Latest Personal finance News: Finextra Research

Millennial bank Liv. adds bill-splitting and expense management to mobile app

Liv. the millennial-focused digital-only bank from Emirates NBD, has rolled out bill-splitting and budgeting applications to its mobile banking app.

06 March 2018

Company update/Personal finance

Stelios Haji-Iannou adds easyMoney brand to portfolio

easyMoney, part of Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou’s easy family of brands, is launching in the UK on Saturday (February 24 2018) with an Innovative Finance ISA, offering everyday investors a current target 4.05% annual interest rate.

24 February 2018

News/Personal finance

Danish piggy bank app Ernit integrates with Spar Nord

Ernit, a Danish piggy bank app that hopes to make digital money more tangible to kids, is ready for a national roll out after striking a deal with local bank Spar Nord.

22 February 2018

News/Personal finance

Greenlight raises $16m for kids' debit card

Greenlight Financial Technology, the startup behind an app and debit card for kids and college students, has raised $16 million in a Series A funding round joined by SunTrust Bank, Ally Financial and the Amazon Alexa Fund.

21 February 2018

Company update/Personal finance

American Express joins Even Financial funding round

Even Financial, the technology platform powering financial services online, has secured a strategic investment round totaling $3 million.

21 February 2018

Company update/Personal finance

Stack picks i2c for mobile money management platform

Stack today announced its selection of i2c, a global provider of smarter payments and integrated commerce solutions, as its official payments processor to enable secure payments through the STACK app and the Stack Prepaid Mastercard card.

20 February 2018

News/Personal finance

Monzo opens API to spare change app Moneybox

Monzo has opened its API to Moneybox, enabling users to round up and invest the spare change from their everyday purchases.

20 February 2018

Company update/Personal finance

Moneyhub CTO Tonge moves to mainland Europe to spearhead PSD2 strategy

Financial management technology company Moneyhub is set to capitalise on growth in the European market as PSD2 is rolled out across the continent.

12 February 2018

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PSD2: A strategic game-changer with long-term impact

PSD2 will be a slow burn but the perfect opportunity for banks to define and build their digital transformation strategy, according to new research produced by Finextra, in association with CA Technologies

09 February 2018

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Mobile network giffgaff to use Open Banking rules to move into personal finance

Giffgaff, the mobile network run by Telefonica, is to use Open Banking rules to provide a personal financial management service to its users in the UK.

08 February 2018

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ADIB opens personal finance community site for millennials

Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank (ADIB) is using white labeled technology from Germany's Fidor Bank to open a community site where customers can post money-saving tips and share information and advice with their peers and bank experts.

06 February 2018

Company update/Personal finance

Standard Chartered to implement Moneythor PFM platform

Moneythor, the technology company providing financial institutions with a digital banking toolkit powered by artificial intelligence (AI), has been selected by Standard Chartered to further advance personalisation and engagement in its digital services.

05 February 2018

Company update/Personal finance

Linxo and Raising forge Eyuropean partnership

Linxo, the No. 1 smart financial assistant in France for aggregating bank accounts, and Raisin, the Berlin-based start-up behind the No. 1 platform allowing investors to access the best savings accounts in Europe, announced their partnership this Monday, January 29th.

29 January 2018

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Ally Bank aims for Super Bowl success with augmented reality savings game

As companies gear up to spend millions of dollars on commercials during next weekend's Super Bowl in an effort to part Americans from their money, Ally Bank will be encouraging people to save their cash through a new augmented reality-driven mobile game.

29 January 2018

Company update/Personal finance

Coast Capital Savings introduces MX-developed PFM tool

Coast Capital Savings took another step towards its goal of becoming Canada's premier digital credit union with the launch of a next-generation personal financial management (PFM) solution, developed by financial technology leader MX Technologies, the credit union announced today.

26 January 2018

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Robinhood introduces free bitcoin trading

No-commission stock trading app Robinhood is set to start letting some users buy and sell Bitcoin and Ethereum.

26 January 2018

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Yolt claims first connection to CMA9 bank under Open Banking shakeup

Yolt, the smart money management app owned by ING, has become the first third party provider to complete a successful connection with a CMA9 bank - Lloyds - under the new Open Banking system.

25 January 2018

Company update/Personal finance

F&M Bank of Virginia taps Geezeo for PFM platform

F&M Bank of Virginia, a $700 million community bank, has launched Squirrel, a Personal Financial Management (PFM) platform powered by Geezeo, a leading Fintech firm offering integrated digital financial management.

24 January 2018