October 30, 2023 @ 5:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

New data from Tradeshift shows transaction volumes across global supply chains dropped at their fastest rate in eighteen months in Q3. More than one million businesses “use Tradeshift’s business commerce network to exchange invoicing and purchase order information relating to trade transactions across global supply… Read More

 Tagged data, insights, Market Report, research, Research Report, Research Study, supply chain, supply chains, tradeshift, trading, transaction volumes

October 30, 2023 @ 1:48 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

DriveWealth was created to allow every investor in the world to benefit from access to investment opportunities—whether they have $10 or $10 million. Following the announcement of DriveWealth‘s Options launch, they are pleased to reveal that they’ve added more offerings: Fixed Income and Global Mutual… Read More

 Tagged drivewealth, financial services, fintech adoption, fintech trends, investing, investments, mutual funds

October 30, 2023 @ 12:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Darwinbox is pleased to announce a new strategic alliance with PwC UK – the second-largest professional services network. This alliance will help bring Darwinbox’s innovative HR solutions “across UK and EU markets, in addition to offering better and faster implementations and time-to-value for clients.” PwC… Read More

 Tagged Business Expansion, darwinbox, EU, europe, professional services, pwc, uk, united kingdom

October 30, 2023 @ 11:45 am By Omar Faridi  |  

PrimaryBid was pleased to support FTSE 250 storage company Big Yellow Group plc (LSE:BYG), on its recent fundraise. Big Yellow raised approximately £110 million through “a placing to institutional investors, the company’s executive directors, plus a retail offer via the PrimaryBid platform with the proceeds… Read More

 Tagged europe, fundraise, fundraising, primarybid, uk, united kingdom

October 30, 2023 @ 10:46 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Revolut, the financial super app with over 35 million customers globally, has been officially certified as a Great Place to Work. Following participation in a certified study, “based on the strength of its employee experience, Revolut has been recognised as a Great Place to Work… Read More

 Tagged digital bank, digital banking, fintech adoption, fintech trends, milestone, revolut, virtual bank

October 30, 2023 @ 10:36 am By JD Alois  |  

The UK government has released the results of a consultation on the regulation of digital assets or crypto.  The update includes information on fiat-backed stablecoins and managing “systemic digital settlement asset firms.” The consultation kicked off in February of this year and was completed at… Read More

 Tagged consultation, fca, hm treasury, norton rose fulbright, uk, united kingdom

October 30, 2023 @ 8:22 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

This week, Blend, a provider of cloud banking services, today announced an integration with MeridianLink, a provider of modern software platforms for financial institutions and consumer reporting agencies. Lenders using MeridianLink Consumer can now leverage their partner’s unified platform and consumer banking origination software for… Read More

 Tagged blend, integration, meridianlink

October 30, 2023 @ 6:11 am By Michael Wong  |  

YouTrip, a multi-currency digital payments platform in Southeast Asia, has successfully secured $50 million in its latest Series B fundraising round, according to an announcement. This round was led by Lightspeed, a global venture capital firm and a new investor in YouTrip, propelling the company’s… Read More

 Tagged currency, digital finance, digital payments, payments, singapore, southeast asia, youtrip

October 29, 2023 @ 11:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

TodayPay Inc. emerged from stealth mode to unveil the world’s first faster payment technology solution helping merchants “offer their customers instant refunds in multiple payment choices.” TodayPay is a technology company supporting a new category in payments “called Refunds as a Service™ – an entire… Read More

 Tagged digital payments, digital technology, digital transactions, digitalization, fintech adoption, fintech trends, instant refunds, jeremy balkin, payments, virtual payments

October 29, 2023 @ 11:00 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

The annual holiday forecast1 from global branded payments provider Blackhawk Network found shoppers surveyed plan to spend 43% of their holiday budget on gift cards this year. This trend is largely fuelled by Gen Z consumers. The report also found that consumers aren’t starting their holiday… Read More

 Tagged blackhawk, blackhawk network, gen z, gift cards