October 21, 2024 @ 9:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The UK is set for a considerable market shift with the Accelerated Settlement Taskforce, Technical Group report aiming to transition to a T+1 settlement cycle by the end of the year 2027. Jonny Fry, ClearBank Head Digital Assets Strategy, noted that this anticipated move will… Read More

 Tagged financial markets, insights, settlement, uk, united kingdom

October 21, 2024 @ 8:56 am By Omar Faridi  |  

HSBC UK announced it is making its UK mortgages accessible for international homebuyers by introducing tech that makes it easier for customers to leverage their credit history for their UK mortgage application. With newcomers to the UK and global customers facing various challenges and delays… Read More

 Tagged hsbc, mortgages, nova credit, uk, united kingdom

October 21, 2024 @ 8:54 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

AI accounting automation platform Numeric has raised a $28 million Series A round. It was led by Menlo Ventures, with participation from new investors IVP and Socii Capital, and existing investors Founders Fund, 8VC, Long Journey, Access Industries, Friends & Family Capital, and others. This investment will accelerate engineering hiring and product development. In the past year,… Read More

 Tagged accounting, Croom Beatty, Numeric, Patrick Gilbert, plaid, Sandy Yang

October 21, 2024 @ 8:33 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Investa is raising funds via Crowdcube. The firm explains that it has built the UK’s first zero-commission listed options trading app for on-the-go traders. Established by ex-Citi options brokers, and reportedly built by the co-founder of Freetrade, Investa intends to level the playing field by… Read More

 Tagged crowdcube, funding round, investa, options trading, uk, united kingdom

October 21, 2024 @ 8:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Behavioral biometrics and device intelligence technology enables businesses to analyZe all customer interactions to better identify suspicious behavior. Experian UK&I announces a partnership with lead behavioral biometrics and device intelligence-based fraud prevention. As online attacks and scams become increasingly sophisticated with the use of GenAI… Read More

 Tagged experian, fraud, ireland, uk, united kingdom

October 21, 2024 @ 7:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Fintech Stripe has reportedly acquired stablecoin platform Bridge for $1.1 billion, according to an update shared via social media by tech industry entrepreneur Michael Arrington. As mentioned in the announcement, this deal notably makes it Stripe’s largest acquisition to date, and also one of the… Read More

 Tagged acquisition, Bridge+, stablecoins, stripe, usdc

October 20, 2024 @ 9:47 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Mitsubishi Corporation, backed by Warrent Buffett, is set to acquire approximately 6.5% of Global Fintech Innovations Inc (Mynt), the parent company of the Philippines’ major finance super app GCash, according to regulatory filings. In a disclosure to The Philippine Stock Exchange, conglomerate Ayala Corporation announced… Read More

 Tagged Ayala Corporation, fintech, gcash, Mitsubishi Corporation, mynt, payments, Philippines

October 20, 2024 @ 8:54 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Nada, a Fintech company offering debt-free access to home equity for homeowners, has announced securing a revolving credit facility of up to $25 million from Kawa Capital Management. Kawa, an alternative asset management firm with over $3 billion in assets under management, is renowned for… Read More

 Tagged Cityfunds, Home Equity Investment, Kawa Capital Management, nada

October 20, 2024 @ 7:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

UK-headquartered Fintech Wise (LSE:WISE) has reportedly gained direct access to Japan’s payment clearing network. As first reported by Reuters, Wise is said to have become the first foreign company to receive approval for direct access to Japan’s bank payment clearing network (know as Zengin). Wise has… Read More

 Tagged Cross-Border Transactions, digital payments, japan, uk, wise

October 20, 2024 @ 7:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

LuxSE has reportedly become the first European exchange to list a Yulan bond. As explained in the announcement, the EUR 100 million Yulan bond issued by Orient Securities Company Limited was listed recently on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange on 16 October, making the exchange the… Read More

 Tagged bonds, europe, luxembourg, LuxSE