June 24, 2020 @ 10:20 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Cryptocurrency exchange Binance announced on Wednesday the launch of its Binance Access, which is a business-to-business (B2B) solution for merchants, vendors, and wallets to integrate a “buy crypto” functionality on their platform. Binance reported that by integrating Binance Access, merchants and vendors are able to… Read More

June 24, 2020 @ 9:25 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Visa Inc. (NYSE: V) announced on Wednesday it has formed a new partnership with TerraPay, a global payments infrastructure company, for the development and delivery of payment solutions in an effort to drive financial inclusion and cashless transactions for domestic payments and global remittances. The… Read More

June 24, 2020 @ 7:56 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Online lending platform Lendio announced on Tuesday it has formed a new partnership with Lendistry, an online lender that focuses on providing economic opportunities and progressive growth for minority small business owners and those in underserved communities. Lendio reported that through this partnership, it… Read More

June 23, 2020 @ 3:35 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Signature Bank (Nasdaq: SBNY), a U.S.-based full-service commercial bank, announced on Tuesday the launch and integration of the full functionality of its proprietary, blockchain-based digital payments platform, Signet, with Fireblocks, an enterprise-grade platform delivering a secure infrastructure for moving, storing and issuing digital assets. Effective immediately, Signature… Read More

June 23, 2020 @ 2:25 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Digital money transfer service MoneyGram (NASDAQ: MGI) announced on Tuesday it has formed a partnership with Korean fintech, Global Money Express (GME). According to MoneyGram, the partnership enables GME customers to connect to the MoneyGram platform and distribution network in more than 200 countries and… Read More

June 23, 2020 @ 1:33 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Strands, a Spain-based fintech that specializes in advanced digital banking solutions, announced on Tuesday it has been granted an AISP license as it prepares to expand its PSD2 services offering. According to Strands, an AISP is a payment institution which, under the revised Payment Services… Read More

June 23, 2020 @ 11:22 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd. (HKEx:2318; SSE:601318) announced on Tuesday that Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has granted Lu International (Hong Kong) Limited (LUI HK), a subsidiary of Lufax Holding (“Lufax“), a Type 1 (Dealing in Securities) license. Ping An Insurance… Read More

June 23, 2020 @ 11:18 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Mastercard (NYSE: MA) announced on Tuesday it has entered into an agreement to acquire Finicity, a real-time financial data and insights access provider providing open banking tools – an area of growing importance for financial services firms.. Mastercard revealed the purchase price was $825 million,… Read More

June 23, 2020 @ 9:58 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Breeze announced on Tuesday it has teamed up with Assurity Life to launch an API-driven disability insurance product with a digital application and underwriting process. Through the new service, individuals may request a personalized disability insurance quote and complete a secure application process online in 10-15… Read More

June 23, 2020 @ 8:08 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

PayPal and Venmo are planning to roll out cryptocurrency buying and selling options through their digital payment platforms, Coindesk reported on Monday. The media outlet revealed that although it is not confirmed which crypto will be offered, sources close to the project have stated they… Read More

June 22, 2020 @ 4:33 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Houst- a UK-based short-let management company, has successfully secured its initial £1.5 million through its latest equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs. The funding round has attracted more than 250 investors. Founded in 2015, Houst states it partners with homeowners, advertise their properties on platforms like… Read More

June 22, 2020 @ 3:31 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Visa Inc. (NYSE: V) announced on Monday it has launched a digital tool, Advanced Identity Score, to help U.S. financial institutions with their efforts to combat new account fraud. According to Visa, Advanced Identity Score combines Visa’s artificial intelligence and predictive machine learning capabilities with… Read More

June 22, 2020 @ 2:16 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Taina Technology, a UK-based regtech startup, announced on Monday it secured funding from Anthemis, Six FinTech Ventures, Tribeca ESP and Reciprocal Ventures through its latest investment round. Founded in 2016, Taina is on a mission to help financial institutions comply with their regulatory requirements whilst saving… 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

June 22, 2020 @ 10:34 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Cryptocurrency exchange PayBito recently announced it has added Ripple’s XRP to its platform. According to PayBito, XRP is a crypto asset that runs on RippleNet, the real-time gross settlement system (RTGS) and remittance network. XRP Ledger is the underlying open-source distributed ledger database of RippleNet…. Read More

June 22, 2020 @ 10:23 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

U.S, fintech Maverick Payments announced on Monday the launch of its new fully custom payment gateway. According to Maverick Payments, the gateway was designed to provide an all-in-one integration and user experience for businesses with added layers of control and security. “The gateway completes a… Read More

June 22, 2020 @ 8:10 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Global payment solution provider Checkout.com announced on Monday it secured $150 million through its Series B funding round, tripling its valuation to $5.5 billion. The funding round was led by Coatue, along with participation from existing investors, including Insight Partners, DST Global, Blossom Capital, and Singapore’s Sovereign… Read More

June 21, 2020 @ 10:24 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Bittrex, a cryptocurrency exchange based in the U.S., announced on Saturday it is now accepting Mastercard as a source for funding user accounts. Bittrex reported that it will accept Mastercard payments from 36 countries across Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East subject… Read More

June 21, 2020 @ 10:15 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Muniy, a UK-based neobanking startup, has successfully secured its initial £200,000 equity crowdfunding target through its Crowdcube campaign. The funding round was launched earlier this month. As previously reported, Muniy describes itself as “banking for everyone.” The startup currently offers freemium and paid accounts with… Read More

June 21, 2020 @ 9:37 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Fundbox, a B2B payments and credit network developed to enhance B2B commerce at scale, recently announced it has partnered with  LoanPro, a cloud-based loan servicing platform, to accelerate the development of flexible credit management capabilities. While sharing details about the collaboration, Prashant Fuloria, COO of… Read More