Global coffee chain Starbucks has announced a partnership with Ethereum scaling solution Polygon to build its Web3 experience titled ‘Starbucks Odyssey’. This will combine the existing Starbucks Rewards loyalty program with an NFT platform. The program will allow the company’s US clients to buy digital collector stamps in NFT form that give rewards and immersive
Marqeta, the global modern card issuing platform, today announced that it has been chosen by Bread Financial, a tech-forward financial services company that provides simple, personalized payment, lending and saving solutions, to enhance the in-store checkout experience for shoppers using Bread Pay, its flexible suite of Buy Now, Pay Later products. Using Marqeta’s platform, Bread Financial
Wise Platform has launched our newest integration solution, International Receive. Customers at partner organizations using International Receive will be able to quickly, easily and affordably receive cross-border payments, even if their bank is not connected to the SWIFT network. Banks can communicate with one another via financial messages thanks to SWIFT. Major financial institutions use
September 20, 2022 | 2:00PM EDT
September 20, 2022 | 2:00PM EDT Data quality used to be a one-dimensional term: Is your data right? As the data landscape has become more complex and sophisticated, data quality has evolved to require a more holistic approach to encompass much more to ensure trust in data. Integrated data quality, governance, and multi-domain data management
September 21, 2022 | 2:00PM EDT
September 21, 2022 | 2:00PM EDT Fintech security and identity teams know what it’s like to juggle opposing goals. The business dictates security that supports user and revenue growth, while also keeping bad actors from accessing accounts, assets, and the platform as a whole. Meanwhile, cybercriminals rely on frictionless registration and login experiences, so lowering
September 22, 2022 | 2:00PM EDT
September 22, 2022 | 2:00PM EDT Leaders across the financial services ecosystem discuss how they’re thinking about a possible coming recession and what it could mean for SMB lending. How are they seeing conditions from their vantage point? What have we learned from prior recessions we can apply and what’s different about this one? In
One of the major benefits of a cloud-based core banking system is its inherent extensibility, or the ability to be adjusted by the user independently of external input and to support the addition of new features in real time. Although financial organizations in general prefer something that is ready to use right out of the
The day after it emerged that a funding round for Freetrade fell apart earlier this year, the UK stock trading app has gone back to the public with another crowdfunding campaign. According to a letter obtained by the Financial Times, Freetrade inked term sheets with new investors some months ago to raise capital at a £700 million
FNZ, the global wealth management platform, today announced that it has agreed to acquire DIAMOS AG, the specialized wealthtech provider for the asset and wealth management industry, to further enhance its global wealth management platform. The addition of cutting-edge product and service offerings to its current end-to-end wealth management platform will boost FNZ’s worldwide client
Sage, the leader in accounting, financial, HR and payroll technology for small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs), and Square, the global payments technology provider, today announced a new partnership, focused on helping small businesses work smarter and save time, freeing them up to grow their businesses. Sage Accounting and Square’s point of sale (POS) software can
Clip, Mexico’s leading commerce and digital payments platform continues to strengthen its operations and offerings that drive the digital transformation of Mexico’s economy by entering a $50 million, three-year, unsecured revolving credit facility with Morgan Stanley, J.P. Morgan, and HSBC. The funding will be used by Clip to expand its efforts to meet businesses’ demand for innovative
21.co, the world’s leader in providing access to crypto through simple and easy-to-use products, today announced a $25 million round led by Marshall Wace. This round values the business up to $2 billion, making 21.co Switzerland’s largest crypto unicorn. With this round of financing, 21.co will continue to drive rapid, targeted growth through first-of-their-kind products, key market expansions and
