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4520 Results from 2020

/crypto

Zytara and Prime Trust unveil stablecoin

FinTech company Zytara has announced the upcoming launch of the Zytara dollar (ZUSD) stablecoin in partnership with its wholly-owned subsidiary Zytara Capital LLC (Zytara Capital) and Prime Trust, the leading Universal Asset Platform that enables payments, custody and settlement of alternative assets.

/startups

SaaS management startup Cledara closes €3.4 million seed round

I’m excited to announce that Cledara has closed a Seed Round of $3.4 million led by Nauta Capital, with participation from Anthemis, our existing investors.

/payments

DoorDash delivery drivers to get mobiloe banking app and card via Payfare

DoorDash (NYSE: DASH) and Payfare are pleased to announce the launch of the DasherDirect platform, a banking solution for DoorDash delivery drivers (Dashers) offering a Business Prepaid Visa Card and mobile banking app.

/wholesale

HSBC becomes first production member of Contour’s network

Contour, the global trade finance network has today announced that HSBC has become the first full production member of the network following Contour’s commercial launch in October this year.

/startups

F10 sets up fintech investment unit

F10 - where innovation meets industry - is happy to announce the F10 Investment AG launch.

/wholesale

ANZ becomes first Asia Pacific bank to settle all 18 currencies on CLS

CLS, a financial market infrastructure group delivering settlement, processing and data solutions, is pleased to announce that its long-standing settlement member, ANZ Banking Group Limited (ANZ), has onboarded the Hungarian Forint, making it the first Asia Pacific bank to settle all 18 eligible currencies on CLS’s payment-versus-payment (PvP) system, CLSSettlement.

/payments

G+D provides HypoVereinsbank with metal cards for premium account

G+D supplies HypoVereinsbank with high-quality premium metal cards.

/regulation

FCA fines Barclays £26 million over treatment of customers in financial difficulty

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Barclays Bank UK PLC, Barclays Bank PLC and Clydesdale Financial Services Limited (Barclays) £26 million for failures in relation to their treatment of consumer credit customers who fell into arrears or experienced financial difficulties.

/people

IBanFirst appoints former Euronext engineer as chief technology officer

Global financial services provider iBanFirst, delivering solutions across banking borders, announces the appointment of former Euronext engineer and technology director, Said Layadi, as Chief Technology Officer (CTO).

/retail

Business insurance for freelancers Dinghy joins Starling Marketplace

Dinghy has designed insurance with freelancers in mind. It offers professional indemnity, public liability and business equipment insurance policies to both sole traders and limited companies.

/crime

Facial recognition vendor Facepoint joins Nice Actimize X-Sight marketplace

NICE Actimize, a NICE business (Nasdaq: NICE) today announced that FACEPOINT, which launched an industry-leading biometric risk screening engine, has joined the X-Sight Marketplace, bringing its cutting-edge facial recognition technology for advanced KYC and watch list risk screening to the ecosystem.

/retail

Admiral ties up with Credit Kudos for Open Banking data exchange

Admiral Financial Services Limited (AFSL), part of FTSE 100 company Admiral Group, has selected challenger credit reference agency Credit Kudos to provide Open Banking data to initially help with income verification in a bid to support consumers across its personal loan products.