Personal finance

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Northstar raises $24.4m for financial wellness benefit platform

Financial wellness benefit platform for employees Northstar has raised $24.4 million in a funding round joined by PayPal Ventures and Thomson Reuters Ventures.

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Tink and Snoop extend partnership

Europe’s leading open banking platform, Tink is working with Snoop, the multi award-winning money saving app, to give UK consumers real-time insights on how to cut their bills, pay off debt, grow their savings and save where they spend.

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GoHenry raises $55m for European expansion

GoHenry, the UK-based provider of a pre-paid debit card and financial education app for kids, has raised $55 million to fund its move into new markets.

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Bunq doubles down on budgeting features

In light of record-breaking inflation in the eurozone, bunq, the second largest neobank in the EU, notices a cross-country trend of young Europeans being harshly affected by the cost-of-living crisis.

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Digital money management service rolled out to Bank of Ireland customers

Bank of Ireland has introduced a new digital money management service – Money Insights 365 (Mi 365) – for all personal customers.

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Plum returns to the crowd after $5 million debt financing from Silicon Valley Bank

Smart money app Plum is to launch its third crowdfunding round after picking up £5 million in debt financing from Silicon Valley Bank.

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Oval Money appoints new CEO

Fintech company Oval Money has appointed Luca Merolla as CEO to lead its ambitious growth strategy.

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Cake DeFi launches product for 'conservative' crypto investors

Cake DeFi, the leading and fastest-growing Singapore-based fintech firm, providing easy access to Decentralized Finance (DeFi), has launched its latest product – EARN – allowing users to generate returns via a single-sided liquidity mining service while protecting users against market volatility.

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Maslife partners Thames Technology to deliver cards for customers

Maslife, the world's first alternative banking and wellness app which helps users manage their finances, while helping them to improve their mental and physical health, has partnered with Thames Technology, the UK-based leading manufacturer of payment, gift, loyalty, membership, and commercial card products, to supply payment cards to its financial platform customers.

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CBA app helps customers find cheap fuel

Commonwealth Bank of Australia is piloting a new in-app feature that helps customers save money refuelling their cars.

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Pakistan’s ABHI channels donations to flood victims

Pakistan-based fintech ABHI has teamed up with NGOs JDC, Al-Khidmat and Saylani to allow employed individuals to donate their earned but unpaid salary to flood relief funds.

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PensionBee and Snoop join forces

Leading online pension provider, PensionBee, announces its partnership with money-saving app, Snoop, to help consumers take control of their finances, at a time of record inflation.

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MPs call for 'Big Bang' to free up challenger banks

The UK should broaden its open banking model to accelerate the growth of fintech as part of a wider new financial services "Big Bang", according to a group of MPs.

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Crypto-crime revenue drops by 65% - report

Revenue derived from cryptocurrency-related crime is down by 65% in the first half of 2022 compared to the corresponding period in 2021.

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Tsys partners Extend

Did you know charge volume on virtual cards is expected to grow from $1.9 trillion to $6.8 trillion by 2026? But perhaps more surprising is that B2B spend will make up 71% of that volume.

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Hello Digit fined $2.7m after algo caused customers overdraft fees

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has fined Hello Digit and ordered the automated savings app to pay damages to customers after finding that a faulty algorithm wrongfully took money from users' checking accounts leading to overdraft penalties.

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Timberland taps Plinqit for paying users to learn about their financial needs

Timberland Bank has partnered with Plinqit, the only savings platform of its kind that pays users for learning about personal finances, to give customers a simple, easy way to save and plan for future financial needs.

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Up Bank launches BNPL alternative, Maybuy

Australian neobank Up Bank, has launched savings service Maybuy. Maybuy is designed as an alternative to Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) products which have become increasingly popular in recent years.

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Sonovate: Freelancers having to wait three times longer to get paid than full time staff

Contract work may be on the rise following the Covid pandemic, but freelancers are still having to wait three times longer to get paid than full time staff as firms struggle with both cashflow and payroll issues, research shows.