May 10, 2021 @ 2:20 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Federal Bank announced on Monday it has joined forces with UAE financial institution Mashreq Bank to facilitate money transfers from the UAE to India. According to Federal Bank, the partnership will support Mashreq’s payment product, QuickRemit. Federal Bank further revealed that the partnership will… Read More

May 10, 2021 @ 2:06 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

      Payment processing and global retail banking platform Klarna announced on Monday it has launched a small business impact initiative to help small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. Klarna reported it is donating $4.5 million in free services to SMEs… Read More

May 10, 2021 @ 1:02 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Digital bank Revolut announced on Monday it is temporarily waiving fees on cross-border remittance payments made to India, following the country’s latest surge in COVID-19 cases. As of this weekend, India has more than 400,000 COVID-19 cases and 7-day average of deaths more than 3,700. … Read More

May 10, 2021 @ 11:06 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Covalent, a Canada-based blockchain data provider, announced on Monday it has sold $10 million worth of native token CQT through a CoinList token sale. Founded in 2018, Covalent describes itself as a technology company that is solving the huge infrastructure problems inhibiting blockchain adoption. The company reported that its… Read More

May 10, 2021 @ 10:20 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Quidax, an Africa-based cryptocurrency exchange, announced on Monday it has officially processed more than $3.2 million in transactions. Launched in 2018, Quidax reported that it is seeking to become home of BEP-20 is a token standard on Binance Smart Chain (BSC) that extends ERC-20, as well… Read More

May 10, 2021 @ 9:32 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Expend, a UK-based AI-powered fintech, has successfully secured its initial £500,000 funding target through its equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs. The funding round, which recently made its debut, has already attracted more than 100 Seedrs investors. Founded in 2016, Expend claims it has steadily grown its customer… Read More

May 10, 2021 @ 9:21 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Babel Finance, a Hong Kong-based crypto financial service provider, announced on Monday it secured $40 million through its Series A funding round, which was led by Zoo Capital, Sequoia Capital China, Dragonfly Capital, BAI Capital and Bertelsmann, with participation from Tiger Global Management. Founded in 2018, Babel… Read More

May 10, 2021 @ 7:57 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Nuvei, a global payment technology provider based in Canada, recently announced it has acquired Simplex, an EU-licensed financial institution that provides the fiat infrastructure for the cryptocurrency industry, for approximately $250 million. Nuvei reported that the acquisition will provide it with an electronic money… Read More

May 9, 2021 @ 11:03 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

    The Naked Collective,  a carbon-neutral wellness company, will be closing its Crowdcube campaign later this week with more than €1.87 million. Through the crowdfunding campaign, The Nake Collective originally sought to raise €1.5 million on the funding platform and has attracted more than 330 Crowdcube… Read More

May 9, 2021 @ 10:51 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Alphagreen, a European CBD marketplace, is set to close its equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs with more than £1.9 million raised. Originally seeking £1 million, the investment round has already attracted over 560 Seedrs investors.  As previously reported, Alphagreen Group describes itself as a high-growth technology and pharmaceutical… Read More

May 9, 2021 @ 10:25 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  U.S.-based B2B fintech Tipalti announced on Friday it may now integrate with any Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system. Tipalti reported that notably ERP integrations now include Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, Microsoft Dynamics NAV, Microsoft Dynamics GP, QuickBooks Desktop, Xero, Sage 50, Sage 100,… Read More

May 7, 2021 @ 11:03 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Hong Kong-based Crypto.com announced on Thursday it is now enabling Cosmos’ Inter-Blockchain Communication (IBC) functionality for cross-chain transfers. According to Crypto.com, According to the duo, this integration creates new capabilities for future cross-chain implementations of the Crypto.org Chain and other IBC-enabled chains.  “The integration allows for… Read More

May 7, 2021 @ 10:41 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  XTM, a Canada-based fintech that provides mobile banking and payment card solutions, announced on Friday the official full roll-out of the “Today” instant mobile employee payout solution in the U.S. The company revealed it has signed many restaurants, integrated with proprietary Point-of-Sale (POS) platforms,… Read More

May 7, 2021 @ 2:02 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Bitpanda, a Vienna-based digital investment platform, announced on Friday it secured an additional €10 million as an extension of its Series B investment round, which was announced last month. The investment round, which intentionally raised $170 million and increased the company’s valuation to $1.2bn as… Read More

May 7, 2021 @ 1:40 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

    Tink, a Sweden-based fintech that provides APIs to create next-generation banking services, announced earlier this week it has formed a new partnership with payments technology provider Tribe. According to Tink, the partnership will enable Tribe to combine its issuer and acquirer services, with… Read More

May 7, 2021 @ 1:20 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Bakkt Holdings, LLC, a U.S.-based digital asset marketplace, announced on Thursday it has teamed up with Cantaloupe, Inc. (NASDAQ: CTLP), a digital payments and software services company, to provide cashless experience for consumers to spend digital assets at retail devices. Bakkt reported that through… Read More

May 7, 2021 @ 9:59 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

    Cryptocurrency payments platform BitPay announced on Thursday it is adding Dai and WBTC for businesses to accept as a payment option without the need for any integration or enhancements. BitPay reported Dai and WBTC are available to anyone, accessible anywhere in the world… Read More

May 7, 2021 @ 8:30 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Marqeta, a fintech unicorn that claims to be the first global modern card issuing platform, announced on Thursday it has teamed up with Afterpay for in-store digital card offering in both Australia and New Zealand. The duo has also partnered in the U.S and Canadian markets According to Marqeta,… Read More

May 7, 2021 @ 7:53 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Mogo Inc. (NASDAQ: MOGO) (TSX: MOGO) a Canada-based digital payments and financial technology company, announced on Thursday it has teamed up with Fundstrat, to provide MogoMembers with exclusive access to crypto nd other equity research from FSInsight LLC (FSI), which is Fundstrat’s independent research firm. Mogo… Read More

May 6, 2021 @ 10:25 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

    Prominent Fintech venture capital firm QED Investors announced on Thursday it has closed a $12 million network-driven fund to support both seed and pre-seed fintech startups in Latin America. QED reported that the fund will expand its reach across geographies, business models, and teams…. Read More