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The life insurance industry is anything but static. Technology has changed what is possible, consumer expectations have evolved, and financial habits have changed. One thing that hasn’t changed, however, is that people don’t like thinking about their own mortality.
Wysh is tackling these challenges with its embedded insurance product, a high-yield savings account that currently pays 4% APY and includes an additional life insurance payout of up to $10,000. I spoke with Wysh Founder Alex Matjanec at FinovateFall last month on his Best of Show-winning demo at the show, how Wysh works for customers in today’s interest rate environment, and how he views the future of the insurance industry. Check out our conversation below.
Fiserv has partnered with Plaid to offer its bank clients API-based connectivity to third-party applications on Plaid’s network.
The agreement leverages Fiserv’s AllData Connect to allow credential-free data sharing.
Fiserv has signed a similar consumer-permissioned data sharing agreements with Akoya, MX, and Finicity.
Digital banking and payments solutions company Fiserv has partnered with financial infrastructure fintech Plaid this week. The two have formed a data-sharing agreement that will offer Fiserv’s 3,000 bank and credit union clients API-based connectivity to the 8,000+ applications on Plaid’s network.
The data-sharing agreement, which will leverage Fiserv’s AllData Connect, will ultimately benefit the end consumer. The deal will help consumers who bank with Fiserv clients share their financial information with third-party financial apps and services such as Venmo, Chime, SoFi, and Betterment.
“Our partnership with Plaid allows banks and credit unions to empower consumers to access their financial information beyond the financial institution, while maintaining their trusted role at the center of people’s financial lives,” said Fiserv President of Digital Payments Matt Wilcox. “By facilitating access to a broad range of capabilities and experiences through third-party apps and services we are charting a course towards an open finance ecosystem that prioritizes data privacy, consumer access, and choice.”
Data sharing via API connectivity instead of an alternative such as screen-scraping offers end users a more seamless way to integrate their financial data into third-party platforms. The API connection also provides consumers more security than screen-scraping, a process that requires them to share their bank login credentials with a third party, which may not have the same level of security as a bank. The data sharing will be secure, transparent, and compliant with the anticipated regulatory guidance outlined by Dodd Frank 1033.
FDX Managing Director Don Cardinal called the relationship between Fiserv and Plaid “a leap forward for direct data sharing and great news for the ecosystem.”
Fiserv’s AllData Connect launched in 2020 and is part of the company’s AllData Aggregation product suite, a set of tools that enables credential-free data sharing. AllData Connect validates the consumer with their respective financial institution and issues a token employed by third parties to access and update that consumer’s data via the AllData Connect platform.
Fiserv signed a similar consumer-permissioned data agreement with Akoya in August and has also partnered with MX and Finicity for data sharing.
Fiserv was founded in 1984 and offers solutions that are used in nearly six million merchant locations and almost 10,000 financial institution clients. The company powers 12,000 financial transactions each second. Fiserv is listed on the NASDAQ under the ticker FI and has a market capitalization of $68.8 billion.
Plaid helps 12,000+ financial institutions offer their customers access to its network of 8,000+ third party financial services via a suite of APIs that connects consumers, financial institutions, and developers. The company also offers identity verification, balance checks, risk assessment scoring, transaction analytics, and more. Plaid was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
Orum launched Verify, a new product to determine the validity of a bank account before initiating payments.
Verify is built on top of FedNow and is able to authenticate 100% of all consumer and business bank accounts held in the U.S.
Verify leverages the FedNow payment rail to provide businesses with account information in real time.
Real-time payments innovator Orum has launched a new product called Verify to determine whether a bank account is open and valid before initiating payments. Verify is built on top of FedNow and is able to authenticate 100% of all consumer and business bank accounts held in the U.S.– all within 15 seconds.
Orum’s Verify seeks to help businesses reduce fraud resulting from invalid credentials and mitigate the friction that consumers with valid bank accounts face when making a transaction. Regardless of the reason for the transaction failures, they are costly. A survey conducted in 2020 showed that 60% of business respondents reported losing customers as a result of failed payments and that failed payments lost the global economy more than $118 billion in fees, labor, and lost business in 2020.
