All articles by Refna Tharayil

Refna Tharayil

Cheqly launches SME-focused digital banking using Mbanq’s BaaS platform

With this partnership, Cheqly provides its customers with an improved banking experience that is specifically focused on the needs of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and startups

Nuvei, CNBS collaborate to enhance payment capabilities for SAP users

Through the collaboration, the parties aim to boost the payment processing capabilities for businesses that use SAP ECC and S4 systems through seamless integration, improved security, and expanded options for payments

Risk Strategies snaps up First Insurance Group from Premier Financial 

Established in 1946, First Insurance Group provides custom insurance placement services for commercial and personal property and casualty, health, life, and employee benefits

Money.Net acquires US-based ChatterQuant

Established in 2021, ChatterQuant specialises in data, financial technology, social sentiment, social media, and stocks

Tinaba and Ant Group expand partnership to allow Italians to pay in Asia directly

Introduced by Ant Group, Alipay+ has a global coverage that enables millions of merchants to connect with more than 1 billion mobile-savvy consumers

Zest AI, Sync1 Systems partner to offer advanced lending services

Through the integration of Zest AI with Sync1 Systems’ LOS, credit unions will be able to easily utilise AI-automated underwriting

Wealth Management GPT introduces AI-driven writing tool for advisors

Based in the US, Wealth Management GPT supports advisors with a portfolio of robust AI-driven features to improve their marketing capabilities

Visa, SAP partner to streamline B2B payments for enterprises

The collaboration is aimed at realising an innovation to embed payments into the SAP ecosystem through SAP Business Technology Platform

Tata Motors Finance elevates and simplifies digital lending capabilities with Fiserv 

The flexible architecture, scalability, and open APIs of FirstVision will enable Tata Motors Finance to easily and cost efficiently develop and launch new products to the market

Ares Management buys $3.5bn lender finance portfolio from PacWest Bancorp

The lender finance portfolio, which was originated by PacWest Bancorp’s lender finance unit, is supported by assets across a broad range of industries and asset classes