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News/retail
Starling Bank is promising to create up to 1000 jobs, including many technology positions as it opens its fourth UK office in Manchester.
09 December 2022
Daylight, the digital banking app built for America's LGBTQ+ community, has raised $15 million in a Series A funding round led by Anthemis Group.
18 November 2022
Young Brits are turning to TikTok for financial information, with many of them believing that influencers on the app provide better advice than traditional media.
15 November 2022
News/sustainable
Eight climate-focused startups have been selected to participate in what is claimed to be the world's first climate-focused fintech incubator in the Nordics and Baltics.
04 November 2022
Singapore-based UOB has enlisted Personetics for a new AI-powered automated savings feature at its Indonesian outpost TMRW.
02 November 2022
News/startups
Financial wellness benefit platform for employees Northstar has raised $24.4 million in a funding round joined by PayPal Ventures and Thomson Reuters Ventures.
14 October 2022
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.
13 October 2022
Smart money app Plum is to launch its third crowdfunding round after picking up £5 million in debt financing from Silicon Valley Bank.
05 October 2022
Commonwealth Bank of Australia is piloting a new in-app feature that helps customers save money refuelling their cars.
13 September 2022
News/inclusion
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.
08 September 2022
News/regulation
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.
30 August 2022
News/crypto
Revenue derived from cryptocurrency-related crime is down by 65% in the first half of 2022 compared to the corresponding period in 2021.
22 August 2022
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.
11 August 2022
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.
01 August 2022
A Mexican startup has become the latest fintech to gain unicorn status.
18 July 2022
Plaid has announced that major crypto exchanges including Binance.US, Gemini, Robinhood, and SoFi, are now available on their network. Support for additional platforms, including Blockchain.com and BitGo is planned for later this year.
15 July 2022
News/payments
Australian buy now, pay later firm Zip, is closing Pocketbook, the money management app it bought for A$7.5 million in 2016, in order to focus on a core business facing up to a faltering economy.
12 July 2022
UK digital bank Monument takes advantage of new opportunities emerging in digital banking by focusing on providing complex services backed by new technologies. Finextra spoke to CEO Ian Rand to explore the new services the bank is developing, the future of financial services, and catering to the mass affluent.
01 July 2022
American personal finance outfit NerdWallet has agreed to pay $120 million to buy On the Barrelhead, a platform that provides consumers and SMBs with credit-driven product recommendations.
27 June 2022
Forrester Research has released a report analysing 13 different mobile banking apps across EMEA on user experience and functionality, concluding that Intesa Sanpaolo and BBVA lead in both accessibility and efficiency.
24 June 2022
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