nCino, Inc., a pioneer in cloud banking and digital transformation solutions for the global financial services industry, announced that Kiraboshi Bank, a regional bank based in Tokyo, Japan, is live on the nCino Bank Operating System. The JPY 6,361.4 billion-asset Bank implemented nCino’s Commercial Banking Solution to enhance its business financing, part of its journey
bolttech, one of the world’s fastest-growing international InsurTech companies, announced Tokio Marine, alongside other shareholders, will lead bolttech’s Series B funding round. One year after closing the largest Series A funding round ever for an InsurTech, the investment values bolttech, Singapore’s own native InsurTech unicorn, at an up-round valuation of roughly $1.5 billion. Bolttech’s strengths and
OKX, the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency exchange, today announced that it is partnering with Pyth network, a next-generation Oracle solution built on the Solana blockchain and designed to provide trusted and verifiable market data to decentralized applications. “Given the recent liquidation events in DeFi, we understand that a high-performance, robust and low latency market data oracle
Remitly Global, Inc., a leading digital financial services provider for immigrants and their families, today announced the expansion of its relationship with Visa by making Visa Direct, Visa’s real-time push payments platform, available to Remitly customers in Canada.[1] According to the World Bank, more than $6.5 billion in personal remittances are sent annually from Canada. Now,
Goldman Sachs is recognizing Glia’s CEO and Co-Founder Dan Michaeli as one of the Most Exceptional Entrepreneurs of 2022 at its Builders and Innovators Summit in Healdsburg, California. For the two-day event, Michaeli was chosen by Goldman Sachs from among candidates in a variety of industries. With Justin DiPietro and Carlos Paniagua as co-founders, he founded
Australian fintech company Airwallex said on Tuesday (Oct 11) it raised US$100 million in an extension of funding round, sustaining its US$5.5 billion valuation. The Melbourne-based business claimed to have raised more capital from its current backers, including Tencent Holdings, Sequoia Capital China, and Lone Pine Capital. HostPlus, an Australian industry superannuation fund, as well
Uber announced a new partnership with Marqeta, Mastercard and Branch to power the Uber Pro Card, an enhanced loyalty and payments experience that will help drivers and couriers save on gas, fees, and other expenses. Built for drivers and couriers, the Uber Pro Card offers customized perks, including up to 10% cash back on gas and
Buy now, pay later (BNPL) firm Afterpay is launching a new monthly payment option that aims to give consumers greater payment flexibility and responsible spending options ahead of the holiday shopping season. Shoppers who choose Afterpay’s monthly payment option can budget their purchases over a 6- or 12-month return period on purchases ranging from $400 to
UK digital challenger Zopa is in talks to raise $100 million in what could be its final funding round before going public, according to Sky News. The raise, which would value the bank somewhat higher than its £750 million valuation from a £220 million round last October, is currently being discussed by the bank with both new
Bendigo Bank has today launched its new PayTo digital payments service delivering new levels of control and transparency for its online and mobile banking customers. PayTo is a novel, digital means to pre-authorize one-time or recurring payments straight from a bank account. It was created locally utilizing the real-time payment capabilities of the New Payments Platform,
nCino, Inc., a pioneer in cloud banking and digital transformation solutions for the global financial services industry, today announced that PeoplesBank, an independent community bank based in York, Pennsylvania, is live on nCino’s Small Business Banking Solution. The $2.3 billion asset PeoplesBank had previously deployed nCino’s Commercial Banking Solution, creating a single, cloud-based platform to meet the
On stage at Converge22, Circle announced an accelerated crypto payments roadmap enhanced by the recent acquisition of Elements, a merchant and developer-first payments orchestration platform. The announcement includes plans to quickly scale payment offerings to unlock utility value for crypto and lower the barrier of entry for merchants to access next-gen payments and financial services. The new
