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Lightning Network Infrastructure Provider Neutronpay Announces Partnership with LSI-Pay & Top Up to Power Newly Launched Mobile Wallet in Colombia

Logo Logo BOGOTA, Colombia, Feb. 07, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Neutronpay, a fast-growing Lightning Network Infrastructure provider today announced its partnership with LSIpay from LSI GROUP, S.A. Guatemala and Top Up app from DIXHI COMPANY S.A.S Colombia, a digital wallet provider. The partnership will initially launch with Neutronpay providing Top Up app users with the […]

Trustly, Cross River, and PointsBet Partner to Offer Instant Payouts in the US

SAN CARLOS, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Today Trustly, the global leader in Open Banking Payments, partners with PointsBet, a premier global online gaming operator, to offer its players Instant Payouts in the United States, powered by Cross River. In partnership with Cross River Bank, a financial services and technology infrastructure provider that offers embedded financial solutions, Trustly’s technology […]

OppFi’s Lending Platform OppLoans Launches Same-Day Funding Service

OppFi surpasses 1 million unique customer milestone in its history and expands social impact relationships to support customers with additional financial resources and education CHICAGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–OppFi Inc. (NYSE:OPFI) (“OppFi” or the “Company”), a mission-driven fintech platform that helps everyday Americans gain access to credit with digital specialty finance products, announced the launch of a same-day […]

Prisma Campaigns Announces New Relationship With Community Resource FCU

Prisma Campaigns Prisma Campaigns MIAMI, Feb. 07, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Prisma Campaigns has announced that it is working with Community Resource FCU to digitally onboard and engage its members. Prisma Campaigns, CUNA Strategic Services’ preferred solution for marketing automation, is set to provide marketing automation and communication solutions for Community Resource Federal Credit Union. […]

VoPay Announces Completion of SOC 2 Type I Audit

VoPay’s newly completed SOC 2 Type 1 attestation demonstrates the company’s commitment to compliance, security, and oversight VANCOUVER, British Columbia–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#SOC2—VoPay, a leading provider of secure payment solutions, announced that it has successfully completed a System and Organization Controls SOC 2 Type 1 audit against the evaluation’s security and availability principles. SOC 2 has become […]

Passport Technology Partners With Olympic Park Casino Estonia to Provide First Quasi-Cash Service in the Baltics

Estonia will be the first Baltic nation to introduce a quasi-cash service within the entertainment industry Passport Technology Logo Passport Technology Logo LAS VEGAS, Feb. 07, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Passport Technology Inc. (Passport), a leading provider of payment technology solutions for the gaming industry, announced the launch of its CashValet® cash access service at […]

Pico Launches High-Performance Financial Services Test Lab

State-of-the-art lab will allow replication of real-world trading environments NEW YORK, Feb. 07, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Pico, a leading global provider of mission-critical technology services, software, data and analytics for the financial markets community, has launched the Pico Performance Lab, a state-of-the-art, high-performance financial services test lab. Pico’s full-stack trading technology solution of infrastructure, […]

Biz2Credit Small Business Lending Index™ Reports Growth in Business Loan Approval Rates at Non-Bank Lenders in January 2023

Business loan approval rates rose at Institutional Investors, Alternative Lenders and Small Banks, while Big Banks and Credit Unions slipped again. NEW YORK, Feb. 07, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Small business loan approval percentages at big banks slipped again, falling from 14.5% in December to 14.4% in January 2023, according to the latest Biz2Credit Small […]

Zilch signs pioneering partnership to work with leading UK debt charity StepChange in face of the cost-of-living crisis

LONDON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#Fintech—Zilch, the UK-headquartered payments technology company, today announces it has signed an industry-first partnership to work with StepChange, the UK’s leading debt advice charity, which will help Zilch’s millions of customers access help, should they need it, more quickly during the current cost of living crisis. This support for StepChange will see Zilch become […]

Embedded insurer Companjon and European challenger bank bunq join forces to bring users digital insurance

