November 9, 2023 @ 12:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Oak View Group (OVG), the global venue development, advisory, and investment company for the sports and live entertainment industries, and DailyPay, a financial technology company, announced it has expanded the rollout of a first-of-its-kind OVG integration into venues across the U.S. The partnership will reach… Read More

 Tagged Business Expansion, dailypay, dan griffis, digital payments, financial technology, integration, investment, kevin coop, oak view group, on-demand pay, payments, united states, us

November 9, 2023 @ 12:15 pm By JD Alois  |  

Era, an AI-augmented Wealthtech, has raised $3.1 million in seed funding, according to a corporate statement. Investors include Northzone, who led the round, with participation from Protagonist and Designer Fund. The company explains that it seeks to “level the playing field” in regard to financial… Read More

 Tagged era, northzone, wealthtech

November 9, 2023 @ 11:46 am By JD Alois  |  

There have been reports on both sides of the Atlantic that some banks are pumping the brakes on providing credit to smaller businesses. While there are multiple reasons why this may be the case, a gap in lending has helped to boost alternative lending platforms… Read More

 Tagged banking, banks, iwoca, laurent descout, neo, uk, united kingdom

November 9, 2023 @ 11:26 am By JD Alois  |  

Recently, there have been various reports about the decline in venture capital funding. VC money is a key component in funding risky early-stage ventures. While only a fraction of the investments may drive results, some of these companies may turn into revolutionary platforms or launch… Read More

 Tagged perspective, vc, venture capital, venture funding

November 9, 2023 @ 11:18 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Following a “strong” year of growth, global fintech platform Airwallex has recently  announced business highlights in Singapore. In the first half of 2023, Airwallex Singapore “saw 13x growth (1213%) in year-on-year revenue and more than 11x growth (1015%) in total transaction volume as businesses in… Read More

 Tagged airwallex, arnold chan, Business Expansion, digital financial services, financial services, fintech adoption, fintech trends, kai wu, singapore, southeast asia

November 9, 2023 @ 9:03 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Visa (NYSE: V), a digital payments provider, announced the launch of its AI Advisory Practice. The new value-added service, “offered by Visa Consulting & Analytics (VCA), the payments consulting arm of Visa, focuses on providing actionable insights and recommendations to empower clients to unlock the… Read More

 Tagged ai, artificial intelligence, data, visa

November 9, 2023 @ 8:09 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bank payment company GoCardless and international payment service provider and UK & Europe direct bank card acquirer Ecommpay have announced a partnership which will see the latter add bank debit to strengthen its payment offering. Thanks to GoCardless Embed, “a white-label integration, Ecommpay merchants will… Read More

 Tagged bank payments, ecommpay, europe, fintech adoption, fintech trends, gocardless, international payments, payments, uk, united kingdom

November 9, 2023 @ 6:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Shonaid Jemmett-Page reportedly takes the place of David Gagie as Chair of UK Board of Directors ClearBank, the enabler of real-time clearing and embedded banking for financial institutions. The Fintech company confirmed in a blog post that “subject to regulatory approval, it has appointed Shonaid… Read More

 Tagged clearbank, embedded banking, europe, financial institutions, new appointments, real-time clearing, uk, united kingdom, women changing finance

November 9, 2023 @ 6:19 am By Omar Faridi  |  

TS Imagine, the global, cross-asset provider of trading, portfolio, and risk management solutions for financial institutions, and Kayenta, a hedge fund Treasury Management System provider, announced a partnership that will allow hedge fund clients to control their financing relationships “across their portfolios through TS Imagine’s… Read More

 Tagged cross-asset provider, financial institutions, hedge funds, investment portfolio, risk management, trading, treasury management, ts imagine, ts one

November 8, 2023 @ 5:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Primer, the unified infrastructure for global payments and commerce, has secured investment from the internet company Tencent. Primer claims that it has experienced rapid growth “across Europe, Asia Pacific and the US markets including significant customer wins across retail, fashion, travel and mobility industries with… Read More

 Tagged digital commerce, gabriel le roux, infrastructure, international payments, investments, primer, tencent