Credit Demand Grows Alongside Booming Buy Now, Pay Later Market

• 4 years 2 months ago
• Payments

Consumer demand for credit products has grown since the onset of the pandemic, according to TransUnion’s Consumer Credit 2022 white paper, which reveals changing consumer preferences and affirms the growing demand for buy now, pay later (BNPL) finance.  The research reveals significant growth in the credit market when compared with pre-pandemic figuresi  with more consumers now intending to take out mortgages (26% versus 22%), credit cards (22%...

Standard Chartered Bank Reports a Record First Quarter Performance in the Africa, Middle East Region

• 4 years 2 months ago
• Banking

Bumba brings extensive experience to lead Ensono’s distinguished marketing team

Challenger Platform EventsX Launches to Disrupt Virtual Events Industry

• 4 years 2 months ago
• Artificial Intelligence

EventsX, a new challenger platform, launches today, offering businesses an AI-enabled all-in-one virtual events service, to shakeup the online events industry.

TrueLayer’s Spanish Expansion Continues Appointing Pablo Ruano as Country Manager

• 4 years 2 months ago
• People Moves

TrueLayer, Europe’s leading open banking platform, today announces further expansion of its Spanish operations with the appointment of Pablo Ruano as its Country Manager. Madrid-based Pablo will oversee commercial strategy in the country, alongside TrueLayer’s recently appointed VP of EU Sales, David Exposito.

Aite-Novarica Group Announces Winners of the 2022 Banking Fintech of the Year Awards

• 4 years 2 months ago
• Banking

Aite-Novarica Group will recognize the innovative fintech vendors that have leveraged best-in-class technology during the Banking Fintech of the Year Webinar being held virtually on May 5, 2022.

Klarna Enables UK Gambling Block for Direct-to-bank Payments

• 4 years 2 months ago
• Payments

Klarna, a leading global retail bank, payments and shopping service that helps consumers save time and money, be informed and in control of their finances, today announced it is enabling banks to extend voluntary gambling blocks to open banking-driven payments powered by its subsidiary, SOFORT, helping protect hundreds of thousands of UK consumers. 

Nebulon Extends 4-minute Ransomware Recovery to 2-Node Management Clusters

• 4 years 2 months ago
• Cloud

Nebulon, Inc., the pioneer of smartInfrastructure, an infrastructure operations SaaS that transforms an on-premises server estate into a cloud operating platform, today announced support for 2-node management clusters on Dell PowerEdge servers with its 4-minute ransomware recovery solution, Nebulon TimeJumpTM.

connectFirst Credit Union Selects nCino Across Multiple Lines of Business

• 4 years 2 months ago
• Banking

nCino, Inc., a pioneer in cloud banking and digital transformation solutions for the global financial services industry, today announced that Calgary’s 

Wahed Appoints Former SEC Director Lori Richards to Board of Directors

• 4 years 2 months ago
• People Moves

Wahed, a global fintech company that encourages social responsibility and financial inclusion through accessible, affordable and values-based investing, today announced the appointment of Lori A. Richards to its board of directors. 

Ozone API Launches ‘Beyond Compliance’ Open Banking Solutions

• 4 years 2 months ago
• APIs

Tillo CEO Non-Exec Director for Network B

• 4 years 2 months ago
• People Moves

The AI-based personalised offers platform Network B has recently enhanced its advisory board with the new appointment of Alex Preece, CEO of digital gift card platform Tillo.  Alex Preece brings with him a wealth of experience in the fintech retail payments space. He co-founded Tillo in 2016 and in 2010 he also co-founded the first UK daily deals platform which was acquired by MoneySupermarket.com PLC the following year. 

Gated Community App, MyGate, Launches Their Creative Campaign ‘Knock Knock Stories’

• 4 years 2 months ago
• FinTech StartUps

MyGate, India’s largest community management application, has launched a quirky campaign – ‘Knock Knock Stories’. A creative take on the age-old knock knock tradition, the campaign highlights how MyGate’s suite of offerings eliminates the need to go knocking on a neighbour’s door for information or help. Comprising six films, the campaign also touches upon the multi-cultural aspect of gated community living.

Colombia-based Fintech Minka Raises $24 Million

• 4 years 2 months ago
• Fundraising News

Colombia-based Fintech company Minka has today announced that it has secured $24 million in capital through a funding round led by Tiger Global and Kaszek.

ESMA fine + Increased Risk of Market Abuse as Transaction Reporting Still not Top Priority

• 4 years 2 months ago
• Compliance

New research from leading governance, risk and compliance (GRC) advisor ACA Group reveals that confidence among financial services firms in the quality of their own reports is declining – down to 65% from 87% in 2021. 

Robocash Group Served 20 mln Customers

• 4 years 2 months ago
• P2P Lending

In the first quarter of 2022, Robocash Group hit the record 20 M registrations, providing consumer financing in the cumulative volume of over 1.7 Bn USD. The repeated clients have contributed significantly, with the highest consumer demand in the Philippines and Kazakhstan. Targeting the underserved population with limited access to traditional financial services, Robocash Group has issued 266.3 M USD worth of loans in Q1 alone  - up by 81.4% to...