The strategic partnership brings bunq users in European markets an end-to-end embedded insurance solution that automatically compensates for financial loss incurred DUBLIN, Ireland, Feb. 07, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Companjon, a leading insurtech specializing in digital-driven embedded insurance, today announced its partnership with bunq, the second largest neobank in the European Union. Through this move, […]

ICE Expands ESG Company Data in the Asia-Pacific Region

Increases total coverage to 16,000 companies globally HONG KONG & NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE: ICE), a leading global provider of data, technology and market infrastructure, today announced it has expanded its environmental, social and governance (ESG) Company Data in the Asia-Pacific region and now offers global coverage of 16,000 companies across 105 countries. […]

HSB’s Meshify IoT Subsidiary Joins Amazon Sidewalk Network

Meshify will connect proprietary water leak sensors through Amazon Sidewalk Network unlocks the power and reach of billions of connected devices HSB and Meshify protect homes and small businesses 24/7 through IoT risk mitigation Delivering sensor technology from Main Street to Your Street “The Promise of IoT Risk Management” HARTFORD, Conn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#Amazon–Water leak and freeze […]

Tellimer Expands AI Bond Data Collaboration With 7 Chord

LONDON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Tellimer Insights (Tellimer), the Emerging Markets information and data platform, today announces the expansion of its collaboration with 7 Chord, the creators of #BondDroid® AI, a real-time dynamic pricing engine for buyers and sellers of investable assets, goods and services. As Tellimer aspires to be the single point of entry for all Emerging Markets […]

US Payments Forum Resource Offers Guidance for Streamlining PINless Debit Processing

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Feb. 06, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The U.S. Payments Forum today unveiled an industry resource that seeks to simplify and improve the PINless debit implementation process across the payments landscape. This is achieved by identifying example transaction flows for EMV PINless debit processing, defining key terms related to the payment process, and […]

Marquee Equity Aids eZdia, an E-Commerce Content Agency, in Raising 1 Million USD

Marquee helps raise funds using tech-driven, but time-tested solutions for the e-commerce content marketing firm eZdia. NEW YORK, Feb. 06, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Marquee Equity, a SaaS platform that helps startups get funding, has helped raise an impressive amount of $1 million for the e-commerce content agency eZdia, led by StartupXseed Ventures, for their new AI-backed […]

Duck Creek is Proud to be a Platinum Sponsor of Verisk ELEVATE 2023

Boston, Feb. 06, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Duck Creek Technologies (NASDAQ: DCT), the intelligent solutions provider defining the future of property and casualty (P&C) insurance, is pleased to announce its platinum sponsorship of the Verisk ELEVATE 2023 conference for insurance claims professionals. The insurtech will be highlighting its modern and multi-tenant claims solutions along with […]

Cross River Commences 2023 with Unwavering Commitment to Financial Empowerment

The financial technology company provides financial wellbeing to future generations with community partnerships and volunteer opportunities FORT LEE, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Cross River Bank (“Cross River”), a technology infrastructure provider that offers embedded financial solutions, showcased the company’s devotion to community responsibility by starting off the year with a series of financial literacy events. “Community service and […]

Prizeout Joins the Jack Henry™ Vendor Integration Program

VIP enables Prizeout to integrate with Symitar® NEW YORK, Feb. 02, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Prizeout Corp (Prizeout) today announced that it has joined the Jack Henry™ Vendor Integration Program (VIP). Participation in the program will provide Prizeout with access to Jack Henry’s technical resources to enable Prizeout to integrate with Symitar®. The Vendor Integration […]

Fast-Growing Encore Bank Selects Q2 to Accelerate its Commercial Digital Banking Innovation

Q2 Catalyst’s suite of digital solutions to help Encore Bank meet the needs of its commercial clients AUSTIN, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Q2 Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: QTWO), a leading provider of digital transformation solutions for banking and lending, today announced that Encore Bank, one of the nation’s fastest-growing banks, has selected Q2 as its strategic digital partner. Encore […]

