Turkish FinTech Colendi says it’s set to launch the country’s first digital deposit bank. That announcement came Monday (Aug. 21), after Colendi received approval from the Turkish Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency (BRSA). “As Turkey’s first digital bank, ColendiBank will target growing the platform to reach 50 million customers regionally,...
Starling Bank plans to make its first expansion outside of Europe, moving into the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region. The British neobank has been in talks with an Asian bank about taking its Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) platform, Engine, into a country in Asia, although it declined to identify the country or Asian...
The financial industry has become more competitive than ever as shifting economic conditions and the pandemic’s lingering effects make digital banking the primary means by which consumers interact with their financial institutions (FIs). More than three-quarters of customer experience leaders in a recent survey said...
Credit unions have long occupied a specific market niche within the financial industry. CUs favor more personalized and member-focused services than their bank counterparts but typically operate on a much smaller scale. This market niche has come under threat in recent years, however, as consumers...
FIS Global posted second-quarter earnings results ahead of its pending sale of a stake in Worldpay that showed increasing demand from banks to digitize their services and capture accounts. The company’s earnings materials detailed that Banking and Capital Markets posted 2% organic revenue growth tied...
Treasury Prime has teamed with Academy Bank to bring embedded finance services to its customers. “This partnership addresses the increasing demand for flexible and scalable solutions that effectively meet the evolving needs of businesses and customers,” the companies said in a news release Monday (July 31). The goal...
European neobank bunq has added cash-back and savings bonuses to its offerings designed for digital nomads. bunq now offers 1% cash back on food and drinks to Easy Money and Easy Green users, and 2% back on public transportation to Easy Green users, the company...
Citi has launched a “single entry point” digital platform aimed at its commercial banking clients. The platform, dubbed CitiDirect Commercial Banking, gives customers a better view of their banking activity with Citi in terms of cash, loans, trade, foreign exchange and onboarding, according to a Monday (July...
The financial industry is at a turning point in its history as more users flock to digital banking, many of whom plan never to set foot in a brick-and-mortar branch again. A crop of digital-native alternatives has sprung up to satisfy this electronic demand, with...