July 13, 2025 @ 5:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The roll-up of Dutch payroll software company Employes marks Danish-founded Ageras‘ second acquisition this year and its “most significant since its 2024 takeover of French business banking platform Shine from Société Générale,” says Ageras’ CEO, signalling that change is “coming for the way small businesses… Read More

 Tagged acquisition, ageras, europe, payroll

July 13, 2025 @ 5:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Cobre, a firm supporting real-time business payments in Latin America, says starting in September, it will become the first participant in Colombia to enable instant interbank payments. As a long-time advocate of financial digitalization in Colombia, Cobre seeks to accelerate the interoperable real-time payment system… Read More

 Tagged cobre, colombia, latam, payments

July 13, 2025 @ 5:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Propel Venture Partners, a seed-stage venture firm investing in firms participating in the future of finance, announced it has raised a $100 million Fund V, bringing total commitments to over $436 million. Co-led by Jay Reinemann and David Mort, who together bring investing and operating… Read More

 Tagged investing, investments, latam, propel venture partners

July 13, 2025 @ 4:43 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Payfinia, an independent payment services firm providing an open payments framework, is partnering with Early Warning Services to offer Paze, an online checkout solution developed by Early Warning Services and offered by banks and credit unions. Star One Credit Union, one of the nation’s largest credit… Read More

 Tagged early warning services, Eric Hoffman, keith riddle, Minal Gupta, Nizar Jamal, Payfinia, Paze

July 13, 2025 @ 12:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In today’s fast-paced global economy, businesses face mounting pressure to streamline operations, enhance efficiency, and maintain tight control over finances. Payhawk, a spend management platform, is focused on this transformation, offering innovative solutions that empower companies to manage corporate spending effectively. Recent insights from Payhawk’s blog highlight… Read More

 Tagged ai, insights, payhawk, spend management, spending

July 12, 2025 @ 2:52 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Fintech firm Revolut is establishing a technology hub in the Philippine capital, Manila, as part of a plan to expand global capabilities and accelerate product innovation, the company said on Wednesday. The Manila site will operate as a Global Capability Center that supports engineering, financial-crime prevention… Read More

 Tagged banking, digital bank, fintech, manila, Philippines, revolut

July 12, 2025 @ 12:14 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Tanssi Network, a decentralized infrastructure protocol for institutional-grade appchains, has officially launched its mainnet. The platform seeks to enable Fintech companies, RWA projects, and other blockchain applications to deploy fully customizable, Ethereum-secured appchains. Tanssi has already supported the deployment of more than 3,000 appchains and… Read More

 Tagged Francisco Agosti, Mainnet, rwas, Tanssi, Thiago Rudiger

July 12, 2025 @ 8:23 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Alpaca, a self-clearing broker-dealer and brokerage infrastructure API, announced its intended acquisition of WealthKernel, a wealthtech firm specializing in digital investment infrastructure and tax-advantaged products. This strategic acquisition will bring WealthKernel’s UK and EU licensed brokerage infrastructure to Alpaca, “supporting their global expansion to achieve… Read More

 Tagged alpaca, europe, uk, united kingdom, wealthkernel

July 12, 2025 @ 8:08 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Sonatype, a software supply chain security company, this week released the Q2 2025 edition of its Open Source Malware Index, uncovering 16,279 malicious open source packages across major ecosystems including npm and PyPI. This quarter’s count brings the total number of open source malware packages Sonatype has discovered… Read More

 Tagged Brian Fox, lazarus group, malware, Sonatype

July 12, 2025 @ 6:47 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Relm Insurance, an insurer for emerging and innovative industries, this week announced the launch of OMEGAFINTECH and NOVAFINTECH. The two offerings are designed to eliminate coverage gaps within streamlined policies built for today’s financial innovators. Modern Fintechs face growing risks, from cyberattacks to regulatory scrutiny,… Read More

 Tagged Claire Davey, Joseph Ziolkowski, NOVAFINTECH, OMEGAFINTECH, Relm Insurance