Positive news, yes? Actually, no. The percentage of after-tax income that consumers save personally is known as the personal savings rate. The increment’s 1% increase is an issue. Among 100 people, none spend. Because they may only purchase in certain quantities, they “save.” Their after-tax income that hasn’t been spent rises along with their income.
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
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
Cape Town-based Revio, a payments API company, has raised $1.1 million in an oversubscribed seed funding round to solve payment failures in emerging markets. Led by SpeedInvest, with participation from Ralicap, The Fund, Two Culture Capital and strategic angel investors from Sequoia Capital, Quona Capital and Circle Payments, Revio says the investment will enable the firm
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
Companies in the financial sector can leverage artificial intelligence to analyze and manage data from multiple sources to provide valuable insights. These innovative results help banks overcome the challenges they face on a daily basis while providing day-to-day services such as loan management or payment processing. Let’s now look at some AI-driven FinTech innovation use
In today’s tough economic climate, it is certain that clients are looking for ways to minimize their costs whenever possible in the face of the increasing cost of living. Banks have a key role to play in supporting consumers and especially the most vulnerable who are struggling to pay for basic necessities like rent, energy
Wise, the global tech company building the best way to move money around the world, has today launched its first eco card. The environmental impact of the Eco-Wise Card has been significantly reduced through the use of Polylactic Acid (PLA), a sustainable plastic alternative made from renewable bio-resources such as inedible corn. . The material
Financial institutions and entrepreneurs have a complicated historical relationship. Entrepreneurs need the means to finance their businesses and stay afloat, which means they rely on banks for everything from business loans to checking accounts. And banks need entrepreneurs too. Without small businesses driving the economy, there’s not many banks can do. This (sometimes reluctant) codependency
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
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
