Banking

Backbase unveils Intelligence Fabric to unlock AI-productivity gains for banks 

Backbase is excited to announce a major expansion of the Engagement Banking Platform with the introduction of the Intelligence Fabric layer, a powerful set of data and AI infrastructure and development capabilities that are now natively embedded in the...

Fabrick and Terrapay partner to innovate cross-border payments in Europe

Fabrick, an Open Finance operating company is expanding its geographical footprint by partnering with TerraPay, a company simplifying global money movement.   Initially focused on the Italian market, this partnership will enable businesses to...

Intrepid Credit Union partners with Alkami to launch new digital banking platform 

Alkami Technology, a leading cloud-based digital banking solutions provider for financial institutions in the US, has announced that it has partnered with Intrepid Credit Union to launch Alkami’s Digital Banking Platform designed to offer members an...

Charles O’Neil, Co-founder, Sunshine+Kittens 

We’re excited to speak with Charles O’Neil, Co-founder of Sunshine+Kittens, about their new venture in children’s banking. Partnering with MasterCard, The PayFirm and SaaScada, Sunshine+Kittens is launching a unique bank account aimed at financial education for k...

Navigating the lending boom: How US banks can leverage AI to manage new risks 

Prior to his consultancy career, Yerbol Orynbayev served as the Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan from 2007-2013 and Aide to the President on economic policy from 2013-2015. In this article, Orynbayev discusses the recent Fed rate cut, its potential...

Bread Financial launches IRA retirement savings and CDs

Bread Financial, a tech-forward financial services company, has introduced its IRA Retirement Savings and CDs, a new individual retirement account (IRA) offering that includes High-Yield Savings Accounts (HYSA) and Certificates of Deposit (CD) options. The ...

“It simply isn’t good enough” – Revolut calls for Meta to commit to sharing reimbursement of fraud victims 

Revolut, the global FinTech with over 45 million global customers, is calling on Meta to commit to sharing reimbursement of fraud victims, arguing that its recently announced data-sharing partnership with UK banks and financial institutions falls woefully...

HSBC launches new embedded finance venture

HSBC has launched its new jointly owned venture, SemFi by HSBC, which aims to deliver Seamless Embedded Finance solutions to business clients.  The new technology company is a joint venture between HSBC and B2B global trade network Tradeshift. SemFi...

SpotMe, Chime’s fee-free overdraft, surpasses US$30 billion in spotted transactions

Leading consumer financial technology company, Chime, has announced that its fee-free overdraft feature, SpotMe, has covered its members with more than US$30 billion in transactions since the product launched in 2019. SpotMe empowers everyday people to...

Meta partners with NatWest to combat scams 

Meta and NatWest are expanding a first-of-its-kind information sharing partnership to help protect people against fraud. The Fraud Intelligence Reciprocal Exchange (FIRE) is a threat intelligence sharing programme for financial institutions, allowing banks...

The BNPL boom: How new payment options are defining the customer loyalty race

The frenzy of Christmas and Halloween marketing is already in full swing, with date reveals of Christmas market returns to pumpkin patch locations, retailers are gearing up to execute their strategies as the Golden Quarter approaches. This year, however,...

Airwallex report reveals 92% of Aussie startups struggle with their financial operations

Airwallex, the Australia-founded leading financial platform for modern businesses, has released The Startup Financial Confidence Report which reveals the opportunities and business challenges facing Australian founders right now.  Further findings from the ...