February 26, 2024 @ 8:29 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Adyen (ADYEN:AMS), the financial technology platform of choice for leading companies, and Billie, the B2B payments innovator, join forces to let Adyen’s customers enable B2B Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) payments services. By partnering up with Billie, Adyen reportedly “helps merchants and their business customers… Read More

 Tagged adyen, billie, bnpl, christian grobe, europe, hella fuhrmann, payments

February 26, 2024 @ 8:03 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Klarna, a global payments provider and shopping assistant, is reporting that 96% of BNPL purchases made during the 2023 Black Friday weekend in the United States were paid on time or early. Notably, 30% of American purchases were paid off early, ahead of their due… Read More

 Tagged Black Friday, bnpl, Erin Jaeger, klarna

February 26, 2024 @ 7:52 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Ebury, one of the largest fintech companies specializing in transactions for SMEs, announced its partnership expansion with Nium, the enabler of real-time global payments, to deliver a groundbreaking global remittance service in Brazil. The announcement follows regulatory “approval of Ebury’s acquisition of Brazilian fintech Bexs,… Read More

 Tagged brazil, ebury, fintech adoption, fintech trends, nium, payments, real-time payments, remittances, smbs, sme's

February 26, 2024 @ 7:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Visa (NYSE: V), a global payments technology company, and the GSMA Mobile for Development Foundation (GSMA Foundation) announced the launch of the Digital Finance for All (DFA) Initiative, “furthering Visa’s decades-long efforts to increase access to the global economy for everyone, everywhere.” This five-year initiative… Read More

 Tagged ashley olson onyango, chiagozie nwabuebo, digital finance, digital technology, gsma foundation, international payments, visa

February 26, 2024 @ 3:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Through a new partnership, BBVA Spark will access Capchase‘s technology, which enables a digital analysis of clients through innovative technologies such as open banking, and live connections to ERPs (financial management software) or electronic invoicing sources. This process speeds up decision-making and ensures “that financing… Read More

 Tagged analysis, bbva, bbva spark, capchase, digital technology, financial management, innovation, miguel fernandez, open banking, roberto albaladejo, software

February 25, 2024 @ 11:19 pm By Michael Wong  |  

FinTech Wales, an independent membership association of the fintech and financial services industry in Wales, has announced the appointment of Sarah Kocianski as its new Chief Executive Officer. Kocianski, a seasoned strategist in the Fintech and Insurtech sectors, brings over a decade of experience working… Read More

 Tagged fintech, fintech wales, wales

February 25, 2024 @ 10:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Molo says it is pleased to announce the launch of Expat buy-to-let mortgages which are said to be specifically tailored for British Nationals residing abroad. Expat fixed-rate mortgages are reportedly “available from 4.99% up to 70% loan-to-value (LTV) and 5.24% up to 80% LTV.” As… Read More

 Tagged btl, buy-to-let, europe, matthew kimber, molo, molo finance, mortgages, uk, united kingdom

February 25, 2024 @ 7:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bluevine, the one-stop digital banking platform specifically designed for small businesses, today released its inaugural Business Owner Success Survey (BOSS) Report, “benchmarking the data behind the actual decisions that US-based small business owners are making and informing their future decisions.” The data supports an “overarching… Read More

 Tagged bluevine, financial services, insights, research, small businesses, smbs

February 25, 2024 @ 5:53 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Zilch, the ad-subsidized payments network (ASPN), today announces the launch of a new credit payment product, allowing its customers to spread interest-free repayments for larger purchases over three months. The new ‘Pay over 3 months’ product will aim to “provide more flexibility to customers and… Read More

 Tagged bnpl, buy now pay later, fintech adoption, philip belamant, Will Prosser, zilch

February 25, 2024 @ 5:37 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Fintech player Helicap Pte Ltd has partnered with PT Bank Danamon Indonesia Tbk (Danamon) to establish the duo as a pivotal source of non-dilutive growth capital for fintech companies, alternative lending firms, and micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) across various sectors, including supply chain,… Read More

 Tagged Bank Danamon, Danamon, digital lending, fintech, helicap, indonesia, singapore