Category Archives: fintech

Trulioo Makes The World Economic Forum Pioneers And CNBC Disruptor 50 Lists

Posted on June 16, 2020 by Tom Groenfeldt

Trulioo, a global identity verification company, has been selected as one of the World Economic Forum’s Technology Pioneers and was also named to the CNBC Disruptor 50 list for the second time. Trulioo’s mission is to provide verifiable identities for … Continue reading →

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Volante Offers SWIFT Message Validation on AWS

Posted on September 18, 2019 by Tom Groenfeldt

– Volante Technologies, a global provider of messaging and payments technology both in-prem and in teh cloud, today announced it has launched financial message validation on the cloud, available as an Amazon Machine Image (AMI) on the AWS Marketplace. Like … Continue reading →

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Helping Employees Avoid Late Fees, Bounced Checks And Pay Day Lending With Their Own Money

Posted on September 16, 2019 by Tom Groenfeldt

PayActiv gives workers access to the money they have earned without requiring them to wait two weeks for their paycheck, said Safwan Shah, the company’s CEO. It advances the money and then is reimbursed by the employer when checks or … Continue reading →

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DHS Updates U.S. Critical Infrastructures Including Payments And Securities Settlement

Posted on June 10, 2019 by Tom Groenfeldt

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security last week released an update to its list of 16 critical infrastructures, which included financial services such as payments and clearing and settlement of securities. “The Financial Services Sector-Specific Plan details how the National … Continue reading →

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Z/Yen Group Designs New Index Linking Finance and Tech

Posted on May 25, 2019 by Tom Groenfeldt

London’s Z/Yen group has developed a Smart Centres Index, designed to track the development of commercial and financial centres across the world in their support for and readiness for new technology applications.  Smart centres are cities across the world which encourage … Continue reading →

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Arab Tunisian Bank Goes Digital With Temenos

Posted on May 7, 2019 by Tom Groenfeldt

The Arab Tunisian Bank (ATB) has selected Temenos, the Geneva-based banking software company for its digital transformation program. ATB will transform its bank with Temenos Infinity, the breakthrough digital front office product, and Temenos T24 Transact, the next generation core … Continue reading →

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Russia’s Yandex.Money’s E-Wallet Goes Multi-Currency

Posted on April 10, 2019 by Tom Groenfeldt

Yandex.Money, the largest online payments services in Russia, has introduced a new service for multi-currency accounts and cards. In addition to rubles, the service allows users to keep money and pay in 10 foreign currencies: US dollars, euros, British pounds, … Continue reading →

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Why The Fed Will Create Its Own Real-Time Payments System

Posted on February 27, 2019 by Tom Groenfeldt

Prediction — The Federal Reserve will announce before Labor Day that it will build a real-time payment system to offer an alternative to the system that has been started by TCH and Mastercard using the Vocalink technology it acquired when … Continue reading →

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Yes, Virginia, There Are Women Leaders In Fintech

Posted on June 8, 2017 by Tom Groenfeldt

BNY Mellon, has appointed Bridget E. Engle as senior executive vice president and chief information officer reporting directly to CEO Gerald Hassell. In this position, Engle will lead the company’s Client Technology Solutions group, which provides critical technology platforms and … Continue reading →

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Finance Execs Avoid Risky Deals

Posted on May 15, 2017 by Tom Groenfeldt

Financial firms are turning away from deals that look risky over growing concerns of personal liability, says Thomson Reuters. Continue reading →

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