December 20, 2024 @ 7:15 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Fintech firm Chime has confidentially filed for an IPO (initial public offering), according to a report from Bloomberg. Chime Financial Inc., a financial technology firm focused on no-fee banking services, has reportedly submitted a confidential filing with the US government for its IPO. This, according… Read More

 Tagged chime, consumer fintech, initial public offering, ipo

December 20, 2024 @ 6:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Worldline (Euronext: WLN), a global enabler of payment services, is pleased to announce the launch of FlexPricing, a feature designed specifically for Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) to earn revenue in innovative and simple ways. With FlexPricing, software vendors can implement flexible pricing strategies that include… Read More

 Tagged digital technology, payments, worldline

December 19, 2024 @ 7:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Singapore headquarters of Sygnum – a global digital asset banking group – Sygnum Pte. Ltd. announced its partnership with Moomoo Singapore to distribute its multi-manager fund to accredited investors on moomoo, a digital investment and wealth management platform with “over 1 million users” in… Read More

 Tagged banking, digital assets, MooMoo, singapore, sygnum bank

December 19, 2024 @ 12:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Klarna, the AI-powered global payments network and shopping assistant is partnering with online membership retailer Fabletics to make payment options more flexible this holiday season and beyond. With Klarna’s flexible payment options, Fabletics’ clients now have more ways to pay. Whether trying to stock up… Read More

 Tagged ai, fabletics, klarna, payments

December 19, 2024 @ 11:29 am By Omar Faridi  |  

High street bank lending to SMEs remains stable in Q2 2024, according to an update from UK Finance. UK Finance recently released its latest Business Finance Review which “reports on the finance needs of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the second quarter of 2024.”… Read More

 Tagged finance, lending, sme's, uk, uk finance

December 19, 2024 @ 10:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Artificial Intelligence (AI) in digital payment systems is reshaping the payments industry in an era of quick technological transformation. From better fraud detection to more efficient transactions, AI is changing the way of payment processing. Peko Wan, Co-CEO of Pundi X, a provider of blockchain-based… Read More

 Tagged interview, payments, peko wan, women changing finance

December 19, 2024 @ 10:09 am By Omar Faridi  |  

PensionBee, a firm focused on the consumer retirement market, is marking its 10th year of operations, which includes a decade of innovation, growth and impact in the pensions industry. Established back in December of 2014 to help tackle “outdated” pension systems – and with an… Read More

 Tagged online pension provider, pensionbee, pensions, retirement, uk

December 19, 2024 @ 9:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

SoFi Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: SOFI), a “one-stop shop” for digital financial services that helps members borrow, save, spend, invest and protect their money, announced that it now serves more than 10 million members across its suite of products and services. In 2024 to-date, total members… Read More

 Tagged banking, digital bank, online lending, sofi

December 19, 2024 @ 7:35 am By Omar Faridi  |  

London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) has announced the launch of Historical Analytics available through Snowflake. The Historical Analytics offering combines LSEG’s Pricing Services with Yield Book Analytics to provide pricing information for more than 2.9 million bonds with more than 20 years lookback. LSEG customers… Read More

 Tagged analytics, london stock exchange group, lseg, snowflake, uk

December 19, 2024 @ 7:33 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Affirm Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: AFRM), the payment network that empowers consumers and helps merchants drive growth, announced that it has expanded its partnership with Adyen, the global financial technology platform for businesses. The partnership makes Affirm the Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) provider to support… Read More

 Tagged adyen, affirm, bnpl, buy now pay later, payments