Banking Stories - Page 3

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Last week

Bill.me lifts on-time bill payments with open banking

On-time bill settlements rose 17% in three months after the platform added bank-to-bank payments, cutting costs and lifting usage.

Software-as-a-Service

Cyara appoints Ben Corser as APAC go-to-market chief

The hire signals Cyara's push to win more enterprise customers in APAC as firms demand tighter oversight of AI customer-service tools.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last week

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last week

SpaceXAI picks Fabric Group as first Australia partner

The agreement will see Fabric train its engineers as Australia becomes a proving ground for SpaceXAI's push into enterprise software teams.

Private Cloud

Exclusive: Cloudera builds Hadoop-free future platform

Existing customers get six years of support as Cloudera shifts new AI and analytics workloads to a Hadoop-free platform due in November.

By Sean Mitchell • 7 min read • This month

BitGo opens Singapore office as Asia Pacific grows

Client demand across Asia Pacific has tripled since BitGo won its Singapore licence, prompting a bigger hub for custody and trading.

Crypto

Revolut wins US bank approval in key expansion step

Conditional approval from US regulators brings Revolut closer to offering loans, cards and FDIC-insured deposits to American customers by 2027.

By Bobby Joseph • 6 min read • This month

The KYC blind spot hiding in your email validation stack

Auditors are finding that email verification alone leaves institutions exposed to synthetic identities, weak records and KYC compliance gaps.

LoanPro partners CheckAlt to cut cheque processing

Lenders using LoanPro can now process cheque and bill-pay receipts with less manual work, as CheckAlt adds lockbox services.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • This month

Software-as-a-Service

Mambu launches Intelligent Core for agentic banking AI

Banks could use the new platform to automate routine tasks and speed decisions, but only within strict guardrails and audit trails.

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By Karen Joy Bacudo • 5 min read • Last week

Hyundai Card blends AI & staff in PR writing tests

Blind contests showed AI can speed PR drafting, but Hyundai Card still prefers human judgment for final messaging and brand voice.

Data Protection

As Japan widens bank cyber oversight to data partners, identity becomes the perimeter

Japan's banks face broader cyber risk as regulators begin treating data-sharing partners and AI agents as part of the attack surface.

By Takanori Nishiyama • 2 min read • Last week

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Last week

People First Bank launches Backbase digital platform

The staged rollout aims to smooth the merger of two legacy systems for 750,000 customers as the bank overhauls online banking.

Supply Chain

WiseTech widens access to Evergreen eBills of Lading

Shippers and banks using WiseTech's network can now access Evergreen's electronic Bills of Lading within existing workflows, cutting delays.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • This month

Software-as-a-Service

Lumin Digital launches M&A readiness framework for banks

Financial institutions face lower merger disruption as Lumin Digital adds a structured migration service for acquisitions and post-launch support.

Raiz cuts account opening times with Alkami platform

Members now open and fund accounts far faster as Raiz slashed online onboarding from up to nine days to about four minutes.

SoFi & Payward link banking with Kraken settlement

Institutional crypto clients could soon settle US dollars around the clock as SoFi ties its banking network to Kraken and lists SoFiUSD on the exchange.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • This month

Risk & Compliance

Blackdot adds Lloyd's List maritime data to Videris

Investigators can now trace vessel ties to sanctions, ownership and financial crime risks faster, after maritime data was added to Videris.

Data Protection

Indian banks push AI in production, but security bites

Security and data privacy are slowing wider use, even as 70% of Indian banks and lenders run artificial intelligence in production.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 5 min read • This month

Tri City National Bank goes live with Alkami platform

Smaller lenders are turning to unified digital tools as Tri City brings account opening, banking and marketing onto one platform.