IBM Cloud for Financial Services Accelerates Innovation
IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that the general availability of the industry’s first financial services-ready cloud platform, IBM Cloud for Financial Services, now including the support for Red Hat OpenShift and other cloud-native services.
NYMBUS Partners With Segmint to Innovate Payments Data
NYMBUS®, a leading provider of banking technology solutions, today announced a new partnership with data and analytics company Segmint® to enrich Nymbus’ customer-based transaction data across its entire suite of banking products and services.
Metro Bank Launches New Invoicing Technology for Its Business Customers
- 3 years 5 months ago
- Banking
Metro Bank has launched new invoicing technology for business customers using its mobile app, it announces today. The new invoicing features offer a range of benefits for the bank’s business customers, including the ability to create, track and manage branded invoices directly from their Metro Bank accounts.
Ecobank Transnational Incorporated Appoints Tomisin Fashina as Group Executive, Operations & Technology
- 3 years 5 months ago
- Banking
Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI), parent company of the Ecobank Group (www.Ecobank.com), announces that Tomisin Fashina has been appointed as its new Group Executive for Operations & Technology, a position he will now hold in addition to his existing role of Managing Director of eProcess International.
FICO Survey: UK Banks Struggled with COVID-19 Fraud and Money Laundering Surge
As cases of fraud and money laundering rose during the pandemic last year, banks in the UK faced unforeseen challenges. In a new study by global analytics software provider FICO and independent research firm OMDIA, 79 percent of respondents from UK banks said that working from home had a high or major impact on the effectiveness of their financial crime prevention.
Starling Bank Joins Funding Options’ Lending Panel to Support SME Recovery
- 3 years 5 months ago
- Banking
Funding Options has joined forces with digital bank Starling Bank to deliver business critical access to finance as SMEs across the UK rebuild following a turbulent year.
London to Host First In-Person Fintech Event of 2021
Fintech Week London is back, bigger and better than ever before, with a brand-new team and event format. This July, senior decision-makers representing the most innovative companies in financial services will gather in the UK capital to discuss the position of London as a Fintech hub post-Brexit. Fintech Week London at a glance:
Unity One Credit Union Delivers an Enhanced Digital Experience With Finastra
- 3 years 5 months ago
- Banking
Finastra today announced that Unity One Credit Union — headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, and with branches in Kansas and Minnesota — has gone live on Finastra’s Fusion Digital Banking.
ILLIMITY and VIAFINTECH in Partnership for Cash Deposit
- 3 years 5 months ago
- Banking
viafintech and illimity Bank S.p.A. (“illimity” or the “Bank”) announce a partnership whereby customers of illimitybank.com - the illimity Group’s digital direct bank-, can use the viacash feature in their mobile banking app. The service, which is provided by viafintech, is branded as “Cash Deposit” in the bank’s own app and allows customers to deposit cash in a smart and efficient way, while doing grocery.
Verdant Capital Raises USD 9.9 M Series A Equity Capital for Tugende, a Leading Technology Enabled Msme Lender in East Africa
- 3 years 5 months ago
- Investment Management, Banking
The transaction is the most recent for the award winning fintech and financial inclusion investment banking franchise of Verdant Capital (www.Verdant-Cap.com). Partech Africa, a member of the Partech Group, a leading global technology venture capital fund, and Enza Capital invested in the USD 3.6 million extension round - agreed and structured in 2020 - bringing the total Series A volume to USD 9.9 million.
IXOPAY colloborates with Vyne
The strategic partnership will see IXOPAY and Vyne provide clients with a payment solution that enables them to connect to the most relevant payment methods for the markets they sell in. Clients will have access to “direct from account” payments from across Europe with just one connection.
SoFi Reveals Auto Loan Refinancing Through Lantern
- 3 years 5 months ago
- Alternative Finance
SoFi announced today that transparent, competitive, and personalized auto loan refinancing offers are now available through Lantern, the financial services product comparison site owned and operated by SoFi, the digital personal finance company. SoFi launches auto loan refinancing in partnership with MotoRefi – an auto fintech startup on a mission to help people save money on their auto loans – to combine selection, speed, and convenience... more
BEC and Nordic API Gateway Join Forces to Roll Out Open Banking for 27 Banks
- 3 years 5 months ago
- Banking
The leading open banking platform Nordic API Gateway has partnered with the major fintech provider for Nordic banks, BEC. The collaboration is set to enable 27 banks in Denmark with open banking services for more than 2.1 million bank customers.
Tradepass to host World Financial Innovation Series for ASEAN
- 3 years 5 months ago
- Banking, FinTech StartUps, IT Innovations, Infrastructure
Southeast Asia has emerged as a Fintech Hotspot and a recent digital economy report indicates huge growth opportunity for digital financial services in the region. Recognising this huge potential in the FinTech sector, TRADEPASS is bringing the 6th Edition World Financial Innovation Series to ASEAN on the 7–8 April 2021.
European Bank Ikano Chooses Regtech Platform for Digital Onboarding and Global Fraud Risk Management
Ikano Bank has procured fraud prevention technology services from UK based RegTech firm, TruNarrative. The decision is part of Ikano’s digital transformation programme and will see the TruNarrative platform integrated with Ikano’s new technology architecture to facilitate their Europe wide fraud prevention strategy.
