embedded finance

Embedded Lending Puts SMBs at Center of Financial Services Landscape
Embedded Lending Puts SMBs at Center of Financial Services Landscape
July 08, 2024  |  SMBs

The growing importance of seamless, customer-centric financial solutions has transformed today’s digital economy. And innovations like embedded lending have revolutionized the financial services ecosystem by...

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They Said That: Notable Quotables From the Week of July Fourth
They Said That: Notable Quotables From the Week of July Fourth
July 04, 2024  |  Connected Economy

Every week we scan our interviews, opinion pieces and news stories for the quotations that give us a sense of where we are as a...

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CFPB’s Spotlight on Medical Payment Products Threatens Chilling Effect on Healthcare Access
CFPB’s Spotlight on Medical Payment Products Threatens Chilling Effect on Healthcare Access
July 03, 2024  |  Healthcare

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is sharpening its focus on healthcare payments, and the result may be that at least for some consumers who...

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Trending: Embedded Finance Performs Double Duty as Sales Enablement Tool
Trending: Embedded Finance Performs Double Duty as Sales Enablement Tool
July 03, 2024  |  Consumer Finance

It’s a challenging time at retail — both online and in-store. Merchants are grappling with a volatile economy and the fact that consumers, in at...

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Comfi Secures $5 Million Debt Facility to Expand B2B Payments
Comfi Secures $5 Million Debt Facility to Expand B2B Payments
June 28, 2024  |  B2B Payments

Dubai-based FinTech Comfi reportedly secured a $5 million debt facility to expand its B2B payment platform and support its launch of an embedded buy now,...

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Why More Banks Say Yes to Insurance as a Consumer Product
Why More Banks Say Yes to Insurance as a Consumer Product
June 28, 2024  |  Insurance

As consumers increasingly look to their financial institutions for insurance products, banks have an opportunity to meet this growing demand. A recent report from PYMNTS...

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What Core Banking’s 40-Year Evolution Says About What’s Next for Banking
What Core Banking’s 40-Year Evolution Says About What’s Next for Banking
June 27, 2024  |  Banking

There’s a misperception about bankers and banking. That misperception is that money — in all its forms — is the most important asset. The reality...

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Rainforest Raises $20 Million to Expand Embedded Payments Offering
Rainforest Raises $20 Million to Expand Embedded Payments Offering
June 26, 2024  |  Investments

Payments provider Rainforest has raised $20 million to expand its embedded payments offering. The Atlanta-based company said it will use funds from the Series A round, led...

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Microservices Are at the Core of Core Banking’s Appeal
Microservices Are at the Core of Core Banking’s Appeal
June 20, 2024  |  Banking

For traditional financial services players, core banking beckons as a way to enable other financial firms — banks and FinTechs included — to set up...

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