OrangeGrid’s Mortgage Servicing Solution Now Live at Flagstar Bank

DALLAS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–OrangeGrid, a provider of mortgage servicing software, announces Flagstar Bank, a national leader in mortgage lending and servicing, has implemented mortgage servicing software provided by OrangeGrid to manage its loss mitigation processes and enhance internal efficiencies. The software provides Flagstar with a collaborative operating system to help handle the complexities inherent in the loss […]

AppTech Payments Corp. Announces Closing of $5.0 Million Registered Direct Offering and Concurrent Private Placement

CARLSBAD, Calif., Feb. 02, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — AppTech Payments Corp. (Nasdaq: APCX) (the “Company” or “AppTech”), an innovative Fintech company powering seamless, omni-channel commerce between businesses and consumers, today announced the closing of its previously announced $5.0 million registered direct offering (the “Registered Direct Offering”) with a single institutional investor to sell 1,666,667 shares […]

Truxton Trust Announces Changes to Executive Leadership

NASHVILLE, Tenn., Feb. 02, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Truxton Trust Company announced today executive leadership changes designed to drive company growth and enhance shareholder value. Derrick A. Jones has assumed the role of President of the Company and joined Truxton’s Board of Directors. He takes over as President from Andrew L. May, who has served as President […]

nbkc bank Selects Upstart for Personal Lending

KANSAS CITY, Mo. & SAN MATEO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–nbkc bank, a $1.1 billion-asset community bank, today announced that it has partnered with Upstart (NASDAQ: UPST), a leading artificial intelligence (AI) lending marketplace, to provide personal loans to more people across the communities it serves. “At nbkc, our top priority is always to provide the best possible […]

Arc Launches Yield and Raises Rates to 4.00% APY, an Expansion of Arc Treasury

The launch expands Arc’s suite of dilution-free funding, digital banking, and spend management tools built to accelerate access to growth capital for startups SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Arc, the future of startup finance, today announced the launch of Yield, a product extension of Treasury, and increased payouts to 4.00% APY. Yield comes with all the startup banking […]

B2B Payments Company SendFriend Acquires Compliance Provider DigiPli

New York, Feb. 02, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — B2B Payments Company SendFriend Acquires Compliance Provider DigiPli SendFriend, a B2B fintech company reinventing how companies send and receive cross-border payments, has acquired the assets of US compliance provider DigiPli for an undisclosed sum. One of the first companies to settle payments on the blockchain, SendFriend is […]

Le Panier Bleu partners with Nuvei to enhance payments for its marketplace platform in Quebec

Nuvei for Platforms is bringing enterprise-level payments solutions to eCommerce businesses in the Canadian province to accelerate SME revenue growth MONTREAL, Feb. 02, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Nuvei Corporation (“Nuvei”) (Nasdaq: NVEI) (TSX: NVEI), the Canadian fintech company, announces today it has been selected as the exclusive payment technology provider for Le Panier Bleu, an […]

PayTrace adds new VP team members

B2B leadership expands with global sales expertise SPOKANE, Wash., Feb. 02, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — PayTrace, a leader in B2B payments technology, is happy to share the addition of Lindsay Mowery, Senior Vice President of Sales, and Federica Melis, Vice President of ISV Sales, to its leadership team. Mowery and Melis bring a wealth of […]

CFO of GPS Capital Markets Named ‘Forty Under 40’ Honoree

SALT LAKE CITY, Feb. 02, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — GPS Capital Markets, LLC, a leading Fintech firm offering corporate foreign exchange services, today announced that Michael Harris, Chief Financial Officer, is one of Utah Business magazine’s ‘Forty Under 40’ honorees for 2023. This highly selective annual recognition program honors forty young business and professional leaders […]

Duck Creek Welcomes CCC’s Industry-Leading Claims Solutions Through its Partner Program

Integration offers Duck Creek customers seamless access to CCC’s solutions, driving further automation, insurer efficiency, and seamless claims resolution for policyholders Boston, Feb. 02, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Duck Creek Technologies (NASDAQ: DCT), an intelligent solutions provider defining the future of property and casualty (P&C) insurance, today welcomes CCC Intelligent Solutions (CCC), a leading SaaS […]

