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Finextra TV/Sibos

Unlocking the Power of Generative AI in Financial Services

At Sibos 2023, Kanika Hope, Chief Strategy Officer, Temenos, and Tyler Pichach, Executive Director, Global Business Solutions, Microsoft, discuss how generative AI will impact banks, transforming operations and value propositions, and the role of cloud technology in enabling embedded finance.

05 October 2023

Company update/wholesale

Aryza launches new embedded lending products

Aryza, a leading provider of end-to-end financial software solutions, has announced the launch of a new range of products to support embedded finance.

04 October 2023

News/payments

Weavr shuts down recently-acquired Comma app

London-based embedded finance firm Weavr is shutting down Comma, the open banking payments app it acquired just months ago.

03 October 2023

Company update/retail

Banking becoming byte-sized with rise of embedded finance

Banks must harness disruptive technologies and create their own or actively participate in digital ecosystems to remain at the heart of the banking universe, according to a global Economist Impact study, commissioned by Temenos, which surveyed 300 banks across the globe.

28 September 2023

News/startups

Curve secures £133 million in Series C, signals 2024 profitability

Curve has secured an additional £58 million in its series C round, taking the round’s total funding to over £133 million.

21 September 2023

News/Sibos

Sibos 2023: Forging a path to global CBDC interoperability

Interoperability was at the centre of Tuesday’s CBDC discussion at Sibos, with the panel investigating how to ensure that these incoming digital currencies will work at the cross-border level.

19 September 2023

Company update/people

Aperture welcomes David Galbraith as partner

Aperture, the Geneva-based operational venture capital firm specializing in Embedded Finance and Enterprise Applied AI, is proud to announce the appointment of David Galbraith as Partner.

14 September 2023

News/payments

French embedded finance platform Swan raises €37 million

French banking-as-a-service platform Swan has secured a €37 million equity raise in a funding round led by Lakestar.

13 September 2023

Research/Embedded FinanceFuture of Report

The Future of the Global Financial Ecosystem 2024

07 September 2023 1047 downloads

News/payments

PandaDoc buys payments firm Denario

American document workflow software firm PandaDoc has acquired German business payment network Denario. Terms were not disclosed.

29 August 2023

Company update/payments

Marqeta signs Giftbit, Vivian and Whistle

Marqeta (NASDAQ: MQ), the global modern card issuing platform, today announced new embedded finance customers Giftbit, Vivian and Whistle, showcasing how Marqeta’s platform enables non-financial services customers to integrate embedded banking and payment solutions into their products.

24 August 2023

Company update/payments

Treasury Prime adds Liberty Bank to network

Treasury Prime, a leading embedded banking software company, today announced its strategic partnership with Liberty Bank, N.A., a full-service commercial bank supporting markets across California, to offer innovative embedded banking solutions to customers in the fintech space.

21 August 2023

Research/Embedded FinanceEvent Report

Entering New and Niche Markets with BaaS

16 August 2023 298 downloads

News/payments

Marqeta brings generative AI to embedded finance

Card issuing platform Marqeta has tapped OpenAI's Language Learning Model to speed up the process of launching embedded finance applications.

15 August 2023

Company update/payments

Tabit and Jifiti team on embedded lending proposition for Canadian B2B

Tabit, a leading B2B BNPL solution provider powered by Merchant Growth, and Jifiti, a multinational embedded lending company, today announced their partnership to serve B2B merchants in the Canadian market.

08 August 2023

Company update/wholesale

UpSWOT commences pilot partnership with NerdWallet Small Business

upSWOT announces a pilot partnership with NerdWallet Small Business aimed at further enhancing the financial services offered to their SMB customers.

08 August 2023

Company update/retail

PLS selects Green Dot for emebedded finance

The PLS family of financial service centers, one of the nation’s largest providers of community based financial services, and Green Dot Corporation (NYSE: GDOT) announced a new partnership to build and deliver seamless, affordable and useful financial tools and services to PLS’ five million-plus customers.

07 August 2023

Company update/people

BVNK appoints Jane McEvoy as VP of platform partnerships

BVNK, the global payments platform that brings together distributed ledger technology (DLT) and bank payment rails to help businesses send and receive payments, announces the appointment of Jane McEvoy as VP of Platform Partnerships.

01 August 2023

News/payments

HSBC to invest $35 million in Tradeshift joint venture

HSBC has invested $35 million in supply chain finance outfit Tradeshift as part of plans to create a new joint venture company focused on the development of embedded financial services.

01 August 2023

Company update/people

Monite appoints senior staff from Marqeta, Mollie, and Atom bank

Monite, the API-first embedded finance company that helps B2B platforms capitalize on hassle-free finance automation for their clients, has fortified its commitment to become an industry standard by appointing three accomplished FinTech leaders.

26 July 2023