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MAXEX Provides Liquidity for Non-Owner Occupied and Second Home Loans

ATLANTA–(BUSINESS WIRE)–MAXEX, the first digital mortgage exchange for buying and selling residential loans through a single clearinghouse, announced today that the company has continued to expand the number of liquidity options available for mortgage lenders impacted by changes to the government sponsored enterprises (GSE) cap for non-owner occupied (NOO) and second home loans. The Federal […]

Bookkeeper360 Launches AI-Powered Marketplace and Brex Integration to Help Small Businesses Grow Effectively

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Bookkeeper360 has proudly announced the launch of its new Bookkeeper360 App Marketplace and Brex Integration. Bookkeeper360 is an emerging fintech accounting solution for small businesses. This all-new AI-powered marketplace is designed to help business owners access a wide range of financial and technological solutions such as capital, business services, and payroll that are […]

Steven A. Sugarman Speaks at 74th Annual NAREB Convention on Expanding Black Homeownership

CLEVELAND–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#banking–The Change Company, America’s Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI), announced today that its founder Steven Sugarman presented to the 74th Annual National Association of Real Estate Brokers (NAREB) Convention in Cleveland, Ohio. Mr. Sugarman spoke during the Legislative Forum and discussed the unique opportunity for advocacy that exists for NAREB and The Change Company […]

HomeTrust Bancshares, Inc. Announces Completion of Previous Stock Repurchase Program and Authorization of New Stock Repurchase Program

ASHEVILLE, N.C., July 28, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — HomeTrust Bancshares, Inc. (the “Company”) (NASDAQ: HTBI), the holding company for HomeTrust Bank, announced the completion of its 5% stock repurchase program that began in April 2020. A total of 851,004 shares were repurchased at an average price of $22.83 per share. The Company’s Board of Directors […]

Nuvei to Announce Second Quarter 2021 Results on August 10, 2021

MONTREAL, July 28, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Nuvei Corporation (TSX: NVEI and NVEI.U), the global payment technology partner of thriving brands, today announced it will release its second quarter 2021 financial results before market open on Tuesday, August 10, 2021. Management will host a conference call and webcast to discuss these results at 8:30 am […]

Leading Payment Processor VizyPay Hires Director of Business Development to Oversee and Expand Industry Partnerships

The role was created to identify larger vendor partnership opportunities, retain current customers and evolve the company’s offerings through collected insights Kyle McCann, VizyPay Director of Business Development Kyle McCann, VizyPay Director of Business Development WEST DES MOINES, Iowa, July 28, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — VizyPay, an award-winning leader in the payment processing industry for […]

GBT Considers Using an AI Accelerator for its xCalibre (internal project name) Pattern Recognition Technology

Aiming to Significantly Boost its Data Processing Performance SAN DIEGO, July 28, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — GBT Technologies Inc. (OTC PINK: GTCH) (“GBT” or the “Company”), considers AI accelerating technology for its xCalibre image analysis to significantly enhance its processing speed. xCalibre imaging technology, processes high resolution images and videos; and can also detect a wide […]

Flywire Digitizes Education Payments for LaLiga Business School

Flywire is the exclusive payments partner for LaLiga Business School Flywire digitizes and streamlines cross-border and domestic payments for students who attend LaLiga Business School Partnership enhances student’s financial experience, improves operational efficiency for university BOSTON and VALENCIA, Spain, July 28, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Today, Flywire Corporation (Nasdaq: FLYW) announced a partnership with Liga […]

Workiva Extends Value of Cloud Platform with Launch of New SaaS Marketplace

Workiva Marketplace debuts with both Workiva-built and partner offerings that simplify complex reporting and compliance problems AMES, Iowa–(BUSINESS WIRE)–$WK #Accounting—Workiva Inc. (NYSE:WK), today launched The Workiva Marketplace, filled with more than 140 Workiva-built and partner templates, services and 60 no-code connectors that streamline existing processes and solve new business problems all within the Workiva cloud […]

Ripple Launches On-Demand Liquidity with SBI Remit to Accelerate and Grow Cross-Border Payments from Japan

Partnering with Coins.ph and SBI VC Trade, SBI Remit Will Deliver a Superior Customer Experience with Faster and Cheaper Remittances Starting in the Philippines SAN FRANCISCO & TOKYO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Ripple, the leading provider of enterprise blockchain and cryptocurrency solutions for global payments, announced today the launch of RippleNet’s first live On-Demand Liquidity (ODL) service implementation in […]

