Top 10 Fintech News to Watch Out Recap For August 2024
Welcome to our recap of the top 10 fintech news from last month. We’ll cover the most exciting developments in financial technology, from groundbreaking innovations and major partnerships to regulatory updates and market trends. Stay tuned to catch up on the latest advancements shaping the future of finance with Financial Technology Insights.
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- Apple Pay and Google Pay Integration For Fiat Trading With BingX
- JPMorgan Asset Management Launches Innovative Fundamental Data Science ETF Series on Nasdaq
- Checkout.com Revolutionizes Online Payments with Google’s Secure Authentication, Cutting Checkout Times by 30%
- Transforming Fintech with IBM’s Revolutionary Lightweight Engine
- HTX Ventures Fuels Bitcoin Innovation with Nexio Investment
- Discover Premium Perks with the New Amazon Barclays Co-Branded Credit Card
- Mastercard and Scale Collaborates to Accelerate Fintech Innovation in Africa and the Middle East
- Google Introduces All-in-One ‘Everything Else’ Feature to Elevate User Experience in Google Wallet
- Zip and Stripe: Strategic Alliance to Enhance Market Expansion in the United States
- PayPal and Adyen’s Collaborative Approach:Transforming U.S. Payment Landscapes
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Apple Pay and Google Pay Integration For Fiat Trading With BingX
Apple Pay revolutionizes mobile payments with its emphasis on security and simplicity. It employs advanced encryption techniques to ensure security during transactions. Users can seamlessly buy cryptos on BingX app and website, positioning Apple Pay as a preferred choice for secure and efficient transactions. Similarly, Google Pay offers a versatile digital wallet and online payment service that simplifies the payment process across Android devices and Chrome browser. Google Pay also supports both online and offline transactions, enabling users to make payments even without an internet connection. With its extensive global reach and growing user base, Google Pay provides BingX users with seamless crypto purchases that aligns with the platform’s commitment to innovation and user satisfaction.
JPMorgan Asset Management Launches Innovative Fundamental Data Science ETF Series on Nasdaq
J.P. Morgan Asset Management (JPMAM) announced the launch of the JPMorgan Fundamental Data Science (FDS) Suite on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange. The Suite is comprised of three new active ETFs, incorporating data science for their portfolio construction: JPMorgan Fundamental Data Science Large Core ETF (LCDS), JPMorgan Fundamental Data Science Mid Core ETF (MCDS), and JPMorgan Fundamental Data Science Small Core ETF (SCDS). In managing the funds, the adviser employs a sophisticated investment approach that leverages data science to build a fundamentally selected equity portfolio. This data science-based investment process is currently applied to two strategies with over $15 billion in total assets under management: the JPMorgan Applied Data Science Value Fund (JPIVX) and the equity portfolio underlying the JPMorgan Nasdaq Equity Premium Income ETF (JEPQ).
Checkout.com Revolutionizes Online Payments with Google’s Secure Authentication, Cutting Checkout Times by 30%
Checkout.com, a leading global digital payments provider, announced it is the first payment provider to partner with Google Pay to bring its biometric-based secure payment authentication service to merchants. Checkout.com, which offers authentication to merchants such as Remitly, will offer Google Pay’s biometric authentication to brands that seek to increase their digital payments performance and speed up their authentication for customers. This offers a streamlined alternative to other authentication methods, where a customer verifies their identity with a one-time passcode and, in the process, is often redirected to multiple different pages.
Transforming Fintech with IBM’s Revolutionary Lightweight Engine
IBM has recently introduced a new “Lightweight Engine” for its WatsonX.ai service. Although it is predominantly designed for “enterprise,” it could be used as an on-ramp to secure, in-house generative AI deployment for smaller businesses seeking to scale or mid-sized companies in burgeoning industries, such as fintech. The revenue growth of the technology sector in the first half of 2024 is unquestionably driven by the generative AI market. Many could not have anticipated the immense size and scope of a sector that was primarily propelled by the explosive popularity of large language models, such as Anthropic’s Claude and OpenAI’s ChatGPT, just a decade ago.
HTX Ventures Fuels Bitcoin Innovation with Nexio Investment
HTX Ventures, the global investment arm of the cryptocurrency exchange HTX, has announced a strategic investment in Nexio. Nexio is an innovative Bitcoin scaling solution that employs parallelized ZK Rollup with MoveVM. Powered by MoveVM, Nexio’s parallelized Bitcoin rollup supports over 30,000 transactions per second while maintaining gas fees below $0.01, making it ideal for high-frequency applications. This technology addresses critical challenges in the Bitcoin ecosystem, including slow transaction times, high gas fees, and inadequate tooling that have hindered mass adoption.
Discover Premium Perks with the New Amazon Barclays Co-Branded Credit Card
Amazon and Barclays, one of the largest credit card providers in the United Kingdom, have announced a new partnership to introduce a co-branded credit card in the country. The new card allows consumers to accumulate rewards on their daily purchases, which can be redeemed for gift cards on Amazon.co.uk. Customers of the Amazon Barclaycard receive 1% rewards on all Amazon purchases, 0.5% rewards on ordinary spending outside of Amazon for the first 12 months, and 0.25% after that. Additionally, Amazon Prime members receive a 2% rebate on all purchases made with Amazon on designated purchasing event days, such as Prime Day, Black Friday, and Cyber Monday.
Mastercard and Scale Collaborates to Accelerate Fintech Innovation in Africa and the Middle East
By collaborating, fintech companies, aggregators, enablers, payment service providers (PSPs), and telcos will be able to focus on their core business and launch new products and services more efficiently, as the collaboration will eliminate critical technical and commercial barriers to entry that they encounter when launching payment programs. Mastercard and Scale will provide assistance to fintech companies and other ecosystem players in the following areas: securing BIN sponsorships, establishing sustainable unit economics, designing and commercializing their card and other payment programs, productization, assessing profitability models for their programs, and delivering a world-class customer experience. They will collaborate with their partners to develop inclusive value propositions that are well-positioned for long-term expansion. The collaboration will transform into a technology proposition that will allow any technology company to acquire the Mastercard issuing capability through Scale.
Google Introduces All-in-One ‘Everything Else’ Feature to Elevate User Experience in Google Wallet
The financial services industry is confronted with new challenges and opportunities from the Big Tech architects of those digital wallets in the current operational landscape, where convenience is the prevailing factor and value-added services are the driving force behind customer stickiness. The demand for more comprehensive digital wallet solutions is becoming increasingly difficult to ignore, as Google announced at the ninth annual Made by Google event that it is introducing a new “Everything Else” Google Wallet feature for the United States. This feature allows users to simulate a variety of IDs, insurance information, and other passes to create a digital version that appears in Google Wallet.
Zip and Stripe: Strategic Alliance to Enhance Market Expansion in the United States
Zip , a digital financial services company offering innovative, people-centered products, announced its integration as a payment method for U.S. merchants using Stripe. With the new integration, eligible merchants can easily enable Zip as a payment method with a single click, which can help attract new customers and increase both conversion rates and basket sizes. Zip partnered with Stripe in Australia last year, and this now extends the partnership for merchants in the U.S.
PayPal and Adyen’s Collaborative Approach:Transforming U.S. Payment Landscapes
Adyen and PayPal have partnered for a number of years to allow Adyen’s customers to offer PayPal’s best-in-class payment marks globally, including PayPal, Venmo, and PayPal’s Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) solutions. In addition to increasing Fastlane by PayPal’s reach, Adyen and PayPal will continue to explore solutions that enhance consumer journeys and drive value for enterprise businesses.
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