Financial Services

The UK-based neobank can now jump into Australian lending and it has acquired an Indian company that offers multicurrency accounts and remittances. But what does it all add up to?

ACI PayAfter integrates more than 70 BNPL options into a single solution for merchants.

Investment professionals aren’t keen on crypto: A survey found that a large majority of fund selectors don’t think that investors should have crypto exposure. But they also confessed that their firms need more education about the asset class.

On today's episode, we discuss how Apple's new Tap to Pay feature will disrupt the payments world. Then for "In Other News," we talk about the impact of American Express' new checking account and what will happen now that buy now, pay later firm Afterpay is integrated with Block (formerly Square). Tune in to the discussion with VP of content and head of financial services Daniel Van Dyke and our analyst Jaime Toplin.

Thought Machine further burnishes reputation: The UK company, which offers cloud-based core banking, struck a dual investment/client deal with yet another big incumbent, Italy’s Intesa Sanpaolo.

Insider Intelligence spoke with Piermont Bank founder and XEO Wendy Cai-Lee about why Piermont’s size is more of an asset than a liability, why she thinks banking as a service is now in roughly its third generation, and what lessons banks can learn from working alongside fintechs.

Plum pulls out trading offerings: By adding trading features, including US stocks and crypto, the UK-based company can deepen engagement with its personal financial management (PFM) customer base.

The company suffered worse than expected losses, but new partnerships and tie-ups might help it bolster growth this year.