October 8, 2025 @ 10:32 am By JD Alois  |  

A large group of European Fintech associations, including some crowdfunding groups, has signed a letter advocating on behalf of the Financial Data Access Regulation (FIDA). The letter has been addressed to the European Commission, the European Parliament, and the Council of the EU. According to… Read More

 Tagged EU, europe, fida, Financial Data Access Regulation

October 8, 2025 @ 9:37 am By JD Alois  |  

UK Fintech advocate Innovate Finance will partner with the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) on a new Fintech series, according to a release. The production will be created by BBC StoryWorks Commercial Productions. The series is titled “Value Generation: Fintech’s Next Frontier,” and is said to… Read More

 Tagged bbc, innovation finance, uk, united kingdom

October 8, 2025 @ 8:39 am By Omar Faridi  |  

VisualVest, a wholly owned subsidiary of Union Investment, is reportedly expanding its product offering: with SelectETF end users are now able to trade ETFs independently. The technological foundation is being provided by Berlin-headquartered Upvest, which provides its investment infrastructure via its Investment API. As explained… Read More

 Tagged etfs, europe, germany, investing, trading, upvest

October 8, 2025 @ 1:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

vobapay, the technology partner for payment solutions with a cooperative background, and Mastercard (NYSE: MA)  are entering into a strategic partnership. As part of their latest cooperation, vobapay will aim to integrate Mastercard’s Open Banking tech into its platform. This will reportedly allows companies that… Read More

 Tagged mastercard, open banking, payments, vobapay

October 7, 2025 @ 1:01 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Aman Behzad, Managing Partner at Royal Park Partners, has highlighted this week’s Fintech deals, with the United States leading the activity for this period, securing 6 of their top 10 deals. Meanwhile, their ‘Capital Markets & Wealth Management’ vertical stood out with “4 of the… Read More

 Tagged fintech adoption, Fintech funding, royal park partners, united states

October 7, 2025 @ 10:06 am By Omar Faridi  |  

October 7, 2025 marks the first year since the UK’s Payment System Regulator or PSR introduced mandatory APP fraud reimbursement rules. Although 88% (£112m) of losses under the policy have reportedly been returned to victims, the total value of claims increased from Q1 to Q2… Read More

 Tagged biocatch, compliance, consumer protection, fraud, psr, uk

October 7, 2025 @ 8:18 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The 2025 Triennial Central Bank Survey of foreign exchange and over-the-counter interest rate derivatives markets activity reveals that trading in FX markets reached $9.6 trillion per day in April of this year, which is up a significant 28% from 2022. BIS also mentioned in the… Read More

 Tagged bis, fx, research, trading

October 7, 2025 @ 3:49 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bite Investments, a provider of technology solutions for the alternative investments sector, announced that they secured $25 million in growth capital from NewSpring Growth, NewSpring Capital’s growth equity strategy investing in various technology companies. The funding represents a significant milestone in Bite Investments’ goal to… Read More

 Tagged alternative investments, bite investments, funding round

October 6, 2025 @ 6:11 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Baselane, the banking and financial platform for real estate investors, has raised $34.4 million in new funding, including a recently closed $20 million Series B led by Thomvest Ventures and a previously unannounced $14.4 million Series A led by Matrix Partners. The funding milestone coincides… Read More

 Tagged ai, Baselane, Don Butler, Mathias Korder, real estate investing

October 6, 2025 @ 6:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Visa (NYSE: V) initiated a pilot program via its Visa Direct platform to allow businesses, including banks and remittance services, to preload accounts with stablecoins rather than traditional fiat currencies for international transfers. This approach treats stablecoins as readily available funds, akin to deposited cash,… Read More

 Tagged Crypto Transactions, pilot, remittances, stablecoins, visa