November 29, 2023 @ 9:40 am By JD Alois  |  

Investment platform Prosper has topped £700,000 on Crowdcube in a securities offering that is raising growth capital at a pre-money valuation of £12,135,385. According to the offering page, The EIS-qualified equity offering has received the backing of 197 investors. The per-share price is £29.50 with… Read More

 Tagged crowdcube, nick perrett, prosper, uk, united kingdom

November 29, 2023 @ 9:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

A new study by Juniper Research, the foremost experts in fintech and payments markets, found that by 2028, global virtual card spend will “have increased by 355%; from $3.1 trillion in 2023.” The key driver will be “the adoption of API-based virtual card issuing platforms.”… Read More

 Tagged juniper, juniper research, payments cards, Research Report, virtual cards

November 29, 2023 @ 8:43 am By JD Alois  |  

Multiple reports have emerged that Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) has cut a deal with Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) to exit its partnership regarding the popular Apple Card. The rumblings indicate that Apple approached Goldman to end the partnership. Apple has been pushing into Fintech for years now, and… Read More

 Tagged apple, apple card, goldman sachs, perspective, tim cook

November 29, 2023 @ 8:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Lower inflation levels around the globe should allow central banks to slash rates, according to a recent repot which also noted that US equities could potentially reach a record level of 5000 on the S&P by year-end. Few have experienced today’s macro uncertainty in their… Read More

 Tagged bank of america, inflation, research

November 29, 2023 @ 8:05 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The BIS published the concluding report of Project Tourbillon, which reportedly demonstrates that “cash-like anonymity” is possible in a retail central bank digital currency (CBDC). The project, developed by the BIS Innovation Hub Swiss Centre, has reportedly tested the concept of payer anonymity, which “provides… Read More

 Tagged bis, cbdcs, digital currency, privacy, project tourbillon

November 29, 2023 @ 7:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bigcrafters, the new digital delivery platform for artisan products powered by Estrella Galicia, has selected Mangopay, a modular and flexible payment infrastructure provider for marketplaces and platforms, as its new payment partner. Through its new Spanish marketplace, Bigcrafters aims to “make it easy for consumers… Read More

 Tagged bigcrafters, france, mangopay, payments

November 29, 2023 @ 4:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Deloitte’s Financing the Green Energy Transition report found that new cost-reducing finance instruments can “help de-risk green projects in developing economies while making investing in these projects more attractive, helping to fuel a global just energy transition.” Achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 will… Read More

 Tagged deloitte, research, sustainability

November 28, 2023 @ 11:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Finastra’s annual survey reveals that, despite global economic uncertainty, US financial institutions are primed to invest in artificial intelligence (AI), Banking as a Service (BaaS) and embedded finance, “striking an optimistic tone for innovation.” The ‘Financial Services: State of the Nation Survey 2023’ finds that… Read More

 Tagged baas, banking, banking as a service, embedded finance, finastra, research

November 28, 2023 @ 11:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Wahed Invest Limited, the UAE robo-advisory subsidiary of Wahed Inc., a global Shariah-compliant fintech that aims to advance financial inclusion through accessible, affordable and value-based investing, has launched after “having been granted a Financial Services Permission (FSP) from the Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) of… Read More

 Tagged mena, middle east, sharia'h compliant, uae, united arab emirates, wahed, wahed invest

November 28, 2023 @ 6:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Despite electric vehicle (EV) sales moderating from a torrid pace, the share of new EV car registrations increased markedly through “the first half of 2023 to 8.3%, up from 5.6% one year earlier.” A TransUnion (NYSE: TRU) study conducted in collaboration with S&P Global Mobility… Read More

 Tagged auto financing, car registrations, evs, leasing market, lendin, research, Research Report, Research Study, s&p global mobility, transunion