LendingClub appoints Janey Whiteside to its Board of Directors
LendingClub Corporation, the parent company of LendingClub Bank, America’s leading digital marketplace bank, yesterday announced that Janey Whiteside joined as the newest member of its Board of Directors, effective April 20, 2023. “We’re so pleased to welcome Janey to our Board of Directors,” said Scott Sanborn, CEO of LendingClub. “Janey has a track record of […]
SmartMetric’s fingerprint-activated biometric credit card to replace mag-stripe cards
It has been reported that Spain is supposedly the first European country that has officially announced the adoption of fingerprint activated biometric credit and debit cards that will not have a mag stripe. Because of the inherit risk of mag stripes that are easily read and copied, Spain is being reported that card issuing banks will […]
Dominari Financial acquires Fieldpoint Private Bank and Trust
Dominari Financial Inc, the financial services subsidiary of Dominari Holdings Inc, has announced the acquisition of the broker-dealer and registered investment advisor business of Fieldpoint Private Bank and Trust. The acquired business will be the foundation of a new financial services entity that will be known as Dominari Securities LLC. Fieldpoint Private Bank and Trust […]
BTG Pactual acquires 100 percent of FIS Privatbank S.A. in Luxembourg
FIS Privatbank is a private bank that operates for about 30 years in Luxembourg, one of the main banking jurisdictions in Europe. Its expertise comprises the activities of wealth management, asset management and financing. Main clients are high net worth individuals, family offices and institutional investors. At the end of 2022, the bank managed about EUR 500 mm from […]
Stephen Bowman and Hikmet Ersek elected to Voya’s Financial board
Voya Financial, Inc., announced yesterday that Stephen “Biff” Bowman and Hikmet Ersek have been elected to the company’s board of directors, with immediate effect. Bowman was most recently chief financial officer of Northern Trust Corporation, a leading provider of wealth management, asset servicing, asset management and banking. He will serve on the board’s audit committee; […]
JCB and Vietnam Prosperity launches VPBank JCB Credit Card
JCB International Co. Ltd. (JCBI), the international operations subsidiary of JCB Co., Ltd., Japan’s only international payment brand, and Vietnam Prosperity Joint Stock Commercial Bank (VPBank), a major commercial bank in Vietnam, announced the launch of VPBank JCB Credit Card in Vietnam. The new VPBank JCB Credit Card is the first credit card which is […]
Fujitsu collaborates with Mizuho Bank for sustainable management information services
Fujitsu Limited and Mizuho Bank, Ltd. today announced a collaboration focused on the development of services for corporate customers to manage ESG and SDG related data including greenhouse gas emissions. The joint effort will combine Mizuho Bank’s customer networks and knowledge of environmental and energy solutions with Fujitsu’s cloud services for visualizing CO2 emissions across […]
NBB and JCB signs agreement to enable the JCB cards acceptance
The National Bank of Bahrain (NBB) and JCB International Co., Ltd., the international operations subsidiary of JCB Co., Ltd., Japan’s only international payment brand, have signed an agreement to enable JCB payment acceptance at the bank’s POS and e-commerce merchants in the Kingdom of Bahrain. The signing ceremony was recently held at NBB Headquarters in […]
Tarabut Gateway Announces four banking partnerships in KSA
Tarabut Gateway, the largest Open Banking platform in the MENA region with a market presence in Bahrain, the UAE and KSA, announces four new key banking partnerships in KSA. As part of its expansion in Saudi Arabia, and the developments in Open Banking, Tarabut Gateway revealed it has been selected by some of the leading […]
Midwest Bank-Lendsmart join forces for streamlining the Home buying journey
Midwest Bank has entered a partnership with Lendsmart, an AI-driven digital lending platform, to improve its digital lending and home buying operations. Midwest Bank is a locally-owned US Community Bank, that offers loans, mortgages, financial planning, and investment services throughout central Illinois. Since its establishment in 1870, Midwest Bank has been committed to its customers […]