Randolph Bancorp, Inc. Announces Second Quarter 2021 Financial Results

QUINCY, Mass., July 27, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Randolph Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”) (NASDAQ Global Market: RNDB), the holding company for Envision Bank (the “Bank”), today announced net income of $1.6 million, or $0.32 per basic share and $0.31 per diluted share, for the three months ended June 30, 2021 compared to net income of […]

Veritex Holdings, Inc. Reports Second Quarter Operating Results

DALLAS, July 27, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Veritex Holdings, Inc. (“Veritex” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: VBTX), the holding company for Veritex Community Bank, today announced the results for the quarter ended June 30, 2021. “Our second quarter of 2021 was another outstanding financial and growth quarter for our Company. The investments made over the last two […]

First Busey Announces 2021 Second Quarter Earnings

CHAMPAIGN, Ill., July 27, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — First Busey Corporation (Nasdaq: BUSE) Message from our Chairman & CEO Second Quarter 2021 Highlights: Second quarter 2021 net income of $29.8 million and diluted EPS of $0.53, compared to $25.8 million and $0.47, respectively, in the second quarter of 2020 Second quarter 2021 adjusted net income1 […]

Pinnacle Bankshares Corporation Announces 2nd Quarter/Mid-Year 2021 Earnings

ALTAVISTA, Va., July 27, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Net income for Pinnacle Bankshares Corporation (OTCQX:PPBN), the one-bank holding company (the “Company” or “Pinnacle”) for First National Bank (the “Bank”), was $1,056,000, or $0.49 per basic and $0.48 per diluted share, for the quarter ended June 30, 2021, and $2,155,000, or $1.00 per basic and $0.99 […]

Transact Releases New Emergency Hotline Capabilities As Colleges Prepare to Welcome Students Back to Campus

Mobile Tool Provides Safety, Suicide Prevention Information at Students’ Fingertips PHOENIX–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#backtoschool—Transact, the leader in innovative credential and payment solutions for a connected campus, today announced the release of a new mobile feature that gives college students emergency hotline and suicide prevention information at their fingertips. This addition to Transact’s mobile credential platform comes at […]

KFC Foundation Teams Up with SaverLife to Offer KFC Restaurant Employees New Personal Finance Program

MyChange with SaverLife is designed to help KFC® restaurant employees across the country build short-term emergency funds and personal savings SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Today, the KFC Foundation, an independent 501c3 non-profit organization primarily funded by KFC franchisees, in partnership with SaverLife, a national non-profit fintech company that helps working families achieve prosperity through savings, announced the […]

Keith Raymond Joins LiquidX to Further Expand Market for InBlock Digital Working Capital Platform

NEW YORK, July 27, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — LiquidX, the global fintech solutions provider for working capital, trade finance, and insurance, today announced the appointment of Keith Raymond as Managing Director, InBlock Sales. Mr. Raymond will lead the commercial expansion of LiquidX’s ground-breaking InBlock digital working capital platform. The cloud-based InBlock platform uses leading technology to […]

LifeYield Partners With White Glove to Create Tech-Integrated Prospecting Seminar

BOSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Modern marketing and prospecting strategies for financial advisors must speak directly to the immediate needs of investors. To help advisors connect with the unprecedented wave of investors seeking help with retirement income, LifeYield will make its Social Security optimizer and tailored seminar material available through White Glove, a digital marketing company specializing in planning, […]

Total Expert Announces RatePlug Integration to Supercharge Loan Officer and Agent Partnerships

Loan officers can access RatePlug insights within Total Expert to collaborate with agents, connect with borrowers, and personalize communications MINNEAPOLIS, July 27, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Total Expert, the customer experience platform purpose-built for modern financial institutions, today announced the integration of RatePlug, a mortgage marketing platform that connects loan officers and agents directly within […]

Current Partners with The Bancorp to Offer the Next Generation of its Digital Banking Products

WILMINGTON, Del.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#Alwaysapartner–The Bancorp Bank, the wholly-owned banking subsidiary of The Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: TBBK) today announced its newly established banking services partnership with Current, a leading U.S. financial technology company serving Americans working to create a better future for themselves. The Bancorp offers tailor-made solutions to fit the unique needs of several top financial […]

RJD Green Inc. Earthlinc Division Executes Environmental Services Management Contract

