April 12, 2024 @ 8:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital bank bunq has reported a net profit of €53 million for 2023 as part of its annual report. bunq also revealed that it acquired additional funding of €29 million from its existing backers. This is reportedly part of Bunq’s efforts for expanding business operations… Read More

 Tagged banking, bunq, digital bank, uk, united kingdom

April 12, 2024 @ 8:46 am By Omar Faridi  |  

According to new data from Experian, mortgage applications in the first two months of 2024 showed positive signs that consumers are returning to the market, with numbers increasing 20% against the same period last year. The data shows that the market is still some way… Read More

 Tagged experian, mortgages, uk, united kingdom

April 12, 2024 @ 4:38 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Xero, the global small business platform, released a Xero Small Business Insights (XSBI) report which shows New Zealand small business labor productivity remains below pre-pandemic levels, putting additional pressure on small businesses. The report, Small business productivity: Trends, implications and strategies, is based on anonymized… Read More

 Tagged new zealand, research, small businesses, xero

April 12, 2024 @ 3:39 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Trustly, a global enabler of Open Banking Payments, and Cross River Bank, a technology infrastructure provider that offers embedded financial solutions, are expanding their collaboration in instant payments with the addition of the FedNow Service. The development delivers the anticipated expansion of “an instant payment… Read More

 Tagged cross river bank, instant payments, open banking, trustly

April 11, 2024 @ 9:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Atto, a provider of credit risk solutions using transactional data, is pleased to announce a strategic partnership with FICO (NYSE: FICO), a global analytics software firm, for the UK market. This partnership will enable UK lenders to easily integrate Open Banking data into the credit scoring… Read More

 Tagged atto, fico, open banking, uk

April 11, 2024 @ 9:53 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), a division of First Citizens Bank, along with lending partner Trinity Capital Inc., announced that it has provided a $125 million warehouse facility to fintech infrastructure startup, Parafin. Parafin helps companies, such “as marketplaces, vertical SaaS, and payment processors, launch and… Read More

 Tagged fintech adoption, funding round, parafin, svb

April 11, 2024 @ 6:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Kyriba has announced a partnership with Onyx, J.P. Morgan’s blockchain business unit, to improve cash management, payments and liquidity performance for CFOs and Treasurers. The collaboration is described as the first of its kind. Furthermore, a new partnership with Workday, Inc. “will fully embed bank… Read More

 Tagged jpmorgan, kyriba, liquidity, onyx

April 11, 2024 @ 2:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Airwallex, a global payments and financial platform for modern businesses, introduced the Airwallex Borderless Visa Card in Canada. The virtual card is issued by Peoples Trust Company, “part of Peoples Group, and enables Canadian businesses to easily make payments around the world, everywhere Visa is… Read More

 Tagged airwallex, canada, payments, visa

April 11, 2024 @ 1:51 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

EQT is pleased to announce that EQT Mid Market Europe, together with its co-shareholders, has agreed to sell Rimes to the Five Arrows Long Term Fund and Five Arrows Principal Investments. Five Arrows is the alternative assets arm of Rothschild & Co. Founded in 1996,… Read More

 Tagged acquisition, eqt, five arrows, rimes

April 11, 2024 @ 10:51 am By JD Alois  |  

The most respected bank executive in the world, Jamie Dimon, CEO of JP Morgan Chase (NYSE:JPM), posted his annual shareholders letter today. The letter covered a wide range of topics, including politics and policy. Dimon’s opinion is widely followed in the financial services world, as… Read More

 Tagged jamie dimon, jp morgan, perspective