“Lost time verifying accounts equals lost revenue and ultimately lost customers,” said Orum Founder and CEO Stephany Kirkpatrick. “This is especially true for business bank accounts, which are notoriously difficult to verify. Businesses need confidence they are debiting or crediting a real account to ensure the payment lands safely in the bank account, but most solutions today are slow or don’t include coverage for all B2B use cases. Verify – built on top of FedNow – has changed this equation, making it now possible to verify any type of bank account instantly.”
Today’s launch hinges on FedNow. Orum leverages the payment rail to provide real-time account information to businesses. The company uses a webhook to automatically send the data back to the business in real-time. This eliminates the need for the customer to get involved by confirming microdeposits or entering their bank login credentials.
Orum was founded in 2019 to serve as a single solution for accessing RTP, FedNow, Same Day ACH, ACH, and Wires. The company’s payment API orchestrates instant payouts, using AI to predict the availability of funds within an account and pre-authorize transactions.
Founded by Stephany Kirkpatrick, Orum has raised over $82 million from investors including Accel, Canapi, Bain Capital Ventures, Inspired Capital, American Express Ventures, and others.
Moss-Davies comes to Treyd with 25 years of sales experience. The company anticipates Moss-Davies will bring growth and profitability to the company, which seeks to help small businesses “sell first, pay suppliers later.”
“Hiring a CRO of such calibre is a natural step in our global scaling journey as we progress towards profitability,” said company CEO and Co-founder Peter Beckman. “We quickly realised Colin was the right person to lead Treyd’s revenue operations through this next phase of expansion, and I am confident that his experience from revenue leadership in exceptional fintechs across multiple stages, together with his assured nature and all-embracing management style, will prove the perfect addition to our team here at Treyd.”
As part of his role at Treyd, Moss-Davies will work from the company’s London office help scale and unify the company’s commercial teams, align international offices, and bring new revenue opportunities.
“I am delighted to join a talented team with a great culture, very clear vision, and dedication to supporting SMEs,” said Moss-Davies. “Treyd’s ‘sell first, pay suppliers later’ service enables SMEs to sell inventory before it’s paid for, a truly beneficial service to retailers particularly during these tough trading times. My role will be focused on expanding adoption of the service in all markets and setting the organisation up for success as we scale globally.”
Treyd was founded in 2019 and pays for inventory upfront on behalf of its business clients. This frees up cashflow for small businesses to sell more of their products and ultimately promote growth. The Sweden-based company launched in the U.K. in 2022 and later that year saw a 5x increase in customer number and a 10x increase in revenue.
Treyd currently has 60 employees and has supplied $123 million (£100 million) in financing to its 600 supplier clients across five markets. The company closed a $12 million Series A extension last month, bringing the company’s total funding to over $25 million.
Content and technology company Thomson Reuterslaunched an e-invoicing product called ONESOURCEE-Invoicing this week, a tool that marries e-invoicing and tax compliance.
The new offering will be added to Thomson Reuters’ ONESOURCE software suite. It will not only help users manage global tax compliance– which is already available within the ONESOURCE software line– but will also bring in e-invoicing compliance by connecting financial systems and ERP systems.
Thomson Reuters has partnered with Pagero to leverage its Smart Business Network that connects buyers and sellers to exchange orders, invoices, payment instructions, and other business documents. Pagero will help automate the process and ensure compliance.
“Compliance with e-invoicing mandates is accelerating as a key priority, and historically it has not been an easy task, with regulations varying significantly across regions,” said Thomson Reuters Head of Product, Transactional Compliance Ray Grove. “We’re excited to be able to support businesses in overcoming these challenges with ONESOURCE E-Invoicing. This helps them accurately and efficiently meet compliance obligations – increasing confidence and peace of mind on what can be a daunting and ongoing task.”
ONESOURCE E-Invoicing offers a single location where customers can manage e-invoicing compliance across networks and borders with ERP and API integrations, and save time with automated e-invoice validation. In addition to e-invoicing and tax support, the ONESOURCE software suite also provides tax determination, indirect compliance, and a certificate manager.
The Canada-based firm, which is known for its news and media content as well as for its legal, tax, and compliance support, recently acquired Casetext, an AI-powered legal research technology company, for $650 million.
