January 21, 2019 @ 10:12 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Zwipe, a Norway-based fingerprint payment startup, announced on Monday it secured NOK 120 million (USD 14 million) in the offering of new shares ahead of a planned admission to trading on Merkur Market, Oslo Børs. Founded in 2009, Zwipe describes itself as a biometric tech startup that… Read More

 Tagged biometric, fingerprint, investment, norway, shares, zwipe

January 21, 2019 @ 8:44 am By JD Alois  |  

Crypto Garage has accepted into the Japanese Financial Services Authority (FSA) Fintech Sandbox program. This is the first blockchain and finance project authorized by the Sandbox. The FSA announced the news in a release which was followed by a post by the parent company of… Read More

 Tagged crypto garage, digital garage, financial services authority, japan, sandbox

January 21, 2019 @ 7:42 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Germany-based global provider of digital payments and commerce solutions Wirecard announced on Monday it has partnered with Chinese currency exchanger United Money to issue a multi-currency Visa card.  Wirecard reported that the card, Travel Cashcard, is an ideal alternative to traveler’s checks and cash. The card is notably… Read More

 Tagged currency exchange, multi-currency, united money, visa, wirecard

January 21, 2019 @ 7:11 am By JD Alois  |  

Digital bank Revolut experienced an App failure yesterday that left some customers hanging, according to a thread on Twitter. The embarrassing fail comes a bit over a month after Revolut announced the company had received a long-anticipated banking license. Revolut took to Twitter to respond… Read More

 Tagged banking, failure, revolut, uk, united kingdom

January 21, 2019 @ 4:39 am By Erin Hobey  |  

UK fintech business lender MarketInvoice has raised £26M in new equity funding during a Series-B funding round led by Barclays and Santander’s $200M fintech fund InnoVentures with significant participation from European venture fund Northzone, an existing investor in the company. Technology credit fund Viola Credit, who… Read More

 Tagged anil stocker, barcleys, lending, manuel silva martinez, marketinvoice, northzone, santander innoventures, uk, viola credit

January 20, 2019 @ 2:20 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Asia-Pacific Fintech Network, a new network created by fintech associations from across the Asia-Pacific region, has officially launched to encourage cross-border innovation. The organization was created by nine associations that signed a Statement of Intent at the Asian Financial Forum event in Hong Kong.  The participants… Read More

 Tagged asia, asia-pacific fintech network, financial technology, fintech, pacific

January 20, 2019 @ 12:58 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Blockchain fintech company, Blackmoon, announced last week it has formed a new partnership with Dr. Werner & Partner, a network of attorneys, experts for international compliance and international tax law, to create a branded Exchange Traded Index (ETx). This news comes just days after Blackmoon announced its… Read More

 Tagged blackmoon, blockchain, dr werner & partner, etx, exchange traded index

January 19, 2019 @ 1:19 pm By Xu Gao  |  

Visa Will Establish Asia’s Second Innovation Center in Beijing It is always not easy for payment Giant Visa to enter the Chinese market. Yet, it still does not give up. According to Yu Xueli, president of Visa (Greater China), Visa is planning to set up… Read More

 Tagged best pay, bestpay, china, china telecom, payments, singapore, tencent, visa, wechat, weiyangx, xu gao

January 18, 2019 @ 8:52 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Payment process platform Square announced on Thursday the launch of its new debit cards for businesses. Square reported that the Square Card is a free business debit card designed to help business owners more effectively manage cash flow by providing immediate access to their balance, which is… Read More

 Tagged businesses, debit card, financial, square

January 18, 2019 @ 7:38 am By JD Alois  |  

Tandem Bank, a digital-first challenger bank, has announced a milestone of 500,000+ customers.  Tandem CEO, Ricky Knox, called 2018 a transformative year for the bank with a number of major product launches, investment, and incredible growth. “We’re ready for more of the same in 2019,” said… Read More

 Tagged banking, ricky knox, tandem bank, uk, united kingdom