November 18, 2024 @ 5:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Euroclear enters a partnership with Transcend with the aim to introduce a new joint collateral optimization service. The service will aim to bring together Euroclear’s collateral management infrastructure and data with Transcend’s optimization platform to address clients’ collateral optimization requirements. The collab is announced before… Read More

 Tagged collateral optimization, euroclear, europe, transcend

November 18, 2024 @ 11:54 am By JD Alois  |  

Revolut UK CEO has posted that it has been approved for stock trading as the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has approved a trading license. Francesca Carlesi stated on a blog post: “Today [marks] another important milestone here at Revolut, as our UK trading business… Read More

 Tagged revolut, stock trading, uk, united kingdom

November 18, 2024 @ 9:51 am By JD Alois  |  

Neo Financial, a Canada-based neobank, has raised $258 million in Series D funding. The new money included around $79 million in equity and $179 million in debt capital. Neo Financial offers various digital banking services in partnership with Peoples Bank of Canada. As a neobank,… Read More

 Tagged banking, neo financial, neobank

November 18, 2024 @ 9:21 am By JD Alois  |  

Last week, the UK government shared its National Payments Vision – what policymakers are seeking to do to enable “world leading payments” for the country. The UK is a global Fintech hub and payments are seem as  vital to the growth of the UK economy…. Read More

 Tagged clear junction, hm treasury, National Payments Vision, payments, uk, united kingdom

November 18, 2024 @ 8:52 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Truelayer, which was once a Fintech Unicorn (valued at over $1 billion), has made the decision to cut around a quarter of its workforce. This appears to part of Truelayer’s overall business strategy to substantially lower costs and attempt to move towards profitability in order… Read More

 Tagged funding round, open banking, truelayer, uk, united kingdom

November 18, 2024 @ 8:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Surecomp announced that, together with BNP Paribas and Vanderlande, it has reportedly piloted a new corporate-to-bank connectivity standard designed by Swift and the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC). The Application Programming Interface (API)-based communication channel enabled Dutch logistics company Vanderlande – a key player focused on … Read More

 Tagged bnp paribas, europe, france, surecomp, trade finance, vanderlande

November 18, 2024 @ 8:36 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Aryza Group, a provider of financial software solutions, announces the expansion of its partnership with GoCardless, a global bank payment company. This collab transforms the existing tech relationship into a comprehensive partnership that includes an introducer agreement across Aryza platforms. Since becoming a tech partner… Read More

 Tagged aryza group, finech adoption, gocardless, payments

November 17, 2024 @ 10:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Revolut is expanding its crypto offering to 30 new markets across Europe. Revolut, the London-headquartered Fintech firm, has reportedly expanded its standalone crypto trading platform, Revolut X, to various other markets across Europe. Introduced earlier in 2024 in the United Kingdom, Revolut X aims to… Read More

 Tagged crypto trading, digital assets, europe, revolut

November 17, 2024 @ 9:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Earlier this week, it was revealed that Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) is acquiring team to accelerate onchain payments. This strategic move aligns with a global Fintech trend in the payments sector that’s focused on enabling stablecoin transactions across borders with minimal cost and greater overall efficiency as… Read More

 Tagged base, coinbase, payments, utopia labs

November 17, 2024 @ 6:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CaixaBank Private Banking is launching a new service, “unique” in Spain, that reportedly aims to combine “agility” in portfolio construction with “maximum” personalization in advisory. CaixaBank Private Banking presented its service, Advisory GPS (Global Portfolio Strategy), which is said to bring together agility and efficiency… Read More

 Tagged CaixaBank, digital banking, europe, spain