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Apiture, a leading provider of digital banking solutions, and Newtek Bank, N.A., the technology-enabled banking subsidiary of NewtekOne, Inc. (NASDAQ:NEWT), today announced they have been recognized for Best Bank-FinTech Partnership in the IBSi Global FinTech Innovation Awards 2024.
Now in its sixth year, the awards program celebrates banking technologists who drive exceptional advancements in the fintech sector, recognizing efforts that redefine industry standards and enhance global financial services.
NewtekOne launched a new digital-only federally chartered bank, Newtek Bank, in 2023, following its acquisition of a New York-based community bank. Powered by Apiture's Consumer Banking, Business Banking, and Digital Account Opening solutions, Newtek Bank achieved remarkable deposit growth in 2023, adding approximately 5,000 depository accounts and growing deposits from $140 million to $460 million. During 2024, Newtek Bank's total deposits have grown to $928 million through November 30, 2024. Since January 6, 2023, Newtek Bank opened, services, and manages over 14,000 distinct bank accounts.
NewtekOne also partnered with Apiture to integrate digital banking capabilities into The Newtek Advantage™, which enables Newtek's business customers to access NewtekOne's payroll, payment processing, insurance, business lending, and other business and financial solutions in a single online business portal. The Newtek Advantage business portal also serves as a dashboard for analytics, document storage, and transactional capability for NewtekOne's clients. By embedding banking capabilities directly within the dashboard, NewtekOne maximizes exposure to the NewtekOne brand by providing best-in-class solutions, enabling NewtekOne's business clientele to become increasingly successful with higher levels of convenience and efficiency.
"We are thrilled to be recognized alongside Apiture by IBSi," said Barry Sloane, president, chairman and CEO of NewtekOne. "Through our partnership with Apiture, we were able to triple our deposits in a competitive environment, without the use of brokers, branches, and business development officers. NewtekOne endeavors to be the one company for the business and financial needs of our clients by offering best-in-class solutions in payroll, payment processing and money movement, document storage, web traffic analytics, and business loans, and believes the partnership with Apiture for digital account opening and online banking has lit up and positioned our two-decades-long vision. The Apiture team has become a valued business partner, and we will continue to innovate digital banking with all of our invaluable business and financial solutions so we are known as the organization that does not simply take deposits, but does so much more for its clients to enable them to succeed in business. We look forward to continuing to work with this innovative digital banking provider as we continue to transform the banking experience for our customers."