Category: FinTech

  • Transactions: Vantage Bank picks Unit for embedded finance 

    Vantage Bank has selected digital banking service provider Unit to improve its core digital banking offerings and provide embedded finance capabilities.  Community banks don’t have the resources to execute rapid, high-quality digital transformations which has seen their share of the U.S. banking market decline by 50% over the past 20 years, a Unit spokesperson told…

  • Barclays, Amazon team up on credit card

    London-based Barclays bank and Amazon have come together to launch a co-branded card in the United Kingdom: Amazon Barclaycard.  “We’ve launched this card for anyone who loves to shop at Amazon and wants to be rewarded for doing so on their everyday spend,” a Barclays spokesperson told Bank Automation News.  Amazon Barclaycard users can earn…

  • TD to launch SMB dashboard in October

    TD Bank will launch a data-driven small-business insights dashboard in October.  Built with insights engine Monit, the dashboard will enable small-business customers to connect their accounting platforms within their banking portal with cash flow forecast insights, Paul Margarites, head of commercial digital platforms at TD Bank, told Bank Automation News.   “We can provide real,…

  • Pagaya eyes personal, auto loans with OneMain Financial

    AI-based financier Pagaya Technologies plans to expand its new relationship with subprime auto lender OneMain Financial to an enterprise agreement as Pagaya eyes continued growth and gears up to add counteroffers and refinance options for consumers.  “There’s consolidation going on in the industry, and the relationship that we will have [with OneMain] will be at an enterprise level ……

  • Is the fintech bloodbath over?

    I find it hard to believe that two years ago I was writing about a fintech bloodbath and, two years later, it continues. The drying up of funding, the post-pandemic recession, the way in which the markets were moving from funding to divesting. It seemed a bit unreal. So, has it got better? No. In……

  • Things worth reading: 15th August 2024

    Things we’re reading today include … Mastercard and MetaMask Team to Launch Crypto-to-Fiat Card (pymnts.com) Trump Organization to Launch a Cryptocurrency Initiative, Eric Trump Says: Report (coindesk.com) UEFA lands first cryptocurrency sponsor for Champions League – Inside World Football Half of crypto ads on Facebook are scams or violate Meta’s policies, consumer regulator alleges |……

  • Is the fintech bloodbath over?

    I find it hard to believe that two years ago I was writing about a fintech bloodbath and, two years later, it continues. The drying up of funding, the post-pandemic recession, the way in which the markets were moving from funding to divesting. It seemed a bit unreal. So, has it got better? No. In……

  • Is the fintech bloodbath over?

    I find it hard to believe that two years ago I was writing about a fintech bloodbath and, two years later, it continues. The drying up of funding, the post-pandemic recession, the way in which the markets were moving from funding to divesting. It seemed a bit unreal. So, has it got better? No. In……

  • Is the fintech bloodbath over?

    I find it hard to believe that two years ago I was writing about a fintech bloodbath and, two years later, it continues. The drying up of funding, the post-pandemic recession, the way in which the markets were moving from funding to divesting. It seemed a bit unreal. So, has it got better? No. In……

  • Is the fintech bloodbath over?

    I find it hard to believe that two years ago I was writing about a fintech bloodbath and, two years later, it continues. The drying up of funding, the post-pandemic recession, the way in which the markets were moving from funding to divesting. It seemed a bit unreal. So, has it got better? No. In……