Banco Santander Launches Blockchain-Based International Money Transfer Service
Spain’s Banco Santander Bank today launched Santander One Pay FX, a blockchain-based international money transfer service across four countries. This...
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Lending Startup Upgrade Opens Personal Credit Line, Shares Plan for Mobile App
EXCLUSIVE— Lending startup Upgrade is opening a new personal credit line today, designed to give customers all of the benefits...
Why Does Alternative Credit Scoring Help Consumers?
EXCLUSIVE— As fintech progresses, consumers are flocking to digital services and products, which all rely on the same thing: data....
U.K. Neobank CivilisedBank Gives up Banking License
SME-focused challenger bank CivilisedBank is giving up its banking license? Yep. The U.K.-based bank announced today that it will release...
Millennial Women Are (Still) Held Back from Investing by Student Debt, SoFi Says
Millennial women have the funds available to start investing, but are held back by a fear of beginning the process,...
PeerStreet Will Use $29.5M Funding for New Kinds of Loans
Real estate startup PeerStreet has raised $29.5 million in a Series B, which will be used to fund new loans...
Banks Slow to Embrace Realtime Payments
EXCLUSIVE – When The Clearing House (TCH) rolled out realtime payments last November, one would think banks would quickly jump...
AI Is Powerful in Banking Because Banks Have So Much Data, Zafin Says
EXCLUSIVE— Artificial intelligence can produce the necessary insights banks need to provide the best experiences to their customers, but these...
Walmart Partners with MoneyGram to Launch International Money Transfer Service Walmart2World
Retail giant Walmart announced today the launch of a global money transfer service called Walmart2World. The Walmart2World service is extension...
First Financial Bancorp Completes Merger with MSFG
EXCLUSIVE—Cincinnati-based bank First Financial has officially merged with Mainsource Financial Group, a deal that will grow the bank’s asset size...
