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Klarna Partners with Marqeta to Launch its New Card
Marqeta announced a collaboration with fellow Finovate alum Klarna to power the company’s new payment card. The new card will enable Klarna customers to use the company’s Pay in 4 payment option in physical stores. This week’s partnership builds upon a relationship the two companies have enjoyed since 2018. A pair of Finovate alums have…
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XBRL News from XII, FASB and SEC
Here are the three most relevant developments in the world of structured reporting we became aware of in the course of last week. 1 Revisions to Calculations 1.1 ensure global utility The XBRL Standards Board has approved a second Candidate Recommendation of the Calculations 1.1 specification, with improvements to ensure full international applicability. The Calculations specification…
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Data-Driven Insurance for Energy Systems
The energy industry is changing. A U.S. Energy Information Administration report found that solar and wind accounted for most new electricity capacity. With diminishing costs and increased demand, the solar and wind sectors are the future of energy. In the US, investment in renewable energy is expected to hit $1 trillion by 2023, up from…
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Sowing the Seeds: Tales from Crypto’s Course Correction
Bruised but not broken, the cryptocurrency market has taken more than a few blows as the prices of leading digital assets – from Bitcoin to Ethereum – have declined significantly in recent months. This may have taken some of the steam out of many cryptocurrency ventures. But there is no sign that interest in cryptocurrencies…
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Fintech and the LGBTQ Community: 3 Resources for Banking and Financial Wellness
June is National Pride Month, a time to honor and celebrate the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) community. Many of the contributions to fintech and financial services from members of the LGBTQ community go unnoticed. But what can no longer be overlooked is the growing number of resources in the financial services industry…
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TrueLayer and Thunes Team Up for Open Banking
Open banking platform TrueLayer is partnering with cross-border payments company Thunes. Thunes will integrate TrueLayer’s open banking technology into its platform, making open banking available as a payment method. TrueLayer helps 100,000 merchants across the U.K., Europe, and Australia power open banking payments experiences that connect payments, data, and identity. In the U.K., open banking is the…
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Truist CIO Ken Meyer joins Bank Automation Summit Fall speaker faculty
Ken Meyer, Truist divisional chief information officer and experience officer for consumer technology, experience and innovation, has joined the speaker faculty of Bank Automation Summit Fall for the panel “Business Intelligence, CRM and Automation: How to Improve Customer and Employee Experience and Overall Efficiencies” on Tuesday, Sept. 20, at 9 a.m. PDT. Bank Automation Summit…
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Issue #366 – What Goes Up, Must Come Down
FinTech Weekly is © 2022 and published by the Jan Kus An der Bottmühle 5 50678 Cologne Germany +4922199999701 contact@fintechweekly.com Inhaltlich Verantwortlich gemäß TMG und Paragraph 55 Abs. 2 RStV: Jan Kus (Anschrift wie oben) Haftungshinweis: Trotz sorgfältiger inhaltlicher Kontrolle übernehmen wir keine Haftung für die Inhalte externer Links. Für den Inhalt der verlinkten Seiten…
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Jack Henry launches new automated risk assessment program
Core provider Jack Henry is offering a way to ensure financial institutions can select vendors that align with their required levels of risk and compliance. © Can Stock Photo / artursz The Vendor Management Program integrates into Jack Henry’s Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) Suite, and runs an automated risk assessment on banks’ external service…
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Transactions: Finexio powers accounts payable at Banc of California
Automated treasury payments solutions at Banc of California will be powered by Finexio, the companies announced last week. Finexio, an accounts payable fintech with previous buy-in from Mastercard and communications firm Nordis Technologies, received $1 million from Banc of California during a funding round. Now, Finexio will fuel embedded accounts payables processes the $9.6 billion…
