Latest Personal finance News: Finextra Research

B21 partners Flexepin to allow crypto investing with cash

B21, the first personal wealth manager exclusively for crypto assets, today announced a partnership with Flexepin to allow users throughout the UK, Australia, Canada and regions in Europe, to fund their B21 investment accounts with cash.

19 July 2018

News/Personal finance

Blast raises $12m for app that helps gamers save while they play

Blast, a startup that lets gamers link their gaming activity to their bank accounts so they can save as they play, has boosted its seed funding round to $12 million.

18 July 2018

Company update/Personal finance

Money management app Emma closes seed funding round

London-based Emma Technologies LTD is announcing the closure of a funding round led by Kima Ventures, one of the first investor in Transferwise, and Aglaè Ventures, the early stage fund of the Groupe Arnault, investor in Netflix and Airbnb.

13 July 2018

Company update/Personal finance

BPER to implement Meniga PFM suite

Italian banking group, BPER, has contracted Meniga, the global leader in white-label digital banking solutions, to build its next generation digital banking experience solution.

12 July 2018

Company update/Personal finance

Money management app Emma announces $600K seed round

London-based Emma Technologies LTD is announcing the closure of a funding round led by Kima Ventures, one of the first investor in Transferwise, and Aglaè Ventures, the early stage fund of the Groupe Arnault, investor in Netflix and Airbnb.

12 July 2018

Company update/Personal finance

PFM chatbot Plum connects to Monzo and Starling

Money management chatbot Plum is excited to announce that it will now support challenger banks Monzo and Starling Bank thanks to Open Banking and a partnership with API specialist TrueLayer.

11 July 2018

News/Personal finance

Moneybox adds £14M to coffers

British savings and investment app Moneybox has raised £14 million in a Series B funding round led by Eight Roads, the proprietary investment arm of Fidelity International.

09 July 2018

Company update/Personal finance

PFM app Emma boards Open Banking train

London-based Emma Technologies LTD has joined the Open Banking initiative. After successfully having registered with the Financial Conduct Authority, the company can now fully operate and use the new Open Banking APIs provided by the biggest banks in UK.

06 July 2018

News/Personal finance

USAA inks data exchange deals with Finicity and Intuit

USAA is opening up, striking deals with Intuit and Finicity that will see members able to more easily share their data with third-party apps - without having to hand over their login credentials.

04 July 2018

News/Personal finance

ING lets customers save as they run with new set-and-forget tool

ING's Australian customers can now set automatic savings triggers that are linked to how they go about their everyday lives - meaning they can save as they run, tweet, or even shiver in the cold.

26 June 2018

Company update/Personal finance

B21 unveils personal wealth manager for crypto-assets

The team behind the first cryptocurrency debit card today announced the launch of B21, the first personal wealth manager exclusively for crypto assets.

14 June 2018

Company update/Personal finance

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