All articles by Refna Tharayil

Refna Tharayil

FirstRand taps Fiserv’s Finxact to drive digital transformation

Finxact will be integrated into FirstRand Group’s customer franchises, with FNB focusing on retail and commercial banking and RMB specialising in corporate and investment banking

Moody’s launches unified risk platform Maxsight

The platform integrates data from Moody’s screening databases, which record thousands of risk events daily to generate risk profiles

OneVest and DriveWealth partner to enhance wealth management solutions

The collaboration will integrate OneVest’s wealth management platform with DriveWealth’s investing ecosystem

Car IQ unveils whitepaper in collaboration with Visa on secure, vehicle-based fleet payments

Fleet cards have been the standard payment method for decades but many come with costly downsides including fraud risks, manual data entry errors, and inefficient transaction tracking

Aldermore Bank selects Temenos SaaS to modernise savings operations

The bank will implement the Temenos Business & Corporate Enterprise Service to accelerate time to market and support scalable growth as it aims to expand customer deposits and diversify revenue streams

Worldpay to acquire AI-driven fraud prevention firm Ravelin

Founded in 2015, Ravelin has developed advanced fraud prediction and prevention solutions tailored for e-commerce businesses

MindBridge announces strategic partnership with Databricks to deliver enhanced financial insights

This opens the door for organizations to monitor their financial data at scale and with greater frequency, uncovering risks and anomalies across the enterprise

CommBank extends partnership with AWS for cloud and AI capabilities

AWS will continue as the bank’s preferred cloud provider, supporting CommBank’s efforts to bolster its digital infrastructure and customer experience

Jump secures $20m in Series A to enhance AI solutions for financial advisers

The financing round was led by Battery Ventures and also had participation from Citi Ventures as well as Jump’s existing investors Sorenson Capital and Pelion Ventures Partners