Thomson Reuters has demoed at two Finovate events– showcasing its App Store solution at FinovateFall 2012 and at FinovateSpring that same year. The company is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol TRI and currently has a market capitalization of $57.33 billion.
The acquisition includes 50,000 policies and boosts Getsafe’s total client roster to 550,000 customers.
Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Germany-based Getsafeannounced this week it has acquired Luko Insurance’s German customer base, which includes 50,000 policies. Terms of the deal, which was approved by the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) in late September, were not disclosed.
Adding Luko’s clients to its own roster, Getsafe now counts 550,000 customers across Germany, the U.K., France, and Austria. Integrating Luko’s clients, which was, as Getsafe CEO and founder explained was “as easy for us as launching a new product,” bolsters Getsafe’s European portfolio.
“Traditional insurance is broken for digitally savvy customers. They would never step into a broker’s office,” said Getsafe CEO and founder Christian Wiens. “We aim to become the go-to platform for 100 million young Europeans who will spend €300 billion on insurance in the next decade.”
Getsafe’s direct-to-consumer (DTC) model, which targets Europeans between 20 to 40 years old, offers liability, legal, drone, contents, health, dental, dog liability, pet health, private pension, and income protection insurance, as well as a children’s savings plan. This DTC model has proven compelling to users. Of the company’s customers, 35% use the app every month, an engagement rate that has resulted in strong growth. In fact, since Getsafe was founded in 2015, the company has doubled its revenue per customer every year.
“By eliminating intermediaries such as brokers and agents, we achieve much higher customer satisfaction scores than the industry average,” Wiens explained. “Additionally, our direct-to-consumer business runs with higher margins and is already operating profitably in our core markets.”
The deal comes four months after France-based Luko was bought by insurance giant Admiral Group, which acquired all but Luko’s German or Spanish operations.
Stockpile is adding a kids debit card as part of its retail investing product suite for minors.
The debit card will be powered by Green Dot’s banking-as-a-service tool.
The card will have built-in parental controls and oversight.
Youth-focused brokerage company Stockpile is adding a new product to its lineup this week. The company will begin offering minors a debit card as part of its retail investing product suite.
The payment card, which will be powered by Green Dot’s banking-as-a-service, will have parental spending controls. Parents can set up debit cards for their kids, set and control the access they’d like their kids to have, and maintain oversight over their spending.
“Green Dot’s depth of experience embedding seamless, innovative and value-driven financial tools into their partner ecosystems, along with their passion for providing accessible financial services to consumers and businesses, make them a great fit for Stockpile’s long-term vision and growth trajectory,” said Stockpile CEO Victor Wang. “Partnering with Green Dot adds a new dimension to Stockpile’s hands-on financial learning and access, and will deliver a seamless and responsible debit card experience as an educational stepping stone to investing.”
Stockpile plans to add more tools and functionality to its product suite in the future. Based on competing payment tools for minors, such as Greenlight and GoHenry by Acorns, Stockpile may add budgeting tools, giving options, and a savings account.
Founded in 1999, Green Dot offers direct-to-consumer digital banking tools as well as a B2B banking-as-a-service offering. According to the release, Stockpile is among the first of Green Dot’s partners to build and operate from its cloud-native banking-as-a-service platform.
“We’re proud to partner with Stockpile to embed powerful financial tools and experiences that fuel engagement and value for their customers,” said Green Dot Head of Enterprise Business Development, Embedded Finance Simran Singh. “We’re passionate about giving people and businesses access to seamless, affordable banking and financial tools that build financial confidence and prosperity, as well as partnering with companies like Stockpile that share our values, purpose and vision.”
Notably, this announcement comes the same week that Acorns unveiled a new premium tier that includes access to GoHenry in the U.S. and two months after Greenlightlaunched a new solution to help teens build credit.
If you were among our audience at FinovateFall last month, then you know what the rest of the fintech world is missing out on. Among everyone’s favorite Finovate experiences is watching the live demos.
Starting today, everyone has the ability to watch the 64 demos from FinovateFall for free. To get you started, we’re featuring a selection of the demos our audience voted Best of Show.
For those not familiar with the process, here’s how it works: companies have seven minutes on stage to demo their new technology, live in front of the audience. If the speaker runs over the seven minute time limit, a gong sounds, their mic is cut, and the MC walks on stage to thank them and introduce the next company.
