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Singapore's MoneySmart to launch PFM tools with eWise

eWise, the leading international provider of Personal Financial Management (PFM) and Account Aggregation solutions, announce that MoneySmart.sg will launch in the second half of 2015 an advanced Personal Financial Management tool using the eWise Money Management solution.

29 May 2015

Company update/Personal finance

UK PFM platform True Potential releases Apple Watch app

Personal finance platform True Potential Investments has made Apple’s latest consumer technology accessible to UK investors by launching its True Potential Investor app on Apple Watch.

27 May 2015

News/Personal finance

Morgan Stanley Wealth Management launches digital financial education programme

Morgan Stanley Wealth Management has teamed up with education technology outfit EverFi to launch a web-based financial education programme.

14 May 2015

News/Personal finance

Moven and Accenture team up to sell digital tools to banks

Tech giant Accenture has formed an alliance with neo-bank Moven to develop and sell digital tools to financial services firms around the world.

13 May 2015

News/Personal finance

ANZ survey shows growth of online money management

Australians are relying more on digital platforms to manage their money. ANZ’s latest Adult Financial Literacy Survey found that nearly three quarters of people now bank online, up from 63% during the last 2011 survey.

13 May 2015

News/Personal finance

NerdWallet raises $64m

Personal finance outfit NerdWallet has become the latest fintech startup to score a major cash injection, raising $64 million in a Series A funding round led by Institutional Venture Partners.

12 May 2015

News/Personal finance

USAA leads $30 million investment in PFM outfit MX

Personal financial management startup MX - formerly MoneyDesktop - has raised $30 million in Series A financing, led by USAA via a subsidiary, with participation from Japanese incubator Digital Garage.

30 April 2015

Company update/Personal finance

Wallaby Financial launches Apple Watch app

Wallaby Financial, the leader in mobile and web-based credit card optimization solutions, today announced the launch of Wallaby for Apple Watch.

21 April 2015

Company update/Personal finance

Mitek unveils DoubleNet Pay financial wellness app

Mitek (MITK), the leading innovator of mobile imaging for financial transactions and identification, today announced the latest app launch from its developer program, DoubleNet Pay.

15 April 2015

Company update/Personal finance

MasterCard unveils personal finance platform for millennials

By 2017, millennials’ spending power is expected to surpass that of baby boomers, yet a majority of these young consumers lack core financial literacy skills and access to tools and information to help them succeed.

09 April 2015

Company update/Personal finance

Backbase adds Payveris to Open Banking Marketplace

Backbase, the omni-channel digital banking vendor and Payveris, a provider of next generation digital payment solutions, today announced a new partnership to enhance Backbase's Money Movement capabilities.

07 April 2015

Company update/Personal finance

Defaqto swaps private equity owner

Defaqto Group, a benchmarking company that provides a number of ratings and data analysis services to financial institutions, has swapped its private equity owners after Foresight Group sold its share in the firm to the management, backed by a majority investment of £24.25m from UK PE firm Synova Capital.

01 April 2015

Company update/Personal finance

Ovo launches payment tool for UK pre-pay energy customers

Ovo Energy has launched the Smart PayG+ payment and control tool for Britain’s 11m pay as you go (pre-pay) energy customers.

31 March 2015

News/Personal finance

Canada's D+H agrees $1.25bn Fundtech acquisition

Canadian financial technology firm D+H is to buy transaction banking vendor Fundtech for $1.25 billion in cash, subject to regulatory approvals.

31 March 2015

News/Personal finance

RateSetter gets £20m investment

Peer-to-peer lender RateSetter has secured a £20 million investment from veteran banker Ken Costa, along with Woodford Investment Management and Artemis.

30 March 2015

News/Personal finance

Tangerine banking comes to the Apple Watch

Canadian direct bank Tangerine is set to be one of the first developers out of he blocks with an Apple Watch app, enabling customers to access their account information from their wrists.

30 March 2015

News/Personal finance

UK govt pushes ahead with plan for open banking API standard

The UK government has promised to work with banks and fintech firms to have a detailed framework set out for an open API standard by the end of the year, in a move it claims will empower consumers and boost competition.

18 March 2015

News/Personal finance

Citi, Fidelity and Mint develop first FS apps for Apple Watch

Citi, Fidelity and Mint are the first financial services-related developers out of the blocks with apps designed for the new Apple Watch, which goes on sale next month.

09 March 2015

News/Personal finance

Lloyds and AmEx back fintech startup competition

Some of the biggest names in financial services are throwing their weight behind a UK competition giving fintech startups the chance to win a share of a £175,000 cash prize pot.

04 March 2015

News/Personal finance

Finovate Europe 2015 - Day 1 roundup

Crowdfunding, bitcoin, identity and security, and, of course, personal finance management dominated the first day of Finovate Europe in London. Finextra watched the demos, followed the tweets and spoke to the players. Here's what caught our eye.

10 February 2015