December 3, 2024 @ 9:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Finfare Inc., a Fintech focused on expense management, is marking its three-years of business operations with a brand refresh and several industry updates/milestones. According to the update shared with CI, the brand revamp reflects the company’s evolution and its commitment to its mission to transform… Read More

 Tagged california, finfare, fintech adoption, london, us, wayne lin

December 3, 2024 @ 9:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Offa, a UK-based Islamic property finance Fintech, has acquired Bank of Ireland’s Alburaq Sharia-compliant home finance portfolio in a deal including over 350 home purchase plans. The deal means that the customers transferred over to Offa will reportedly have access to a broader “range of… Read More

 Tagged islamic finance, offa, sharia, sharia-compliant, uk, united kingdom

December 3, 2024 @ 9:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

9fin, the AI-enhanced analytics platform for debt capital markets, has raised $50m in a Series B round led by Highland Europe, with participation from existing investors Spark Capital, Redalpine, Seedcamp, 500 Startups and Ilavska Vuillermoz Capital. The proceeds from the round will enable 9fin to… Read More

 Tagged 9fin, ai, analytics, debt capital markets, highland europe, investment round

December 3, 2024 @ 9:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Economic uncertainty is on the rise for the UK’s small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) following the Autumn Budget, according to iwoca’s Q3 2024 SME Expert Index. The iwoca report noted that the percentage of UK based brokers reporting pessimism among their SME clients about the… Read More

 Tagged iwoca, research, sme's, uk, united kingdom

December 3, 2024 @ 7:11 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Only a month out from the December holiday seasons, eCommerce retailers are witnessing signals of renewed consumer confidence as international sales drive considerable spending growth, according to the Digital Economy Index by Airwallex, an Australian-founded leading global financial platform. After a “rocky” start to 2024,… Read More

 Tagged airwallex, australia, e-commerce, research

December 3, 2024 @ 2:59 pm By JD Alois  |  

Tomorrow, the House Financial Services Committee is holding a Hearing on Fintech. Entitled Innovation Revolution: How Technology is Shaping the Future of Finance, multiple well-known entities in the Fintech sector will share their knowledge with the Committee. Those scheduled to testify, include: Denelle Dixon, CEO &… Read More

 Tagged anchorage digital, angellist, carta, epic, house financial services committee, stellar

December 3, 2024 @ 1:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nationwide, which claims to be the UK’s largest building society is the first major lender to reportedly use Experian Work Report in order to verify applicants’ income, removing the need for manual income proofs. Mortgage applications are set to become “speedier” after Nationwide joined forces… Read More

 Tagged digital technology, experian, income verification, nationwide, uk

December 3, 2024 @ 10:53 am By JD Alois  |  

Qonto, a European neobank based in Paris, has distributed a report that claims digital banking options now top traditional banks in regard to adoption rates. Launched in 2017 and focusing on SMEs, Qonto reports over 500,000 firms using its platform. Qonto is the commercial name… Read More

 Tagged bankjing, EU, europe, france, neobank, qonto, research

December 3, 2024 @ 9:18 am By JD Alois  |  

  Globacap has shared some perspectives on private markets in 2025 and expectations for the upcoming year. Based in the UK, Globacap, a partner of tokenization enabler Tokeny, is on a mission to enable the future of private securities by leveraging Fintech. The company believes the current… Read More

 Tagged globacap, myles milston, perspective, pisces, private markets, secondaries, tokeny, uk, united kingdom

December 3, 2024 @ 8:09 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Millennials are primed to lead holiday spending as nearly two in three now expect their income will increase in the coming ear. TransUnion’s Q4 2024 Consumer Pulse research study reveals that consumers still most interested in doing their holiday shopping “between Thanksgiving and Cyber Monday.”… Read More

 Tagged consumer spending, e-commerce, millennials, Research Study