February 14, 2020 @ 7:50 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Standard Chartered, a UK-based multinational banking and financial services company with $688 billion in assets, announced on Thursday it has joined forces with the Imperial College Business School for a new climate risk management partnership.   According to Standard Chartered, the collaboration aims to discover new… Read More

February 13, 2020 @ 10:24 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Reggora, a U.S. fintech that specializes in residential appraisal software, announced on Thursday it secured $10 million through its Series A funding round, which was led by Spark Capital. Founded in 2016, Reggora describes itself as a modern appraisal technology company that provides mortgage lenders… Read More

February 13, 2020 @ 10:22 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Elliptic, a  provider of cryptoasset risk management solutions, announced on Thursday Wells Fargo Strategic Capital (WFSC) has joined its Series B funding round, bringing the total amount raised to over $28 million.  The investment round’s participants also included SBI Group and Santander InnoVentures.  Founded in… Read More

February 13, 2020 @ 1:57 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

FIS (NYSE: FIS), a financial services technology firm, announced on Thursday it is extending its partnership with payments platform giant PayPal to enable millions of cardholders of U.S. financial institutions to participate in PayPal’s Pay with Rewards. FIS reported beginning in the third quarter of… Read More

February 13, 2020 @ 1:41 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Santander announced on Thursday it has appointed Trish Burgess as its new Head of Peer-to-Peer Payments. Santander reported that the appointment supports the bank’s commitment to providing customers with “best-in-class payment solutions” as part of its digital transformation. According to Santander, Burgess joins the Santander team… Read More

February 13, 2020 @ 11:12 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Following the announcement that N26 was departing the UK after the country left the European Union, digital challenger bank Monzo shared with UK N26 customers the reasons to switch to its banking service. As previously reported, N26 reported that with the UK now having left… Read More

February 13, 2020 @ 9:57 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Payment processing platform Klarna announced on Wednesday it has acquired Moneymour, a buy now, pay later payments platform based in Italy. Founded in 2017, Moneymour allows customers to buy now, pay later by splitting their purchases into monthly installments based on an instant credit assessment. “The… Read More

February 13, 2020 @ 9:07 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Bitcoin IRA, a company that allows individuals to invest in cryptocurrency, announced on Thursday it has lowered its rates for 2020 based on improvements to its 24/7 self-trading platform and its OTC liquidity partner. Bitcoin IRA reported it has lowered its platform fees by 25%… Read More

February 13, 2020 @ 8:39 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Saberr, a UK-based developer of managers and team software, has successfully secured its initial £350,000 equity crowdfunding target on Crowdcube. The campaign has attracted more than 220 Crowdcube investors. Founded in 2013, Saberr build software to help managers get their teams performing at the top… Read More

February 12, 2020 @ 3:50 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ireland-based fintech company Fenergo announced on Wednesday it secured $80 through its latest investment round, which was led by ABN AMRO Ventures and DXC Technology. Founded in 2009, Fenergo describes itself as a digital enabler of client and regulatory technology for financial services. The company… Read More

February 12, 2020 @ 3:42 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Global blockchain payments provider BitPay announced on Tuesday it has teamed up with open commerce platform Point to integrate its bitcoin and cryptocurrency payments with Poynt’s Smart Terminal point-of-sale devices.  The duo reported that with just the scan of a QR code at checkout, consumers… Read More

February 12, 2020 @ 1:13 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

ChargeAfter, a global network that enables retailers to match their consumers with credit and financing offers, announced on Wednesday it has teamed up with Visa to provide Visa cardholders with more choice and flexibility in payments when buying goods and services in-store or online. ChargeAfter… Read More

February 12, 2020 @ 12:54 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Voyager Digital Ltd. (CSE: VYGR) (OTC Pink: VYGVF) (FRA: UCD2) announced on Wednesday it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Circle Invest, the retail digital asset business from Circle Internet Financial, Inc. According to Voyager, the transaction will add more than 40,000 retail… Read More

February 12, 2020 @ 12:44 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

B2C2, a UK-based cryptocurrency liquidity platform, announced on Wednesday it has teamed up with SFOX, a cryptocurrency prime dealer for large-scale investors, to provide asset managers, hedge funds, family offices and high net worth individuals with a new source of liquidity. The duo reported that… Read More

February 12, 2020 @ 12:19 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Nova Credit, a U.S. cross-border consumer credit reporting startup, today announced it raised $50 million through its Series B funding round, which was led by Kleiner Perkins with participation from Canapi Ventures, Index Ventures, General Catalyst, and Nyca Partners. Nova Credit reported that the funds… Read More

February 12, 2020 @ 10:52 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Stake, an Australian-based commission-free trading app for stocks and ETFs, has officially launched its services in the UK. This news comes just weeks after Stake announced its UK beta operations. As previously reported, Stake claims it democratizes global share markets to bring the “world’s largest… Read More

February 12, 2020 @ 10:01 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

EasyEuro, a France-based fintech startup, announced this week it secured $4 million through its latest investment round, which was led by Shanghai-based Ally Capital, with participation from seed investors SwiftPass, Geoswift, Huashan Capital and Unity Assets. The funds will be used to launch EasyEuro’s neobank… Read More

February 12, 2020 @ 9:41 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Digital payments company Payoneer announced on Wednesday it not only opened a new office Dublin, it has also been authorized as an Electronic Money (e-money) institution by the Central Bank of Ireland (CBI). Payoneer claims its the twelfth company to be granted the license. Founded… Read More

February 12, 2020 @ 8:18 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

IOTA Foundation, a non-profit foundation focused on distributed ledger technology and permissionless ecosystem development, announced on Tuesday it is collaborating with the Eclipse Foundation, an open-source software foundation for commercial innovation and collaboration, to launch their Tangle EE Working Group (WG). According to the duo,… Read More

February 12, 2020 @ 8:10 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Digital money transfer service MoneyGram (NASDAQ: MGI) announced on Wednesday the launch of its new service,  MoneyGram FastSend, which allows consumers to send money to a mobile phone number through the MoneyGram website and mobile app.  According to MoneyGram, MoneyGram FastSend is supported by the… Read More