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ACA Compliance Group Launches ComplianceAlpha App for Mobile Devices
Provides financial services firms with an easier, more accessible compliance experience for today’s increasingly distributed work environment(ACA Compliance Group) ACA Compliance Group (ACA), a leading provider of governance, risk, and compliance advisory services and technology solutions, announced the launch of the mobile app version of its ComplianceAlpha platform for risk......
Wildfire Credit Union Selects Backbase to Deliver Highly Personalized Digital Banking Experiences to Their Retail and Business Members.
Backbase announces that Michigan-based Wildfire Credit Union (Wildfire) has selected the Backbase Digital-First Banking platform to drive their digital innovation and unify the member experience across all channels and touchpoints. On the Backbase platform Wildfire can release new features at the speed of digital, reducing their time to market and......
Osaka Matsui Management Says With IPO Looming, Jack Ma’s Ant Group Earns $3.5 Billion Profit in Six Months
Analysts at Japanese financial services company Osaka Matsui Management have said that billionaire Jack Ma-backed Chinese financial-technology juggernaut Ant Group Co. earned an estimated $3.5 billion during a recent six-month period, demonstrating how lucrative the company’s business has been as it moves closer towards a blockbuster initial public offering. Read More: COVID-19......
Cloud-native Payment Technology Provider Form3 Raises $33 Million in Strategic Investment Round
Form3, a cloud-native payment technology provider for banks and regulated fintechs, has completed a strategic equity investment round of $33 million. The new shareholders that include Lloyds Banking Group, Nationwide Building Society and venture capital firm 83North, join shareholders Draper Esprit, Angels Co-Fund and Barclay’s. Read More: Habito, UK’s Digital......
Strivve Announces “TopWallet™ Rewards” – First-Ever Rewards Platform Driving Top of Wallet® Online Payment Incentive Programs
CardUpdatr App and CardSavr® Platform Provide Card Issuers Real-Time Card-On-File Rewards Solutions Strivve, a Seattle-based financial technology company, announced the availability of TopWallet™ Rewards, complementing the recently announced TopWallet™ Tools. TopWallet Rewards is powered by Strivve’s CardSavr Platform and provides real-time notifications to card issuers, allowing them to immediately reward their......
Samsung Gives Millions of Customers More Control Over Their Money, With the All-New Samsung Pay Card, Powered by Curve
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd has today announced that the new Samsung Pay Card, powered by Curve, and in conjunction with global payments technology company Mastercard, will be available from August 18th. With ONE simple to use digital-first card, Samsung Pay Card gives users complete control over their spending, without the fuss of having to change banks.......
ContractsRx Disrupts the Legal Industry With the Launch of Two New SaaS-based Technology Solutions
Denver-based ContractsRx launches ClickTractsSM and SumTractsSM solutions to simplify, streamline and standardize the contracting process, freeing companies from the shackles of long, costly and error-prone legal contracting processes. ContractsRx, a legal contract software innovator, announced two new solutions that transform how contracts are created, managed and accessed. These new Software-as-a-service......
American Express Acquires Kabbage
American Express signed an agreement to acquire Kabbage! What started as a few people sitting around a Starbucks thinking through how to use technology to provide eBay sellers access to small business loans would soon become part of the most storied brand in financial services history. Read More: GlobalFintechSeries Interview with......
Regulating Cryptocurrency – Global Lessons From South Africa
“Cryptocurrency is the perfect way to launder money”. This has been the view of many hackers, fraudsters and even regulators. The creation of a distributed network of servers allowing anonymous accounts and the instant transfer of value anywhere in the world was initially seen as an opportunity to launder illicit......