October 7, 2020 @ 2:50 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

BRD, a U.S.-based cryptocurrency mobile wallet, announced earlier this week it has surpassed six million users globally, with a monthly active user counting also surpassing at the beginning of July 2020. Founded in 2015, BRD claims it is one of the largest non-custodial wallets with… Read More

October 7, 2020 @ 2:37 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Less than two years after securing more than £1.5 million through its previous crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs, renewable investment platform Abundance has returned to the funding portal and quickly surpassed its £350,000 funding target and is now nearing £535,000.  As previously reported, Abundance launched… Read More

October 7, 2020 @ 2:09 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Bank of America announced earlier this week the launch of Life Plan, a new digital experience through which clients can set and track near- and long-term goals based on their life priorities, and better understand and act on steps toward achieving them. Available within… Read More

October 7, 2020 @ 12:53 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Global blockchain payments provider BitPay announced on Tuesday  Blocklete Games, Turner Sports’ sports video gaming experience built on blockchain, is now accepting cryptocurrency as a form of payment through the BitPay platform. BitPay reported that it will enable users to make payments using Bitcoin, Bitcoin… Read More

October 7, 2020 @ 12:14 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Dividend Finance Inc., a U.S.-based fintech that specializes in point-of-sale lending to solar and home improvement contractors, announced on Wednesday the launch of a new technology platform. Founded in 2013, Dividend claims it is a leading national provider of renewable energy and energy-efficient financing… Read More

October 7, 2020 @ 10:09 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

U.S. fintech Payrix announced on Wednesday it is set to expand its services in Australia and New Zealand, as well as completed its acquisition of Brisbane-based payment service provider, IntegraPay. The expansion efforts come just days after Payrix announced it secured $50 million through its… Read More

October 7, 2020 @ 9:26 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Qori Capital, a financial management company that ran the largest fund in Peru, recently announced it has applied to become an affiliate member of DeFi Money Market (DMM), the decentralized protocol and ecosystem that brings earned interest back into the global monetary system. Qori reported… Read More

October 7, 2020 @ 7:51 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Liberty Real Estate recently announced it has launched a single-tenant net-lease security token fund. Liberty reported it is investing in essential business commercial real estate properties with a $30 million initial launch, issued though the Securitize.io platform in conjunction with a partnership with Catalyst Fund… Read More

October 6, 2020 @ 9:27 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Draper Goren Holm, a blockchain and Fintech venture firm, announced on Tuesday it has invested in Simetria, an Israeli digital securities exchange. Along with the investment, Simetria will become part of the Ownera digital securities network (also a Draper Goren Holm portfolio company).  Draper Goren… Read More

October 6, 2020 @ 3:37 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Finoa, a Germany-based fintech, announced on Tuesday it is teaming up with Oasis Network to provide custody for the network’s ROSE toke at mainnet launch. According to Finoa, ROSE is designed to give users financial sovereignty and control of their data and is expected to… Read More

October 6, 2020 @ 3:21 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  UK-based payments platform GoCardless announced on Tuesday it has formed a strategic partnership with goDonate, a next-generation online donation platform for the charity sector. According to GoCardless, goDonate’s mission is to provide charity supporters with the optimum online user experience, making it as simple and… Read More

October 6, 2020 @ 2:43 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  U.S.-based B2B fintech Tipalti announced on Tuesday it secured $150 million through its Series E funding round, which was led by Durable Capital Partners with participation from Greenoaks Capital and participation from current investor 01 Advisors. The investment round reportedly brought the company’s valuation to… Read More

October 6, 2020 @ 2:35 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

P27 Nordic Payments Platform announced on Tuesday it has acquired Bankkgirot, a Sweden-Based clearing house for mass payments. According to P27, Bankgirot has a “central role” in the Swedish payment system and handles transactions of a total value of approximately SEK 73 billion per day…. Read More

October 6, 2020 @ 12:20 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Draper Goren Holm, a blockchain and Fintech venture firm, announced on Tuesday the launch and principal close of Fund 1, which is the venture’s first traditional venture fund of $25 million where Seed and Series A investments will take precedent in promising fintech and blockchain… Read More

October 6, 2020 @ 10:38 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Payment processing platform Klarna announced on Tuesday it has formed a five-year partnership with the American department store, Macy’s. Through the collaboration, Macy’s will offer customers the ability to pay in four equal, interest-free installments at online checkout as part of enhanced shopping experience. “Within… Read More

October 6, 2020 @ 10:23 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Small business funding platform Biz2Credit announced on Tuesday its latest Small Business Lending Index has been released and revealed small business loan approval percentages at big banks ($10 billion+ in assets) dropped slightly from 13.6% in August to 13.5% in September, indicative of the struggles… Read More

October 6, 2020 @ 9:53 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Lemonway, the pan-European payment solution for online marketplaces, announced on Tuesday it has joined forces with Ripple, an enterprise blockchain solution for global payments, to enable instant, more transparent, as well as cost-effective, European transactions. Lemonway reported that through the partnership, it will use the RippleNet… Read More

October 5, 2020 @ 3:51 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Wells Fargo announced on Monday the launch of its new payment tracker. According to Wells Fargo, the payment tracker is a single status, secure, web-based solution for tracking global payments. Wells Fargo revealed that the payment tracker is a free tool that leverages Wells Fargo’s… Read More

October 5, 2020 @ 2:46 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Pan-European banking service Monese announced on Monday it will adopt Thought Machine’s cloud-native core banking platform, Vault. Monese reported it will migrate its existing customer base onto the Vault platform, as it focuses on strengthening the company’s core technology platform and its banking infrastructure…. Read More

October 5, 2020 @ 1:31 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Refinitiv, a provider of financial markets data and infrastructure that has served more than 40,000 institutions in over 190 countries, announced on Monday it has officially acquired global integrity and compliance risk firm, The Red Flag Group. Refinitive reported that the acquisition is to help… Read More