PAYMENTS
Payveris | June 18, 2022
Modern money movement leader Payveris, a division of Paymentus, today launched Loan Payments®, a cutting-edge loan and debt repayment service with the widest array of real-time payment methods and channels available on the market. Loan Payments® is designed to help financial institutions meet rising consumer demand for payment methods and channels that are speedy, convenient and secure — all while reducing operational overhead, fostering better customer engagement and loyalty.
An Aite-Novarica Group survey from 2021 found that 89% of consumers want more real-time payment options from their digital banking experience. As consumers enjoy more payment choices, speed and convenience in just about every other aspect of their financial lives, they expect the same from their loan payment servicers — and aren't satisfied by the status quo from financial institutions. In fact, a recent J.D Power study found that non-bank loan servicers saw a 17% increase in customer satisfaction, while banks only saw a 4% increase.
When financial institutions make it complicated to accept and receive payments through coupon books or legacy loan payment systems, borrowers are less likely to consider them for their next loan, Providing choice, speed and autonomy is no longer a bonus, but a baseline expectation for consumers. Financial institutions must seriously rethink their loan payment experience and meet customers where they are, and Loan Payments® can help them get there. Whether that's an auto loan, a personal loan, or a mortgage, the days of consumers using a coupon book have passed."
Payveris Chief Innovation Officer Marcell King.
With Loan Payments®, financial institutions can deliver a true omni-channel experience that matches what consumers have come to expect from shopping or paying bills. Payment methods supported by Loan Payments® include cash, debit card and e-check/ACH. Loan Payments® also empowers consumers to choose their preferred payment channel, whether it's online, mobile, text, PayPal app, Amazon Alexa, Walmart, or directly at their bank or credit union. In addition to more convenience and flexibility, Loan Payments® gives financial institutions' customers more control over how they automate and schedule payments, and the ability to spread their payments across multiple methods at once.
WSECU, a Payveris customer since 2020, is one of the first financial institutions with plans to roll out Loan Payments®. "Our first priority is to improve the loan payment experience for members, making it easier and providing them more options, Payveris is helping us do that, and that alone is a big win. But there is also more we gain, including the operational efficiencies that come from no longer managing disparate processes. Now, everything is centralized into one payment processing system, regardless of which option best meets the needs of an individual member."
Melissa Wolff, Vice President, Operations Support and Payment Services at WSECU.
Financial institutions also stand to gain another avenue in which they can drive customer engagement and loyalty.
Loan Payments® was first developed by Payveris' parent company Paymentus, recognized by Aite-Novarica as the "Best in Class" industry leader for Biller Direct EPPP solutions. The solution is powered by the Instant Payment Network®, the only integrated ecosystem of real-time digital bill presentment, payment, and money movement capabilities in the market. The Instant Payment Network® is currently trusted by numerous Fortune 500 companies, with more than 10 million consumers relying on it to make payments.
About Payveris
Payveris, a division of Paymentus, is the creator of the MoveMoney℠ Platform, an Open API, cloud-based platform that enables more than 265+ financial institutions to control, simplify, and extend more engaging intelligent digital payment and money movement capabilities to their users through any application or device while significantly reducing operating costs and future-proofing their IT investment.
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PAYMENTS
Tyler Technologies | March 31, 2022
Tyler Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: TYL) today announced that the state of Mississippi has extended its contract for Tyler’s award-winning digital government and payments services. The two-year extension builds upon the existing 11-year relationship with Tyler’s subsidiary, NIC.
Throughout Mississippi, NIC currently provides more than 100 state and local government entities with over 340 digital government services, including online hunting and fishing licenses, driver services, and tax payments. NIC Mississippi operates a multi-award-winning citizen portal powered by an intelligent, cross-agency chatbot that engages visitors to the state’s official website, MS.GOV, with machine learning and artificial intelligence to help Mississippians find the services they need – all through a simple, intuitive conversation.
We are honored to continue working alongside many agencies across Mississippi to expand digital government services and payment options for people and businesses across the state, We value our longstanding relationship with the state and, more than ever, look forward to continuing to use technology to deliver innovative solutions in 2022 and beyond.”
Drew Levanway, general manager of NIC Mississippi.
Through its partnership with NIC, Mississippi’s enterprise digital government presence has resulted in process automation efficiencies for both government and citizens. Over the past decade, it has enabled the state to realize a cost avoidance of more than $16.5 million. In 2021 alone, Mississippi government websites served more than 6.5 million citizens and securely processed more than 1.46 million digital government transactions totaling more than $151 million. Mississippi has also won 24 national awards for its citizen-first government experience.