TULSA, OK, July 27, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) —  via NewMediaWire — RJD Green (OTCPK: RJDG) announced today the Earthlinc Environmental Division of the Company has been awarded a management agreement for oversight of environmental services and requirements with Agrico LLC. for the Company’s forestation land program operations in Belize. Ron Brewer, RJDG Green Inc. CEO, states: “Through our […]

Majesco Continues Expansion of Digital1st® EcoExchange With Additional Underwriting Solutions From Verisk

Roof age, major systems, condition score, and loss and coverage history solutions from Verisk are now integrated with Majesco P&C Core Suite to improve risk assessment and underwriting for auto and property lines MORRISTOWN, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Majesco, a global leader of cloud insurance platform software for insurance business transformation, today announced that Verisk, a leading global […]

Zūm Rails and Lexop Partner to Optimize Collections Through Real-Time Payments and Streamlined User Verification

MONTREAL–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#collections–Zūm Rails, a leader in fast and intelligent payment operations, is pleased to announce it has partnered with Lexop to be its preferred payment provider as the company continues to better serve its clients through the digitization of their collections activities. Lexop believes the future of collections lies in empowering past due customers to […]

MOVO® Launches MOVO Chain®, Upends Crypto Send and Spend

Users can cash-in a cryptocurrency’s real-time value via a Digital Debit Mastercard®, Peer-to-Peer Transfer, Bill Pay or connection to Apple Pay® or Google Pay® PALO ALTO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–MovoCash, Inc., a California-based Fintech company, today announced the launch of MOVO Chain® by MOVO®. This technology is a cryptocurrency-to-cash (C2C) and peer-to-peer (P2P2P®) interoperability solution that upends […]

Fabric Readies Risk Tools for Investors Working with Advisors 

Led by Rick Bookstaber, with factor data from MSCI, the firm is bringing institutional-grade risk management to Main Street DENVER–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#FabricRQ–Fabric RQ, a startup founded by veteran risk manager Richard Bookstaber, today announced it has begun signing up advisors to test drive a new kind of risk management application that employs the same factor-based approach […]

Mastercard Launches New Start Path Cryptocurrency and Blockchain Program for Startups

From creating a marketplace for non-fungible tokens (NFTs) to building an air-gapped cold vault to enabling new sustainable digital assets, seven global crypto and digital assets startups join Mastercard’s award-winning Start Path program to access partnership opportunities, insights and tools to grow PURCHASE, N.Y.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Mastercard announced today a new Start Path global startup engagement program […]

C. Hunter Westbrook Promoted to Chief Executive Officer of HomeTrust Bank and President of HomeTrust Bancshares, Inc.

C. Hunter Westbrook President and Chief Executive Officer of HomeTrust Bank & President and Chief Operating Officer of HomeTrust Bancshares, Inc. ASHEVILLE, N.C., July 27, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — HomeTrust Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ: HTBI) (“Company”), the holding company of HomeTrust Bank (“Bank”), today announced that C. Hunter Westbrook will assume the positions of President and […]

ICE Enhances Mortgage Prepayment Model With Data From ICE Mortgage Technology

Leverages transaction-based residential mortgage rates from ICE Mortgage Technology ATLANTA & NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE: ICE), a leading global provider of data, technology and market infrastructure, today announced it has enhanced its mortgage prepayment model with daily residential mortgage rates from ICE Mortgage Technology. This represents the first joint product that leverages anonymized […]

MOCA Financial and the Armed Forces Financial Network Partner to Bring MOCA’s Next-Generation Card-Based Payment Platform to Our Armed Services

Payments Platform Brings Advanced Card-Based Payments to Military Personnel Worldwide AUSTIN, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–MOCA, a digital-first next-generation card-based payment platform provider, has partnered with the Armed Forces Financial Network (AFFN) to offer MOCA’s Digital-First Next-Generation Card-Based Payment Platform to the United States military community worldwide. This partnership provides The Association of Military Banks of America (AMBA) […]

The Future of Banking, Now: FIS Adds New Digital Lending, Commercial Onboarding Components to Modern Banking Platform

Key facts Retail Lending and Commercial Express components add to advanced digital banking functionality available on FIS’ flagship cloud-based core banking platform. Since launch in 2020, FIS Modern Banking Platform has grown to more than 60 advanced components through the platform’s ecosystem of FIS and third-party offerings. JACKSONVILLE, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–As a growing number of financial […]

