Category : Fintech News

Mastercard Offers Real-Time Payments To Support Gig Workers

Mastercard Send lets companies pay individuals immediately for work they do.

Ian Webster: «Open Banking An Opportunity, Not Threat»

The banking industry's attempts to align «costs to serve» with «value» has led to mistrust amongst customers. If trust is not restored urgently, banks could lose customers under the open banking era dawning on Asia.

Top Tips For Easy Payday Loan Approval

Sponsored Guest Post A payday loan is considered to be an effective solution for short-term financial hardship. There are many situations beyond our control, and they typically leave you with limited funding to try and survive the rest of the month w...

Lidl's Own Payment System To Challenge Apple And Google

Europe's popular retailer is testing its very own payment system in Spain.

EY: How to Build Value When Clients Want More Than Wealth?

EY’s 2019 Global Wealth Management Research focused on assessing exactly that.

Lloyds Banking Group Introduces New Credit Card Freeze Options

Lloyds Banking Group customers now have a greater range of options to control where and how they use their credit card From today customers will be able to access ‘card freeze’ through their mobile app, allowing them to stop their credit card being u...

Plaid Gives Fintechs Access to Student Loan Data

Plaid is expanding the information it helps fintechs access, announcing it now covers 90% of the student loan lenders with plans for more debt data sets to be added.

Finding a Recipe for Fintech Success

By Andrew Garvey, Chief Commercial Officer, Countingup London fintech week has once again drawn attention to what is a rapidly-changing financial services landscape across the capital and beyond. And much of the disruption is being driven by the ong...

New Partnership Provides Additional Funding Options for SMEs

Alternative SME credit specialist Caple and accountants Dains have announced a partnership to help Midlands-based SMEs access unsecured funding for growth. SMEs typically have difficulties raising money if they don’t have assets to put up as secur...

Thai Wealth Tech Firm expands to Singapore

Thai wealth management startup, Jitta, will expand to Singapore and India with $6.5 million of venture capital funds.

The Evolution of Cybersecurity Threats: Q&A with Pat Carroll

With over 25 years’ experience in Information Technology and Financial Markets, Pat Carroll, Executive Chairman and CEO of ValidSoft, has had the opportunity to build extensive knowledge in security, strong authentication and voice biometrics. TFT sa...

Banking startup N26 raises another $170 million at $3.5 billion valuation

Fintech startup N26 is raising $170 million a few months after raising $300 million. While it’s technically structured as a new round, the company considers today’s new funding as an extension of the Series D round. N26 has only reached out to exist...

Let's Get Paid: An Entrepreneur By Destiny Not Accident

As late payments have an increasingly detrimental impact on small business, mental and physical health, Gary Turner brings his entrepreneurial passion to addressing much needed cultural change across all business

Go Slow On Libra. Speed Up On Faster Payments.

Given that there are currently no rules or roadmaps for regulating payments outside of banks, as Facebook is proposing, it is easy to understand why the Fed wants to take its time in understanding the ramifications. Faster payments, on the other hand...

As Facebook Struggles For Blockchain Support, A Truly Decentralized Challenger Emerges

As Facebook Blockchain Lead David Marcus tries to use his testimony in front of U.S. lawmakers to restore trust in the company, it creates an opportunity for pure-blockchain companies such as Celo, which aim to link the 2 billion people in the world...