Uruguay’s Central Bank to Lauch Pilot Program for Cryptocurrency

• Tatjana Kulkarni
• September 22, 2017

Uruguay’s central bank is testing out its own digital currency, joining a growing group of other nations doing the same. The Banco Central del Uruguay...

What U.S. Tourism Means to Alipay

• Tatjana Kulkarni
• September 22, 2017

EXCLUSIVE –  Ant Financial, the spin-off from Chinese e-commerce mammoth Alibaba Group, is leveraging the U.S. payments markets with a focus on ...

Clarity Money Continues Fast Growth, Adds Siri Integration

• Grace Noto
• September 22, 2017

EXCLUSIVE — PFM app Clarity Money is keeping up the growth it started at the beginning of the year, announcing more than 500,000 users of its app just...

Starling Bank Looks to Raise Fresh Funding for Global Expansion

• Grace Noto
• September 22, 2017

U.K. challenger bank, Starling Bank, is looking to new funding to expand its mobile-first banking service to additional countries, the company said to...

Alipay Moves to Sweden, Finland

• Grace Noto
• September 22, 2017

Leading Chinese mobile payment service, Alipay, is expanding its platform to the Nordic region for use of Chinese tourists, the company announced toda...

Bank of Ireland Global Markets Creates New Payment Service for U.S. SMEs

• Tatjana Kulkarni
• September 21, 2017

EXCLUSIVE – Bank of Ireland Global Markets has teamed up with fintech company WorldFirst to offer its U.S. based SME customers a foreign exchang...

The Rise of Alternative Data in the Lending Market

• Tatjana Kulkarni
• September 21, 2017

EXCLUSIVE –  There were conflicting views on the importance of the FICO score at the PayThink Conference in Phoenix this week. While only some p...

Will Using AI for PFM Help Consumers Develop Better Financial Habits?

• Grace Noto
• September 21, 2017

EXCLUSIVE — Will the use of artificial intelligence push banking customers to better personal finance and saving habits? Fintechs have been exploring ...

China Does a 180° on Cryptocurrency

• Jennifer Ruther
• September 21, 2017

China has reportedly banned all bitcoin executives from leaving its borders as part of the country’s crackdown on its cryptocurrency industry. Though ...

SWIFT Mitigates Four More CSDs to Network

• Grace Noto
• September 21, 2017

Financial services company SWIFT announced today that it has mitigated four additional capital depositories onto its Target2 Securities, or T2S, netwo...

ABN Amro Bank Opens Home Grown SME Lending Fintech New10

• Tatjana Kulkarni
• September 21, 2017

Dutch bank ABN Amro’s online lending fintech New10 is open today. New10 was created to provide small businesses loans ranging between EUR 20,000...

ECB Said Fintech Banks May Need to Hold Bigger Liquidity

• Grace Noto
• September 21, 2017

“High-tech,” or fintech banks may be required to hold higher capital buffers and larger liquidity when entering Europe, the European Central Bank said...

It’s Not Time (Yet) for Mobile Mortgages, Unison Says

• Grace Noto
• September 20, 2017

EXCLUSIVE — While more and more consumers are flocking to mobile banking, users are still reticent to go to mobile for more complex financial tr...

Gamification in Fintech: How Startup Greenlight Financial Intends to Use It

• Tatjana Kulkarni
• September 20, 2017

EXCLUSIVE – One thing is clear: more and more fintechs are looking to create better interaction to engage users. Besides the obvious social medi...

Blockchain Startup Ripio Credit Announces ICO Pre-Sale for New Platform

• Grace Noto
• September 20, 2017

Blockchain and cryptocurrency startup Ripio Credit is moving forward with its plans to use the blockchain to usher in a newer, lower-friction way of b...

Mexican Central Bank to Regulate Cryptocurrency

• Tatjana Kulkarni
• September 20, 2017

Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto is presenting a legislation that proposes to regulate  cryptocurrency to the Mexican Senate today, according to r...

Raisin Acquires PBF Solutions for Move to UK Deposit Market

• Grace Noto
• September 20, 2017

Savings fintech Raisin has made its first move into the United Kingdom savings market, acquiring customer acquisition and onboarding company PBF Solut...