April 26, 2025 @ 3:20 am By Omar Faridi  |  

In an era where financial connectivity is becoming increasingly important, Plaid is positioning itself as a key player in delivering more reliable, scalable solutions for Open Finance. Through technical innovation, automation, and partnerships, Plaid is  addressing today’s integration challenges and is also focused on laying… Read More

 Tagged financial infrastructure, open finance, plaid

April 26, 2025 @ 3:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The payments industry is undergoing a transformative shift, driven by rapid technological advancements and evolving consumer expectations. Juniper Research’s Consumer Payments Tech Horizon 2025 report offers a framework to help stakeholders understand the trajectory of payment technologies. This resource evaluates the maturity and market performance… Read More

 Tagged contactless, digital transactions, payments, research

April 25, 2025 @ 7:51 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CBInsights’ AI 100 report examines the world’s high-potential private AI companies, highlighting Fintech as one of the key verticals driving innovation. Selected from over 17,000 companies using proprietary Mosaic Scores, investor quality, market traction, and software buyer interviews, the 100 high-potential firms highlight the transformative… Read More

 Tagged ai, financial technology, Gen AI, research, startups

April 25, 2025 @ 9:09 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bread Financial (NYSE: BFH), a financial services company that provides payment, lending and saving solutions, announced a multi-year agreement with Crypto.com, one of the world’s cryptocurrency exchanges, to launch the Crypto.com credit card program in the US. The Crypto.com Visa signature credit card will reportedly… Read More

 Tagged bread financial, Crypto Transactions, crypto.com, payments

April 25, 2025 @ 7:06 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Nu Mexico, a subsidiary of Nubank (NYSE: NU), announced the approval of its banking license by the National Banking and Securities Commission (CNBV). With this milestone, Nu has become the first Popular Financial Society (SOFIPO) to obtain approval to “transform into a bank, opening the path… Read More

 Tagged banking, digital bank, latam, nu mexico, nubank

April 25, 2025 @ 4:45 am By Michael Wong  |  

Altruist, a U.S.-based custodian for registered investment advisors, announced that it raised $152 million in a Series F funding round led by Singapore sovereign investor GIC. The round also drew participation from Salesforce Ventures, Geodesic Capital, Baillie Gifford, Carson Family Office, ICONIQ Growth and other… Read More

 Tagged Altruist, Custodian platform, funding round, gic, singapore

April 25, 2025 @ 4:37 am By Michael Wong  |  

LenderLink Philippines, a fintech startup building the Philippines’ first high-tech, real-time credit bureau, raised $1.25 million in an oversubscribed pre-seed funding round led by venture firms Iterative and Kaya Founders, the company said. The pre-seed round, the startup’s first external raise since its founding last… Read More

 Tagged credit bureau, fintech, LenderLink, Philippines

April 25, 2025 @ 4:34 am By Michael Wong  |  

LendMN, Mongolia’s first fully digital lending Fintech and a unit of AND Global, said it had raised $20 million in debt financing from Lendable to scale technology-driven financial services for micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in the country. The facility marks the largest sum… Read More

 Tagged AND Global, lendable, LendMN, mongolia

April 25, 2025 @ 4:21 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

UnionPay International, a global payment network, has announced a strategic partnership with Dojo, a United Kingdom SME payment provider. This collaboration could significantly increase UnionPay card acceptance across the UK, providing cardholders another payment option while enabling small and medium-sized enterprises to tap into a… Read More

 Tagged Dojo, hospitality, payments, travel, unionpay

April 25, 2025 @ 4:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Global payments infrastructure platform Mercuryo has launched Spend, a new crypto debit card powered by the Mastercard network. Available through Ledger Live, the app to “securely” manage crypto and NFTs, Ledger users can now “use the Spend debit card to make purchases using their digital… Read More

 Tagged Crypto Transactions, ledger, mastercard, mercuryo