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
Fabrick, an international Open Finance provider, and Reale Group, a leading European insurance group, are delighted to announce a new partnership. This partnership will help optimise insurance premium payments whilst also making Fabrick’s Open Finance platform available to a network of more than 700 Reale Mutua and Italiana Assicurazioni agencies, as well as to Blue
The Matic coin, an alternative cryptocurrency based on Ethereum, authorises the Polygon network (initially called the Matic network). It aims to provide a long-term scaling solution to issues like high transaction costs and slow speeds. The rising volume of transactions on the Ethereum blockchain has placed a significant stress on the network, causing decreased performance
In response to suggestions made in a significant national bereavement report, Starling Bank has moved quickly to make life easier for those who have experienced a loss. The end-of-life admin service Settld and the digital bank have announced a new strategic partnership that will simplify account administration for those managing a deceased customer’s affairs. With
The Canadian fintech company Nuvei Corporation today announces the release of Nuvei for Platforms, a global payments solution. Businesses can integrate payments into their own platforms using the fully customizable product as either a Nuvei branded or white-label offering. It has been created to meet the payment needs of big fintech companies, banks, marketplaces, and
Michael Barr, the Federal Reserve’s top regulatory official, said Monday the U.S. central bank is watching for any stresses to the financial system amid a weakening economy, and signaled that stiffer oversight of cryptocurrency is in the offing. The Fed “will be heightening its focus on liquidity, credit, and interest-rate risks as supervised institutions manage
A new cross-border payments solution, Brightwell’s ReadyRemit *, powered by The Bancorp Bank, N.A., and Mastercard’s Cross-Border Services, was just unveiled by Atlanta-based Brightwell, a provider of global payments technology. ReadyRemit provides a user-friendly, cross-border payments solution with compliance capabilities, enabling fintechs, enterprises, and programme administrators to improve revenue and loyalty. When possible, the partnership
As the industry awaits an update on the UK’s New Payments Architecture (NPA), Finastra is committed to the timely development and roll-out of the functionality required to support readiness for its customers. Finastra’s cloud-based payments technology and collaboration with new and established bank and technology partners, such as Microsoft, will support banks’ full compliance with
Rick Castello discusses Open Banking with RETHINK Retail at the NACS Show.
The Alt401(k), a retirement platform offered by ForUsAll, a leading retirement provider for small businesses, gives employees the freedom to invest a portion of their 401(k) in potentially higher-growth opportunities like cryptocurrency in addition to conventional 401(k) mutual funds. As of today, 50 companies are live with the platform. The 401k’s first crypto delivery is
Next year, real-time payments to cryptocurrency exchanges will be prohibited by UK bank Santander. The action is meant to shield users from scams, according to an email to customers that was originally covered by Reuters. Santander has not said what time in 2023 the modification will go into effect. The bank will implement a more
