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Company update/retail

BankiFi expands into North America

BankiFi, an embedded banking solutions provider, announced its expansion into North America with the launch of BankiFi Americas.

20 July 2022

Company update/startups

Low code fintech platform Quiltt raises $4 million

Low-code consumer fintech platform Quiltt announced today that it has raised $4M in venture capital to expand access to financial services technology for consumers by dramatically lowering technical barriers for innovators.

11 July 2022

News/payments

60% of UK adults have used embedded finance services in the past year - Temenos

Research conducted by Temenos has concluded that two out of three adults have used embedded finance services during the checkout process online in the past year.

06 July 2022

News/markets

Sonovate lands £165million deal with BNP Paribas and M&G Investments

UK fintech Sonovate has unveiled a substantial securitisation deal with BNP Paribas and M&G Investments, adding £165 million to its funding.

06 July 2022

News/markets

VC investment in embedded finance doubled in 2021 across EU and US

A report by Stripe and Finch Capital has found that VC investments in embedded finance doubled between 2020 and 2021 across Europe and North America.

05 July 2022

News/payments

Finastra launches BNPL alternative

Following the news of Finastra’s new product, an embedded consumer lending solution, Finastra’s senior director of solution management, Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS), and orchestration, Jeannette Kescenovitz comments on the new service.

01 July 2022

Company update/people

Embedded finance startup Monite appoints Alex Akimov head, API

Embedded finance startup Monite has appointed Alex Akimov as Head of API, formerly also Head of API of Adyen, in the latest move in its platform scaling strategy.

27 June 2022

Company update/retail

Embedded finance player Alviere closes Silicon Valley Bank financing

Alviere, the leading provider of enterprise software solutions for embedded finance easily enabling any brand to deliver a full suite of financial products and services to customers, fans, and employees, today announced that it has secured financing from Silicon Valley Bank, the bank of the world’s most innovative companies and investors.

23 June 2022

Company update/retail

Third Coast Bank picks Treasury Prime as BaaS provider

Third Coast Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ: TCBX) (the “Company” or “Third Coast”), the bank holding company for Third Coast Bank, SSB, today announced it has selected Treasury Prime, a leading banking-as-a-service (BaaS) company, as its strategic partner for its “future of banking” initiatives.

21 June 2022

News/cloud

Minna Bank hits 1 million app downloads in first year

Minna Bank, Japan’s first digital bank, has notched up over 1 million app downloads, and over 400,000 new accounts in their first 12 months.

17 June 2022

News/payments

Money 20/20 EU: When payments become an experience

Finextra caught up with Scarlett Sieber, chief strategy and growth officer at Money 20/20, and Sophie Guibaud, co-founder and chief commercial growth officer at Fiat Republic, to discuss the launch of their book 'Embedded Finance: When Payments Become An Experience.'

10 June 2022

Company update/payments

Railsr adds rewards to embedded banking proposition

Railsr, the leading global embedded finance experiences platform, has launched a new Rewards-as-a-Service (RaaS) product that enables brands to build their own branded rewards programmes.

08 June 2022

Company update/payments

KeyBank adds payments to embedded banking platform

KeyBank announced the release of its end-to-end payment facilitation capabilities, allowing software companies to easily own and process payments.

06 June 2022

Company update/payments

KeyBank expands embedded banking platform

KeyBank announced the release of its end-to-end payment facilitation capabilities, allowing software companies to easily own and process payments.

02 June 2022

News/payments

EBAday 2022: Cloud is a core pillar of payments, but it’s not magic

Kicking off an afternoon of sessions at EBAday 2022 in Vienna on how technology can take payments to the next level, Patricia Hines, head of corporate banking research, Celent moderated a panel with Patrice Amann, regional business lead – EMEA financial services, Microsoft; Philipp Höfer, group product owner cash management, Raiffeisen Bank International; Jon Lloyd, head of customer success for Europe, Form3; and Steve Wright, principal commercial consultant, Lusis Payments and Consultant, Hewlett Packard Enterprise.

31 May 2022

News/payments

EBAday 2022: Visible hurdles of invisible payments

It is well understood that evolving business ecosystems promoting a frictionless payment experience for consumers, but what are the trends regarding embedded payments? What new products, services, and transaction models enable next-generation payments? And importantly, what are the hurdles that financial institutions and fintechs are yet to overcome?

31 May 2022

Research/Embedded Finance

The Future of Payments 2022

27 May 2022 1741 downloads

Company update/people

Muse Finance appoints Darren Ross as head of embedded risk

Muse Finance - the business finance startup - today announces that it has hired Darren Ross as its Head of Embedded Risk.

26 May 2022

Company update/payments

Mambu teams with Brim Financial on North American digital banking platform

Market-leading SaaS banking platform Mambu, and Brim Financial (Brim), one of the fastest growing fintech companies in North America, today announced a strategic partnership to deliver a modern, more powerful digital banking, deposit, lending and cards platform across Canada and the U.S.

26 May 2022

Company update/payments

Ingenico to support the rollout of Alipay+ through Payments-as-Service platform

Ingenico, a Worldline brand, and Ant Group today announced details of their partnership that will allow acquirers and other payment service providers to implement Alipay+ seamlessly across their merchant networks using Ingenico’s PPaaS (Payments Platform as a Service) cloud-based solution.

18 May 2022