The Investing and Saving Alliance (TISA), the cross-industry financial services membership body, is calling on the Chancellor ahead of the Autumn Budget, which is due on 27^th October, to implement four concrete policies that will meaningfully improve consumer financial wellbeing.

These are:

Bags the title of ‘The Female Economy FinTech of the Year’

LXME – India’s first financial platform for women ,won the title ‘The Female Economy Fintech of the Year’ at the Financial Alliance for Women Hackathon. This serves as a global recognition for the start-up that focuses on empowering women with financial freedom.

Heading into the festive season, it is more important than ever to ensure that computer and smartphone users are protected from increases in brute force attacks, instances of banking malware, and cryptocurrency threats.

New technology often seems fantastic on paper yet has little impact in the life of the average person. A new tipping solution for fuel pump attendants, however, does both.

When asked to fill up a fuel tank as motorists do in the movies, few South Africans would know what to do beyond pulling their tank lever from inside the car. Fuel station attendants are as much a part of our culture as braais and ‘howzit’.

ING announced today to offer a compensation to our Dutch retail customers with certain revolving consumer loans where the variable interest rate did not sufficiently follow market rates. With this step, ING reacts to a number of rulings by the Dutch Institute for Financial Disputes (Kifid) regarding similar products at other banks.

Recently, HambitPay, a crypo payment platform from Singapore, announced the launch of its global partnership program.

Singapore-based IN Financial Technologies launches INFT, a secured one-stop business solutions platform to start-ups and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) through filling the financing and banking gap, which allows entrepreneurs to focus on their core businesses.

This marks the electric carmaker’s first usage-based insurance (UBI) product after launching a traditional insurance program in California two years ago.

Here’s how it works: In Texas, Tesla’s premiums will be based on its proprietary safety score.

1.IBM has been a trusted partner in the financial services industry for decades. What does your role entail?  

In my current position, I lead the banking consulting practice across IBM’s Global Business Services, focusing on banks’ digital transformation, core banking, and payments. 

Money Minx, a US-based net worth and investments tracking platform, joined forces with Salt Edge, open banking pioneer, to allow their users in the UK, Germany, and Switzerland to connect all bank accounts and monitor investments with ease – all in one place.