The company will use the funds to enhance its wealth management platform and expand its reach.
Investors include Moneta VC, iAngels, Guy Gamzu, Jonathan Kolber, and Rafi Gidro.
Wealth management platform Vyzerunveiled today it has received $6.3 million in Seed funding. The New York-based company will use the funds to enhance its platform and expand its reach.
Vyzer was founded in 2020 to offer Limited Partnership investors and family offices with complex portfolios– including alternative assets– a single, holistic view across all of their investments. The company helps users track, analyze, and optimize their investments, view and plan their cash flow, and more. Vyzer’s peer benchmarking tool leverages AI capabilities to offer clients insights into investment strategies, fund managers, and activities of similar investors.
“The funds will enable us to enhance our platform’s AI capabilities, develop new features, and broaden our market presence,” said Vyzer Co-Founder and CEO Litan Yahav. “Our ultimate goal is to simplify and streamline complex wealth processes for our customers, equipping each member with greater insights and control. This, in turn, empowers them to maximize their investment potential and foster wealth growth.”
Today’s funding round marks the company’s first investment and includes contributions from Moneta VC, iAngels, Guy Gamzu, Jonathan Kolber, and Rafi Gidro.
Vyzer’s launch comes amid what is expected to be the largest transfer of wealth in history. Analysts expect that, in coming years, baby boomers will shift $68 trillion to their heirs. This tech-savvy group is increasingly investing in alternative assets, some of which can be difficult to digitize. Vyzer’s technology seeks to fill in that visibility gap. As iAngels Founding Partner Shelly Hod Moyal explained, “Vyzer’s solution provides investors with broad and transparent visibility into their portfolios. It allows them to capitalize on the ever-growing investment landscape by making informed and timely decisions, and it enables them to effectively scale their portfolios at an affordable cost.”
paymints.io has partnered with Cross River Bank, which will facilitate a connection to The Clearing House’s RTP network.
Through the partnership, title insurance companies and real estate brokerages can send and receive digital payments in and out of escrow accounts in real time using paymints.io’s platform.
The RTP network will be available in addition to the payment rails that paymints.io already offers, including ACH and wire.
When it comes to real estate transactions, buyers and sellers have come to expect a slow process. But while appraisals and due diligence take time, the transfer of funds doesn’t have to. That’s why paymints.io has teamed up with Cross River Bank to help title insurance companies and real estate brokerages send and receive digital payments in and out of escrow accounts in real time.
paymints.io will leverage Cross River’s operating system, which will create a streamlined connection between Cross River and The Clearing House’s (TCH’s) RTP network, offering both businesses and consumers real-time access to funds for transactions under $1 million. By bringing in Cross River, paymints.io will not need to rely on a third-party provider for real-time money movement.
paymints.io was founded in 2020 to offer real estate companies a compliant and modern payments tool that sends funds via ACH and wire. The addition of the RTP network as a payment rail will facilitate the the receipt of money deposits, client and vendor disbursements to third parties, and account-to-account transfers between companies.
In addition to providing real estate professionals, buyers, and sellers with immediate access to funds, the company also expects the new partnership will cut down on the inefficiencies of paper checks, reduce settlement times, and mitigate wire fraud.
As paymnts.io CEO and Co-founder Jason Doshi explained, “… we view adding the RTP instant payment capability as more than the addition of a payment rail but a true evolution of our product offering. Allowing real estate industry participants to move funds instantly and securely while providing real-time visibility drastically improves the real estate transaction experience.”
Cross River and paymints.io have worked together before. The two partnered earlier this year to modernize real estate transactions with ACH and domestic wire capabilities.
“One of the most impactful benefits of our proprietary banking core is the ability to scale with our partners, allowing innovative industry leaders like paymints.io to grow and expand product offerings,” said Cross River Head of Payments Keith Vander Leest. “paymints.io is transforming financial transactions within the real estate industry and we’re proud to power their real-time payment capabilities.”
The use of TCH’s RTP has grown immensely since its launch in 2020. In the third quarter of this year, TCH reported that it facilitated 64 million transactions valued at $34 billion. With the addition of FedNow, which just surpassed 100 participating organizations, as another real-time payments option, consumer expectations will change and we will start seeing real-time payments become the rule, rather than the exception in the U.S.
To celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month, we wanted to recognize some of the contributions Hispanic entrepreneurs have made in the fintech industry. From the start, Hispanic professionals have played a pivotal role in shaping fintech by using their creativity and unique perspective to build and improve solutions that truly make a difference for both retail and commercial users.
Below is a selection of Hispanic-founded fintech companies that continue to make a transformative impact in the worlds of banking and fintech. Join us in celebrating diversity, inclusion, and the achievements from these individuals during this month of recognition and reflection. Please note that this is simply a conversation starter and is not an all-inclusive list of Hispanic-founded fintechs.
Securitize
Securitize enables digital securities, which are easier to own, simpler to manage, and faster to trade. Founders: Carlos Domingo, Jamie H. Finn, Shay Finkelstein, and Tal Elyashiv
Payjoy
PayJoy is a consumer financing company that allows consumers to buy a smartphone on credit and pay it off in installments. Founders: Doug Ricket, Gib Lopez, Mark Heynen, and Tom Ricket
Finix
Finix develops a payment processing platform for businesses. Founders: Richie Serna and Sean Donovan
Petal
Petal offers three Visa credit card products for underserved consumers. Founders: Andrew Endicott, David Ehrich, Jack Arenas, and Jason Rosen
Flywire
Flywire is a global payments enablement and software company that simplifies complex payments for its clients and their customers. Founder: Iker Marcaide
Octane
Octane offers access to instant financing to fuel their customers lifestyles. Founders: Andre Gregori, Jason Guss, Mark Davidson, Mark Garro, and Michael Fanfant
Origin
Origin is a financial planning platform that manages compensation, benefits, and personal finances for employees. Founders: João de Paula and Matt Watson
Oportun
Oportun is a digital banking platform that puts its 1.9 million members’ financial goals within reach. Founders: Gabriel Manjarrez and James Gutierrez
Brex
Brex is a global spend platform with corporate cards, expense management, reimbursements, and billpay. Founders: Henrique Dubugras and Pedro Franceschi
Camino Financial
Camino Financial is an online finance company that offers business loans and wealth-building solutions to help small businesses grow. Founders: Kenneth Salas and Sean Salas
Ontop
Ontop offers streamlined payroll, onboarding, and smooth payments for international teams. Founders: Julian Torres and Santiago Aparicio
Papaya
Papaya develops technology designed to simplify bill payment for consumers. Founders: Jason Meltzer and Patrick Kann
Snowball Wealth
Snowball Wealth offers a mobile app designed to help users tackle debt and build generational wealth. Founders: Pamela Martinez, Pearl Chan, and Tanya Menendez
Paystand
Paystand is a cloud-based billing and payment platform for B2B companies. Founders: Jeremy Almond and Scott Campbell
Listo
Listo offers insurance and loans via retail and mobile experiences. Founders: Alan Chiu and Sam Ulloa
Ripio
Ripio is a bitcoin and digital payments company that provides electronic payment solutions for businesses in Latin America. Founders: Luciana Gruszeczka, Mugur Marculescu, and Sebastian Serrano
InvestCloud
InvestCloud is a global company specializing in digital platforms that enable the development of financial solutions. Founders: Colin Close, John Wise, Julian Bowden, Michael A. Smith, Vincent Sos, and Yaela Shamberg
Novel Capital
Novel Capital provides revenue-based financing to B2B companies. Founders: Carlos Antequera and Keith Harrington
Flow
Flow offers an open architecture that connects investment managers with their limited partners and service providers. Founders: Adrian Ortiz, Brendan Marshall
Milo
Milo is reimagining the way crypto and global consumers access credit and financial solutions. Founder: Josip Rupena
Traive
Traive is a lending platform that connects lenders to farmers to provide financial products and services for the agricultural supply chain. Founders: Aline Pezente and Fabricio Pezente
Finally
Finally helps small and medium-sized businesses automate their accounting and finances. Founders: Edwin Mejia, Felix Rodriguez, and Glennys Rodriguez
Alvva
Alvva offers credit-building loans to pay for immigration expenses. Founders: Jorge Gonzalez and Sergio Torres
Portabl
Portabl offers identity-powered user experiences via a single API. Founder: Nate Soffio
Onyx Private
Onyx offers a modern private bank for the new generation. Founders: Douglas Lopes, Tiago Passinato, and Victor Santos
SMBX
