Latest Personal finance News: Finextra Research

Addressing the Poverty Premium: A data-led approach

05 November 2021 296 downloads

COP26: How our wallets will save the world

Your money is a weapon. It can either be used to tackle the climate crisis or fan the flames. The United Nations’ climate conference in Glasgow, COP26, says it is time to have a serious discussion about how our money can be deployed to save the world.

03 November 2021

News/crypto

Former AliPay UK CEO Rita Liu on how regulators are boosting crypto literacy

Finextra sat down with Mode’s chief commercial officer Rita Liu – also former CEO of AliPay UK, to discuss Mode’s recent partnership with trade association CryptoUK, and how market players and regulators are boosting adoption and education around crypto.

03 November 2021

Company update/retail

ApexEdge jumps into Moven's bank in a box

Moven is pleased to announce that ApexEdge has now joined with Moven to add more breadth and depth to Moven’s Financial Wellness platform.

01 November 2021

Company update/wealth

CaixaBank picks bsurance for embedded life insurance at POS

Leading Spanish financial institution CaixaBank has partnered with B2B2C insurtech platform bsurance on a project to create and test new embedded life insurance products.

29 October 2021

Company update/retail

Greenlight launches educational investing platform for parents

Greenlight Financial Technology, Inc. ("Greenlight"), the fintech company on a mission to shine a light on the world of money for families, today announced Investing for Parents, a new educational investing platform designed for parents.

26 October 2021

Company update/retail

BMO Harris launches Savings Builder

BMO Harris Bank announced the launch of Savings Builder, a new product that rewards customers for reaching specific savings milestones each month.

26 October 2021

Company update/startups

Pennyworth launches goals-led financial planning app

Pennyworth, a digital bank founded by former Barclays executives for aspiring-affluent individuals, today launched its pioneering financial planning app for public access on the App Store and Google Play.

25 October 2021

News/startups

Bling Card enlists Treezor to build kids' pocket money app

Startup Bling Card has joined forces with SocGen-owned BaaS player Treezor to develop a prepaid pocket money card and financial education app for kids in Germany.

21 October 2021

News/retail

Chip closes biggest ever equity crowdfund on Crowdcube, raising £11.5 million

Money management app Chip has closed the biggest ever equity crowdfund on Crowdcube, raising £11.5 million from 12,954 investors.

18 October 2021

Company update/startups

Ilumoni goes live on iOS and Android after £1.63 million onvestment

Borrower wellbeing app, ilumoni has officially launched and is now available to download on Android and iOS devices.

18 October 2021

News/retail

Plum rakes in $14m of new funding

Money management app Plum has sealed $14m of an expected $24m series A funding round.

15 October 2021

Company update/startups

Hong Kong’s Bloom partners with Visa to create spending cashback app

In celebration of its first anniversary, local technology startup Bloom announced a collaboration with Visa, the world’s leader in digital payments, to create Hong Kong’s first true spending cash-back app. Starting today, Bloom’s app, named Bloom, comes with a major upgrade to user experience, helping smart consumers build a simplistic yet trendy lifestyle.

15 October 2021

Company update/startups

PFM tool Topia hits the App Store

Topia, the revolutionary new finance and lifestyle app that helps Millennials to master their money in order to achieve financial independence and retire early hits the App Store this week and is backed by a series of heavyweights from the finance and investment sector.

14 October 2021

News/retail

Chip crashes Crowdcube servers

Money Management app Chip opened its crowdfunding round to the general public Thursday and managed to crash Crowdcube's servers as the cash rolled in, hitting £7 million from an initial target of £1 million.

07 October 2021

News/retail

BofA's financial planning tool proves a hit

A year after launch, Bank of America's digital financial planning tool, Life Plan, has attracted more than five million users.

06 October 2021

News/payments

Westpac extends digital gambling block feature

Westpac has extended its digital gambling block feature to two million debit card customers of its St George, BankSA and Bank of Melbourne subsidiaries.

04 October 2021