Clik here to view.
6 Ways Roboadvisors Have Evolved to Suit 2020
By many accounts, 2020 has been a difficult year full of events nobody could have anticipated or planned for. As an industry, however, fintech has faired rather well. The shift to digital combined...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Meniga Launches in U.S.
Oh say, can you see… new digital banking technology landing on U.S. shores? Meniga can. The U.K.-based company with Icelandic roots is expanding operations into the U.S. with a New York City...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Greenlight to Power Chase’s New Bank Account for Kids
When it comes to payment and savings account services designed for minors, most large banks have stayed on the sidelines. In fact, much of the development has come from fintechs that layer...
View ArticleClik here to view.
At Your Service: A Look at Q2’s “As-a-Service” Offerings
In today’s era of embedded finance, everything is available as a service. Digital banking services company Q2 is at the leading edge of this trend, offering a range of solutions for banks’ retail...
View ArticleClik here to view.
What These 5 Stats and Trends Say About Where Fintech is Headed
The following is a guest post by Lisa Bigelow who writes for Bold.com. Robo advisors. Touchless payments. Zelle. These are just a few ways that digitalization has transformed how people manage their...
View ArticleClik here to view.
SoFi Launches Social Trading Investing Platform
SoFi has spent the past few years broadening its focus. What launched as an alternative lending company has emerged as a platform that provides a deeper breadth of banking services including...
View ArticleClik here to view.
How Far Are We Into the New Technological Era? 1%
When it comes to foreseeing the future, nobody gets things 100% right. However, Strategic Futurist at TEDx Curator Nancy Giordano is poised to come pretty close with her predictions. Giordano is a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Stripe’s Newest Buy Makes Inroads to Africa
Stripe has been partnered with Nigeria-based Paystack for quite some time, even leading Paystack’s Series A financing round in 2018. Today Stipe unveiled it is taking things a step further. The San...
View ArticleClik here to view.
George Anderson on What You Don’t Know About Open Banking
When we saw Ninth Wave Founder and CEO George Anderson’s keynote presentation at FinovateFall titled, “Open Banking: Ignore at Your Own Peril,” we wondered what else the tech industry is missing about...
View ArticleClik here to view.
CUNA Mutual Group Snaps Up CuneXus to Fortify Digital Lending
Lending and marketing automation platform CuneXus announced this week it has agreed to an acquisition by CUNA Mutual Group. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. CUNA began its relationship with...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Thought Machine to Power Credit Product for Curve
Cloud banking technology provider Thought Machine has been tapped by U.K.-based Curve to power its new buy now, pay later (BNPL) offering that allows customers to pay for purchases in installments....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Billtrust to Make Public Debut at $1.3 Billion
Accounts receivable automation company Billtrust announced today it agreed to a merger with South Mountain Merger Corporation, a publicly-traded special purpose acquisition company (SPAC). The...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Afterpay to Launch Checking and Savings Accounts
What happens when you combine two of fintech’s hottest trends– buy now, pay later (BNPL) and banking-as-a-service? Afterpay is about to find out. That’s because the Australia-based company has inked...
View ArticleClik here to view.
CFPB Proposes Open Banking Regulation
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) made a small move with big potential today. The U.S. agency issued an advanced notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPR) that requests information from the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Lunar Brings in $47 Million to Launch BNPL Tool
Nordic challenger bank Lunar announced a $47 million (€40 million) Series C funding round today, bringing its total raised to $122 million. The funds come from investment firm Chr. Augustinus...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Ant Group Gears Up for World’s Biggest IPO at $34.5 Billion
Ant Group has set the price for its shares of its dual IPO today, and it is shaping up to be the largest public offering to-date, coming in at $34.5 billion. The IPO will be spread equally through...
View ArticleClik here to view.
DriveWealth Brings Home $56.7 Million
Brokerage infrastructure API provider DriveWealth brought in $56.7 million in Series C funding today. The investment is more than double the Series B round of $21 million the company received in 2018....
View ArticleClik here to view.
How One Identity Firm Used Partnerships to Grow its Business
Identity verification and authentication provider Onfido has provided a guiding light when it comes to digital identity in 2020 and the company’s Q3 sales results can back it up. Onfido’s global sales...
View ArticleClik here to view.
TikTok and Shopify Partner on Embedded Payments
Short-form video sharing and social network app TikTok and commerce platform Shopify announced a partnership today that will offer Shopify merchants exposure to TikTok’s highly engaged users. The...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Icon Solutions Lands Strategic Investment from JP Morgan
U.K.-based payments technology provider Icon Solutions is getting a boost today from U.S. banking giant JP Morgan in the form of a strategic investment. The amount of the investment, along with...
View Article