Embedded Banking news and trends

BaaS Faces Regulatory Reckoning: OCC and FDIC Actions Underscore Growing Scrutiny
Digital Banking // October 23, 2024

Banking-as-a-service (BaaS), as a business model, promises to reshape financial services. And a drumbeat of regulatory actions and continued scrutiny from a veritable alphabet soup of regulators promises to reshape BaaS. The model, generally speaking, is one in which non-banks gain access to banking features,...

Treasury Prime Partner Marketplace Adds Kobalt Labs AI-Powered Compliance Solution
Artificial Intelligence // August 20, 2024

Kobalt Labs, which offers an artificial intelligence-powered copilot for risk and compliance teams, joined the Treasury Prime Partner Marketplace. Banks using Treasury Prime’s embedded banking software can now use the Kobalt Labs solution to better manage their third-party diligence with AI, the companies said in...

ClearBank Expands Clearing and Embedded Banking Services to Europe
Banking // August 09, 2024

Embedded banking firm ClearBank expanded from the United Kingdom to Europe. The newly established ClearBank Europe N.V. is headquartered in the Netherlands and has a Dutch banking license. It will offer U.K. and European institutions clearing and embedded banking services across Europe, according to a...

Cable and Vantage Bank Team on Embedded Banking Compliance
Partnerships // July 29, 2024

Risk management platform Cable has launched a partnership with Texas-based Vantage Bank. The collaboration, announced Monday (July 29), is designed to help Vantage improve its compliance and risk management as it expands its FinTech program and partnerships. “Embedded banking is under intense scrutiny from regulators,”...

Interviews & Exclusives
Money Mobility and Embedded Payments Recast the Concept of Banking

March 20, 2024
Ingo Payments CEO Drew Edwards told PYMNTS’ Karen Webster that the very definition of what a bank is — what it does and what it can do — is changing. Ask anyone working for a bank just what a bank does, and they’ll answer that the institution takes loans and makes deposits, Edwards said. And doing both, simultaneously, […]

Treasury Prime Gets $40M Vote of Investor Confidence in Embedded Banking’s Marketplace Model

February 01, 2023
Two years ago, banking-as-a-service (BaaS) provider Treasury Prime, then a startup, raised $20 million. And Wednesday (Feb. 1), the company’s embedded banking marketplace model — which brings banks, FinTechs and...

Quick Reads
Visa and ClearBank Form Real-Time Payments Partnership

October 29, 2024
Visa is teaming with ClearBank on a partnership centered around issuance and money movement solutions. “By utilizing ClearBank’s cloud native banking infrastructure, Visa could soon benefit from its real-time payment processing, enhanced transaction visibility and a streamlined reconciliation process when processing transactions in the UK and Europe,” the companies said in a news release Tuesday […]

Treasury Prime Partner Marketplace Adds Kobalt Labs AI-Powered Compliance Solution

August 20, 2024
Kobalt Labs, which offers an artificial intelligence-powered copilot for risk and compliance teams, joined the Treasury Prime Partner Marketplace. Banks using Treasury Prime’s embedded banking software can now use the...

ClearBank Expands Clearing and Embedded Banking Services to Europe

August 09, 2024
Embedded banking firm ClearBank expanded from the United Kingdom to Europe. The newly established ClearBank Europe N.V. is headquartered in the Netherlands and has a Dutch banking license. It will...

Cable and Vantage Bank Team on Embedded Banking Compliance

July 29, 2024
Risk management platform Cable has launched a partnership with Texas-based Vantage Bank. The collaboration, announced Monday (July 29), is designed to help Vantage improve its compliance and risk management as...