November 30, 2024 @ 2:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Affirm (NASDAQ: AFRM), the payment network that empowers consumers and helps merchants drive growth, released new research revealing that despite economic uncertainty, Canadians are approaching their holiday shopping with “strategy, not restraint.” Affirm noted in a blog post the majority (71%) plan to spend the… Read More

 Tagged affirm, canada, insights, payments, research

November 30, 2024 @ 1:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

European Fintech firm Solaris in reportedly seeking additional funding to maintain its operations. The German banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) platform is said to looking for an emergency capital injection of £100 million. Solaris reportedly aims to put its business up for sale should it fail to acquire… Read More

 Tagged baas, banking, berlin, europe, germany, solaris

November 30, 2024 @ 1:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

dLocal, the cross-border payment platform specializing in high-growth markets, marks a regulatory milestone by becoming a certified Payment Initiation Service Provider (PISP) in Brazil, authorized by the Central Bank. This certification enables dLocal to facilitate Pix payments directly within the Open Finance ecosystem, enhancing the… Read More

 Tagged brazil, dlocal, fintech adoption, payments

November 30, 2024 @ 9:37 am By JD Alois  |  

OpenYield announced additional funding of $7 million last week. The capital infusion will be used to further its ambition to provide an equity-like trading platform for bonds as it seeks to modernize the market. OpenYield operates an Alternative Trading System (ATS), a regulated marketplace that… Read More

 Tagged ats, bonds, openyield

November 30, 2024 @ 9:05 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The European Central Bank (ECB) and Norges Bank signed an agreement for Norway to join the Eurosystem’s TARGET Instant Payment Settlement (TIPS) service. This will reportdly make the Norwegian krone the fourth currency available for settlement in TIPS, along with the euro, the Swedish krona… Read More

 Tagged digitalization, ecb, european central bank, norway

November 30, 2024 @ 9:02 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

This week, Partior, a blockchain-based Fintech for real-time clearing and settlement, announced that Deutsche Bank joined its Series B funding round as a strategic investor, bringing the total investment to $80 million. The funds are earmarked for product development and geographical expansion. This marks the close… Read More

 Tagged blockchain, deutsche bank, Humphrey Valenbreder, partior, Patricia Sullivan, series b

November 29, 2024 @ 1:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) letter to Monzo focuses on issues related to the digital bank allegedly breaching Parts 3, 7, 8 and 12 of the Retail Banking Order. CMA finds breaches of Parts 3, 7, 8 and 12 of the Retail Banking… Read More

 Tagged cma, competition and markets authority, digital bank, monzo, uk, united kingdom

November 29, 2024 @ 1:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Min Teo, Managing partner and co-founder at Ethereal Ventures (previously investments at Consensys) noted that they are pleased to be working with the team at Bleap App. Bleap enables users to connect their Web3 wallet to their pre-paid debit card with a “seamless” mobile-first neobank… Read More

 Tagged bleap, digital wallets, funding round, non-custodial wallets, Web3

November 29, 2024 @ 1:03 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Labor violations, unlawful money lending, consumer protection violations and cybercrime are becoming as common as “bloated waistlines,” and “unwanted presents” during the holiday season as recorded instances across these categories surge in the last three months of the year. This, according to historical analysis by… Read More

 Tagged afraud, financial crimes, lseg, lseg risk intelligence, research

November 29, 2024 @ 8:41 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Global fintech SumUp, which claims to be one of the fastest-growing fintech companies, has achieved a key milestone by reportedly processing more than 1 billion transactions on an annual basis. The milestone is said to mark a significant moment in the company’s journey of helping… Read More

 Tagged fintech adoption, sumup