CoreCard Corporation Schedules Fourth Quarter 2022 Earnings Release and Conference Call

NORCROSS, Ga., Feb. 02, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — CoreCard Corporation (NYSE: CCRD), the leading provider of innovative credit technology solutions and processing services to the financial technology and services market, intends to hold an investor conference call on February 16, 2023, at 11:00 A.M. Eastern Time in conjunction with the company’s earnings release for the […]

EagleBank Provides Financing for Mundo Verde Bilingual Public Charter School

Funding will support a Tier 1 Spanish language immersion charter school in Washington, DC’s Ward 5 BETHESDA, Md., Feb. 02, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — EagleBank, one of the largest community banks in the Washington, DC area, today announced it has provided up to $55 million in financing via Series 2022 District of Columbia Tax-Exempt Revenue […]

OKX and Manchester City Players Launch ‘OKX Collective,’ an Immersive Metaverse Fan Experience

Exclusive content provided from Alex Greenwood, Ilkay Gündoğan, Jack Grealish and Rúben Dias MANCHESTER, United Kingdom, Feb. 02, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — OKX, one of the world’s leading technology and Web3 companies and home to the world’s second largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, today announced it has partnered with Manchester City Football Club stars […]

Hans Wijers to retire as ING Supervisory Board chairman

Hans Wijers to retire as ING Supervisory Board chairman ING announced today that Hans Wijers has expressed the intention for personal reasons to hand over his duties as chairman and retire from the ING Group Supervisory Board in the second half of 2023. Hans Wijers was appointed to the Supervisory Board in 2017 and became […]

Coda Payments Appoints Shane Happach as Chief Executive Officer

Payment solution veteran to steer Coda through key growth stage Coda Payments Appoints Shane Happach as Chief Executive Officer An industry leader in payments and financial technology, Happach brings over 15 years of payments experience to Coda. Singapore, Feb. 02, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Today, Coda Payments (“Coda”), the leading provider of cross-border payments and […]

Inter&Co Stock Liquidity Update

BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil, Feb. 01, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Inter&Co (“Company”) (Nasdaq: INTR and B3: INBR32), the premier Super App in the Americas providing financial and digital commerce services to more than 25 million customers in Brazil and the US, informs that StoneCo announced today that it has sold 16,829,094 shares of Inter&Co, the totality […]

Airswift Technology and Cloud Payments Partner to Enable Instant Access to Crypto with VISA and MasterCard

VANCOUVER, British Columbia–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#CryptoPaymentGateway–Airswift Technology Limited, a leading Web3.0 native payment company, and Cloud Payments, a digital payments and banking technology platform provider have joined forces to enable cryptocurrency spenders with instant access to crypto at the points-of-sale using VISA and MasterCard payment methods. The collaboration will simplify crypto-based purchases by providing crypto on-ramping and […]

Talkdesk Joins the Jack Henry™ Vendor Integration Program

VIP enables Talkdesk to integrate with Symitar® SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#contactcenter—Talkdesk®, Inc., a global cloud contact center leader for customer-obsessed companies, today announced that it has joined the Jack Henry™ Vendor Integration Program (VIP). Participation in the program provides Talkdesk with access to Jack Henry’s technical resources to enable Talkdesk Financial Services Experience Cloud™ to integrate […]

Provident Financial Services, Inc. and Lakeland Bancorp, Inc. Announce the Receipt of Shareholder Approvals in Connection with Proposed Merger

ISELIN, NJ. and OAK RIDGE, NJ., Feb. 01, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Provident Financial Services, Inc. (NYSE: PFS) (“Provident”), the parent company of Provident Bank, and Lakeland Bancorp, Inc. (Nasdaq: LBAI) (“Lakeland”), the parent company of Lakeland Bank, today announced the receipt of their respective stockholder and shareholder approvals in connection with the proposed merger […]