by BillMalloy | Sep 9, 2025 | Fintech, Technology
As digital financial services expand, so do the risks of money laundering and fraud. Criminals exploit gaps in regulation, identity verification, and transaction monitoring to move illicit funds. According to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, an estimated...
by BillMalloy | Aug 18, 2025 | AI, Fintech, Technology
As digital finance becomes the norm, cybercriminals have found increasingly sophisticated ways to exploit vulnerabilities in fintech platforms. Traditional rule-based fraud detection systems are proving inadequate against these modern attack strategies. Fintech firms...
by BillMalloy | Jul 21, 2025 | Finance, Fintech, Technology
Fast and reliable payments are a basic expectation—people expect to be able to complete transactions quickly and seamlessly, whether it’s buying something online, sending money to a friend, or paying an invoice. Within many countries, people can send money instantly...
by BillMalloy | Jul 20, 2021 | Cryptocurrency, Finance, Fintech, Startups, Technology
Imagined by John Q. Public to be little more than an online bookstore at its launch in the mid-1990s, Amazon is now one of the “Big Five” (i.e., the five largest information technology companies in the United States). Its website describes it as focusing on...
by BillMalloy | Jul 6, 2021 | Business, Fintech, Technology
Travel brands are looking for tools to spur the industry’s revival after the worst downturn in recorded history. The UK’s fintech startup Fly Now Pay Later is keen to help out. It has just raised an additional £10 million ($14 million), bringing its total funding to...
by BillMalloy | Apr 30, 2021 | Business, Communications, Investing, Technology
Mortgage and consumer loan fintech startup Blend Labs has announced its intention to go public. The process was initiated by its filing of Form S-1 with the SEC on April 15, 2021. There’s no news yet on what exchange it will be listed on, as the review process has...
