fintech partners and customer… Read More

January 15, 2022 @ 8:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Anchorage Digital, the first federally chartered digital asset bank, has shared survey results that show OCC approval “gives Americans greater confidence in cryptocurrency.” The team at Anchorage Digital writes in a blog post that as the volume of conversation around cryptocurrency and digital assets continues… Read More

January 15, 2022 @ 12:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Paysend, the card-to-card pioneer and international payments platform, has announced the appointment of Jairo Riveros, as MD of the United States and Latin America, “effective 01 January, 2022.” Paysend has maintained an active presence in the US since September 2020 and “helps American residents securely… Read More

January 14, 2022 @ 4:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fintech firm Current notes that the dramatic rise of inflation to its highest rate in almost 4 decades without a corresponding increase in wages has “caused Americans to pay more for basic essentials.” That’s  why Current claims that it’s pleased to announce the launch of… Read More

January 14, 2022 @ 7:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Trent Fuenmayor, Program Manager, Coinbase Giving, has announced the initiative’s second developer grant recipients. In August of last year, Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) via their Giving initiative, made a call for applications via their Crypto Community Fund that is “focused on blockchain developers who contribute directly to a… Read More

January 13, 2022 @ 11:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

FIA Tech, the futures industry’s technology provider, has announced that it has established a London subsidiary as the firm scales and expands its operations. The London office, based in Paddington, is reportedly FIA Tech’s fourth office and the first outside the US, “following Washington DC,… Read More

January 13, 2022 @ 5:50 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

One of the most challenging or pressing issues facing service-oriented companies right now is retaining hardworking, motivated professionals. According to a study shared by The Washington Post, the hospitality sector has the highest quitting rates of any industry by a considerable margin. TipHaus aims to… Read More

January 13, 2022 @ 2:56 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

UBS (SWX: UBSG) announced that UBS Next, the company’s $200 million strategic Fintech portfolio, has invested in US-headquartered firm Trust & Will, a digital estate planning platform. Launched in October 2020, UBS Next identifies various opportunities within the start-up ecosystem and “further enhances UBS’s technology-driven… Read More

January 13, 2022 @ 11:52 am By Omar Faridi  |  

etting out on a multi-stage acquisition of US-headquartered Athena Systems, United Fintech remains focused on its expansion efforts in order to become the banking sector’s ‘one-stop-shop’ for capital markets products, “broadening the scope to target an asset management industry in urgent need of technological innovation.”… Read More

January 10, 2022 @ 7:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Robinhood (NASDAQ:HOOD) says they are pleased to announce Steve Quirk is joining Robinhood Markets as its Chief Brokerage Officer. Robinhood writes in a blog post that Steve Quirk will be responsible for overseeing their broker-dealers, Robinhood Financial and Robinhood Securities, “effective January… Read More

January 10, 2022 @ 4:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Callie Cox, the US-based Investment Analyst at eToro, notes that she’s always thinking about how market moves and headlines affect your finances. Starting January 7, 2022, Cox confirmed that she’ll be publishing a weekly blog, titled The Bottom Line, which will look into what’s happening… Read More

January 8, 2022 @ 12:51 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Itai Damti, CEO at Unit, a financial services company that helps tech firms build financial features into their products (accounts, cards, payments, lending), notes that 2021 was a great year for Unit, thanks to their clients, team, partners, and investors. In the “demanding” day-to-day of… Read More

January 6, 2022 @ 10:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Stephanie Leung, Group Deputy CEO at Southeast Asia’s StashAway, a digital wealth manager, notes that the COVID-19 outbreak has accelerated three key trends: a new inflation regime, China’s economic recovery, and the Fourth Industrial Revolution. According to Leung’s observations, the Coronavirus pandemic has continued to… Read More

January 6, 2022 @ 2:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Payments giant Visa (NYSE: V) notes that Sara’s Tamales in Portland, Oregon, is a small business built on a “big dream” — one that seemed quite “far-fetched” before owner Sara Rodriguez introduced her very first tamale cart. “When you don’t have the opportunities, the money… Read More

January 5, 2022 @ 1:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

A recent Harris Poll reveals that US consumers are concerned about long-term finances and expect their employer to assist them with preparing financially for the foreseeable future. This study, commissioned by Funding Our Future campaign and DailyPay, polled over 2,000 American adults between the ages… Read More

January 4, 2022 @ 11:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

David Snitkof, Head of Analytics at Ocrolus, which claims to be the leading document automation platform in financial services, powering the digital lending ecosystem, notes that just over a year ago, he had commented on the state of the automotive lending markets in the US…. Read More

January 4, 2022 @ 11:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Nium, a company focused on payments and card issuance for businesses, notes that as they wrapped up 2021, they decided to take a look back at some of the key milestones.. 2021 was a year of many ‘firsts’ for Nium, the company wrote in a… Read More

January 3, 2022 @ 4:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Addepar, a U.S.-based wealth manager with $2.5 trillion of assets on its platform, has shared a report that introduces their proprietary Investor Sentiment IndexSM. As explained by Addepar, the index measures or gauges investor sentiment using “detailed portfolio-level data” from the firm’s Wealthtech platform. The… Read More

January 3, 2022 @ 5:01 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Ham Serunjogi, Co-Founder & CEO at Chipper Cash, a venture-capital-backed Fintech firm that creates software to enable free and instant peer-to-peer cross-border payments, and solutions for businesses to handle online and in-store payments, notes that when him and Maijid and started Chipper Cash in 2018,… Read More

January 3, 2022 @ 3:48 am By Omar Faridi  |  

C2FO, which claims to be the world’s largest platform for working capital serving over 1 million businesses representing $10.5 trillion in annual sales across over 160 countries, recently revealed that Leslie Olsen has joined the firm as their chief marketing officer. In her new role,… Read More