CleverAdviser Tops £1bn Milestone
- 8 years 10 months ago
- Cloud
CleverAdviser, the cloud-based fund analysis software for IFAs which uses artificial intelligence, has reported passing the milestone of passing £1 billion of client assets through its process. CleverAdviser was originally created in 2000 by Colum Wilde, a Cheshire-based IFA, who wanted to find a better way of protecting his clients’ investments. Wilde created an automated process that would sift and sort funds on a monthly basis and inform him...
Vasco Appoints Scott Clements as President and CEO
- 8 years 10 months ago
- M&A Deals
VASCO Data Security International, Inc. (NASDAQ:VDSI), a global leader in digital solutions including identity, security and business productivity, today announced an important milestone in its management succession plan.
Investing App Acorns Teams Up with PFM Firm Clarity Money
- 8 years 10 months ago
- Investment Management
Acorns, the country’s fastest-growing micro-investing app with more than 2 million accounts, today announced its partnership with Adam Dell’s Clarity Money, the personal finance app that acts as the “Champion of your Money.” Through the partnership, Clarity Money customers can easily become Acorns investors and take advantage of Acorns automated investing features. Existing Acorns investors also benefit by being able to see a snapshot of their...
Canvas Holidays sets up camp across Europe with Ingenico ePayments
- 8 years 10 months ago
- Payments
Ingenico ePayments, the online and mobile commerce division of Ingenico Group, has today announced its partnership with Europe’s top feel good camping specialist, Canvas Holidays.
Bank of Cyprus Selects IBM Technology and Expertise to Fuel and Accelerate Digital Transformation
- 8 years 10 months ago
- Banking
IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced today that it has been selected as the strategic partner of Bank of Cyprus, the leading banking and financial services Group in Cyprus, for the implementation of the Bank's Digital Transformation.
SIX Payment Services Acquires Frankfurt-based Girocard Network
- 8 years 10 months ago
- M&A Deals
SIX Payment Services is buying the Frankfurt-based girocard network operations business from VÖB-ZVD Processing GmbH, a subsidiary of Deutsche Postbank AG.
Raiffeisenbank Straubing Launches Digital Experience Centre
- 8 years 10 months ago
- Banking
With the grand opening of its new “Digital Experience Center”, Raiffeisenbank Straubing eG takes an active step toward shaping the digital future in banking with NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR), a global leader in omni-channel solutions.
Alipay Signs Strategic Partnership with Viva Payments in Greece
- 8 years 10 months ago
- Payments
VivaPayments, a global, cloud-based digital payments factory, providing innovative, reliable, and secure payments services to consumers, professionals, and businesses of any size, formed a strategic partnership with leading Chinese mobile and online payment platform Alipay.
Vipera Acquires Madrid-based SoftTelecom
- 8 years 10 months ago
- M&A Deals
Vipera plc, the cutting edge provider of mobile financial services and digital customer engagement solutions, is pleased to announce that it has exchanged contracts to acquire SoftTelecom, a software solutions house based in Madrid.
Brolly Raises £1m Seed Round with Valar Ventures and Pi Labs
- 8 years 10 months ago
- Insurtech, Investment
Brolly, the UK's first artificially intelligent insurance advisory application has raised a £1 million seed investment round with Valar Ventures, Pi Labs and Entrepreneur First (EF). Brolly is delighted to be working closely with the partners of these funds: James Fitzgerald and Andrew McCormack of Valar Ventures, the US venture capital fund backed by Peter Thiel, who have made notably successful fintech investments; Dominic Wilson of Pi Labs,...
BofA and PayPal Collaborate on In-store Payments and Account Linking
- 8 years 10 months ago
- Banking
Bank of America and PayPal today announced a strategic partnership that will soon enable Bank of America customers to transact with PayPal in stores and seamlessly link their Bank of America cards into PayPal. The agreement will take effect immediately, with new experiences available to Bank of America customers in the first half of 2018 that will make it even easier for them to shop how, where and when they choose by leveraging the power and...
Worldpay US Upgrades Omni-Channel Platform
- 8 years 10 months ago
- Payments
Worldpay US is introducing today a suite of new features to its omni-channel platform, Worldpay Total. The new capabilities are designed to better support the needs of existing customers as well as access to additional markets, including card-not-present and Windows®-based merchants.
The ai Corporation Approved as an Electronic Money Institution
- 8 years 10 months ago
- Infrastructure
Payment and risk management experts, The ai Corporation’s (ai) and its suite of payment solutions, including machine learning risk management tools, have been granted an e-money licence by the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).
Payments Canada Provides a Boost to Batch Payments
- 8 years 10 months ago
- Payments
Payments Canada, the country’s financial market infrastructure for payments, today announced new rules that will enhance automated funds transfer, a type of payment commonly associated with employee payroll and bill payments.
Assetz Capital Reveals API
- 8 years 10 months ago
- SaaS
Financial services companies such as banks and money management apps can now offer their customers the option to manage their investment in peer-to-peer lending, with the launch of Assetz Capital-as-a-Service (ACaaS).