PrimaHealth Credit Partners with Citizens to Launch a First-to-Market Total Patient Finance Program

Comprehensive solution provides the first single credit application that can serve most patients NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. & PROVIDENCE, R.I.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–PrimaHealth Credit, a patient financing platform, today announced a partnership with Citizens to enable more people to receive and finance the healthcare they seek. This partnership challenges the status quo with a first-of-its-kind financing solution that […]

Liberty Bank Selects Arriba Advisors to Lead Digital Technology Transformation

TAMPA, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Arriba Advisors, an advisory firm that provides strategy enablement and cost alignment to clients on a variety of fintech projects, announced that Middletown, Connecticut-based Liberty Bank ($7 billion in assets) has chosen the firm to assist in upgrading its technology to nurture scalable growth and innovate in the digital space. Established in 1825, […]

Simmons Reports Second Quarter 2021 Earnings

Board of Directors extends and increases authorization under share repurchase program Net income of $74.9 million, up 27 percent from the year ago quarter and up 11 percent compared to the first quarter of 2021 Diluted EPS of $0.69, up 28 percent from the year ago quarter and up 11 percent compared to the first […]

TELUS International Announces the Launch of Intelligent Insights

The tool-agnostic platform monitors automation and bots in a single solution to track effectiveness, cost savings and opportunities for improvement Intelligent Insights delivers cost-saving opportunities based on the optimization it offers through license utilization IDC: By 2024, over 75% of organizations will implement automation to drive a higher level of process optimization and to free […]

EagleBank Provides Construction Financing for Luxury Apartment Complex in Historic Northwest D.C.

Funding will support construction of 158 unique multifamily units BETHESDA, Md., July 27, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — EagleBank, one of the largest community banks in the Washington, D.C. area, today announced that it provided financing to support the construction of a luxury apartment complex in Northwest Washington, D.C.’s 16th Street Historic District. The project is […]

FINBOURNE Integrates with FlexNOW Delivering Deep Integration Without Complex Implementation

LONDON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–FlexTrade Systems (@FlexTrade), a global leader in multi-asset execution and order management systems, and FINBOURNE, the award winning financial technology firm, announce a collaboration to integrate FlexNOW – FlexTrade’s one-click install EMS – with FINBOURNE’s LUSID which is a cloud native, API first Portfolio Management System (PMS) and Investment Data Management System (IDMS). Servicing […]

Beesafe and Compensa, Part of VIG Poland, Collaborate with Akur8 to Transform Their Pricing Process

PARIS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Akur8 is pleased to announce its collaboration with Beesafe and Compensa, two entities of VIG Poland, to enhance their pricing process. With this new milestone, Akur8 continues to expand its European footprint, with 7 countries to date. Specifically developed for insurers, Akur8’s solution boosts their pricing processes by automating risk and demand modeling, using […]

Onfido grows revenue over 100% year-over-year and reaches more than $100M ARR

Breaks revenue record for the 5th consecutive quarter as company propels to next phase of expansion SAN FRANCISCO & LONDON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Onfido, the global identity verification and authentication provider, today announced it has broken its revenue record for the fifth consecutive quarter, with over 100% increase year-over-year in global revenue, ending Q2 2021. The company also […]

Juniper Research: Contactless Card Transaction Values to Reach $2.5 Trillion in 2021, Dominating the Contactless Landscape

Growth of 45% between 2020 and 2021 BASINGSTOKE, England–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#biometriccards–A new report from Juniper Research has found that global contactless card transaction values will reach $2.5 trillion in 2021, from $1.7 trillion in 2020, with cards retaining the majority share of overall contactless transaction values at 79% in 2021. The pandemic has significantly accelerated an […]

SOUTHERN MISSOURI BANCORP REPORTS PRELIMINARY RESULTS FOR FOURTH QUARTER OF FISCAL 2021; INCREASES QUARTERLY DIVIDEND TO $0.20 PER COMMON SHARE; CONFERENCE CALL SCHEDULED FOR TUESDAY, JULY 27, AT 3:30PM CENTRAL TIME

Poplar Bluff, MO, July 26, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) —         Southern Missouri Bancorp, Inc. (“Company”) (NASDAQ: SMBC), the parent corporation of Southern Bank (“Bank”), today announced preliminary net income for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2021 of $13.7 million, an increase of $6.8 million, or 98.3%, as compared to the same period […]