Tagged: ux

November 4, 2021 @ 11:19 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Klarna, the international payments provider and shopping platform, has unveiled its new all-in-one or comprehensive shopping app across Klarna markets. As the app economy grows, today consumers “face an increasingly cluttered and confusing landscape of e-commerce apps – this is frustrating and time-wasting for the… Read More

October 17, 2021 @ 11:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital banking platform Revolut notes in a blog post that Halloween is soon on its way, however, there’s nothing “spooky” about the work they’ve been doing during October 2021. The Revolut team also mentioned that they’ve performed updates to enhance platform security and reduce your… Read More

October 3, 2021 @ 6:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

KBC has teamed up with Personetics, the international provider of financial-data-driven personalization and customer engagement solutions for financial services. As mentioned in the announcement, the firms will be working cooperatively to offer multi-lingual, proactive, data-driven solutions “to increase customer engagement on KBC’s mobile application to… Read More

September 27, 2021 @ 8:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

PAX Technology, a leading payment terminal solutions provider, has unveiled the European launch of the M30 & M50 Android PayPhones (at the payment industry’s Money20/20 event in Holland on 21-23 September 2021). The M-series PayPhones are the “first-ever” smartphones with inbuilt point of sale (PoS)… Read More

September 27, 2021 @ 7:49 am By Omar Faridi  |  

UK-based digital bank Monzo notes that clients have been able to pay Direct Debits and “standing orders” from a Pot for a while, and now customers may complete card payments as well  – including via Apple Pay and Google Pay. As explained in a blog… Read More

August 29, 2021 @ 8:14 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital assets firm Gemini recently revealed that they’ve introduced the new Nifty Gateway design, which should give creators and collectors an “incredible” new interface and experience. The Gemini team believes this “monumental overhaul” will be a “game changer” for collectors. Their aim is to give… Read More

August 28, 2021 @ 7:45 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Making a high value payment should not feel like a chore or arduous task, according to UK-based digital bank Starling. The Fintech firm writes in a blog post that it should be fairly straightforward and secure, which is exactly what the company aims to offer…. Read More

August 6, 2021 @ 11:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently caught up with Chris Gonsalves, CEO at Community Gaming, a platform that combines social gaming, match automation, and blockchain payment technology to make organizing and competing in esports tournaments simple. Chris talked about how Community Gaming allows players to earn crypto and USD… Read More

August 5, 2021 @ 9:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Ethereum (ETH), the world’s second-largest crypto platform, behind only Bitcoin (BTC) in terms of market capitalization, is set to undergo one of the most significant upgrades in its history. The major Ethereum blockchain network upgrade is set to take place in a few hours (at… Read More

July 29, 2021 @ 3:03 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Decred (DCR), a virtual currency that places a lot of emphasis on security as well as scalability, reveals that there’s been a passage of a vote to enhance the protocol’s base layer user experience (UX). As mentioned in a release shared with Crowdfund Insider, the… Read More

July 10, 2021 @ 2:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Avalanche, a organization developing decentralized finance protocols and other distributed ledger tech (DLT)-based solutions, reveals that it’s preparing for the next generation Avalanche Bridge (AB). AB will be “10x faster and 5x cheaper” than the Avalanche-Ethereum Bridge (AEB), according to an update… Read More

June 25, 2021 @ 6:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Doxim, the customer communications management (CCM) and engagement technology provider focused on serving financial and regulated markets, has introduced an omnichannel CCM solution in the UK. Doxim’s CCM has been designed to empower customer experience leaders and business users to own the shift from print… Read More

June 10, 2021 @ 6:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Active.Ai, a conversational AI platform developed for financial services, and Glia, a provider of digital customer service, have teamed up in order to empower financial institutions with meeting their customers in the digital domain. Through the partnership, Active.ai and Glia will provide conversational AI services,… Read More

June 8, 2021 @ 10:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Dreams, a provider of behavioral and engagement banking services for large financial institutions, has introduced its financial wellbeing platform with assistance from Ukraine’s commercial bank UKRSIBBANK BNP Paribas Group. Dreams’ financial wellbeing platform has been integrated into UKRSIBBANK’s mobile banking app, allowing its 2 million… Read More

June 6, 2021 @ 9:39 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at digital bank Revolut notes that being able to work effectively in a digital environment is very important for small businesses. After a year that challenged many SMEs globally to adapt and become more flexible due to the COVID outbreak, everything from customer… Read More

June 1, 2021 @ 10:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Hong Kong-based insurance firm YF Life has partnered with HKBN Enterprise Solutions (HKBNES) in order to offer a Google Cloud-enabled Cantonese voice chatbot. The chatbot will be supporting insurance services and is expected to be introduced in early 2022. The chatbot uses Google Cloud‘s AI… Read More

May 30, 2021 @ 10:33 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Shruti Appiah, Senior Product Manager at IOHK, an organization focused on the ongoing development of Cardano (ADA) and various other initiatives, notes that when she logs into her stock trading apps to acquire exchange-traded funds (ETFs), she may face issues like the platform not being… Read More

May 6, 2021 @ 11:03 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

UK-based banking challenger Monzo notes in a recent product update that it’s now possible to send a payment reminder to someone you may have split a bill with (via the Fintech firm’s app). The Monzo team noted in a blog post: “As of today (May… Read More

April 29, 2021 @ 3:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Leading digital investment platform Robinhood is facing numerous lawsuits from clients. The Fintech firm’s clients have been complaining about the lengthy delays when it comes to resolving their account issues. These problems have led to many users being unable to access their funds for months,… Read More

April 25, 2021 @ 12:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Frank Rotman, who claims to be a 27+ year Fintech veteran and the Co-Founder of QED Investors, reveals that he talked to a bank executive who was “proud of finally getting to functional parity” with Fintech service providers in “a particular space” that financial tech… Read More