Tagged: virgin money

June 25, 2024 @ 12:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Experian and Virgin Money announced a strategic partnership to enhance Virgin Money’s digital customer experience by leveraging its suite of cloud-based technology. The partnership will see Virgin Money use Experian’s full breadth of services “including credit and lending, fraud prevention, analytics, governance, and compliance as… Read More

February 14, 2024 @ 3:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

High street banking institution Virgin Money UK PLC has reportedly made an agreement to acquire abrdn PLC’s stake in its investment platform for GBP20 million. This update has been announced less than a year after it was introduced to clients. The Newcastle-headquartered lender teamed up… Read More

December 21, 2023 @ 5:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Virgin Money has announced the launch of a new pension offering, enhancing its digital platform and further extending its partnership with FNZ. The digital investment solution was initially “launched in April 2023, and aimed to make investments more accessible, straightforward and transparent for UK retail… Read More

April 17, 2023 @ 12:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

FNZ, the global wealth management platform, and Virgin Money, the “full service” digital bank serving 6.6 million customers across the UK, are announcing that they have partnered in order “to launch a new digital investment solution for UK retail investors.” The service has been “developed… Read More

August 23, 2022 @ 3:32 pm By JD Alois  |  

Digital banks and neobanks are a fairly recent evolution in the financial services world. Incumbent banking has been around for decades, if not hundreds of years. Old banks taking deposits for safekeeping, paying little in return (or charging fees), packaged with mediocre services, and queues… Read More

August 21, 2022 @ 4:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Temenos (SIX: TEMN) announced that Bank of Queensland (BOQ) has gone live with retail banking services on Temenos Banking Cloud “for customers served under the BOQ and Virgin Money brands.” Work has commenced on “the migration of BOQ’s ME brand to Temenos Banking Cloud.” Using… Read More

July 27, 2022 @ 8:24 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Virgin Money has announced it is set “to enter the buy now, pay later market later this year, with its market-leading product, Virgin Money Slyce.” This will allow customers “to enjoy the benefits of a traditional buy now, pay later product in a simple, safe… Read More

July 16, 2022 @ 12:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Virgin Money, the high-street bank, is teaming up with Superscript, the Insurtech startup, in order to offer its business banking clients with customizable, flexible, subscription-based business insurance. Superscript will reportedly serve as the business insurance provider via Virgin Money’s online marketplace, where their business banking… Read More

June 14, 2022 @ 11:25 am By Omar Faridi  |  

SurePay, the Confirmation of Payee provider, announced that it has supported Virgin Money with the implementation of its UK Confirmation of Payee solution in order to protect consumers against fraudulent activities and misdirected payments. Confirmation of Payee is a way of giving users more assurance… Read More

December 31, 2021 @ 10:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Virgin Money is teaming up with the Purpose Coalition on a Levelling Up Impact Report, “setting out its contribution to the levelling up agenda in the UK.” The Levelling Up Impact Report will aim to “highlight the work” Virgin Money is currently undertaking to create… Read More

October 20, 2021 @ 8:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Virgin Money has reportedly entered a contract with Hometrack in order to gain insight into the potential impact of climate change on its portfolio. Building on their business relationship, Virgin Money will aim to benefit from Hometrack’s Climate Change Risk analysis, which is offered via… Read More

April 29, 2021 @ 8:03 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Virgin Money announced on Thursday it has joined forces with Trade Ledger, a fintech specializes in data-driven lending technology, to build on its business banking proposition. According to Virgin Money, Trade Ledger is a tech provider for commercial banking and financial services. It supports banks… Read More

March 24, 2021 @ 11:10 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Virgin Money announced on Tuesday it is launching sustainability-linked loans (SLL) for all UK companies. According to Virgin Money, the SLLs will reduce the cost of finance for those businesses whose core activities proactively help the economy transition to a more sustainable model. Virgin Money… Read More

March 1, 2021 @ 8:17 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

    Virgin Money announced on Monday it is expanding its partnership with fintech data expert platform Life Moments. Virgin Money reported the expanded partnership will focus on the development of the “sustainability elements” that it will offer to its business banking customers. Life Moments has… Read More

February 1, 2021 @ 9:37 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Virgin Money recently announced it has added UK-based fintech, Codat, to its team of technology partners as it strengthens its digital business banking credentials. Virgin Money reported that Codat’s financial technology offer will play a key role in allowing a “seamless and secure” exchange of… Read More

December 15, 2020 @ 8:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Virgin Money has teamed up with app development firm, Waracle, in order to support the implementation of its digital proposition for the new Virgin Money Business current account. The Dundee-headquartered mobile and online solutions business has become well-known for its design and development of digital… Read More

December 4, 2020 @ 2:15 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Virgin Money announced earlier this week it has formed a new API integration partnership with technology source platform Twenty7Tec. Through the collaboration, the duo will streamline the search and application process for intermediaries by removing the need to “re-key” data in multiple places. “The integration… Read More

October 6, 2020 @ 8:32 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Sam O’Connor, the CEO at Coconut, a company that provides a tool for self-employed individuals that helps them manage their business finances, has confirmed that their platform now connects with Tide, Transferwise, Tesco Bank and Virgin Money. O’Connor noted that they’ve added four more banking… Read More

September 22, 2020 @ 10:19 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Multinational consumer credit reporting company Experian announced on Tuesday that Virgin Money has launched on its pre-qualification platform to help streamline the mortgage process. According to Experience, Virgin Money will put mortgage eligibility in the hands of homebuyers and intermediaries upon the platform with a… Read More

July 20, 2020 @ 3:19 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Virgin Money announced on Monday the trial launch of Home Buying Coach, a new app designed to help first-time buyers navigate the home purchase process. According to Virgin Money, the app is launching in collaboration with Life Moment, a provider of platforms and tools to… Read More