Home Credit & MobiKwik Launch ‘Home Credit Money’
- 5 years 5 months ago
- Personal Finance, Payments
MobiKwik, India’s largest digital credit platform, today announced a strategic partnership with Home Credit India, a local arm of the international consumer finance provider Home Credit Group with operations spanning in 9 countries across Europe and Asia to launch ‘Home Credit Money’. A mobile application-based wallet, Home Credit Money provides integrated end-to-end digital experience to its customers for their daily life payments and borrowing... more
Chip Has a Record January with a 222% Increase in the Amount Put Aside
- 5 years 5 months ago
- Personal Finance
Chip, the award-winning savings app, recorded a 222% increase in the total amount put aside by savers in January 2021 compared to January 2020. Along with increased deposits, Chip also noted a sharp rise in the average user age - 41 in January 2021 compared to the average age of 32 as recorded in October last year. In fact, the oldest user to join Chip this January was 93 years old.
Zopa Launches Energy Switching and Comparison Service
- 5 years 5 months ago
- Personal Finance
Digital bank Zopa is now offering its app users the chance to compare energy offers which could save them money each month. Offered within the Zopa app and free for anyone to use, money saving deals can be found in minutes.
Klarna Launches New Campaign to Celebrate Consumers, Support Regulation and Challenge the Status Quo
- 5 years 5 months ago
- Personal Finance
Klarna UK has launched a campaign, championing consumers who are managing their spending responsibly, supporting regulation and challenging common stereotypes. With a series of eye-catching billboards, Klarna highlights popular fallacies and social stereotypes, including, “Pink is for girls” and “Millenials are useless with money”. The hoarding goes on to clarify that colour has no gender and that millennials actually save 36% more money than... more
Britain Lagging Behind Europe When It Comes to Expenses
- 5 years 5 months ago
- Personal Finance
A third of UK businesses expect employees to cover business expenses with their personal finances, according to new research from fintech scale-up
Dyme & Tink to Scale Subscription Services Across Europe
- 5 years 7 months ago
- Personal Finance
Leading Dutch subscription app Dyme has partnered with Tink for open banking technology, to take its money saving service across Europe. Live in the Netherlands since November 2019, Dyme is now launching in the UK and Germany, to help people take greater control of their finances.
Omnio Group Launches Vox Money
- 5 years 7 months ago
- Personal Finance
Omnio’s Credit Union business Kesho, has launched Vox Money, a portfolio of financial products and services that deliver greater financial control to those in society that need it the most and that have been unable to access traditional high street banking.
Fast Budget and Salt Edge to Provide a Fully Automated Way to Manage Daily Finances
- 5 years 7 months ago
- Personal Finance
Fast Budget, an Italy-based PFM app, teamed up with Salt Edge, a leader in offering open banking solutions, to enable its end-customers to connect and access all bank accounts in one place and eliminate the need to insert the financial data manually.
UKRSIBBANK Announces a Strategic Partnership with Swedish Dreams to Enhance the Digital User Experience in Ukraine
- 5 years 7 months ago
- Personal Finance, Banking
Dreams (https://www.getdreams.com/en/b2b/), the Stockholm-born fintech empowering millennials to save and feel better about their money, today announces a strategic partnership with Ukrainian commercial bank UKRSIBBANK, a subsidiary of French international bank BNP Paribas Group.
Proptech Goodlord Partners with Credit Kudos to Increase Tenants Approvals
- 5 years 8 months ago
- Open Banking, Personal Finance
Proptech Goodlord has partnered with challenger credit reference agency and Open Banking provider, Credit Kudos, to improve the rental process for agents, landlords and tenants by allowing more accurate assessments of a tenant’s financial situation. The partnership enables Goodlord’s letting agent customers to build a more accurate picture of an individual’s personal finances, such as income and expenditure, to give a clear indication of their... more
Aqilla Taps Up Pleo to Provide Expense Automation for Customers
- 5 years 8 months ago
- Personal Finance
Fintech scale-up Pleo, which offers a simplified expense management tool and smart credit cards, has announced a partnership with cloud-based accounting software firm Aqilla. The new partnership will see Pleo provide Aqilla’s customers with its cards and expense solution at a discounted rate.
65% of Brits Are Worried About Their Financial Security as Money Worries Rise, Research Reveals
- 5 years 8 months ago
- Personal Finance, Security
Toluna’s ‘Understanding the 2020 Consumer’ Global Barometer Study is a bi-weekly index that taps into a community panel of 30+ million members providing accurate and timely information on the world’s current perceptions. The latest research surveyed 1,093 respondents in the UK. KEY FINDINGS The Coronavirus pandemic has now lasted 8 months, and our financial health is certainly suffering. Out of those surveyed:
AppZen Survey Reveals Impact of COVID and Remote Work on Employee Expense Claims
- 5 years 8 months ago
- Covid-19, Personal Finance
New data released today by AppZen, the world’s leading AI solution for modern finance teams, reveals how the pandemic and remote work has impacted company expense reports. In addition to a 57 per cent increase in expense claims for internet, UK respondents’ claims for electricity and gas have risen 50 per cent, possibly impacted by colder weather and evenings getting darker, earlier.
GenZ Most Reliant on Credit as UK Population Continues to Struggle Financially
- 5 years 8 months ago
- Covid-19, Lending, Personal Finance
People in the UK continue to feel the strain on their finances due to COVID-19 with those aged 18 to 24 most affected - according to credit reference agency Credit Kudos’ second Borrowing Index, which drills down into the nation’s current borrowing behaviour. The survey of 2,000 people across the UK found that almost two in five (37%) of the youngest adults have seen their finances impacted (compared to 26% across the UK), while 43% had to... more
CredAbility Helps Customers Improve Financial Wellbeing With OutSystems
- 5 years 8 months ago
- Personal Finance, Platform Technology
Specialist online financial wellbeing service CredAbility has announced the release of its mobile app, developed using the OutSystems application platform.
