June 16, 2025 @ 2:49 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nubank (NYSE: NU) continues to redefine digital banking in Latin America, marking its 12th anniversary with innovations and solidifying its position as Brazil’s most favored financial institution. With over 118 million customers across Brazil, Mexico, and Colombia, Nubank’s recent updates—Automated Pix with Smart Bill Search,… Read More

 Tagged crypto-assets, digital banking, latam, nubank

June 16, 2025 @ 12:27 pm By JD Alois  |  

Happy Money, a digital lender, has gained a $500 million purchase agreement led by Fortress Investment Group and Edge Focus. The agreement is for funds managed by the aforementioned firms to purchase up to $500 million in Happy Money loans. To date, Happy Money reports… Read More

 Tagged happy money, online lending

June 16, 2025 @ 12:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Equifax (NYSE: EFX) has secured 35 new patents in the first half of 2025. These new patents, which bring the number of Equifax issued or pending patents to nearly 650 patents spanning 15 countries, “encompass distinctive techniques in artificial intelligence and machine learning, data &… Read More

 Tagged ai, equifax, machine learning

June 16, 2025 @ 12:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Klarna, the AI-powered payments and commerce network, launched an AI-powered CEO hotline, enabling its 100 million global consumers to provide direct product feedback in a one-to-one conversation with an interactive AI avatar trained on Klarna CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski’s real voice, insights and experiences. Initially rolling… Read More

 Tagged ai, bnpl, cx, klarna, payments

June 16, 2025 @ 8:04 am By Omar Faridi  |  

In a significant achievement for the private markets industry, Partners Group, a global private markets firm, announced that its private credit evergreen fund has reached EUR 2 billion (approximately USD 2.31 billion) in size. This milestone underscores the growing investor appetite for private credit and… Read More

 Tagged milestone, partners group, private credit, private markets

June 16, 2025 @ 6:01 am By JD Alois  |  

Remittance Fintech LemFi has acquired Pillar. Pillar’s co-founders and Revolut alumni Ashutosh Bhatt and Adam Lewis will join the LemFi team. The terms of the deal were not immediately available. LemFi, founded in 2021, aims to support immigrants. The company reports working with over two… Read More

 Tagged lemfi, payments, pillar, remittances, uk, united kingdom

June 15, 2025 @ 4:38 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Global investment firm Carlyle and banking giant Citi have entered into a strategic collaboration to explore asset-backed financing and co-investment opportunities in the fast-growing fintech specialty lending sector. The partnership formalizes a framework for both firms to exchange market intelligence and jointly pursue deals that… Read More

 Tagged Carlyle, citi, fintech, fintech lending

June 15, 2025 @ 4:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

SmartStream, the financial Transaction Lifecycle Management (TLM) and solutions provider, has announced the expansion of its AI-driven reconciliation and data management platform, SmartStream Air, into the insurance sector. This move aims to help insurers “tackle fragmented data challenges, reduce operational costs, and strengthen compliance through… Read More

 Tagged ai, data management, insurance, smartstream, transaction lifecycle management

June 15, 2025 @ 4:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation (DTCC) is exploring the issuance of a stablecoin to enhance the efficiency of digital asset transactions, according to insights from industry sources reported by The Information. This move could significantly reshape how trades are settled across global markets, leveraging… Read More

 Tagged digital assets, digital transactions, dtcc, stablecoins

June 14, 2025 @ 12:41 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Fraud in Asia-Pacific’s fastest-growing digital sectors is rising sharply, driven by sophisticated tactics involving deepfakes and synthetic identity documents, according to a new report from global verification provider Sumsub. Healthtech recorded the highest year-on-year increase in fraud cases across the region with a 723% surge… Read More

 Tagged Digital Fraud, sumsub