E-Money App deVere Vault Adds 22 Currencies, Plus a New Banking Feature to its Digital Wallet

• Tatjana Kulkarni
• September 25, 2017

EXCLUSIVE –  E-money app, deVere Vault, today added the Australian dollar and 21 other currencies to its growing repertoire of now 27 currencies...

The Two Faces of Cryptocurrency in China

• Jennifer Ruther
• September 25, 2017

Even after shutting down dozens of bitcoin exchanges and banning bitcoin executives from leaving its borders, the“mouthpiece” for the People’s B...

One Fifth of U.K. Bussiness to Use Cryptocurrency in Payment Processing in 2018

• Tatjana Kulkarni
• September 25, 2017

The United Kingdom is one of the largets fintech hubs of Europe, so it is only fitting that U.K. businesses are taking advantage of the benefits the i...

Will JPMorgan Chase, Bill.com B2B Platform Allow for More Payment Innovation?

• Grace Noto
• September 25, 2017

EXCLUSIVE — Automating the simple process of consumer payments took years, and automating the complexities of business-to-business payments (including...

Australia is the Next Largest Market for Alternative Lending, KPMG Says

• Grace Noto
• September 25, 2017

Australia has become the second largest market for alternative lending due to the country’s favorable regulations for lenders. This is according to ne...

Danish Payment Processor Nets Receives $5.3 Billion from Hellman & Friedman

• Tatjana Kulkarni
• September 25, 2017

Publicly traded Danish payments processor Nets on Monday received a 33.1 billion Danish crown ($5.3 billion) takeover bid from U.S. private equity fir...

Prosper Raises New Funding, Loses Unicorn Status

• Grace Noto
• September 25, 2017

Alternative lending startup Prosper raised new funding in a Series G last week, with the $50 million round bringing its equity funding. However, the n...

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...