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Ilumoni goes live on iOS and Android after £1.63 million onvestment

Borrower wellbeing app, ilumoni has officially launched and is now available to download on Android and iOS devices.

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Plum rakes in $14m of new funding

Money management app Plum has sealed $14m of an expected $24m series A funding round.

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Hong Kong’s Bloom partners with Visa to create spending cashback app

In celebration of its first anniversary, local technology startup Bloom announced a collaboration with Visa, the world’s leader in digital payments, to create Hong Kong’s first true spending cash-back app. Starting today, Bloom’s app, named Bloom, comes with a major upgrade to user experience, helping smart consumers build a simplistic yet trendy lifestyle.

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PFM tool Topia hits the App Store

Topia, the revolutionary new finance and lifestyle app that helps Millennials to master their money in order to achieve financial independence and retire early hits the App Store this week and is backed by a series of heavyweights from the finance and investment sector.

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Chip crashes Crowdcube servers

Money Management app Chip opened its crowdfunding round to the general public Thursday and managed to crash Crowdcube's servers as the cash rolled in, hitting £7 million from an initial target of £1 million.

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BofA's financial planning tool proves a hit

A year after launch, Bank of America's digital financial planning tool, Life Plan, has attracted more than five million users.

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Westpac extends digital gambling block feature

Westpac has extended its digital gambling block feature to two million debit card customers of its St George, BankSA and Bank of Melbourne subsidiaries.

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RBC rolls out spending forecasting tool

Royal Bank of Canada has added a forecasting feature to its artificial intelligence-powered budgeting tool, Nomi.

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PayPal adds savings to revamped super app

PayPal has given its app a major overhaul, adding a savings account and new in-app shopping tools and messaging features.

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Fineo to implement Open Banking technology from Nordigen

UK-based personal finance management platform Fineo partnered with European open banking company Nordigen to leverage open banking technology.

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Credit building firm Self raises $50m

Self Financial, a fintech startup promising to help Americans build their credit while also saving money, has raised $50 million in a Series E funding round led by Altos Ventures.

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Plum bids to triple valuation on latest crowd round

Money management app Plum is aiming to triple its valuation with the launch of a crowdfunding campaign at the end of September combined with a raise via institutional investors.

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ICICI Bank customers can now manage credit cards of any bank with mobile app

ICICI Bank today announced that it has enabled millions of its savings account customers to pay and manage dues of credit cards of any bank instantly using the Bank’s mobile application ‘iMobile Pay’. The customers can add credit cards of any bank to the app within a few seconds and thereafter pay and manage their dues from the same app. It offers improved convenience to customers, who typically use multiple credit cards, by providing them a one-stop solution for managing all their cards with ease, in a safe and secure manner.

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AIB prioritises financial literacy with skills programme for 12-18-year-olds

In an effort to support 500,000 customers with their financial literacy, communication, critical thinking, and digital innovation by 2023, AIB has launched a skills programme for 12-18-year-olds called Future Sparks.

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TISAtech launches the FinTech Club

TISAtech FinTech Club is a global digital platform that connects FinTechs with financial firms to amplify their reach and position through support and access to development tools of official FinTech Club industry partners’ infrastructure, including Amazon, R3, WeWork and FinTech North/West.

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Indonesian BNPL giant Kredivo enters Vietnamese market

Kredivo has today revealed its market entry into Vietnam through a Joint Venture with family investment office Phoenix Holding.

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Moven strikes deals with first community banks

b1BANK ($3.9 billion AUM) and Citizens Bank of Edmond ($350 million AUM) are the first community banks in the US to build out challenger solutions using Moven’s financial wellness platform, placing the two forward-thinking banks at the vanguard of personalized digital banking.

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NatWest launches app to help renters spilt shared bills

NatWest has developed an app called 'Housemate' that helps renters living in shared housing split and pay their bills.

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VTB issues debit cards for children

The second largest bank in Russia, VTB, has just announced that it is offering free debit cards to children from 6 years old, in a bid to improve financial literacy at a young age.

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MX partners Goalry to help people reach financial goals

MX, the financial data platform and leader in modern connectivity, today announced it is helping Goalry, a finance platform and "virtual goal mall," to enable its customers to take control of managing their financial lives.