FTB News Desk - FinTecBuzz

Heritage Bank welcomes Steve Gahler as Executive Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer

FTB News DeskSeptember 27, 20193 min

Heritage Bank, subsidiary of Heritage Financial Corporation (“Company” or “Heritage”) (NASDAQ: HFWA), is pleased to announce and welcome Steve Gahler as the executive vice president, chief marketing officer in Seattle, WA. He will be serving the entire footprint of Heritage Bank. Gahler joins Heritage with over 23 years of marketing experience and has held leadership positions at a number of companies located in Seattle. Gahler has earned a strong reputation as an expert in the marketing industry, with executive leadership skills...

Interview

Interview with Co-Founder and CEO of Pocket Money – Stefano Virgilli

FTB News DeskSeptember 25, 201931 min

[siteorigin_widget class=”WP_Widget_Media_Image”][/siteorigin_widget] [siteorigin_widget class=”WP_Widget_Custom_HTML”][/siteorigin_widget] 1. Tell us about your role in Pocket Money? I am co-founder in Pocket Money and now acting as CEO. Together with my business partner Rahul, Founder and Chairman, we have found solutions to many financial inclusion problems. I used to live in the Middle East and Africa. Seeing people struggling to earn a living became normality. Rahul also feels quite strongly about financial inclusion. I think we have been focused...

Crypto Currencies

Maxonrow’s Token MXW Will Be Listed on KuCoin Starting Oct. 14

FTB News DeskSeptember 24, 20193 min

Maxonrow announced today that it has partnered with cryptocurrency exchange KuCoin, and MXW will be listed on Oct 14. MXW is the native token of the Maxonrow Blockchain, the first completely KYC (Know Your Customer) mainchain in the world. “Driving the mass adoption of the blockchain technology and bringing more trust, security, and transparency to the world has always been a mission of ours at KuCoin. We are extremely proud to empower MXW by Maxonrow, who honors the...

Business Tools

Marlette Funding Announces MAPT, A New Pass-Through Program

FTB News DeskSeptember 24, 20193 min

MAPT is the latest capability the business has implemented to create a frictionless experience for customers and investors alike

Insurance

Agency Revolution’s Connected Insurance Podcast Reaches 100,000 Listens

FTB News DeskSeptember 24, 20193 min

Popular podcast for independent insurance professionals achieves new milestone.

Insurance

Simplicity Group Acquires Executive Brokerage Services

FTB News DeskSeptember 24, 20193 min

Simplicity Group Holdings (“Simplicity”) is pleased to announce that it has acquired Executive Brokerage Services, Inc. (“EBS”), an independent insurance distribution company founded over 35 years ago and that it welcomes Bernie Vukelich and Brian Lipinski as its newest Principals. EBS will begin its brand transition to Simplicity Pittsburgh effective immediately. “Bernie, Brian and the EBS team have built an outstanding business,” stated Bruce Donaldson, Simplicity’s Chief Executive Officer. “Their expertise in fixed annuities and life insurance, combined with...

Business Tools

Centier Bank Goes Live with NYMBUS to Launch Billinero™

FTB News DeskSeptember 24, 20194 min

A New Mobile Banking Savings App That Engages Customers to Improve Their Savings While Earning A Chance To Win

Payments

SmartStream’s New Artificial Intelligence Module Uses Machine Learning for Digital Payments Processing

FTB News DeskSeptember 23, 20193 min

SmartStream Technologies, the financial Transaction Lifecycle Management (TLM®) solutions provider, today launched a new AI module that uses machine learning for continuous digital payments processing – a typical project to maintain and improve the matching rules would take up to two days, it can now be achieved with a simple tick. The new module will enable match rates to be instantly updated, whilst at the same time system reconfigurations will be done automatically – helping...

Risk Management

ArkOwl Joins NICE Actimize’s X-Sight Marketplace

FTB News DeskSeptember 23, 20195 min

Helping financial services organizations keep up with a changing market landscape, NICE Actimize, a NICE business (Nasdaq: NICE) and leader in Autonomous Financial Crime Management, today announced that ArkOwl, has joined the X-Sight Marketplace, the industry’s first financial crime risk management-focused ecosystem designed to assist financial services organizations evaluate new best-of-breed solutions and move to stay on top of a challenging regulatory and criminal environment. The X-Sight Marketplace leverages the X-Sight Platform-as-a-Service and further expands the functionality offered...

Banking

Societe Generale Chooses FIS Managed Solution to Provide Instant Payments for Corporate Clients in Europe

FTB News DeskSeptember 23, 20193 min

FIS™ (NYSE: FIS), a global leader in financial services technology, announced today that Societe Generale has chosen the FIS Payments-as-a-Service solution to offer real-time payments to corporate clients in nine European countries. One of the leading financial services groups in Europe, Societe Generale wanted to take advantage of the emerging SEPA Instant Credit Transfer (SCT Inst) scheme for providing faster, more transparent payments processing for its corporate clients. An initiative of the European Payments Council,...

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