ZSuite Tech, a financial technology company that powers financial institutions with unbound digital accounts encompassing escrow, sub-accounting, sub-ledgering, FBO, and trust accounts for commercial customers, announced it has finalized its $11 million Series A funding round. This round was completed by the Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) and BankTech Ventures, LP (BTV). Led by ICBA,
Authorize payment transactions by simply touching your credit card, securely and quickly. Sella is piloting a credit card with biometric identification that, thanks to a small chip sensor, allows people to make payments with their fingerprints. The rollout of the new card, enabling biometric verification for direct and contactless payments, was led by Sella Personal
Synovus announced the introduction of Synovus Accelerate FX, an end-to-end, innovative FX solution to drive the expansion of international banking services. Synovus Accelerate FX provides foreign exchange payments and trading services with convenient access and management through the Synovus Gateway commercial banking portal. Synovus Accelerate FX is supported by Finzly, a FinTech provider of modern banking
Smart money app Plum announces that it ranked no.1 among fintech and no.5 overall in the 2022 Deloitte UK Technology Fast 50, a ranking of the 50 fastest-growing technology companies in the UK. Rankings are based on percentage revenue growth over the last four years. Plum grew 7,735 percent during this period. “We’re delighted to be
Banks and credit unions need to start planning for the difficult economic situation that lies ahead. Due to the greater availability of cash, growing inflation and interest rates, the number of available positions, and pay inflation, this upcoming recession will be very different from the one that occurred in 2008. However, banks and credit unions
Rick Castello discusses Open Banking with RETHINK Retail at the NACS Show.
Goldman Sachs, MSCI, and Coin Metrics today announced the introduction of datonomy, a new categorization scheme for the market in digital assets. The new data service datonomy categorises money and tokens according to their intended purpose. Datonomy can be licenced for a number of use cases, including the review and assessment of portfolio performance and
Payer, the leading B2B technology company specializing in digital conversion, payments, and finance automation, with a mission to digitalize the B2B industry wherever payments play a central role, has announced that it will now facilitate American Express payments across the Nordics in Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden. This means that companies using Payer as a B2B
Silicon Valley Bank UK, the bank of the most innovative companies and investors in the UK and Europe, today announced the closing of financing for UK-listed global technology company Wise. Silicon Valley Bank UK acted as lead arranger of the syndication, with six other banks participating in the new £300m capital facility to support Wise’s future
nCino, Inc., a pioneer in cloud banking and digital transformation solutions for the global financial services industry, today announced its partnership with Ashman Bank, a new entrant bank with plans to transform the banking experience for UK property SMEs, a £90bn market opportunity. Ashman Bank, which was awarded the UK’s first new banking license in
Envestnet, Inc., a leading provider of intelligent systems for wealth management and financial wellness, announced that it is partnering with FNZ, a leading global wealth platform, to create a fully digital, integrated wealth management experience for the U.S. market. The integration of Envestnet’s and FNZ’s platforms will allow for real-time account opening and funding along
Banks have started to send $13bn in cash backing Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter according to people familiar with the matter, the latest sign the $44bn deal for the social-media company is on track to close by the end of the week after months of twists and turns. Musk late on 25 October sent a
