Finance is the central principle of business and the pillar on which any successful business is built. After all, the goal of capitalism is to create organizations that not only do something useful but ultimately monetize their plans and deliver shareholder value. Many economic ideas exist to help businesses start, grow, measure themselves, and manage
JG Wentworth is pleased to announce that it has acquired a digital lending platform from Stilt Inc., a personal lending and financial technology company based in San Francisco. Stilt has been backed by leading venture capital firms and has raised $322 million in debt and equity to create a strong end-to-end digital lending and services
Allica Bank, the leading fintech SME challenger bank, has announced a £100 million Series C funding round led by global growth technology investor, TCV, with participation from existing investors Warwick Capital Partners and Atalaya Capital Management. Allica now joins TCV’s strong portfolio of businesses, which also includes household names like Airbnb, Netflix, and Spotify as
The future of finance could be better if it was accessible to the majority of society. Broad-based financial inclusion is the enabler of Sustainable Development Goals, and achieving that goal is of paramount importance today. Digitization spans the globe across different industries and verticals. The financial sector is no exception. We are rapidly moving towards
Temenos announced that Mbanq, one of the US’s leading Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) providers, has expanded its relationship with Temenos to accelerate BaaS adoption in the US.’ This agreement deepens cooperation between the companies following the launch of a joint credit union providing services last year (affiliate). Temenos also made a small investment in Mbanq to enter
Amex Business Link, a new business-to-business (B2B) payments environment that network issuing and acquiring participants can provide to their business customers, was introduced by American Express. Amex Business Link facilitates domestic and international transactions while taking the card and non-card payments, making it simpler for buyers and suppliers of all sizes to manage payments. The
In 2016, Andrew Hoag, a former senior executive at Verisign and web project manager at NASA’s Ames Research Center, founded Teampay, a platform that attempts to automate the software purchasing process for businesses. Hoag’s idea is that the way companies spend their money is changing, especially as they embrace digital transformation, and visibility and control
July 6-9, 2023, Shanghai, China
July 6-9, 2023, Shanghai, China The China International Conference in Finance (CICF) provides an open platform that brings worldwide scholars together to present current research and stimulate new development in finance. CICF presented its first conference in 2002. Over the years, CICF has grown to be one of the leading finance research conferences in the
The closure of a $12 million Series B capital raising was announced today by Strategic Risk Associates (SRA), a top supplier of comprehensive risk and performance management SaaS technology (WatchtowerTM) for the financial services and insurance industries. Along with longtime SRA client, Atlantic Union Bankshares Corporation and other existing investors, this round of funding were
InvestCloud, the global leader in financial digital transformation, today announced that Huntington National Bank has launched Advisor Connect, a branded digital experience based on Find My Advisor’s technology. InvestCloud. Huntington is a subsidiary of Huntington Bancshares Incorporated (Nasdaq: HBAN), a $179 billion regional bank holding company headquartered in Columbus, Ohio. Retirement savings, insurance worries, and
Watch the Nium team discuss major trends they saw at Money2020 – from international remittance, to emerging markets, and real-time payments in the payroll process.
Honeywell has announced the release of Honeywell Smart Pay, a contactless software payment solution enabling the company’s powerful mobile to become secure and compliant payment terminals, accepting contactless mobile payments from anywhere a business sells or delivers goods and services. Honeywell Smart Pay gives sales associates and service workers the ability to complete on-site payments in
