B-North Partners with Testhouse to Ensure Banking Platform is Ready for Launch
- 3 years 10 months ago
- Platform Technology, Banking, IT Innovations
B-North the Manchester-based firm building an SME lending bank for the UK has partnered with Testhouse, a leading technology quality and reliability consultancy. The partnership allows B-North to benefit from Testhouse’s 20 years of experience in the IT industry, in which they serve organisations small to large with DevOps focused consultancy services to help technology work more seamlessly within businesses.
Safenetpay and Banking Circle Take The Complexity out of Cross Border Payments
One stop business payment solution provider, Safenetpay, has joined forces with ground-breaking payments specialist, Banking Circle, to further enhance its cross border payment offering. Utilising Banking Circle’s multi-currency accounts, SEPA and SWIFT transactions solutions and foreign exchange (FX) capabilities, Safenetpay’s business customers can now access additional currencies, competitive FX rates and quick, reliable transactions within... more
Razorpay Raises $160 Mn led by Sequoia Capital and GIC; Triples its Valuation to $3 Bn in 6 Months
After being crowned a Unicorn a few months ago in October 2020, Razorpay, India’s leading Payments and Business Banking platform, today announced its Series E fundraise of $160 Million. This financing round has tripled the company’s valuation to $3 Billion in less than six months, signalling one of the fastest increases in valuation for an Indian Unicorn.
CheckAlt and Socure are the Latest Additions to Synctera's Growing List of FinTech-as-a-Service Partners.
- 3 years 10 months ago
- Banking
Synctera, a new solution for partnership banking at scale, today announced partnership agreements with CheckAlt, the largest independent lockbox and electronic payments provider in the country, and Socure, the leader in 100% digital identity trust, to bring mobile remote deposit capture (MRDC) and identity verification capabilities to clients.
ING to Separate Board Roles for Operations and Technology; Ron van Kemenade Appointed Chief Technology Officer, Chief Operations Officer Roel Louwhoff to Leave ING
- 3 years 10 months ago
- Banking, People Moves
ING announced today that in order to further strengthen its position as a digital leader in banking it will separate the Management Board Banking roles for technology and operations. Ron van Kemenade will be appointed member of the Management Board Banking and chief technology officer, effective 1 May 2021. After a transitional period, Roel Louwhoff, chief operations officer and chief transformation officer, will leave ING later this year to... more
Kinesis Launches Government-Backed Monetary System in Partnership with PT Pos in Indonesia
Kinesis, the monetary system based on 1:1 allocated physical gold and silver, today announces the soft launch of PT Pos Indonesia’s physical gold-based digital Sharia product, PosGO Syariah.
PSL Achieves £70billion of Assets Under Management on the Phoebus Servicing Solution
- 3 years 10 months ago
- Banking
Following the sustained growth of Phoebus Software Limited (PSL), the balances of loans and savings serviced on the Phoebus servicing platform have now increased to over £70 billion. This growth has been achieved during a significant period of investment in the Phoebus digital and ecosystem strategies.
Natwest Relaunches Enterprise Programme to Support Scale-ups, Sustainables, Fintechs
- 3 years 10 months ago
- Banking
Following the publication of its Springboard to Recovery report, NatWest has today relaunched its Enterprise programme to boost its support for scale-up businesses, as well as climate, fintech, and B-Corp focussed businesses. The free programme is open to applications from all UK SMEs from today, for businesses who will join the programme in June.
Open Banking Platform Nordic API Gateway Rebrands to ‘Aiia’ Ahead of Full European Expansion
- 3 years 10 months ago
- Banking
Having built a strong initial reputation in the rapidly growing open banking space of Northern Europe, Nordic API Gateway is announcing that its fully rebranding to Aiia to reflect the company’s pan-European focus of delivering open banking ‘that simply works’.
Path Solutions is a Proud Winner of the 2020 World Islamic Fintech Awards
- 3 years 10 months ago
- Islamic Finance
Path Solutions, a global software and services provider to the Islamic financial services industry, today announced it has emerged as winner of the ‘Best Islamic Financial Software Provider’ category in the World Islamic Fintech Awards 2020 of REDmoney Group.
FinecoBank Introduces New ISA
- 3 years 10 months ago
- Banking
● Fineco announces highly competitive rates across its stocks and shares ISA with annual charges of up to a maximum of 0.25% ● According to research, 74% of people had an ISA account and two-thirds of those who did were planning to change their ISA provider this year, showing the dynamism of the market ● Zero fees if you open a Stock and Shares ISA or transfer your ISA to Fineco
additiv and Bricknode form Partnership Enabling Wealth Management-as-a-Service for Financial Institutions
- 3 years 10 months ago
- Investment, Management, Banking, Cloud
additiv, a leading SaaS provider to the wealth management industry and Bricknode, a progressive Swedish B2B company providing highly scalable cloud banking software for back office services, today announce their partnership.
BlueShore Financial Expands Relationship with Temenos to Further its Digital Transformation
Temenos, the banking software company, today announced that BlueShore Financial, a boutique full service financial institution, is digitally transforming with Temenos. Powered by Temenos Infinity, the market-leading omnichannel digital banking product, BlueShore will extend its ‘HighTech-HighTouch’ experience to clients by leveraging explainable artificial intelligence (XAI).
HSBC Joins BIAN to Collaborate on IT Architecture Development
BIAN, the independent not-for-profit, and HSBC today announce that the global bank has joined the organisation to help develop its IT architecture through the use of common standards. By tapping into the industry collaboration offered by BIAN’s members, HSBC will be able to focus on priorities that will best serve its customers’ needs both now and in the future.