Fintech Press Releases

Latest press releases and industry updates in the financial services sector.

ATMS UK First multi brand ATM navigation tool to use Open Banking

Milan Kazarka from RENDERING PIXELS LIMITED
01 Feb 2018
Rendering Pixels Limited released the first multi brand ATM navigation app ATMS UK on Apple's app store which uses the new Open Banking APIs to pull information on cash machines directly from banks. It is available for free at https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/atms-uk/id1341614848 This is the first...

Enterprise Engineering, Inc. first to enable Open Banking with full support for FS-ISAC Durable Data API (DDA)

Jaimie Anzelone from Enterprise Engineering, Inc. (EEI)
18 Sep 0005
NEW YORK, May 09, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Enterprise Engineering, Inc. (EEI), a leading provider of software products for enterprise customers and Fintech enablers, has announced it is the first company to support the entire Durable Data API specification within its flagship products of Commande...

New platform of Alior Bank and its partners enables truly open banking

Magdalena from Efigence S.A.
15 Jun 2018
During the Impact'18 conference in Cracow, Alior Bank announced the inauguration of a pan-European collaboration with Raisin, solarisBank and Mastercard. Together they will create a new financial platform based on an open API model, which will allow their clients to benefit from truly open bankin...

WORLD’S FIRST OPEN BANKING AFFORDABILITY SCORE LAUNCHED BY CASTLIGHT FINANCIAL

Danielle Flynn from Castlight Financial
25 Oct 2018
Affordability innovator Castlight Financial has developed the world’s first open-banking affordability score, providing access to borrowing for the first time for the 5.8 million people , in the UK alone, with “thin credit files”. The new affordability score, CastScore, is not dependent on a c...

Braintri and iCompass Merge to Offer Banking and Payment Solutions Globally

Iwona Drabot from Braintri
19 Nov 2018
Warsaw, Poland, November 19, 2018. Braintri and iCompass, two leading Polish fintechs servicing the world's largest banks and payment institutions, have begun to merge and prepare a joint offer for the global financial sector. The merger will enable the two to further expand their products and re...

Danish Fintech comet lands new strategic investor to build the infrastructure of the future

Rune Krogh Kallehauge from Spiir A/S
17 Dec 2018
The Danish Fintech, Nordic API Gateway, that is also behind the PFM-app Spiir, is today announcing a new €5.2 million investment from two of the leading banks in Scandinavia, DNB and Danske Bank. It is a strategic investment and the three parties will build the leading PSD2 infrastructure in the ...

Braintri expands in insurtech with new project for Benefia from Vienna Insurance Group

Iwona Drabot from Braintri
08 Jan 2019
Warsaw, Poland, January 8, 2019. Braintri, a European leader in fintech innovations, today announced a new deal with Benefia part of Vienna Insurance Group. The insurance subscription platform developed by Braintri is being launched in several sales channels of Benefia, including mobile. The plat...

Bank Leumi (UK) selects Volante Technologies’ VolPay Open Banking PSD2 solution

Volante Technologies from Volante Technologies
15 Jan 2019
Benefiting from Volante’s one-stop-shop for PSD2 compliance and Open Banking NEW YORK, LONDON, DUBAI, MEXICO CITY, 15 January 2019 – Volante Technologies Inc., a global provider of software for accelerated end-to-end payments processing and financial message integration, today announced that B...

UAE based Fintech start-up NewBridge partners with Meteor Asset Management to provide deposit services to Global Corporates, Family Offices and Institutional Clients

Sid bhandari from 2000
22 Apr 2019
UAE based Fintech start-up, NewBridge Fintech Solutions LLC, has partnered with Meteor Asset Management Limited, a UK based Asset Management Company, to provide a deposit marketplace to Global Corporates, Institutional Clients and Family Offices. NewBridge Fintech Solutions is a DIFC based Fin...

AND Digital announces strategic relationship with new payment service, Ordo

Harriet Davis from AND Digital
21 May 2019
Following the recent news that Nationwide Building Society has invested in Ordo, AND Digital reveals that it is one of the key strategic technology partners behind the delivery of the new payments service. The company, currently ranked 24th as one of Europe’s fastest growing tech companies by ...

Pleo speeds up innovation with smooth access to bank data with Nordic API Gateway

Rune Krogh Kallehauge from Nordic API Gateway
26 Sep 2019
Copenhagen, 26th of September 2019: Nordic API Gateway is setting new standards for the accounting industry across the Nordics. Today, the open banking platform announces its partnership with Pleo, a collaboration that will accelerate access to transaction data and give Pleo the ability to build ...