About Tyler Technologies and NIC
Acquired by Tyler Technologies (NYSE: TYL) on April 21, 2021, NIC is a leader in digital government solutions and payments, partnering with government to deliver user-friendly digital services that make it easier and more efficient to interact with government. NIC and Tyler are united in their mission to empower public sector entities to operate more efficiently and connect more transparently with their constituents and with each other. Tyler has more than 37,000 successful installations across more than 12,000 locations, with clients in all 50 states, Canada, the Caribbean, Australia, and other international locations. Tyler has been recognized numerous times for growth and innovation, including Government Technology's GovTech 100 list and Forbes' "Most Innovative Growth Companies" list.
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BITCOIN AND CRYPTO
tZERO | January 03, 2022
tZERO, a leader in blockchain innovation and liquidity for digital assets, announced today that the tZERO Crypto app, a cryptocurrency trading platform, launched support of Polygon (MATIC), Enjin Coin (ENJ), and Maker (MKR), increasing its cryptocurrency offering to 18 coins, over a 3x increase compared to December 2020.
Having significantly increased the number of coins on the tZERO Crypto app in 2021, we are proud to offer our users a robust crypto offering as a part of our planned merged, UX-first cross-asset experience. We plan to continue to increase the number and range of attractive and compliant assets and adjacent products and services on our platform in 2022.”
tZERO Interim CEO and Chief Legal Officer Alan Konevsky
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About tZERO
tZERO Group, Inc. (tZERO) and its broker-dealer subsidiaries provide an innovative liquidity platform for private companies and assets. We offer institutional-grade solutions for issuers looking to digitize their capital table through blockchain technology, and trade on a regulated alternative trading system. tZERO, through its broker-dealer subsidiaries, democratizes access to private assets by providing a simple, automated, and efficient trading venue to broker-dealers, institutions, and investors.
tZERO is not a registered broker-dealer, funding portal, underwriter, investment bank, investment adviser or investment manager, and is not providing brokerage, investment banking or underwriting services, recommendations or investment advice to any person, and does not provide any brokerage services. tZERO takes no part in the negotiation or execution of secondary market transactions for the purchase or sale of securities and at no time has possession of investor funds or securities in connection with such transactions.
About tZERO Crypto
tZERO Crypto, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of tZERO Group, Inc. tZERO Crypto, Inc. and tZERO Group, Inc. are not registered broker-dealers, underwriters, investment banks, or investment advisers, and are not providing brokerage, investment banking or underwriting services, recommendations or investment advice to the users of the tZERO Crypto app. No broker-dealer affiliate of tZERO Group, Inc. is involved in the transactions and services offered by the tZERO Crypto App. tZERO Crypto, Inc. is licensed as an authorized money transmitter in every jurisdiction in which it does business that requires such authorization. tZERO Crypto relies upon third-party services to provide fiat and virtual currency custody services to its customers.
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INVESTMENTS
Sanctuary Wealth | June 17, 2022
Sanctuary Wealth, home to the next generation of elite advisors, is pleased to announce the launch of a customized alternative investments platform for its partner firms, that streamlines the complexities of managing alternative investments across their full investment life-cycle.
With our new platform, Sanctuary Wealth becomes the first hybrid RIA to offer this kind of digital access to alternative investments, where everything has been sourced and vetted by our own team rather than outsourced to a third-party vendor, We believe this will be a real game-changer for our advisor partners and their clients, particularly in the current environment where traditional investments have been volatile. By leveraging +SUBSCRIBE's end-to-end alternative investment solution to power our private markets offering, it allows us to punch above our weight, as we have since day one."
Jim Dickson, CEO and Founder of Sanctuary Wealth.
Sanctuary's customized alternative investments platform, powered by +SUBSCRIBE, provides an innovative digital experience for product menu centralization, product training and education, investor onboarding, electronic subscription documents, compliance controls, and fully integrated order workflows. Advisors are thus empowered to quickly and "automagically" make an investment in any alternative investment fund, and easily manage client positions through the investment life cycle on a single software solution.
About Sanctuary Wealth
Sanctuary Wealth (sanctuarywealth.com/) is the advanced platform for the next generation of elite advisors, who have the entrepreneurial spirit to build and own their own practices and desire the freedom to deliver the tailored service their clients deserve. Sanctuary's ecosystem of partnered independence provides a complete technology and operations platform, as well as support from a community of like-minded advisors and the resources of invaluable affiliated businesses. Currently, the Sanctuary Wealth network includes partner firms across 20 states with over $22.0 billion in assets under advisement. The Sanctuary Wealth Group includes the fully owned subsidiaries Sanctuary Advisors, a registered investment adviser, and the broker-dealer Sanctuary Securities, as well as Sanctuary Asset Management, Sanctuary Insurance Solutions, Sanctuary Global, and Sanctuary Global Tax and Family Office.
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