Starling, the UK-based challenger bank, withdrew its application for a European banking license four years after its initial application to the Irish Central Bank. The bank is now eyeing growth through its banking software subsidiary, Engine, and by expanding its lending initiatives.
Read MoreTo Len Covello, Co-Founder and CTO of Engage People, a Toronto-based loyalty network that connects loyalty programs with payment systems and retailers to let consumers pay with points at checkout, the future of payments leverages a fully-backed digital currency: the rewards point.
Read MoreMeta, Facebook’s parent company, announced it would reduce its engineer hiring goals by 30% this year. It will recruit between 6,000 and 7,000 engineers, down from an envisioned 10,000.
Read MoreThe Council of Economic Advisers reported that skyrocketing rents were responsible for 40% of the Consumer Price Index increase in May. At least 35% of people in the U.S. live in rented housing.
Read MoreA report by the Filene Research Institute and Ceres Accelerator for Sustainable Capital Markets suggests more than 60% of credit unions risk climate-related losses. These credit unions represent over $1.2T in assets.
Read MoreIn an interview with The Financial Revolutionist, Mark Loehr, CEO of OpenExchange, explains his path to OpenExchange, offers tips for organizing virtual meetings, and outlines his vision for the future of virtual contact.
Read MoreThis morning at its 2022 Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), the computing giant introduced attendees to Apple Pay Later, a proprietary buy now pay later (BNPL) service. Goldman Sachs is the lender for the instalment loans.
Read MoreIn an interview with The Financial Revolutionist, and a week after Clear Street’s $165M Series B announcement—making the company a unicorn—Bailey details the market gap Clear Street tackles, explains why capital markets have been slow to modernize, and outlines how new technology can level the playing field between large and small players.
Read MoreIn an interview with The Financial Revolutionist, Danielle Kane, Director of Small Business Banking at Grasshopper Bank, explains the bank’s lean partnership model, describes how small businesses can operate like consumers, and hints at the bank’s long-term goals.
Read MoreAlly Financial announced the launch of a new wealth management offering, which provides access to human advisors, rather than robo advisors, for clients with more than $100,000 in investable assets.
Read MoreThe payments giant announced the launch of its Biometric Checkout Program, which lets customers pay by smiling or waving their hand over a reader. It will first be used at five supermarkets in Brazil as a pilot program.
Read MoreThe BNPL provider announced that it will offer its solution on Fiserv point-of-sale technology, including the Carat commercial system as well as Clover POS devices at brick-and-mortar stores. Visa announced a similar partnership with FIS last week.
Read MoreIn the fall of 2021, the Seattle-based proptech abandoned its home-flipping blitz and laid off 2,000 employees. It’s now ramping up for another moonshot project: building a super app for real estate.
Read MoreThe computing giant has officially hired Desi Ujkashevic, Global Direct of Safety Engineering at Ford, to join Apple’s efforts to develop a fully electric autonomous car. Ujkashevic had worked at Ford for 31 years.
Read MoreGlobal shipping giant Maersk announced that it’s partnered with Stripe to overhaul its payments infrastructure. Stripe tailored its products to accommodate Maersk’s multinational compliance requirements.
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