CleverCards to Acquire ExpendiaSmart®, a Provider of Spend Management Solutions and Smart Corporate Cards
- 5 years 2 months ago
- Platform Technology, Payments
CleverCards, a leading global payments platform, announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the business of ExpendiaSmart® including the related Italian Licensed Electronic Money Institution, subject to regulatory approval.
CFPB Takes Action Against Auto Lender for Unfair Loss Damage Waiver Practices
- 5 years 2 months ago
- Security
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a consent order today against 3rd Generation, Inc., doing business as California Auto Finance (California Auto) for illegally charging interest for late payment on its Loss Damage Waiver (LDW) product without its customers’ knowledge. The CFPB’s order requires California Auto to refund or credit customers harmed by the conduct, furnish corrected information to credit reporting agencies, and...
Tech Rankings by City Belong Back in the 20th Century
- 5 years 2 months ago
- Lending
Manuel Silva Martinez, General Partner, Mouro Capital: “In the business and technology media, you often see references to a city being a leader in a particular sector or technology. Equally commonly, you hear politicians and business leaders talking about ways that their own cities can retain or get to the ‘top spot’ in their chosen sectors. Often, this is calculated by way of VC investment in particular cities and industries.
Alveo Clinches IMD/IRD’s Best Reference Data Managed Service award
- 5 years 2 months ago
- Data
Waters Tec-hnology has announced Alveo, a leading financial data management solutions provider, as the winner of the prestigious Inside Market Data and Inside Reference Data Best Reference Data Managed Service award for 2021. The award follows increased adoption of, and momentum for Alveo’s PaSS managed data service with recent customers, including Mediolanum International Funds Limited, Bankia and Venerable Insurance and Annuity Company.
Cashflows Adds Further Industry Heavyweights to Leadership Team
- 5 years 2 months ago
- Payments
Cashflows, the platform that makes it easy for merchants to accept payments, today announces two additions to its leadership team to support its ambitious growth strategy. Ron Shteinberg joins as Senior Director of Product Delivery and Gary Allinson as Head of Product go-to-market for Marketplace, Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) and Payment Facilitators (PayFac).
Millions More Brits Feel Financially Secure Compared to Start of Pandemic
- 5 years 2 months ago
- Security
New research has revealed that millions of Brits’ financial health has improved during the coronavirus pandemic.
How Fintech Innovations Are Changing the Way People Do Business
- 5 years 2 months ago
- IT Innovations, Infrastructure
There is no better example of evolution than what we have seen in the world of finance. From traditional banking to mobile banking which moved from desktop to the comforts of people’s palms via mobile banking. The rapid strides that technology has taken have further changed the way people drive transactions and payments today.
CoinShares ETPs Reach Record Trading Volumes
- 5 years 2 months ago
- Asset Management
CoinShares Europe's largest digital asset investment firm, today announced that the Company’s exchange traded products (“ETPs”) reached record trading volumes on Wednesday, May 19, 2021.
4 Unique Startup Financing Strategies
- 5 years 2 months ago
- FinTech StartUps
Millions of startups are launched every year, but only a fraction of those enterprises are ever successful. The primary factor in these failures is the lack of proper funding. You may have a winning idea for a business, but if you don’t have the money to build capital that will get your company going, you may find yourself quickly out of business.
Mastercard Partners with Conservation International to Protect and Restore Wildlife Habitats through New Line of Wildlife Impact Cards
- 5 years 2 months ago
- Payments
Program will support the conservation of 40 million hectares of landscape and seascape by 2030
India, Austria, and US Organizations Most Hit with Ransomware
- 5 years 2 months ago
- Security, Cybersecurity
Ransomware attacks are one of the leading cyber threats that organizations have to face.
Fineco Adds BNY Mellon Investment Management Funds to Investing Platform
- 5 years 2 months ago
- Management, Investment Management, Banking
FinecoBank today announces that funds from BNY Mellon Investment Management are now available on its investing platform. BNY Mellon Investment Management is one of the most respected financial institutions and one of the largest asset managers in the world with $2.2 trillion in assets under management as of March 31, 2021. For British investors the firm offers a series of leading investment products across a variety of sectors and investment...
Fitch Learning Examines The Growth of Data Science in Financial Services Apprenticeships
- 5 years 2 months ago
- Platform Technology, Financial
Recent research has shown that the UK has a chronic shortage of data talent, which is costing organisations more than £2 billion a year. The demand for data scientists has also tripled over the past five years, rising 231%.
Workday Partners With Crown Commercial Service to Help Accelerate Innovation in the Public Sector
- 5 years 2 months ago
- Cloud
Workday (NASDAQ: WDAY), a leader in enterprise cloud applications for finance and human resources, and Crown Commercial Service (CCS) today announced they are building on their existing relationship with the signature of a new MoU which
#MAKEMONEYEQUAL Campaign Urges Change to The Way Women are Pictured with money
- 5 years 2 months ago
- Money Transfers, Credit Cards
There are stark inequalities in how women and men are represented with money in visual media, according to a new report from Brunel University and Starling Bank. In a study of 600 of the most popular photographs of women/men and finance1 across three leading image libraries, women are frequently depicted as childlike compared to men, while many types of women are not shown at all. A Google image search found each of these images appears on up...
