Neobanks stories
Remote onboarding is leaving Asia-Pacific's most digital markets exposed, with Indonesia seeing the highest identity-fraud signals in Shufti's data.
Customer demand is driving the move, as the Octopus-owned platform sets up an EU base to serve firms seeking cross-border investment growth.
Institutional stablecoin users can now hide transfer amounts from public blockchains while retaining auditor and regulator access through viewing keys.
Businesses using the fintech can now get euro IBANs and SEPA Instant transfers in under 10 seconds, cutting reliance on partner banks.
Cross-border onboarding can lose legitimate customers and let fraud through when address checks rely on one market's rules.
Businesses using UQPAY's Global Account should see smoother cross-border collections, payouts and FX as Circle's stablecoin network links the rails.
Banks could launch international transfers faster, as the Backbase integration cuts the complexity of linking to Mastercard Move.
Younger consumers drove almost seven in 10 sign-ups for Hyundai Card's Apple Pay rewards debit and hybrid cards within 50 days.
Small business owners facing tighter credit can now seek fixed-rate funding of up to USD $250,000 through SoFi, with decisions in minutes.
The deal gives banks and telecoms a way to share fraud signals without pooling customer data, as AI-driven scams surge worldwide.
Retail investors can now build and test rules-based strategies in plain English, as SoFi folds the platform into its app after buying Composer Securities.
The Indian fintech group is poised to use fresh capital and a new interim chief executive officer as it prepares for a possible public listing.
The honours highlight a sector under tighter scrutiny yet still adding more than AUD $13.6 billion to Australia's economy and employing 50,200 staff.
New digital onboarding has helped the credit union add USD $138 million in deposits and save more than 4,194 staff hours.
As SMEs demand faster lending and integrated tools, banks risk losing ground unless they cut red tape and modernise their platforms.
Poor provider support is costing firms revenue and slowing overseas expansion as embedded finance adoption gathers pace across Europe.
Fast-growing digital banks in Asia face tighter checks as varied rules and weak data systems make customer verification harder across borders.
Available first to premium members, the chat-based tool lets users manage spending, debt and savings inside the app as AI finance rivals multiply.
Businesses sending money into the US can now use faster rails, cutting delays and fees in a market prone to payment failures.
Existing customers will see no disruption as the renamed TBX expands beyond transaction banking into treasury, payments and enterprise finance tools.
