Banking-as-a-service

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Railsr agrees rescue sale to investors

Embedded banking platform Railsr has been saved from collapse after agreeing a sale to a consortium of investors led by D Square Capital. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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BaaS platform Synctera makes Canadian play

American Banking-as-a-Service player Synctera has raised $15 million and made a move north of the border through a partnership with National Bank of Canada.

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Weavr acquires Comma to combine embedded and open banking

Weavr, the London-based startup that allows businesses to embed banking and payments into their mobile app or SaaS platforms, has acquired B2B Open Banking platform, Comma Payments.

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UK BaaS platform Griffin becomes a bank

UK Banking-as-a-Service platform Griffin has been authorised as a UK bank subject to restrictions.

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TrueNorth hires chief growth officer

TrueNorth, a leading global financial technology services company, announced the addition of Doug Woolridge to the executive team as Chief Growth Officer.

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First Fidelity Bank unveils BaaS offering

Today, First Fidelity Bank (FFB) a 100-year-old community bank headquartered in Oklahoma City, announced the launch of its next-gen Banking as a Service (BaaS) solution.

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Embedded banking player Treasury Prime raises $40m

Embedded banking platform Treasury Prime has raised $40 million a Series C funding round led by BAM Elevate.

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Temenos expands BaaS capabilities

Temenos (SIX: TEMN) today announced that it has expanded its Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) capabilities on Temenos Banking Cloud to meet the technology needs of organizations offering BaaS from licensed banks to specialist BaaS providers servicing brands or fintechs.

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Treezor appoints new CEO

André Gardella has been appointed as CEO of Treezor, the leader in Banking-as-a-Service and embedded finance. His role will be to continue to develop Treezor’s diversification and internationalization strategy. Treezor is a Societe Generale group subsidiary and its business activities are rapidly growing in Europe.

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Blue Ridge Bank names Fed staffer Muetzel as fintech president

Kirsten Muetzel has been named as the President of Blue Ridge Bank‘s Fintech Division. Ms. Muetzel is responsible for overseeing the Fintech Division, managing a portfolio of partners, strengthening regulatory compliance, and working to advance Blue Ridge’s fintech strategy as a leading partner of choice for Banking as a Service partners.

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Solaris reshuffles management board

Solaris has announced a rejig of its management board. This move is linked to a change in their corporate strategy following the placement of a new CEO.

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Griffin hires chief product officer and general counsel

Today, BaaS (Banking as a Service) fintech Griffin announced two new executive hires: Sameer Dubey as Chief Product Officer and Fergus Speight as General Counsel.

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Ukheshe International attracts investment from DPI and Fireball Capital

Ukheshe International, the UK-headquartered division of leading digital-first, Banking as a Service (“BAAS”) enabler Ukheshe Group (“Ukheshe"), today announced the conclusion of an investment agreement that will help accelerate its international expansion.

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Global FS sector finds appetite for open finance

There is a growing appetite for the next evolutionary step in open banking - open finance - within the global FS sector, with nearly half of senior professionals considering it a "must have" in the context of data sharing.

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Contis retires its brand and becomes Solaris

Today, Banking-as-a-Service provider Contis has completed a significant step in becoming further integrated within the Solaris Group, with the Contis brand being retired.

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Temenos invests in US Banking-as-a-Service provider Mbanq

Swiss core banking vendor Temenos has invested in US Banking-as-a-Service provider Mbanq.

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Cross-border payments startup Buckzy raises $14.5m

Canadian real-time cross-border payments fintech Buckzy has raised US$14.5 million in a Series A funding round led by Mistral Venture Partners and Uncorrelated Ventures.

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Griffin moves banking-as-a-service sandbox out of beta

UK-based banking-as-a-service startup Griffin has launched a sandbox for fintechs to build prototypes and test applications on its platform.

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Innovation lead Christoffer Malmer appointed to head SEB's embedded banking unit

SEB has appointed Christoffer Malmer as head of SEB Embedded, a new business unit created to commercialise the Banking-as-a-Service concept.