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Morgan Stanley, E-Trade | February 20, 2020

Morgan Stanley is buying E-Trade in a $13 billion, all-stock deal announced Thursday, bringing more consolidation to the brokerage market and giving the investment bank to the rich a foothold with a more mainstream clientele. The deal, which is the biggest takeover by a major U.S. bank since the 2008 financial crisis, combines Morgan Stanley’s prowess and client-facing resources with E-Trade’s more than 5 million customers, with more than $360 billion in retail trade assets, the comp...

Core Banking

Bank of America | September 05, 2023

Bank of America has introduced its alias solution, Global Digital Disbursements, to cater to its corporate clientele who maintain deposit accounts at the bank's Canadian branch. With the launch of this digital solution, the company will become the first U.S. financial institution operating in Canada to provide both C2B 'Request for Pay' and B2C payment processes. This deve...

Fintech

Alviere | October 26, 2021

Alviere, the leading embedded finance platform enabling any brand to deliver financial products and services to its customers and employees, today announced that it had raised $70 million of new funding, the largest investment in this emerging sector of fintech to date. In April, Alviere closed a $20 million Series A led by Viola Ventures and Viola Fintech, with the participation of CommerzVentures, Mitsubishi Capital Corporation, Wix.com Capital (NYSE: WIX), Draper Triangle Ventu...

finextra | April 16, 2020

Finance Forward, a fintech accelerator run by Village Capital, MetLife Foundation and PayPal, has extended the deadline for its European programme to accommodate startups working on Covid-19 applications. The focus for the programme - which now closes for applications on 25 April - is on startups that are building tech for the nearly 40 million Europeans locked out of basic financial services, as well as tools for small businesses. Allie Burns, CEO of Village Capital, says: "A...