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Kasta | February 21, 2022

Kasta and Ralph Boschung announced bringing the brand to formula racing as part of the company's scaleup strategy. Kasta is the next-generation Peer-to-peer (P2P) payment platform, and Ralph is a member of the Campos Racing team and winner of the GP3 Series. In addition, Ralph is a big supporter of crypto adoption and an early believer in the Kasta team. Kasta is building an app for users to make it easier for users to make crypto payments in their daily lives. The application...

PYMNTS | August 19, 2020

Revolut Ltd., the British financial technology (FinTech) company, has introduced what it describes as a simple way to track, split and settle expenses instantly, in one place. Group Bills promises to ease the management of group expenses. Instead of splitting one bill at a time, the platform allows customers to stay on top of shared expenses with roommates. With the new service, users add bills to their “group” and track them in one place. When it’s time to make payments, the a...

LendingClub and Morgan Stanley | February 24, 2020

Call it a tale of two bank deals. The stories come with significantly different price tags: $185 million and $13 billion. Yet, some common threads unite the respective bids by LendingClub for Radius Bank and by Morgan Stanley for E-Trade, with a nod toward the changing financial services landscape and serving customers through “one-stop shop” platform models. For LendingClub, an online lender, the bid to buy Radius Bank means that (assuming the regulatory hurdles are satisfied), with...

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MCT | April 26, 2022

Mortgage Capital Trading, Inc.® (MCT), the industry leader in capital markets software and services, today announced it has reinforced its commitment to client profitability and success. Backed by an enhanced sales and support structure, MCT has hired industry all-stars and promoted valued team members. A passion for client experience has differentiated MCT throughout its 20-year history, We are consistently evaluating and enhancing the ways in which we s...