Sector Verticals

MoonPay now lets users buy and sell crypto funded by PayPal 

MoonPay, a Web3 infrastructure company, announced a collaboration with PayPal that allows MoonPay users in the US to seamlessly buy cryptocurrency using their PayPal account.  The integration streamlines transactions for new MoonPay users who already...

Revolut launches a stand-alone crypto trading platform for experienced traders 

Revolut, the global FinTech with more than 40 million customers worldwide, has announced Revolut X — a stand-alone crypto exchange designed for professional crypto traders. Aimed at competing with other leading exchanges by offering easy on and off ramping a...

What emerging technologies or trends do you see shaping the future of mobile banking, and how can financial institutions leverage them? 

Introducing this month’s Editor’s Question is Chris McGee, Managing Director of the Financial Services Consulting Practice at AArete.  Consumer adoption of mobile banking continues to accelerate, with US customers now using mobile apps more often than any othe...

EU Listing Rules need to offer more effective support for SMEs, investment industry surveys find 

Following the political agreement between the European Council and European Parliament on the EU Listing Act, a new report by CFA Institute and BETTER FINANCE finds that investment professionals and retail investors believe the listing package needs to better...

Klarna ‘Wikipink’ challenges broken US credit system with transparent data 

Klarna, the AI-powered global payments network and shopping assistant, has announced the launch of a new online initiative – Wikipink – aimed at setting new standards for transparency and responsibility in the credit and lending...

MoneyGram Haas F1 Team selects EY to implement Microsoft Dynamics solution 

MoneyGram Haas F1 Team has selected EY to implement its Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance and Supply Chain solution.   EY will provide consulting services to support Haas adopt a greater system functionality through the Microsoft Dynamics platform....

Admiral selects Google Cloud to accelerate innovative customer experiences 

Admiral, a leading financial services company in the UK and part of the Admiral Group, has selected Google Cloud as a strategic cloud partner.   Under the terms of the agreement, Admiral’s core insurance operations, including insurance...

Cambridge-based deep tech start-up Theia Insights raises US$6.5 million to bring foundational AI to the global investment community 

Theia Insights, a UK-based deep tech start-up launched by former Amazon Alexa scientist and solo entrepreneur Dr Ye Tian, has raised US$6.5 million. In another example of US venture capital looking to the UK for the most innovative technology companies, the...

Introducing a mobile-first investor experience disrupting REITs 

Groundfloor, an award-winning investment technology platform with over US$1 billion in investment volume, is announcing the launch of its next-generation investing experience: Groundfloor 3.0. This innovative platform, born from a decade of insights from...

Jefferson Bank expands partnership with Finastra to boost its instant payments strategy 

Finastra has announced that Jefferson Bank, an independent, bank serving communities across Texas, has selected Finastra Payments To Go, a payments-as-a-service solution for its new instant payments services. The agile, resilient, cloud-based payments...

Who needs Blockchain? New research states many Blockchain uses are unnecessary 

New research has revealed that Blockchain technology is probably unnecessary in the majority of cases, despite its popularity.  In recent years Blockchain technology has been making headlines and boomed in popularity, thanks partly to its use in the...

Bloxcross and GoDirectPay release ‘game-changing’ mobile payments app  

Bloxcross, a premier payment solutions provider, and GoDirectPay, an e-payment expert, have collaborated to launch a mobile application that ‘revolutionises’ global payments. This custom-built app aims to redefine the landscape of financial transactions by ena...