Sonata Bank aims to boost quick service restaurant employees’ financial health
The challenger has raised more than $20 million in its initial round of funding.
Banking
Hong Kong Monetary Authority kickstarts e-HKD retail CBDC pilot
A total of 16 firms have been chosen from across the financial, payments and technology sectors to take part.
American Bank & Trust taps Marstone for digital wealth management offering
With the partnership, the bank aims to retain existing client deposits and attract new retail bank customers.
Singapore’s Whampoa Group selects Bahrain as HQ for new digital bank
Launching end of 2023, the new digital bank aims to support the adoption of digital assets worldwide.
Bank of England reportedly planning to reject Revolut banking licence
The PRA reportedly intended to issue a warning notice to Revolut over its balance sheet.
Meridian Bank taps Corserv to launch business credit card programme
With Corserv, Meridian Bank will be able to offer credit cards with a variety of APRs, rewards and features.
Spain’s CaixaBank partners Google Cloud to drive digitalisation
The partnership will see the bank leverage Google Cloud’s cloud computing, data analytics and AI/ML capabilities.
Low-code AI integration platform AI Squared names Michelle Bonat as new CTO
Bonat will be responsible for software engineering, data science, AI research, IT and product management.
Banking on data
As a coder, I always thought that software was key, but I soon realised the value was really in the data.
Bank of America launches new accelerator programme for fintech start-ups
The programme aims to help entrepreneurs from underrepresented communities scale-up their businesses.
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