Fingerprints Launches Smart´Nroll for Biometric Payment Card Enrollment
- 2 years 9 months ago
- Digital Identity, Payments
World-leading biometrics company Fingerprint Cards AB (Fingerprints™) today announces the launch of Smart´Nroll, a simple and reusable enrollment device for biometric payment cards. Smart´Nroll enables end-users to easily and securely register their fingerprints on their payment card, in under a minute and at their own convenience, anywhere in the world.
BNPL-Fintech Billink Raises €29.5 Million
- 2 years 9 months ago
- Fundraising News
Billink, the Netherlands-based Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) solution trusted by 3 million shoppers, has raised €29.5 million from the German Varengold Bank. The payment provider will use the funding to expand its offering to the top 50 largest Benelux web shops, enter the German market, and further fuel its ambitions to make buying online fairer, for both consumers and web shops, by bringing the same level of assurance consumers have in offline...
Qover Enters £19Bn UK Motor Insurance Market
- 2 years 9 months ago
- Insurtech
Qover – a leading insurtech driven by a vision of creating a global safety net through insurance – announces the launch of its innovative motor insurance solution in the United Kingdom, which enables car manufacturers to provide digital insurance programs across Europe.
Pliant Concludes a Successful 2023 with a €33 Million Series A Extension and €100 Million Debt Facility
- 2 years 9 months ago
- Fundraising News
Pliant’s Series A financing reaches €33 million upon securing an extension to its original €25 million financing making it the largest Series A in Germany in 2023. In addition, Pliant secured a €100 million debt facility to fuel its own EMI license in 25 countries and 11 currencies.
Plum Launches Spend Tracker for Smarter Budgeting
- 2 years 9 months ago
- Personal Finance
Plum, the smart money app, has added a new Spend Tracker to help customers with their budgeting plans. The Spend Tracker automatically categorizes all outgoings and shows them as a percentage of overall spending. By breaking their spending down, customers can see at a glance where their money is going each month and easily compare it with the previous month’s spending, to identify quickly where savings can be made.
Brightwell Collaborates with Visa to Enable Payouts to Bank Accounts and Wallets
- 2 years 9 months ago
- e-Payments
Global payments technology company Brightwell announces its most recent collaboration
SoFi Launches Small Business Financing Marketplace
- 2 years 9 months ago
- Financial
SoFi, the digital personal finance company, announced today the expansion of its new small business marketplace within the SoFi product experience. With this addition, SoFi will now be able to better support millions of American small business owners’ financing needs by connecting them to SoFi’s network of providers.
Ebury Bank, an Exclusive Brand in Brazil, Focuses on Offering Digital Banking Services for Foreign Trade and Cross-border Solutions for Platforms.
- 2 years 9 months ago
- Banking
Ebury, a global fintech that offers cross-border payment solutions, is advancing in its expansion across Brazil with the launch of the Ebury Bank brand. It acquired the Bexs Group, which includes Bexs Banco (FX) and Bexs Pay (payments), and is now undergoing the last stages of the framework for the transition of controllers, following the procedures of the Brazilian Central Bank.
dpixel Launches the First Venture Capital Initiative in Italy for Startups Through Blockchain
- 2 years 9 months ago
- Lending, Financial
dpixel, the Sella Group's Venture Incubator, has carried out, for the first time in Italy, in partnership with Seed Venture and Lendit, an investment operation in startups through blockchain technology and smart contracts.
73% Regulated Firms Failing to Adopt Open Banking - or Even Verify Source of Funds Manually
- 2 years 9 months ago
- Open Banking
Nearly three-quarters (73%) of regulated firms that take on new individual customers and business clients, have yet to start verifying the sources of their clients’ funds using open banking – a system that provides secure third-party access to financial data through an API (application programming interface).
Panacea Financial Raises $24.5M Series B to Fuel Strategic Growth
- 2 years 9 months ago
- Fundraising News
Panacea Financial, the financial technology company dedicated to providing world-class financial services to doctors and doctors’ practices, today announced that it has raised $24.5 million in Series B funding to fuel its strategic growth among the doctor community. Valar Ventures, a global venture capital fund, was the sole institutional investor in the round.
CFPB Proposes Rule to Close Bank Overdraft Loophole that Costs Americans Billions Each Year in Junk Fees
- 2 years 9 months ago
- Lending
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) today proposed a rule to rein in excessive overdraft fees charged by the natio
Danske Bank Selects Broadridge’s Principal Risk Trading and Market Making Solution
- 2 years 9 months ago
- Trading Systems
Global Fintech leader Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. today announced that Danske Bank has selected Broadridge’s multi-asset trading and market-making solution, Tbricks, to support multi-asset trading, pricing and position management across Danske Bank locations. Tbricks offers a modular trading platform with a flexible
Tonik Enters SME Lending
- 2 years 9 months ago
- Lending
Tonik Digital Bank (Tonik), the Philippines’ first digital-only neobank, leveled up its Big Loan catering to a wider range of financial needs for small businesses in the Philippines.
Technology is Creating New Fraud Frontiers - But Consumers Don’t Want AI to Protect Them
- 2 years 9 months ago
- Security
ComplyAdvantage has launched its annual report into fraud, money laundering, and financial crime: The State of Financial Crime 2024. The report identifies the criminal use of artificial intelligence (AI) as an emerging fraud challenge while revealing that most financial institutions are investing in technology to combat this growing threat. However, a majority of consumers remain uncomfortable with AI, even when it is being used to protect them.
