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Company update/crypto

Gemini to sponsor Boat Race

The Boat Race Company Limited (BRCL) announces Gemini, the cryptocurrency exchange and custodian, as the Principal Partner of the 2021 Boat Race.

09 March 2021

Company update/retail

EMoney rebrands digital marketing tech

eMoney Advisor (eMoney), a leading provider of technology solutions and services that help people talk about money, today announced the launch of its rebranded digital marketing solution, Bamboo.

27 January 2021

News/payments

Cash App gets its own clothing line

Square has stepped up its efforts to turn the Cash App into a lifestyle brand, unveiling its own brightly coloured clothing line.

11 December 2020

News/payments

PayPal reward email ruled misleading

PayPal has been taken to task by the UK's Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) over an email sent to customers offering a £10 reward for using their account.

09 December 2020

Company update/retail

Lunar inks deal with esports giant Astralis

Challenger bank Lunar and esports team Astralis break the barriers of what to get from your bank. As of today Lunar users can get an Astralis branded debit card, get closer to the players and the team, get insider tips from the stars and access to exclusive content and news. Ahead of the official launch more than 6,000 are on the waitlist.

08 December 2020

Company update/retail

Revolut partners Adzooma on marketing cashback incentive for businesses

Revolut, the fastest-growing technology company in the UK, and international online advertising platform, Adzooma, today announced that they will be providing Revolut Business customers with an advertising cashback incentive thanks to their exclusive partnership.

19 November 2020

Company update/Marketing

Bain launches NPS Prism product in Hong Kong

Bain & Company today announced that they have officially launched their “NPS Prism” product into the Hong Kong market, aimed at helping companies drive meaningful customer experience changes in their businesses.

16 November 2020

Company update/retail

Marketing mindset critical to digital transformation in financial services

Research conducted by Metia Group shows that the most successful digital transformation initiatives can be found in banks and credit unions that apply a marketing mindset to determine and shape their digital futures.

06 August 2020

Company update/retail

MX unveils marketing conversion tool

MX, the leading data platform helping organizations harmonize the money experience, today announced the launch of Audiences — a new segment builder to help financial institutions improve the relevancy and conversion of their marketing efforts.

22 May 2020

Research/Marketing

A 3 Step Guide to Driving Customer-Centricity with Big Data

19 May 2020 406 downloads

News/regulation

FCA head of RegTech: Prioritise female hires across the industry

Francesca Hopwood Road, head of regtech at the FCA drilled down on how the hiring process structurally worked against the employment of females in regtech during the Regtech Women’s event ‘Cracking Communications: Be effective, be confident, be compliant’.

12 March 2020

News/payments

‘Millennials want credit’ says ex-Visa innovation chief and i2c president Jim McCarthy

The consumer of today is educated, digitally empowered and more than ever before, wants to make informed financial decisions. This requires financial players to provide a quick, efficient and barrier-free customer service that keeps pace with the dynamic transformations of this new era of payments.

04 March 2020

News/sustainable

SustainableFinance.Live will use healthy scepticism to promote ESG

Finextra Research will hold its second SustainableFinance.Live event on 23 March 2020 to peel away the misnomers and ‘greenwashed’ ideas about sustainable finance and explore the ways the industry can take proactive steps to deliver the UN SDGs.

12 February 2020

Company update/Marketing

PeoplesBank selects Nymbus for smart onboarding and marketing

NYMBUS, a provider of the world’s most advanced financial services platform, today announced PeoplesBank has selected NYMBUS SmartMarketing and SmartOnboarding to unify key aspects of their marketing, onboarding and CRM.

17 January 2020

Company update/retail

Ohpen appoints Corinne Aaron as head of marketing from Tesla

Leading core banking SaaS solution provider Ohpen, today announces Corinne Aaron as its new head of marketing.

16 January 2020

Company update/retail

RBFCU adopts predictive marketing tech from Raddon

Randolph-Brooks Federal Credit Union (RBFCU) will enhance its marketing capabilities and strategy with technology from Raddon®, a Fiserv company and provider of innovative research, insightful analysis and strategic guidance to financial institutions.

14 January 2020

News/payments

Mastercard unveils music single featuring its sonic brand

The line between art and commerce blurs ever further, with Mastercard teaming up with Swedish singer Nadine Randle on a song that integrates the payment giant's 'sonic brand'.

08 January 2020

News/retail

Santander unveils device to help blind people 'watch' football

Santander has put its technological weight behind a left field project: a device that enables blind people to experience football matches through their fingertips.

21 November 2019

News/retail

‘Bark-lays’ invites stressed students to in-branch puppy session

Barclays is trialling a distinctly low-tech tool to help stressed out cash-strapped university students: in-branch puppy cuddle sessions.

18 November 2019

Company update/Marketing

Blockchain bank appoints interim CMO

November sees the appointment of David Taylor as Interim CMO at BABB (Bank Account Based Blockchain) - an aspiring blockchain-based regulated bank, situated at Level39 in London’s Canary Wharf.

07 November 2019