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Envestnet/Yodlee unveil AI FinCheck

Envestnet | Yodlee (NYSE: ENV), a leading data aggregation and analytics platform powering dynamic, cloud-based innovation for digital financial services, today announced significant enhancements to its Artificial Intelligence (AI) powered Financial Wellness Solution at CFSI's Emerge Financial Health Forum.

06 June 2018

Company update/Personal finance

Investment app Peaks partners ICS for round up feature

Investment app Peaks joins forces with International Card Services (ICS), market leader in issuing credit cards in the Netherlands.

05 June 2018

Company update/Personal finance

Automated financial advisor Multiply raises £1.75 million

Multiply, the UK’s first1 fully-automated independent financial advice service, has secured investments totaling £1.75 million, led by Octopus Ventures.

05 June 2018

News/Personal finance

UniCredit acquires minority stake in PFM outfit Meniga

UniCredit has acquired a minority stake in personal financial management software house Meniga for EUR3.1 million.

05 June 2018

News/Personal finance

ING flexes fintech muscles

With Money20/20 about to open in Amsterdam, local bank ING is showing its innovation chops with a slew of announcements around SME financing, fintech investments and smart money management.

04 June 2018

News/Personal finance

Banks will have to develop PFM tools under FCA high-cost credit reforms

UK banks will be forced to develop develop alerts for customers who may be about to slip into the red as well as a range of prompts and PFM tools that make it easier to keep on top of finances following a review by the Financial Conduct Authority into the high-cost credit market.

31 May 2018

Company update/Personal finance

Envestnet | Yodlee names Matt Cockayne VP, sales, Emea

Envestnet | Yodlee (NYSE: ENV), a leading data aggregation and data analytics platform for digital financial services, is pleased to announce and welcome Matt Cockayne, Vice President of Sales in Europe, the Middle-East and Africa (EMEA).

29 May 2018

Company update/Personal finance

Plaid expands into Canada

Enabling innovation in financial services means doing so everywhere. Today, we’re taking a step towards this vision by announcing our first international market: Canada.

22 May 2018

Company update/Personal finance

CIMB introduces personal profiling for financial planning

CIMB Bank Berhad and CIMB Islamic Bank Berhad (“CIMB” or “the Bank”) today launched its CIMB F.I.R.S.T., a platform which offers holistic financial solutions unique to each customer’s needs based on the recommendations of a virtual financial ‘adviser’.

17 May 2018

News/Personal finance

Australian Government pushes back against bank delaying tactics on Open Banking

The Australian Government has pushed back against attempts by the country's top banks to stall the introduction of Open Banking reforms, setting a one-year timetable for the move to data sharing with third party providers.

10 May 2018

Company update/Personal finance

Revolut Vault helps customers save more than £5m

Revolut, the digital banking alternative, has today announced that over 150,000 customers have started saving via Vaults since its launch in April.

10 May 2018

News/Personal finance

DBS launches digital financial advice tool

Singapore's DBS has added a "holistic digital financial advisor" to its app, giving customers a deeper insight into their spending and saving.

10 May 2018

News/Personal finance

HSBC launches Connected Money app

HSBC has taken another step into the open banking era through the launch of its Connected Money app, enabling customers to see account information from all their providers in one place.

09 May 2018

News/Personal finance

Swedbank invests EUR3 million in Meniga

Swedbank has invested EUR3 million in personal finance and data aggregation platform Meniga, as it begins the roll out of the firm's technology to customers in Sweden and the Baltic countries.

23 April 2018

News/Personal finance

Metro Bank to introduce AI-powered money management tool

Branch-based challenger Metro bank is stepping up its digital game with the forthcoming launch of an AI-powered money management service, Insights, developed with Personetics.

17 April 2018

News/Personal finance

Revolut launches spare change savings tool

Digital banking startup Revolut has launched a tool, called Vaults, that lets users round up and save the spare change from their everyday purchases.

17 April 2018

Company update/Personal finance

Yolt hits 250,000 user mark

Yolt, the smart thinking money app owned by ING, has reached 250,000 registered app users since launching in June 2017.

16 April 2018

Company update/Personal finance

Moneyhub integrates with Monzo and Starling APIs

Moneyhub has integrated with Monzo and Starling’s APIs, enabling Moneyhub to offer users of the digital banks an holistic overview of all their financial assets through Moneyhub’s platform.

16 April 2018