March 23, 2021 @ 9:43 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  loanDepot.com, LLC, a subsidiary of loanDepot, Inc. (NYSE:LDI”), a U.S.-based retail nonbank mortgage lender, announced on Tuesday it has teamed up with home builder Schell Brothers to launch a new venture, Henlopen Mortgage. The duo reported that through the venture, Schell Brothers will have… Read More

March 23, 2021 @ 8:09 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  U.S.-based fintech Broadridge Financial Solutions (NYSE:BR) announced on Tuesday it has teamed up with AccessFintech to launch a new Strategic Gateway for Settlement Workflow that offers efficiencies in resolving multi-party settlement fails. Broadridge reported that the solution is powered by its post-trade platforms and data, and… Read More

March 22, 2021 @ 3:38 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Jane, a U.S.-based e-commerce curated boutique marketplace, recently announced it has integrated with payment processing and global retail banking platform Klarna to offer customers Klarna’s pay in four solutions at checkout. Jane shoppers will now have the ability to purchase the latest in women’s fashion… Read More

March 22, 2021 @ 3:09 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

      Bitcoin IRA, a company that allows individuals to invest in cryptocurrency, recently announced that clients have invested more than $100 million into its new interest-earning program, IRA Earn, in just 30 days. According to Bitcoin IRA, the program offers interest rates up to 6%… Read More

March 22, 2021 @ 2:15 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Zaver, a Sweden-based fintech that allows merchants to accept careless payments and offers buy now, pay later (BNPL), has reportedly secured $5 million through its new funding round, which involved participation from  Inbox Capital, Inventure, Fredrik Österberg, Magnus Rausing, Joen Bonnier, Fabian Hielte, and Max… Read More

March 22, 2021 @ 1:42 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Loanpad, a UK-based peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platform, is set to close its equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs with more than £420,000 raised. The funding round, which launched last month, originally sought to raise £250,000. It has so far attracted more than 360 Seedrs investors. Founded in 2015,… Read More

March 22, 2021 @ 11:29 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

      Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), an international financial hub in the Middle East, Africa, and South Asia (MEASA) region, has received approval to join the World Alliance of International Financial Centers (WAIFC). WAIFC is described as a non-profit association registered in Belgium,… Read More

March 22, 2021 @ 11:13 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Garanti BBVA, BBVA’s Turkish unit, announced on Monday the launch of its new bank account aggregation service specifically for businesses, SMEs, and freelancers. According to Garanti, the services allow clients to view the amount debited and credited to their non-BBVA accounts. Garanti did explain… Read More

March 22, 2021 @ 10:57 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  U.S.-based fintech Broadridge Financial Solutions (NYSE:BR) announced on Monday the expansion of its European fund regulatory reporting solution with the integration of transaction cost calculation services from financial products, trading, and market-making services provider Virtu Financial (NASDAQ: VIRT).   “The Broadridge and Virtu offering will provide… Read More

March 22, 2021 @ 10:16 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Kaleyra, Inc. (NYSE:KLR), a Communications Platform as a Service (CPaaS), announced on Monday it has formed a new agreement with Visa in the Latin America and the Caribbean region. Kaleyra reported that as part of the agreement its innovation lab, k-lab, will be creating communication… Read More

March 22, 2021 @ 8:06 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Plug and Play recently announced it has joined forces with UK-based fintech Finastra to help expand the FusionFabric.cloud platform for open innovation. Plug and Play reported that through the collaboration, it will support Finastra with the ultimate goal of bringing more fintechs to the platform to bring… Read More

March 21, 2021 @ 10:18 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Cogitate Technology Solution, a U.S.-based insurtech, recently announced its as extended its partnership with global data analytics provider Verisk to enhance its insurance platform. Cogitate reported that through the partnership it will source and integrate commercial lines data from Verisk into Cogitate’s flagship solution… Read More

March 21, 2021 @ 10:01 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

    Hong Kong-based Crypto.com announced on Friday that Crypto.com Chain, which is set to launch on March 25th, is now teaming up with blockchain analysis company, Chainalysis. According to Crypto.com, the collaboration will use the security of the Crypto.org network, along with Chainalysis’ compliance and… Read More

March 21, 2021 @ 9:45 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Zip, an Australia-based buy now pay later (BNPL) platform, announced over the weekend its plans to expand into contactless payments. Zip describes itself as an interest-free payment solution for everyday spending. “With Zip, it’s win-win. Customers love the freedom and flexibility we offer them. Our retail… Read More

March 19, 2021 @ 10:05 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Coterie, a U.S.-based commercial insurtech, announced on Thursday it has teamed up with IBQ, an insurtech that specializes in personal and commercial lines comparative rating, for small business insurance. Coterie reported that the partnership combines its tech-based approach to insurance offerings with IBQ’s technology… Read More

March 19, 2021 @ 9:51 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

    Enova (NYSE:ENVA) announced on Friday it is set to acquire Pangea Universal Holdings, a U.S.-based payments platform offering mobile international money transfer services. The latest acquisition comes less than six months after Enova officially acquired online lender OnDeck (NYSE:ONDK) As previously reported, Enova is… Read More

March 19, 2021 @ 1:55 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Noyo, a U.S.-based API platform for improving the speed and accuracy of health insurance data exchange, announced earlier this week the launch of its new API product, Noyo Sync, which enables automated, flexible, and embeddable benefits data. According to Noyo, the product allows users to… Read More

March 19, 2021 @ 1:43 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Cryptocurrency trading platform PrimeXBT announced on Friday its newly updated platform design to support the introduction of new multi-currency accounts. PrimeXBT reported that in order to further expand its product offering and continue to evolve the user experience on its trading platform, it has introduced… Read More

March 19, 2021 @ 1:24 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Celsius Network, a cryptocurrency lending and borrowing platform, announced on Friday it has expanded its executive team by appointing Rodney Sunada-Wong as Chief Risk Officer and Vijay Konduru as Chief Marketing Officer and Head of Analytics. The new hires come just days after Celsius Network announced it has… Read More

March 19, 2021 @ 10:05 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Nexus, a U.S.-based AP automation and payments for the real estate industry provider, announced earlier this week it has teamed up with JPMorgan Chase & Co’s integrated payments business WePay to create a new payments solution that will allow small businesses to accept payment through… Read More