Tagged: ux

June 18, 2025 @ 8:24 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Data and technology company, Experian, announces that digital bank, Monzo, has become the newest addition to its Support Hub service. As part of Experian Support Hub, more than 12 million Monzo UK customers will now be able “to share their access and support needs with… Read More

June 12, 2025 @ 5:19 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Starling Bank customers can now use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to better understand their spending habits. The UK-first feature, called ‘Spending Intelligence’, allows customers to ask questions about their money, such as “How much did I spend on groceries last week?” or ”How much did I… Read More

May 8, 2025 @ 5:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Stablecoin and digital assets firm Circle has announced major updates to its Paymaster service, aligning with the recent Ethereum Pectra upgrade. On May 7, 2025, Jeremy Allaire, CEO of Circle, shared on X that Circle Paymaster now supports nearly any Web3 wallet across seven blockchain… Read More

April 27, 2025 @ 11:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The digital payment landscape is evolving rapidly, with recent developments highlighting the strengths and challenges of various providers. According to a study by Consumer Reports, digital wallets from fintech companies like Block and PayPal offer improved fraud monitoring and liability protection compared to those from… Read More

February 25, 2025 @ 10:06 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital interactions by Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) clients grew 12% last year, reaching an all-time record 26 billion interactions through a combination of digital logins and proactive alerts. Innovative digital capabilities are enhancing experiences for the company’s more than “58 million verified digital clients… Read More

February 10, 2025 @ 8:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Moneythor, a personalization engine for financial services providers, has announced its expansion to Latin America. The regional operations will be led by Enrique Ramos O’Reilly, Moneythor’s President Americas, who has 25 years of experience in banking and fintech. O’Reilly previously led Temenos‘ Latin America and… Read More

December 26, 2024 @ 8:19 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Garanti BBVA has recently announced that it has enhanced its investment options that are available via its mobile app. Garanti BBVA recently revamped ‘Garanti BBVA Mobile’, making it faster and easier for investors to monitor and effectively manage their investment portfolios directly on the app…. Read More

December 7, 2024 @ 2:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Alkami Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALKT), a cloud-based digital banking solutions provider for financial institutions in the U.S., announced the latest innovation in its Data & Marketing Solutions platform. With this enhancement, Alkami has strengthened its behavioral data tag suite to empower financial institutions with deeper… Read More

February 19, 2024 @ 11:46 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Fintech firm Deel is pleased to launch the new Adjustments API for Global Payroll and EOR, making your payroll processing experience faster and more accurate. Deel explains that the API lets you automatically “sync expenses, bonuses, and allowances data directly onto Deel, so you’ll only… Read More

January 17, 2024 @ 1:50 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Tether, which claims to be the largest company in the cryptocurrency industry, and rhino.fi, a DeFi bridge, have announced a strategic collaboration aimed “at enhancing cross-chain transactions and improving the user experience for USDt within the DeFi space.” This collaboration will aim to “facilitate easier… Read More

November 24, 2023 @ 3:01 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Volante Technologies, the global firm enabling cloud payments modernization, have recently announced the general availability of the latest version of the Volante Experience. Following the initial launch of the Volante Experience, which focused on the onboarding experience, this latest release enhances Volante’s Payments as a… Read More

November 14, 2023 @ 7:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

At Gemini, they claim to be dedicated to delivering the “best possible” crypto trading experience for their users. Gemini says it is pleased to unveil “an important update to our derivatives trading ecosystem: mobile app trading.” In August, Gemini had unveiled the ability “to view… Read More

November 7, 2023 @ 9:53 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

NatWest and IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced enhancements to the bank’s virtual assistant, Cora, that will use generative AI to provide customers with access to a wider range of information through conversational interactions. The bank will be among the first in the UK to deploy generative… Read More

November 1, 2023 @ 8:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently connected with Milan Velev, Nexo’s Chief Security Officer, who shared key insights with CI regarding the importance of setting standards for crypto platform security. Milan Velev from Nexo explained why crypto investors and traders need to prioritize security. He also commented on their… Read More

November 1, 2023 @ 9:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Revolut, the financial super app with more than 35 million customers worldwide introduces Trading Pro — a powerful set of tools and insights for advanced traders designed to enhance their trading experience. The new subscription across the EEA is “provided by Revolut Securities Europe UAB… Read More

October 11, 2023 @ 9:29 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital bank Revolut has introduced the updated version of its app — Revolut 10 — for its 35 million+ international clients. Revolut noted that clients had asked for all things money made easy, so they challenged themselves to see how easy they could make Revolut… Read More

September 25, 2023 @ 1:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Stripe, a financial infrastructure platform for businesses, added new features to its optimized checkout suite to help users increase their revenue by making it easier for their customers to complete a purchase. The optimized checkout suite consolidates years of Stripe research into “a set of… Read More

September 8, 2023 @ 4:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

BNY Mellon (NYSE: BK) announced the launch of BankifySM, an open banking payments solution that helps organizations “receive consumer payments from bank accounts, with a seamless user experience and that offers guaranteed funds for business receivables.” Bankify couples BNY Mellon‘s transaction payments expertise “with Trustly’s… Read More

August 9, 2023 @ 12:15 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

On July 30th, 2015, the Genesis block of Ethereum was created. Eight years later, today Ethereum is the dominant blockchain network “with growing developer interest, lower transaction fees, and faster settlement times.” Yet, fewer than 0.5% of the 100 million developers worldwide “are actively building… Read More

July 12, 2023 @ 12:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Checkout.com, the global payments solution provider, launches Identity Verification, its first product focused on improving the customer onboarding and identity verification process and expanding Checkout.com’s impact on customers’ digital experience. Identity Verification “utilizes proprietary artificial intelligence and is trained on billions of identity and facial… Read More