Category: digital currencies
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LHV UK Established New Office in the Fintech Capital of the North
Following months of speculation, LHV UK has now confirmed that it has established a new foothold in the fintech capital of the North; opening the doors of its brand new Leeds office. Counting over 200 prominent fintech and crypto companies amongst its clientele, including Paysafe, Blockchain, Currencycloud, Coinbase, Trustly, Monese and Wise, the banking services…
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This Week in Fintech: TFT Bi-Weekly News Roundup 26/05
The Fintech Times Bi-Weekly News Roundup on Thursday includes the latest job moves, partnerships, funding successes and more. Job moves Georgina Whalley Georgina Whalley has joined Tandem in the newly created senior role of chief impact and marketing officer. She joins Tandem having held senior roles at global consumer fintech Openpay for the past three…
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Small Businesses Are Leveraging Technology Solutions To Overcome the Biggest Barriers to Business
It’s anything but business as usual small businesses operating in the complex markets of today. They face a rising number of difficult challenges, including rapidly changing market conditions, rising costs and ever-changing regulatory standards. Businesses must be agile and quick to respond as such hurdles continue to mount pressure on businesses’ bottom line. To maintain…
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Yabx: Mapping the Transformation of the Digital Lending Landscape Powered by AI
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has permeated the landscape of most sectors. Most businesses and sectors have been on their toes due to constant changes in today’s markets, and the financial industry is no exception. The lending sector is constantly changing due to digitisation and evolving client expectations. The processes that form the framework of digital lending,…
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Digital Distribution On New-Age Insurance Exchanges
Investors are sharpening their focus on digital marketplaces that generate business for incumbent carriers. Building a successful marketplace in insurance is far from trivial – significant friction exists, and a critical mass is needed for the network effects to be valuable to participants. On the one hand, owning the customer relationship is crucial. On the…
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4 Reasons to be Optimistic about Fintech Right Now
We’ve seen some bad news in the tech sector lately. YCombinator is asking its portfolio founders to “plan for the worst” and prepare for a downturn and Klarna is laying off 10% of its employees. Headlines such as, “Tech’s High-Flying Startup Scene Gets a Crushing Reality Check” aren’t helping consumer or investor sentiment, either. It…
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Powwi to Implement BPC’s SmartVista Suite to Manage Transactional Service Requirements for Customers
BPC, the digital payments provider, has announced a strategic partnership with Powwi, licensed as a deposit-taking institution (Sociedad Especializada en Depósitos y Pagos Electrónicos – SEDPE), one of Colombia’s most successful payment companies and a champion of financial inclusion. Under the terms of the five-year agreement, Powwi will implement BPC’s SmartVista suite to manage the…
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Issue #365 – What If Competition Rises?
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How 3 FIs are leveraging Amazon Web Services to improve business
Financial institutions are leveraging Amazon Web Services’ (AWS) machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) tools to improve operations and customer experience. FIs are deploying tools for facial recognition, natural language processing and customer interactions, Alvin Huang, a capital markets specialist in business development and financial services at AWS, said Tuesday during the AWS Financial…
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Finovate Best of Show Winner Chimney Inks Partnerships with a Pair of U.S. Banks
Chimney announced partnerships with two banks, Farmers & Merchants Bank and Northwest Bank, that will deploy Chimney’s embeddable financial tools to boost customer engagement. Formerly known as Signal Intent, Chimney won Best of Show at FinovateSpring in 2021. Courtesy of this week’s agreements, Chimney now boasts a total of 15 bank partnerships. In a bid…