How Apple and Fintech will collide in 2021
Apple and it’s recent transition into the banking sphere is going to change the world of online finance as we know it.
Revolut launches mid-tier subscription plan
Fintech startup Revolut is tweaking its subscription plans with a new mid-tier offering called Revolut Plus.
Curve and Plaid team up to bring open banking to UK customers
Smart banking platform Curve has joined forces with Plaid to help people manage their money. The Curve app allows people from the UK to spend from multiple bank accounts using a single debit card. It aims to give customers a better insight into their spending behaviour and more control over their finances. The London fintech startup will use Plaid’s Open Banking platform and database to connect accounts from banks such as Monzo, Starling, Barclays and HSBC. App users will be able to see the balances from all their connected accounts which will be refreshed automatically when they open the app. Curve hope that this will encourage people to make better […]
Chip preps £10m crowdfunding campaign
UK smart savings app Chip says 25,000 people have pre-registered for its upcoming Crowdcube campaign, which aims to raise £10 million.
Fintech-as-a-Service provider Rapyd brings together Singapore’s key payment methods into the first all-in-one “Singapore Platform”
Rapyd, a global Fintech-as-a-Service company, announced today its partnership with key players of Singapore’s payments ecosystem to provide a single “Singapore Platform” to enable businesses to go “cashless”, in line with the country’s vision of becoming a smart digital nation and a center for Fintech innovation. Rapyd’s “Singapore Platform” will bring greater convenience to local consumers and businesses, by enabling consumers and businesses to easily make payments electronically, convert cash to electronic payment methods, or receive funds instantly by enabling the following capabilities via a single technical integration: Real-time interbank payments via FAST, PayNow, and PayNow QR Leading digital wallets GrabPay, DBS PayLah!, and OCBC Pay Anyone Accept mobile payment […]
GrabPay rated most popular e-wallet in Singapore
Grabpay has emerged as the most popular e-wallet in Singapore over the past two years, as e-payment systems catch on in the city-state. It was followed by e-wallets DBS PayLah!, FavePay, EZ-Link app and Alipay. A report by meta-search website iPrice Group, in collaboration with mobile data and analytics platform App Annie Intelligence, said the contactless payment rendered by Grab has been the most actively used e-wallet app by Singaporeans since the end of 2017. The report released last week analysed over 30 e-wallet apps and tracked the developments of e-wallets using vital app metrics, such as the number of monthly active users and total downloads from late 2017 to […]
