May 16, 2025 @ 8:21 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Affirm (NASDAQ: AFRM), the payment network that empowers consumers and helps merchants drive growth, and Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ: COST), the world’s third-largest retailer, announced a multi-year partnership naming Affirm as “a pay-over-time provider for Costco.com in the U.S.” Costco members shopping online can use… Read More

 Tagged affirm, bnpl, costco, payments, us

May 16, 2025 @ 7:20 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Following a review of the market, Lloyds Banking Group (LBG) has selected Moneyhub to categorize and enrich all retail and non-retail transactions across LBG’s customer base and brands, “including Lloyds, Halifax, Scottish Widows and Bank of Scotland.” This will support customers to understand what they… Read More

 Tagged lloyds, lloyds banking group, moneyhub, uk, united kingdom

May 16, 2025 @ 7:16 am By Omar Faridi  |  

OakNorth – the digital bank for entrepreneurs, has provided a $15.5m loan to Virginia-based real estate investor, Rooney Properties. Established in 2013 and headquartered in Arlington, the firm “has experience underwriting, acquiring, entitling and developing commercial real estate across the Washington DC metro area.” Having… Read More

 Tagged digital bank, oaknorth, uk, united kingdom

May 15, 2025 @ 2:27 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

As new impactful technologies emerge, insurance providers grapple with pricing risk properly. Effective solutions are developed by looking at relevant regulations and comparable industries. Providers must also develop a nuanced understanding of the technology. Alternative Intelligence (AI) has insurers considering all of the above, and… Read More

 Tagged ai, Claire Davey, cryptocurrency, insurance, Relm, underwriting, Web3

May 15, 2025 @ 2:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Horizon Trading Solutions, a global enabler of electronic trading solutions and algorithmic technology for capital markets, is launching a Smart Order Router (SOR) – Horizon Compass – to allow institutional and retail brokers to achieve optimal execution and high performance. With legacy SOR solutions filling… Read More

 Tagged capital markets, digital technology, electronic trading, horizon trading solutions, smart order router

May 15, 2025 @ 2:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Flagright has partnered with Integrated Finance, a fintech infrastructure platform, to simplify how teams integrate compliance and  banking workflows. By mapping Integrated Finance’s APIs with Flagright’s API, they’ve made it easier for “mutual customers to connect infrastructure and compliance workflows.” Fintech companies often spend weeks… Read More

 Tagged banking, compliance, flagright, infrastructure, integrated finance

May 15, 2025 @ 1:49 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fincom, a firm focused on anti-money laundering (AML) Sanction Screening and Entity Resolution technology, announced the successful completion of its Series B funding round, securing an investment led by Nasdaq Ventures, with participation from Macquarie Group, G1 Ventures, and existing investors including AnD Ventures and… Read More

 Tagged aml, fincom, funding round, nasdaq ventures

May 15, 2025 @ 10:44 am By JD Alois  |  

Large European retailers are asking the European Commission to address the fees charged by credit card issuers like Visa and Mastercard. According to a report, these retailers want these fees reduced. The message was said to be sent in a letter, addressed to the Commission’s… Read More

 Tagged EU, mastercard, payments, vis, visa

May 15, 2025 @ 8:21 am By JD Alois  |  

eToro (NASDAQ:ETOR),  a brokerage also offering crypto trading, listed its shares on the Nasdaq yesterday in an initial public offering (IPO) that quickly saw its share price rise. eToro originally priced its shares at $52. By the end of the day, eToro was trading at… Read More

 Tagged etoro, ipo, israel

May 15, 2025 @ 7:53 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Stash, the platform helping people build financial futures, announced that it has secured $146 million in a new Series H funding through a round led by Goodwater Capital, with participation from returning investors Union Square Ventures, StepStone Group, Serengeti, and the University of Illinois Foundation,… Read More

 Tagged funding round, stash