June 14, 2024 @ 12:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Smart Pension, one of the UK’s workplace pension providers serving more than 1.4 million UK workers, and Wahed, the Islamic digital investment platform, have launched a new campaign supporting greater diversity and inclusion within workplace pension schemes. The initiative encourages Muslim employers and savers to… Read More

 Tagged online pension provider, smart pension, uk, wahed

June 14, 2024 @ 10:11 am By JD Alois  |  

The securities crowdfunding industry needs to do a better job of highlighting successes for investors as well as embracing the failures. Entrepreneurship generates enormous benefits for society, but investors backing these early-stage firms are taking on a lot of risk. Most startups fail, and some… Read More

 Tagged crowdcube, monzo, perspective, revolut, seedrs, uk, united kingdom

June 14, 2024 @ 8:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Stripe, a financial infrastructure platform for businesses, announced a range of product and partnership updates for businesses operating in France. This represents Stripe’s largest set of new products “for the French market since launching in the country in 2016.” Starting this summer, Alma, the buy… Read More

 Tagged france, stripe

June 14, 2024 @ 8:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

WealthKernel, a digital investing infrastructure provider, announces a new partnership with Fint Invest, a digital wealth-building and educational platform catering to the next generation of investors. Fint, a digital solution powered by IronMarket Wealth, aims to “help young investors by offering them modern portfolios aligned… Read More

 Tagged fint invest, investing, wealthkernel, wealthtech

June 13, 2024 @ 10:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

MoonPay is pleased to announce that PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL) is now live to users across the European Union and United Kingdom, following a successful launch in the United States last month. MoonPay users in 24 EU member states and the UK can “now buy cryptocurrency… Read More

 Tagged european union, moonpay, paypal, uk

June 13, 2024 @ 10:15 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

TransUnion’s (NYSE: TRU) Q2 2024 Consumer Pulse study found that consumer concerns about inflation and interest rates reached their highest levels in two years. Despite these concerns, they come “as 55% of Americans remain optimistic about their household finances over the next year – the… Read More

 Tagged inflation, interest rates, Research Study, transunion

June 13, 2024 @ 10:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

While remittances are a lifeline for millions of migrant workers and their families, Visa’s (NYSE: V) annual “Money Travels: 2024 Digital Remittances Adoption” research report found that humanitarian assistance was “a predominant driver of remittance usage on the send side, with many noting that it… Read More

 Tagged visa

June 13, 2024 @ 6:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Qred, a bank based in Sweden, states that it is raising the loan limit for small business owners. Customers can now apply for loans “up to 5 million SEK, an increase of 3 million SEK from the previous maximum amount.” The increase is part of… Read More

 Tagged banking, europe, loans, qred, sweden

June 13, 2024 @ 4:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (Cboe: CBOE), the derivatives and securities exchange network, announced it is expanding its collaboration with FTSE Russell, a global index provider, to drive products in the digital assets space. This new initiative builds on Cboe and FTSE Russell’s longstanding relationship and… Read More

 Tagged cboe, derivatives, digital assets, ftse russell

June 13, 2024 @ 4:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Citi (NYSE:C) announced the launch of Citi Real-Time Funding (RTF), the latest addition to its real-time treasury suite of solutions for corporate clients. Citi Real-Time Funding is now “available in Australia, Hong Kong and the United Kingdom, with plans to expand to additional markets later… Read More

 Tagged banking, citi, real-time funding, real-time treasury solutions