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January 3, 2024 @ 9:03 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Buying a home and paying off the mortgage are the “biggest financial wins” that make people proud, while living in debt and spending beyond one’s means are the “nation’s biggest regrets,” according to research shared by online pension provider PensionBee. A survey by PensionBee has… Read More

October 10, 2023 @ 8:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Instant Financial, a supporter of earned wage access (EWA), electronic tips and paycard solutions, announced the first phase of upgrades to its comprehensive employee payments platform. This initial release of updates includes “the launch of a new mobile app and the introduction of mobile wallet… Read More

September 5, 2023 @ 3:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Instant Financial, which claims to be a leading innovator in the financial technology sector, has successfully raised a second funding round led by TTV Capital, a fintech-focused venture capital firm, and an original investor in Instant. The funding round also “saw participation from ITC Holdings… Read More

June 26, 2023 @ 10:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Agel, which claims to be Egypt’s first and only Islamic FinTech, has announced today that the company has successfully “closed the pre-seed round for undisclosed seven-digit figures.” The investment round was “led by MENA-focused venture capital firms, Plus Venture Capital (+VC), Seedstars International Ventures, Flat6labs,… Read More

January 23, 2023 @ 11:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

MX, a key player in Open Finance, released a new report on the features, functionality, and support that consumers want from their financial providers. MX’s latest survey of 1,000 U.S. consumers “shows 1 in 4 consumers feel that financial providers don’t do enough to support… Read More

January 21, 2023 @ 1:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Instant Financial, the pioneer of fee-free, responsible earned wage access (EWA) solutions, unveiled its new website, brand positioning and card design to reflect the company’s  leadership in on-demand pay. Since its founding in 2015, Instant has “built the most comprehensive, fee–free earned wage access platform… Read More

December 16, 2022 @ 10:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Instant Financial, which claims to be the “pioneer” of fee-free, responsible earned wage access (EWA) solutions that help employees take control of their financial wellness, announced that the company “reached several growth milestones in 2022, confirming the demand for on-demand pay and electronic tips solutions… Read More

May 23, 2021 @ 11:33 am By Omar Faridi  |  

US Federal Reserve Chief Jerome Powell recently noted that cryptocurrencies pose significant risks to financial stability. Powell stated on Thursday (May 20, 2021) that greater regulation of crypto assets may be necessary. As reported by Reuters, the US Treasury Department cited concerns about wealthy people… Read More

February 25, 2021 @ 2:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Tim Frost, CEO at YIELD App, which is a comprehensive Fintech app offering a wide range of DeFi services and new investment strategies, has shared his views and insights regarding the recent trading frenzy that was initiated by a group of armchair investors via Reddit… Read More

July 9, 2020 @ 11:26 am By JD Alois  |  

  Ant Financial, part of the mega-tech group Alibaba (NYSE:BABA), is planning an initial public offering (IPO) in Hong Kong that will value the firm at a massive $200+ billion valuation, according to a report. Earlier this year, the company changed its legal name in… Read More

June 22, 2020 @ 1:38 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ant Financial Services Group, the owner and operator of Alipay, has dropped the “Financial” part of its name and is set to rebrand to Ant Technology Group, according to the Wall Street Journal. Founded in 2014 by billionaire Jack Ma, Ant Group describes itself as… Read More

May 30, 2020 @ 4:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

China Merchants Port, the largest port operator in the country, has teamed up with e-commerce giant, Alibaba Group (NYSE:BABA), and its Fintech-focused subsidiary, Ant Financial. Through the partnership, the companies will work towards developing a blockchain or distributed ledger technology (DLT)-enabled platform, which will aim… Read More

May 18, 2020 @ 9:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ant Financial, the Fintech division of Chinese multinational e-commerce giant Alibaba Group (NYSE:BABA), has teamed up with Digital Money Myanmar (Wave Money), in order to promote financial inclusion and help the country’s unbanked and underbanked population. Ant Financial will offer its expertise in mobile and… Read More

April 17, 2020 @ 5:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ant Financial, the Fintech division of Chinese multinational e-commerce giant Alibaba Group (NYSE:BABA) and the parent firm of Alipay, has introduced its consortium blockchain platform. Referred to as “OpenChain,” the platform will assist small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with developing blockchain or distributed ledger technology… Read More

March 25, 2020 @ 10:26 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ant Financial Services Group, the owner and operator of Alipay, announced on Wednesday it launched the Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) version of its technology product OceanBase, a financial-grade distributed relational database that has been a key computing infrastructure for Alipay.  Ant Financial describes OceanBase as a highly… Read More

March 12, 2020 @ 7:21 am By Omar Faridi  |  

BBVA (Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A)., a Spanish multinational financial services company, is making changes to its Open Talent competition for early-stage firms and startups, in order to work cooperatively with Fintech businesses. BBVA is one of the world’s largest financial institutions. It offers services… Read More

March 4, 2020 @ 7:58 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Klarna announced on Wednesday that Ant Financial Services Group, the owner and operator of Alipay, has made an investment and taken a minority stake in the payment processing platform. Klarna reported that the investment from Ant Financial will support the further development of their strategic… Read More

February 17, 2020 @ 12:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ant Financial, an affiliated company of the Chinese Alibaba Group, is reportedly running the first international blockchain-powered payment service in Pakistan. This is a major milestone in the Asian nation’s journey to enable greater financial inclusion. Ant Financial is notably the world’s highest-valued Fintech firm,… Read More

January 19, 2020 @ 8:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Ant Financial is reportedly working with several banking institutions in order to revive its plans for conducting an initial public offering (IPO). The Fintech company’s decision to go public has come more than a year after China’s leading mobile payments firm postponed the process after… Read More

January 15, 2020 @ 11:02 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ant Financial Services Group (Ant Financial), a China-based tech company and the operator of Alipay, is set to host its upcoming fintech conference in Shanghai. Ant Financial reported that the INCLUSION Fintech Conference is an event that aims to bring together the global financial and… Read More