SMBX is a funding portal and public marketplace for issuing and buying U.S. small business bonds. Founders: Benjamin James Lozano, Bhavish Balhotra, Gabrielle Katsnelson, and Jackie Chan
Zoe Financial
Zoe Financial helps its clients find and hire their ideal financial advisor. Founder: Andres Garcia Amaya
OKY
OKY is building technologies that help immigrants to improve their lives by connecting families and sending value home efficiently. Founders: Alejandro Miron, Estuardo Figueroa, Santiago Rossi, and Victor Unda
Caplight
Caplight is a platform that enables institutional investors to buy and sell derivatives of private equity. Founders: Javier Avalos, Justin Moore
Aeropay
Aeropay enables businesses to accept compliant, digital payments. Founder: Daniel Muller
Flourish FI
Flourish FI is a financial wellness and engagement platform for financial institutions. Founders: Jessica Eting, Pedro Moura
Capchase
Capchase provides financial solutions to startups by allowing access to funds as they grow. Founders: Ignacio Moreno Pubul, Luis Basagoiti Marqués, Miguel Fernandez, and Przemek Gotfryd
Chargezoom
Chargezoom is a B2B integrated payments platform. Founders: Matt Dubois and Miguel Avellan
Chipper
Chipper is a student loan app that helps users lower payments, qualify for forgiveness, and chip away debt faster. Founder: Tony Aguilar
Ease
Ease is a corporate card and practice operations software for private practices. Founders: Mario Amaro and Miles Montes
Coinbase has obtained a Major Payment Institution license from the Monetary Authority of Singapore that allows the company to offer digital payment token services to its retail and commercial users in Singapore.
The official license comes a year after the Monetary Authority of Singapore granted Coinbase initial approval last October.
Coinbase has recently invested heavily in Singapore by launching new region-specific products, boosting relationships with regional groups, and hiring and training at its Singapore tech hub.
Digital currency platform Coinbaseannounced this week that Coinbase Singapore has obtained a Major Payment Institution (MPI) license from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS).
With its MPI license in Singapore, Coinbase can now offer digital payment token services to its retail and commercial users in the country. Today’s announcement comes a year after the MAS granted Coinbase initial approval for the license last October.
As crypto tolerance and acceptance has developed across the globe in recent years, Singapore has proven an important region for expansion for Coinbase. As the company’s blog states, “… we’ve identified Singapore as a vital market for Coinbase. The nation’s progressive economic strategies and approach to regulation sync well with our global mission and objectives.”
Along with its new MPI license in the region, Coinbase has recently released products tailored specifically for Singapore, to include the addition of new funding options for users. Earlier this year, the company launched the ability for retail customers to fund their accounts using PayNow and FAST bank transfers. Coinbase also introduced no-fee USDC purchases with the Singapore dollar (SGD).
Coinbase has made other investments in Singapore, as well. The company has increased training and hiring at its Singapore tech hub and sparked relationships with industry associations including ACCESS, the Singapore Fintech Association, and the Blockchain Association of Singapore. Additionally, Coinbase’s venture arm has made 15 investments in the region.
“The newly acquired license is not only a validation of Coinbase’s operations but also represents a promise and responsibility to the growing crypto and Web3 community in Singapore,” Coinbase said in its blog post, adding, “As we look ahead, we are enthusiastic about further contributing to and growing alongside the crypto and Web3 community in Singapore.”
This positive news comes after a spate of negative press for Coinbase in recent months. In June, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged the U.S.-based company for operating as an unregistered securities exchange, broker, and clearing agency; and for failing to register the offer and sale of its crypto asset staking-as-a-service program. That accusation came after company CEO Brian Armstrong petitioned the SEC for clear rules and regulations surrounding crypto.
Founded in 2012, Coinbase currently sees $92 billion in quarterly volume traded and has $128 billion in assets on its platform. The company went public in 2021 and now trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker COIN with a current market capitalization of $18 billion.