GenZ is likely to approach finances differently than generations before, making basic financial literacy critical to avoid bad decisions.
Prime Minister Theresa May announced the start of the R5-SHCH Connect Partnership between London and China; the partnership will allow banks in China to have access to London’s foreign exchange market; the partnership is between London's R5 and the Shanghai Clearing House; companies involved include HSBC, LSE, BP, Standard Chartered and Standard Life Aberdeen; Jon Vollemaere, CEO of R5 commented to Finextra, “The new service offers benefits for all institutions trading FX. It provides Chinese banks with increased access to the global FX market, it enhances liquidity in major currencies, and it advances the internationalisation of the RMB.” Source.
Dutch bank Rabobank has built a 3D model of its organization and IT systems to help them better understand how to make improvements; Anne-Marie Breuker, Rabobank business architect, tells Finextra: "We wanted to create something that would have a wow-factor within the bank, it had to appeal to the entire organisation, from the Board of Directors to the workplace. Preferably visually, and permanently. So, we came up with the idea for this model."; this is the first of its kind and there is a thought that this type of review could lead to more banks or financial services firms doing similar projects. Source
Fintech Raisin has raised an additional $113mn in a series D round from Orange Digital Ventures and existing investors including...
German based Raisin has raised $114mn from Index Ventures and PayPal; the wealth tech startup helps customers find accounts with...
Deposit marketplace Raisin moved into the UK market by acquiring Manchester-based fintech PBF Solutions; Tamaz Georgadze, Raisin’s CEO and founder, tells AltFi “The acquisition of PBF gives us the opportunity to significantly broaden our offer to UK savers and deposit takers." Source.
Raisin’s CEO and Co-Founder Dr. Tamaz Georgadze talked with AltFi about how the company is performing during the pandemic, U.S....
Investment marketplace Raisin has made a deal for German based MHB Bank, who they have long partnered with and now have...
Raisin is looking to expand on their deposit marketplace by offering a term deposit product to European SMEs; this will allow SMEs to earn money on their cash instead of dealing with negative interest rates that have been prevalent across Europe; currently Raisin has enlisted Banco BNI Europa from Portugal, Younited Credit from France and Greenhill Bank from Germany in the product. Source.
Deposit Marketplace Raisin has seen their investor count top 100,000, bank partners top 40 and deposits cross $4.5bn; the bank partners are in 18 different european countries and customers hail from 32 different countries; with interest rates so low their deposit marketplace offers savers a significant boost in interest and they have seen customers earn more than $41mn in excess interest thus far. Source.