June 5, 2024 @ 9:38 am By JD Alois  |  

Qonto (the commercial name of Olinda SAS) has topped 500,o00 customers, according to a note from the firm. Qonto is a licensed payment institution authorized by the French Autorité de Contrôle Prudentiel et de Résolution (ACPR). The company partners with regulated banks such as Crédit… Read More

 Tagged banking, france, neobank, qonto

June 5, 2024 @ 9:02 am By JD Alois  |  

Sipay, a company that claims to be the fastest-growing Fintech in Turkey, is reporting a $15 million Series A funding round. Sipay states that investors participating in the round include Jitendra Gupta of Citrus Pay and Jupiter, Amrish Rau of Pine Labs, Kunal Shah of… Read More

 Tagged payments, sipay, turkey

June 5, 2024 @ 8:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Marqeta (NASDAQ: MQ), the global modern card issuing platform that enables embedded finance solutions, announced it is powering the new digital banking application Sumeria, launched recently by French payments firm Lydia Solutions (the company behind the Lydia app). Sumeria has unveiled new digital banking capabilities… Read More

 Tagged banking, digital bank, europe, lydia, marqeta, Sumeria

June 5, 2024 @ 7:21 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Tide, the business financial platform in the UK, has partnered with carbon measurement pioneer Connect Earth to develop and deliver a new range of carbon accounting tools that will help Tide’s members (customers) reduce their carbon footprint. Small businesses currently account “for 50% of the… Read More

 Tagged connect earth, small businesses, tide, uk

June 5, 2024 @ 7:20 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Temenos (SIX: TEMN) announced a collaboration with Mastercard, a global technology company in the payments industry, “to accelerate the implementation and delivery of Mastercard Move, Mastercard’s portfolio of money transfer capabilities, to banks and their customers.” Mastercard Move’s solutions enable banks “to move money internationally… Read More

 Tagged digital technology, mastercard, Mastercard Move, temenos

June 5, 2024 @ 6:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

PhonePe expanded its loan distribution offerings with the launch of secured lending products on its platform. Partnering with a network of trusted banks, non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) and fintechs, PhonePe armed “with its distribution strength of 535+ Million registered users, aims to create a powerful and… Read More

 Tagged fintech adoption, lending, loans, PhonePe

June 5, 2024 @ 3:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Project Rialto is focused on improving instant cross-border payments via wholesale CBDC or central bank digital currency settlement The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) is introducing Project Rialto in order to explore how instant cross-border payments may be enhanced through a modular foreign exchange (FX)… Read More

 Tagged bis, cbdc, central bank digital currency, rialto

June 4, 2024 @ 10:50 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Entrepreneurs looking to grow and scale their businesses are being urged to apply to join one of the UK’s leading accelerators, as NatWest prepares to welcome a record number of new businesses on its accelerator program in September. Up to 2500 places will be “available… Read More

 Tagged natwest, startups, uk, united kingdom

June 4, 2024 @ 9:49 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Research from Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA), conducted in partnership with YouGov, reveals 59 per cent of SMEs have invested or plan “to invest in AI in the next five years (25 per cent and 34 per cent respectively), with younger business leaders owners more… Read More

 Tagged ai, australia, CBA, research

June 4, 2024 @ 8:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Spiral, the Impact-as-a-Service platform for financial institutions, announced a partnership with Fidelity Bank, a Louisiana-based bank with a mission to transform the way nonprofits bank and give back to its community. Fidelity Bank’s partnership with Spiral will aim to “redefine its digital banking experience by… Read More

 Tagged banking, fidelity bank, spiral