February 24, 2024 @ 2:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Varun Surapaneni from Neuberger Berman notes that the percentage of past-due loans “to riskier consumers has begun to flatten, while newly issued paper is carrying higher interest rates.” In an update titled, A Turning Point in Sub-Prime Credit, Varun writes that “after a challenging period… Read More

 Tagged credit, loans, neuberger berman, research, subprime

February 24, 2024 @ 2:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Qatar Central Bank will reportedly introduce the FAWRAN instant payment service. Qatar Central Bank (QCB) has called on the domestic banking institution to adjust their status as part of its plans to introduce the instant payment service (called Fawran) in March of 2024. The… Read More

 Tagged central bank, payments, qatar

February 24, 2024 @ 2:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The National Basketball Association (NBA) and SoFi (NASDAQ: SOFI) announced a multi-year partnership making SoFi the official banking partner of the NBA, NBA G League, NBA 2K League and USA Basketball. SoFi, the bank and personal finance company, will also be “the official entitlement partner… Read More

 Tagged anthony noto, banking, digital bank, nba, sofi

February 24, 2024 @ 2:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Data from Ant Group reportedly shows a robust rebound of consumer spending during the first back-to-normal Chinese New Year (CNY) travel season after the Covid-19 pandemic, especially in cross-border tourism. Through the Alipay+ cross-border mobile payment technology solutions, Chinese travelers may pay “for goods, food… Read More

 Tagged alipay, ant group, china, consumer spending

February 24, 2024 @ 2:10 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Lending Fintech companies accounted for 30% of all Fintech acquisitions in India in 2023, highlighting a shift in market dynamics amid growing regulatory pressures, a report from GrowthPal revealed. This surge in acquisitions within the lending sector marks a departure from previous years, where the… Read More

 Tagged fintech, GrowthPal, india, lending, Lending Fintech, m&a, Maneesh Bhandari

February 24, 2024 @ 10:29 am By Michael Wong  |  

China’s venture capital (VC) market experienced a noticeable decline in January, with a total of 251 VC funding deals amounting to $2.6 billion, according to the latest analysis by GlobalData, a premier data and analytics firm. This represents an 8.4% decrease in deal volume and… Read More

 Tagged aurojyoti bose, china, vc, venture capital

February 23, 2024 @ 2:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Amerant Investments, a wholly owned subsidiary of Amerant Bank – the largest community bank in Florida – announced that it has entered into a strategic relationship with iCapital, the global fintech platform driving the world’s alternative investment marketplace for the wealth management industry. This collaboration… Read More

 Tagged amerant investments, icapital, latam, sergio guerrero, wes sturdevant

February 23, 2024 @ 9:16 am By Omar Faridi  |  

SIX is driving forward the increased inclusion of SMEs in financial markets. With their partnership, SIX and Greenomy are recognizing the pivotal role that SMEs can play in the transition to a sustainable and low-carbon economy. SIX’ new SME Sustainability Assessment Solution draws “on Greenomy’s… Read More

 Tagged constance d’aspremont, europe, greenomy, marion leslie, six, smbs, sme's, sustainability, switzerland

February 23, 2024 @ 8:56 am By Omar Faridi  |  

In the Spring of 2023, the Swiss National Bank conducted its second payment methods survey of companies in Switzerland. Around 1,750 companies, across all sizes, language regions and industries, participated in this survey on payment method topics. In-depth knowledge of these topics helps the SNB… Read More

 Tagged payments, research, swiss national bank, switzerland

February 22, 2024 @ 10:58 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

After months of work across their business, the team at BVNK is pleased to share that our EMI license in Europe is live and operational. Over the past year, BVNK have successfully acquired and “operationalized System Pay Services (Malta) Limited, our EU EMI entity in… Read More

 Tagged b2b payments, bvnk, emi license, europe