Tagged: financial services

October 19, 2024 @ 4:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

A study released recently, How consumer behaviour shapes the digital economy, by Checkout.com, a digital payments firm, has highlighted the consumer buying behavior which is powering the digital economy. The research, carried out across the United Kingdom, US, United Arab Emirates (UAE) and China, reveals… Read More

October 18, 2024 @ 11:41 am By Omar Faridi  |  

DriveWealth, a financial tech platform offering Brokerage-as-a-Service, has recently announced its end-to-end integration with multiple execution management system (EMS) platforms, including Bloomberg EMSX, LSEG Autex and TRAFiX. With these integrations, institutional broker-dealers are able to connect with DriveWealth’s platform and benefit from streamlined trade booking,… Read More

October 4, 2024 @ 11:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Numerated, the AI-enhanced commercial lending platform, announced its partnership with Alloy, the identity risk management company working with various banks and fintech companies, to deliver fraud checks within commercial lending. This partnership will aim to support Numerated’s lending automation capabilities by combining risk management with… Read More

October 3, 2024 @ 6:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Meta (NASDAQ:META) and NatWest are expanding an information sharing partnership to help protect people against fraud. The Fraud Intelligence Reciprocal Exchange (FIRE) is described in an update as a threat intelligence sharing program for financial institutions, enabling banking service providers to share intelligence with Meta… Read More

October 1, 2024 @ 11:39 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Three quarters or the majority of UK financial services professionals are preparing for the Chancellor’s upcoming Budget to have at least a moderate impact on their business, according to KPMG’s UK Financial Services Sentiment Survey. More than a quarter (28%) anticipate the impact will be… Read More

September 30, 2024 @ 10:45 am By Omar Faridi  |  

BUSINESSNEXT, a global enabler of composable enterprise solutions for financial services, has partnered with MongoDB to support autonomous operations enhanced with predictive and generative AI for banking as well as insurance. Headquartered in New York, MongoDB enables industry participants to create, transform, and enhance various… Read More

September 29, 2024 @ 6:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Scotiabank is helping recent immigrants to Canada settle into their new lives faster with the expansion of its partnership with Nova Credit, the cross-border credit bureau operating in Canada. Through this partnership, Scotiabank is helping newcomers from select countries2 with the opportunity to “access higher… Read More

September 29, 2024 @ 5:46 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Global Fintech Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE: BR)  announced that Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (SEB) is leveraging Broadridge’s international post-trade processing solution to simplify and streamline its securities business across international and domestic markets. SEB is an established, long-standing user of Broadridge‘s front and middle… Read More

September 29, 2024 @ 12:36 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

BILL (NYSE: BILL), a financial operations platform for small and midsize businesses (SMBs), announced new payment offerings for SMBs and accountants to make payments faster, easier, and more secure. The new capabilities, which are “part of BILL’s powerful payments engine, include a new international payment… Read More

September 28, 2024 @ 1:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL) unveiled PayPal Complete Payments, which is described as being a safe and efficient all-in-one platform that integrates a range of customized products and solutions to support Chinese merchants in selling globally. This platform streamlines payment and receivables processes “for businesses of all… Read More

September 19, 2024 @ 6:36 am By Omar Faridi  |  

French fintech company Market Pay, a pan-European payment platform, is launching a new point of sale software payment solution. The solution stands out by its ability to “offer a single app available both for terminal and smartphone payments.” It therefore can be used for “all… Read More

September 18, 2024 @ 7:46 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Konsentus announced that Konsentus’ European trusted data, Konsentus Verify, can now be accessed through an online portal, via a real-time API or a downloadable cache. Financial Institutions in the European Economic Area (EEA) can choose the delivery mechanism that best works for them. For open… Read More

September 17, 2024 @ 1:11 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (BNY) (NYSE: BK) has announced Alts Bridge, a data, software, and services solution designedt to meet the growing demand from wealth intermediaries looking to access alternative and private market investment products, through a simplified end-to-end investment experience. Designed… Read More

September 16, 2024 @ 5:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

MX Technologies, Inc., an enabler of actionable intelligence for consumers and the financial providers that serve them, shares its latest survey findings, which reveal mobile banking can make or break a consumer’s experience. Sixty-five percent of consumers would stop using “a financial provider’s app if… Read More

September 8, 2024 @ 6:56 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Results of a recent J.D. Power survey suggest consumers are growing more comfortable with artificial intelligence in financial services, but the concept isn’t over the hump just yet. J.D. Power surveyed more than 2,000 financial services customers in the United States about their utilization and… Read More

September 8, 2024 @ 4:15 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

More than two-thirds (76%) of financial services operations leaders in the US believe that using AI would enable them to make faster, more effective decisions, but 62% lack the data management capabilities and data environment to capitalize on the technology’s potential. That is according to… Read More

September 8, 2024 @ 10:21 am By Omar Faridi  |  

barq, a Saudi financial services startup, has partnered with Mastercard (NYSE: MA) to empower its customers with a range of payment acceptance solutions through Mastercard Gateway. The strategic agreement will see barq leverage Mastercard Gateway technology “to further equip its merchants and consumers around the… Read More

September 7, 2024 @ 10:33 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Grath, a global platform for financial services and regulatory compliance technology, is expanding its presence into the Middle East with the opening of a new office in the prestigious Dubai International Finance Centre (DIFC). This expansion is said to mark a significant milestone in Grath’s… Read More

September 6, 2024 @ 8:46 am By Omar Faridi  |  

PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL) claims it has ushered in a “new era” for customers, making it easier and more rewarding than ever to shop and pay with PayPal anywhere, anytime – both in stores and online. In addition, customers can now add their PayPal Debit Card… Read More

September 6, 2024 @ 5:45 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Complaint management is a crucial aspect of customer service and risk management in the financial services sector, according to an update from Spring Labs. These firms—including traditional banks, fintechs and insurance companies—must “adhere to various regulations and standards that require them to handle complaints in… Read More