January 14, 2024 @ 5:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

High growth businesses generally own few tangible assets, but can be rich in IP and intangible assets, according to an update shared by NatWest Group. These businesses can find it difficult “to use their assets as collateral to secure growth funding, especially when compared with… Read More

 Tagged andy gray, europe, martin brassell, natwest, natwest group, uk, united kingdom

January 14, 2024 @ 4:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Chargebacks911, an international chargeback management and prevention company, released the highly-anticipated findings of its 2024 Cardholder Dispute Index. This comprehensive research study compiles insights “from more than 4,000 consumers who have engaged in chargeback processes with their issuing banks in the past year.” Released in… Read More

 Tagged chargebacks, chargebacks911, research

January 14, 2024 @ 8:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ: ACIW), a global enabler of mission-critical, real-time payments software, announced that a UK retailer Co-op has successfully moved its full stack of payments and fraud prevention technology software into ACI’s multi-tenant cloud platform hosted in Microsoft Azure. As a strategic technology partner… Read More

 Tagged aci worldwide, co-op, paul fletcher, payments, scotty perkins

January 14, 2024 @ 7:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

CaixaBank and KfW IPEX-Bank are jointly providing HOCHTIEF financing for the interim construction financing of the PPP project Frankfurt (Germany) judiciary center. The project volume is in the low three-digit million range and “includes the parallel construction of two new judicial buildings in the Frankfurt… Read More

 Tagged CaixaBank, digital banking, europe, financing, frankfurt, germany, hochtief, judiciary center, kfw ipex-bank

January 13, 2024 @ 3:46 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Southeast Asian Fintech company Salmon said it has secured approval from the Monetary Board of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), the central bank of the Philippines, to acquire a majority stake in the Rural Bank of Sta. Rosa (Laguna), a Filipino financial institution established in… Read More

 Tagged banking, digital banking, Philippines, salmon

January 13, 2024 @ 12:21 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Klarivis, a US-based banking data analytics startup, has raised $11 million in its Series B funding round anchored by technology-focused equity firm Blueprint Equity, according to an announcement. Founded in February 2019, KlariVis provides data analytics solutions for community banks and credit unions. The company… Read More

 Tagged Blueprint Equity, digital banking, fintech, klarivis

January 13, 2024 @ 11:20 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Payments company TodayPay, a Fintech developing Refunds as a Service, today appointed Visa executive Mike West as a strategic advisor. The announcement was made at the Consumer Electronics Show. West led Visa Direct’s international commercialization and network expansion by launching new use cases, payment capabilities and value-added… Read More

 Tagged jeremy balkin, Mike West, refunds, TodayPay

January 13, 2024 @ 10:46 am By Omar Faridi  |  

According to Office for National Statistics data published recently, there is now a record number of people in the UK “aged over 90 in England and Wales, up by 2.1% in 2022 to 550,835 people,” the team at PensionBee noted. The number of centenarians (people… Read More

 Tagged europe, pensionbee, uk, united kingdom

January 13, 2024 @ 10:41 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Lendable is pleased to announce a $10 million debt investment in Validus, an SME lending platform with operations in Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. Validus drives SME financial inclusion “across Southeast Asia by leveraging proprietary data to provide supply-chain financing to under-served SMEs, thereby empowering… Read More

 Tagged financing, investment, lendable, lending, sme's, southeast asia, validus

January 13, 2024 @ 10:39 am By Michael Wong  |  

Finoa, a Berlin, Germany-based regulated crypto platform catering to smart capital allocators, announced that it has successfully raised $15 million in a fresh funding round. The investment was co-led by Maven 11 Capital and Balderton Capital, with additional contributions from Blue Bay Ventures, Signature Ventures,… Read More

 Tagged crypto platform, finoa, fintech, germany, venture capital