July 30, 2024 @ 11:18 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Fifth Third Bank is pleased to announce a collaborative agreement between Newline by Fifth Third, an embedded payments provider, and Stripe, a financial infrastructure platform that enables businesses to seamlessly incorporate financial services in their products. Together, Newline and Stripe will “expand embedded financial services… Read More

 Tagged embedded payments, fifth third, fifth third bank, financial infrastructure, stripe

July 30, 2024 @ 10:10 am By Omar Faridi  |  

NatWest Group has issued its first Electric Vehicle Green bond (the “EV Green Bond”) raising net proceeds of €750 million from institutional investors based in the UK, Europe & Asia. The issuance makes NatWest Group the first UK bank “to issue a green bond where… Read More

 Tagged bond, natwest, natwest group, uk, united kingdom

July 30, 2024 @ 9:40 am By JD Alois  |  

British Columbia Investment Management Corporation (BCI) has sold its majority stake in alternative asset firm Hayfin Capital Management to Arctos Partners. Terms of the deal were not immediately available. BCI will remain a “significant and strategic limited partner in certain key Hayfin fund strategies.” BCI… Read More

 Tagged Arctos Partners, bci, british columbia investment management, hayfin, Hayfin Capital Management

July 30, 2024 @ 8:10 am By Omar Faridi  |  

AI Fintech Aveni.ai has announced one of the largest Series A investments in a Scottish business this year, amounting to £11 million. The investment is led by Puma Private Equity with participation “from Par Equity and financial services industry leaders: Lloyds Banking Group and Nationwide.”… Read More

 Tagged ai, aveni.ai, fintech adoption, funding round, uk, united kingdom

July 29, 2024 @ 11:29 pm By Michael Wong  |  

The Federal Reserve, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) have issued a joint statement highlighting potential risks associated with banks’ partnerships with third parties, particularly Fintech firms. The regulators aim to underscore the importance of effective risk… Read More

 Tagged banking, federal deposit insurance corporation, federal reserve, occ, us federal reserve

July 29, 2024 @ 11:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Origination shows a record year of £378 million lent to SMEs across the UK, “representing an increase over the last year, during a period of time when the overall market has seen a drop in volumes by more than 19%.” This, according to an update… Read More

 Tagged originations, sme's, thincats, uk

July 29, 2024 @ 11:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Banxa Holdings Inc. (TSXV: BNXA) is pleased to announce the appointment of Zafer Qureshi as Co-CEO, joining forces with Holger Arians. This strategic move aims to “leverage their combined expertise to propel Banxa into a new era of growth and innovation.” Holger Arians, Chairman and… Read More

 Tagged banxa, Crypto Adoption, holger arians, zafer qureshi

July 29, 2024 @ 11:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bluechain, the EIS certified fintech transforming the payments and receivables process, claims it has capitalized on a steady 2023 with growth in 2024 across users, transaction volume and revenue. Off the back of 2023 and with rapid expansion plans, Bluechain has announced “an opening funding… Read More

 Tagged bluechain, fintech adoption, payments, receivables

July 29, 2024 @ 6:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

bunch, a Fintech seeking to private markets, has announced the closing of a $15.5 million Series A funding round. The funding was led by FinTech Collective, along with existing investors including, Cherry Ventures and Motive Ventures. Other investors in the round were Broadhaven Ventures and… Read More

 Tagged berlin, bunch, fintech adoption, germany, investment round, private markets

July 29, 2024 @ 2:36 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

NatWest Group plc announces that it1 has entered into an agreement with Metro Bank plc to acquire a £2.5 billion portfolio of prime UK residential mortgages, with a weighted average current loan to value of c.62%. On completion of the transaction2 NatWest Group “expects to welcome… Read More