July 11, 2024 @ 8:31 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Data generated by Pitchbook and posted by Innovate Finance, a UK-based group that supports the Fintech community, highlights global Fintech funding trends in the first half of 2024. The data includes both equity and debt funding raises. Fintech has been a significant success story “for… Read More

 Tagged data, fintech, innovate finance, investments, janine hirt, uk, united kingdom

July 11, 2024 @ 8:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

46% of Gen Zers (ages 18-27) rely on financial assistance from parents and family, according to new research from Bank of America’s (NYSE: BAC) Better Money Habits financial education team. In addition, 52% of those surveyed said “they don’t make enough money to live the… Read More

 Tagged bank of america, financial education, gen z, research

July 10, 2024 @ 11:51 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

After a “record breaking” 3-night run at the Aviva Stadium that left concert goers still trying to ‘Shake Off’ the Taylor Swift effect, the latest Bank of Ireland Spending Pulse analyzing debit and credit card spending reveals the economic impact of her visit. Analyzing 27th… Read More

 Tagged bank of ireland, europe, ireland, spending

July 10, 2024 @ 11:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Research has revealed 66 percent of travel companies are seeing their profit margins impacted by outdated or complicated payment systems, with nine in 10 expected to prioritize modernising their financial operations this year. In a report released by global payments and financial platform, Airwallex, and… Read More

 Tagged airwallex, payments, research, travel

July 10, 2024 @ 11:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Pilot‘s CFO Services team recently published their Q1 Market update on the Venture Capital landscape. Their main takeaways are as follows: Deal activity in Q1 remained roughly flat QoQ, but varied by segment: pre-seed and seed-stage saw notable declines while late-stage saw moderate increases, with… Read More

 Tagged funding, pilot, research, vc, vc funding, venture capital

July 10, 2024 @ 6:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fave Singapore, operating under the registered entity name Beeconomic Singapore Pte. Ltd. and part of the Pine Labs group today announced that it has received an in-principle approval from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) for a Major Payment Institution (MPI) Licence to offer account… Read More

 Tagged fave, mas, payments, singapore

July 10, 2024 @ 12:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Alchemy Pay, the fiat-payment gateway, now supports cash payments on its On-ramp service for Taiwan users that enhances the convenience of purchasing crypto-assets. Users can now place the order and pay with cash in Taiwan’s local fiat currency, TWD, at popular offline convenience stores “such… Read More

 Tagged alchemy pay, crypto-assets, payments, taiwan

July 10, 2024 @ 10:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Cross River Bank, a technology infrastructure provider that offers embedded financial solutions, and MassPay, a provider of payment solutions for businesses, are expanding access to domestic instant payments. The collaboration is set to significantly “benefit industries facing complex real time payment requirements including the gig… Read More

 Tagged cross river bank, infastructure, masspay, payments

July 10, 2024 @ 8:18 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Clients of service providers including Lloyds, Halifax and Bank of Scotland will now be able to share their access and support needs. Experian announces Lloyds Banking Group (LBG) as the newest partner of its Support Hub service. As part of Experian Support Hub, LBG, home… Read More

 Tagged banking, experian, lloyds, uk, united kingdom

July 10, 2024 @ 7:45 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Global institutions are partnering with Pyth Network to shape the future of finance. That trend continues today as we welcome onboard AMINA Bank, a fully licensed Swiss bank and pioneer in the financial industry, as a market data provider to the network. AMINA Bank is… Read More

 Tagged amina bank, banking, finance, pyth network, switzerland