Rocker Selects Vilja Banking Platform to Facilitate its Savings Offering
Fast-growing bank challenger Rocker chooses to partner with Vilja when expanding its business to offer consumer savings accounts with a deposit guarantee. Swedish fintech Rocker, formerly known as Bynk, is expanding its mobile services offering to include savings accounts for its customers as part of its ambition to help consumers optimize their spending and finances.
Citi Taps Mastercard Send™ to Expand Payment Exchange Capabilities for Clients in the U.S.
Integration of Mastercard Send™ provides the ability to transfer funds to debit and prepaid card accounts
Santander Becomes a Founding Member of the Net Zero Banking Alliance
- 3 years 1 month ago
- Banking
Tinkoff Launches Dolyame.ru – the First BNPL Payment Service in Russia
- 3 years 1 month ago
- Banking
Tinkoff has launched Russia's first digital BNPL (buy-now-pay-later) service Dolyame.ru. Innovative for the Russian market, this new means of paying for purchases in online stores combines the advantages of online acquiring and installment plans. Buyers can pay for goods in installments without incurring interest, and sellers can immediately receive the full purchase price in their account without commissions or delays.
Innovation Keeps SME’s In Business During Covid
The coronavirus pandemic has brought about chaos for many UK SMEs, but raw entrepreneurism has risen through the uncertainty as businesses adapt and pivot to survive. New research1 on the future of businesses from Cynergy Bank found that 70% of businesses have had to change their business model to survive during the pandemic.
Commerzbank Announces to Become a Net Zero Bank
- 3 years 1 month ago
- Banking
Today Commerzbank has joined the Net-Zero Banking Alliance of UNEP FI, the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative. As one of the first financial institutions worldwide, Commerzbank is committed to reducing its CO2 emissions in the best possible way. The aim is to reduce the CO2 balance sheet of its entire lending and investment portfolio to net zero by 2050 at the latest. For its own banking operations, the Bank aims to reduce... more
IGM Credit Launches Verified Bond Data on IOWArocks Data Marketplace
Traders, Banks and Funds Gain Secure, Direct Access to Near Real-Time Database Spanning Decades. Informa Global Markets (IGM) has launched its syndicated corporate bond data on the IOWArocks data marketplace, offering firms secure, direct access that automates business operations while driving new growth through a trusted source.
Mastercard Selects Aion Bank, Powered By The Vodeno Cloud Platform, as Strategic Partner for its Fintech Express Programme
- 3 years 1 month ago
- Transaction Banking, Payments, Banking
Mastercard and Aion Bank, supported by technology partner, Vodeno, have signed a strategic partnership, whereby the digital bank has become a welcomed, certified member of Mastercard’s Fintech Express programme. Through the partnership, fintechs will be able to leverage Aion Bank’s Vodeno Cloud Platform (VCP) technology, one of the most comprehensive banking platforms operating entirely in the cloud.
HSBC Commend Snap-on for Exceptional Performance
- 3 years 1 month ago
- Banking
Already named as the UK’s number one automotive franchise and sixth best opportunity overall for 2021, Snap-on Tools now adds another award to its already impressive collection. The ‘HSBC Elite Franchise Exceptional Performance Award 2021’ was presented at a virtual ceremony in March. All 100 franchise brands that made the now prominent ‘EF100’ list were eligible for the award. But demonstrating over a century of success, dedication to its... more
Bank of Abyssinia Taps Into Path Solutions to Achieve Sharia Compliance and Operational Efficiency
- 3 years 1 month ago
- Payments, Banking, Compliance
Path Solutions, a global provider of AAOIFI-certified software solutions and services for Islamic banks and financial institutions, today announced the signing of a new partnership agreement with Bank of Abyssinia (“BoA”), one of the leading banks in Ethiopia serving more than 4.6 Million custom
Apex Group Appoints Former Investec Bank Executive in Trio of Digital Banking Hires
- 3 years 1 month ago
- Banking, Online Banking, Financial
Apex Group Ltd., a global financial services provider, announces today the appointment of Alistair Stuart to the newly created position of Head of Digital Banking. The Group’s Digital Banking leadership team is further strengthened with the hires of Ankit Shah as Head of Digital Banking Business Development and Neale Croutear-Foy as Chief Technology Officer, Digital Banking.
Tide Selected for Tech Nation Future Fifty Following Strongest Year of Growth
- 3 years 1 month ago
- Platform Technology, Online Banking, Financial
Tide, the UK’s leading business financial platform, has become one of the latest to be selected to join Tech Nation’s Future Fifty programme, designed to bring together, empower and accelerate the growth of the most successful tech companies in the UK.
B-North Partners with Testhouse to Ensure Banking Platform is Ready for Launch
- 3 years 1 month 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.
