Latest Personal finance News: Finextra Research

Moven teams up with loan refinancers CommonBond and Payoff

Neo-bank Moven has struck deals with loan refinancing startups CommonBond and Payoff as it seeks to burnish its "financial wellbeing" credentials.

28 January 2016

Company update/Personal finance

DBS deploys Moneythor for PFM

Moneythor, an innovative provider of digital banking and customer analytics solutions for the financial services industry, today announced that DBS Bank has deployed its solution to support its group-wide digital banking initiatives.

26 January 2016

Company update/Personal finance

Atos announces partners for personal financial management service

Atos, an international leader in digital services, has today launched a next generation digital solution for retail financial services, Digital Customer Experience Transformation (DCXT).

19 January 2016

Company update/Personal finance

The Riverside Company backs Kasasa by BancVue

Award-winning financial technology and marketing services provider Kasasa by BancVue announced today that it has formed a strategic investment partnership with global private equity firm, The Riverside Company.

11 January 2016

News/Personal finance

Lending startups dominate digital banking funding scene

Lending firms dominate the fintech funding scene, pulling in nearly two thirds of all investment in digital banking startups in 2015, according to CB Insights.

07 January 2016

Company update/Personal finance

Prosper Marketplace appoints former Capital One staffer Kunal Kaul as EVP of operations

Prosper Marketplace today announced it has appointed Kunal Kaul Executive Vice President of Operations.

18 December 2015

News/Personal finance

ABN Amro collaborates with fintech startup to launch PFM app

ABN Amro is to test a new personal financial management app developed in association with Swedish firm Tink, in a prime example of the bank's determination to work with smaller fintech startups on the creation of novel banking applications.

16 December 2015

Company update/Personal finance

Commonwealth Bank and Goldman Sachs enter equities alliance

Commonwealth Bank and Goldman Sachs today announce a strategic alliance that will create a preeminent capability in equities by combining leading equity capital markets and investment research expertise with Australia’s largest online retail share trading platform.

07 December 2015

News/Personal finance

European regulators take a closer look at robo-advisors

The Joint Committee of the three European Supervisory Authorities – EBA, EIOPA and Esma – has opened up a debate about the risks and benefits of robo-advisors in financial markets.

04 December 2015

Company update/Personal finance

Q2 buys Social Money

Q2 Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: QTWO), a provider of secure, cloud-based virtual banking solutions, today announced the acquisition of Des Moines, Iowa-based Social Money, a financial services software company that offers a modern, cloud-based platform that assists financial institutions in their direct digital strategies, best represented in their award-winning SmartyPig product.

03 December 2015

Company update/Personal finance

Geezeo to build custom financial event apps

Geezeo, a leading FinTech firm that offers integrated digital financial management and web-based, data-driven marketing platforms to financial institutions (FIs), has begun prototyping PFM driven lifestyle apps.

23 November 2015

Company update/Personal finance

MX appoints Eric Fearday EVP, worldwide sales and partnerships

MX, a fintech company that makes it possible for banks and credit unions to win their competitor’s most profitable account holders, announced its newest member of the executive team, Eric Fearday.

11 November 2015

News/Personal finance

Santander signs global PFM deal with Meniga

Meniga has been awarded a global contract by Santander Group Markets to deploy Personal Financial Management (PFM) tools to clients across multiple business lines and geographies.

10 November 2015

Company update/Personal finance

FCA opens consultation on broadening consumer access to financial advice

On Monday HM Treasury and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) will launch a joint consultation exploring what can be done to improve customers’ access to financial advice.

12 October 2015

Company update/Personal finance

Financial advisor Wesleyan gets tech field support from IT Specialists

Nationwide managed services company IT Specialists (ITS) has secured a contract to provide financial mutual Wesleyan and its team of financial advisers with IT support and services, whether they are working from home or travelling up and down the country.

30 September 2015

Company update/Personal finance

Prosper Marketplace to acquire BillGuard

Prosper Marketplace, which operates a leading online marketplace that connects borrowers and investors, today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire BillGuard, a personal finance analytics company that develops popular consumer apps to manage, protect and do more with money and credit.

24 September 2015

Company update/Personal finance

EWise names James Redfern global head of sales

eWise today announced that James Redfern has been named as Global Head of Sales and will lead the eWise sales teams in Europe, Asia and Australia.

22 September 2015

Company update/Personal finance

Geezeo rolls out API site

Geezeo, a fintech company that helps an estimated 400 banks and credit unions better engage customers through digital channels, has rolled out its new API site and introduced its revised REST API and .NET Software Development Kits (SDK).

21 September 2015

News/Personal finance

Bay Area top spot for fintech startup funding

Fintech startups in the San Francisco Bay Area tend to raise far more in capital funding than those in other parts of the US, figures put together by the Financial Solutions Lab (FinLab) suggest.

14 September 2015

News/Personal finance

ASB gives piggy bank a digital makeover

New Zealand's ASB is bringing the piggy bank into the digital, cashless age, ditching the coin slot for a display screen that helps kids keep track of their pocket money.

14 September 2015