British student banking app Loot is close to sealing a £1 million ($1.41 million) seed funding round, nine months after its launch. The app, which works in association with a prepaid Visa debit card linked to a Loot account, exclusively targets students, who often struggle to manage...
While the rise in mobile-money services in emerging markets is promising, due to the ability to bring financial services to those who otherwise may not have access, new research shows these apps may also come with major security risks.
MoneyPass, the U.S Bank-owned ATM network, has cut a deal with U.K.-based Monitise to offer smartphone-based banking services to its customers, the two companies announced on Thursday (Jan. 15). Under the agreement, MoneyPass Network’s 1,600 card-issuing financial institutions will be able to offer their account holders...
Helping Millennials manage their money more effectively is the central purpose of Level Money, a mobile app created by Jake Fuentes and Frank Yeary. Fuentes spoke with PYMNTS.com earlier this year, and now the company is preparing for The Innovation Project 2014 next month. Fuentes spoke...
July 23, 2020
Samsung Electronics America Inc. has announced that U.S. consumers can sign up for its mobile money management platform starting on Thursday (July 23). Tagged Samsung Money by SoFi, the platform was launched in partnership with Social Finance Inc., the San Francisco-based online personal finance company, and Mastercard Inc., the global financial services corporation headquartered in New […]
April 11, 2016
British student banking app Loot is close to sealing a £1 million ($1.41 million) seed funding round, nine months after its launch. The app, which works in association with a prepaid Visa...
August 12, 2015
While the rise in mobile-money services in emerging markets is promising, due to the ability to bring financial services to those who otherwise may not have access, new research shows...
January 16, 2015
MoneyPass, the U.S Bank-owned ATM network, has cut a deal with U.K.-based Monitise to offer smartphone-based banking services to its customers, the two companies announced on Thursday (Jan. 15). Under the...