Open banking startup​ ​Basiq closes Series A funding round

Kathy Shi from Basiq
30 Sep 2019
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA: 30 September, 2019: Basiq, a leading fintech providing access and insights into financial data, has concluded its Series A funding round with investments from NAB Ventures, Salesforce Ventures and Westpac’s Reinventure. With the capital injection, Basiq will be better positione...

APEXX partners with Volt to unlock Open Banking Payments for their global offering

Apexx Global from Apexx Global
30 Apr 2020
APEXX partners with Volt to unlock Open Banking Payments for their global offering London – 30 April 2020 – APEXX Global (‘APEXX’), the leading global payments platform, is pleased to announce a wide-ranging partnership with the Open Banking digital money platform, Volt. The pa...

Enfuce approved as an authorized payment institution

Linda Essén from Enfuce
05 Jun 2020
Finland’s biggest fintech start-up Enfuce has been accredited as an authorised payment institution by the Finnish Financial Supervisory Authority (FIN-FSA)*. Customers pursuing new opportunities introduced through the second Payment Services Directive (PSD2), can now perform account information a...

Icelandic neobank indó partners with Enfuce to develop Iceland’s first challenger bank

Linda Essén from Enfuce
16 Jun 2020
Relying on Enfuce’s turnkey service, indó can develop and scale “the world’s least powerful bank”. Helsinki June 16, 2020: indó, Iceland’s first-ever challenger bank, has selected Enfuce – Finland’s biggest fintech startup – as its partner for payments, open banking and sustainability services...

Fintech app fills gap in lenders’ client knowledge

Rob from Turquoise PR
20 Sep 0022
A Fintech firm which helps accountants analyse their clients’ data is launching a new service to enable banks and financing firms make better lending decisions. The cloud-based service uses an API (app programming interface) to extract financial data in minutes and present it to the lender in...

Aidexa – a new Fintech idea for small businesses born in Italy founded by Roberto Nicastro and Federico Sforza

Roberto Nicastro, Federico Sforza from Aidexa
10 Nov 2020
Aidexa will be a simple, AI-powered and data-driven challenger bank; its new brand combines “AI” and “Idea” into a fintech company that addresses SME’s needs with simple, quality, smooth UX and swift solutions, leveraging on machine learning technology and the opportunities of PSD2/Open Banking. ...

Aidexa – a new Fintech idea for small businesses born in Italy founded by Roberto Nicastro and Federico Sforza

Roberto Nicastro, Federico Sforza from Aidexa
10 Nov 2020
Aidexa will be a simple, AI-powered and data-driven challenger bank; its new brand combines “AI” and “Idea” into a fintech company that addresses SME’s needs with simple, quality, smooth UX and swift solutions, leveraging on machine learning technology and the opportunities of PSD2/Open Banking. ...

Aidexa, a new Fintech for small businesses founded by R. Nicastro and F. Sforza

Roberto Nicastro, Federico Sforza from Aidexa
10 Nov 2020
Aidexa will be a simple, AI-powered and data-driven challenger bank; its new brand combines “AI” and “Idea” into a fintech company that addresses SME’s needs with simple, quality, smooth UX and swift solutions, leveraging on machine learning technology and the opportunities of PSD2/Open Banking. ...

Aidexa, a new Fintech for small businesses founded by R. Nicastro and F. Sforza

Roberto Nicastro, Federico Sforza from info@aidexa.it
10 Nov 2020
Aidexa will be a simple, AI-powered and data-driven challenger bank; its new brand combines “AI” and “Idea” into a fintech company that addresses SME’s needs with simple, quality, smooth UX and swift solutions, leveraging on machine learning technology and the opportunities of PSD2/Open Banking. ...

FinSS Global to introduce in Australia the CDR Compliance solution powered by Salt Edge

Salt Edge Press from Salt Edge
14 Apr 2021
Australia is at the forefront of giving consumers greater control over their data via Customer Data Right (CDR). With phase two of the regulatory adoption quickly approaching, Australian data holders are welcoming a new CDR Compliance solution on the market. The technology solutions expert FinSS ...

Awards for cardless payments provider, Citizen

Kate Marsden from Citizen
12 Jul 2022
Citizen, provider of instant cardless payments using open banking, is celebrating two great wins over the last few days. On 11 July we were delighted to be recognised as one of the Fintech Power 50, a list of the 40 most innovative companies and 10 visionary personalities shaping the financia...