December 9, 2024 @ 11:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nu Colombia (Compañía de Financiamiento S.A.) part of Nubank (NYSE: NU) announces the NuControl Credit Card pilot launch, developed to increase financial inclusion in the country. With a presence in 100% of the departments and more than 95% of rural municipalities, Nu said that it… Read More

 Tagged banking, digital bank, latin america, nu colombia, nubank

December 9, 2024 @ 5:53 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

CEO Ryan Campbell wishes he had access to MoneyThumb’s automated document evaluation and fraud solutions when he ran other Fintech companies earlier in his career. Over the past seven years, he’s seen MoneyThumb grow into a trusted service provider to hundreds of lenders and thousands… Read More

 Tagged cybersecurity, fraud, MoneyThumb, Ryan Campbell, Thumbprint

December 9, 2024 @ 5:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Holiday season is the gift that “keeps giving for criminals,” rogue employers, and unscrupulous service providers, according to an update from LSEG Risk Intelligence. Analysis of LSEG World-Check database demonstrates how criminals take advantage at “a time when consumer spending is at its highest.” Worker… Read More

 Tagged crime, fraud, lseg, research

December 9, 2024 @ 11:16 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Third Financial, part of the Nucleus group, has launched a mobile app for iOS and Android devices. It will enable access to all the client’s investments in one place, providing real time valuations across the range of investment wrappers, along with  investment analysis and the… Read More

 Tagged digital technology, investments, nucleus financial, third financial, uk

December 9, 2024 @ 11:12 am By JD Alois  |  

NAO, a Berlin-based Fintech, has raised €3.4 million in Seed funding, according to a company statement. The round was said to be led by a family office of a Swiss private investor. The Wealthtech says it is on a mission to become the top investing… Read More

 Tagged alternatives, EU, europe, germany, nao, wealthtech

December 9, 2024 @ 8:33 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Brighty, a digital finance platform that enables crypto-card payments in the real world, announces a $10 million round from Futurecraft Ventures. The funds will be used to expand its presence in Europe and the UK. Brighty is a personal finance app that combines traditional digital… Read More

 Tagged brighty, europe, uk

December 9, 2024 @ 8:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

We have just scratched the surface of what AI can do in Fintech, and 2025 will bring “new trends into play,” according an industry outlook from Giuseppe Sette of Reflexivity and Raakhee Miller of Siebert. CI received insightful comments on the fintech industry’s outlook for… Read More

 Tagged ai, artificial intelligence, fintech adoption, outlook 2025, perspective, Reflexivity, siebert

December 9, 2024 @ 5:41 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

The British Business Bank increased its ENABLE Funding commitment to Simply Asset Finance, a UK independent asset finance provider. It allows Simply Asset Finance to provide more than £175 million of finance to smaller businesses across the UK. A portion of the funding has been… Read More

 Tagged british business bank, ENABLE, reinald de monchy, Simply Asset Finance, Stefan Wolvaardt, uk, united kingdom

December 8, 2024 @ 11:08 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

This week, Sightglass, an AI-powered investor relations platform for private markets, announced it has raised a $3 million seed funding round led by Base10 Partners. Sightglass was founded by Thomas Buley, who was most recently the VP of product at Guideline. The company will use the funding to… Read More

 Tagged Adeyemi Ajao, ai, capital markets, Sightglass, Thomas Buley

December 8, 2024 @ 11:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Revolut UK is focused on building out its Board with two senior appointments. The update from the digital bank comes as Revolut is working through the mobilization period for its UK Bank. According to the announcement from Revolut, Fiona Fry and Sir Peter Estlin join… Read More

 Tagged digital bank, europe, revolut, uk, united kingdom