June 8, 2025 @ 10:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

UK’s digital bank Monzo, known for its vibrant coral cards and user-friendly app, has cemented its position as a major fintech with a solid financial performance for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2025. The bank reported a 48% revenue increase, reaching £1.2 billion ($1.35… Read More

 Tagged digital banking, monzo bank, uk, united kingdom

June 8, 2025 @ 10:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

UK’s Starling Bank has reported steady financial performance, strategic leadership enhancements, and plans for international expansion, while continuing to support female entrepreneurship and urging customers to optimize their savings. These developments underscore Starling’s commitment to innovation, diversity, and customer-centric growth. In its latest financial update,… Read More

 Tagged Business Expansion, digital banking, starling bank, uk, united kingdom, us

June 8, 2025 @ 4:52 pm By Michael Wong  |  

South Korea’s NAVER Corp. is launching a new venture investment arm in Silicon Valley, a move that underscores its ambition to expand its global presence and accelerate innovation by backing early-stage startups in North America. The initiative, NAVER Ventures, will focus on identifying and supporting… Read More

 Tagged Naver, Naver Ventures, startups

June 8, 2025 @ 3:58 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Equifax (NYSE: EFX) is making it even easier for U.S. consumers to understand their credit history and monitor their financial health with the introduction of a new, reimagined consumer credit report design. Available now to U.S. consumers who request hard copies of their Equifax credit report,… Read More

 Tagged credit, credit report, equifax, us

June 8, 2025 @ 3:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In the first quarter of 2025, banks reclaimed ground across the automotive finance industry, signaling notable market share growth. According to Experian’s State of the Automotive Finance Market Report: Q1 2025, banks’ total market share increased to 26.55% during the quarter, from 24.79% in Q1… Read More

 Tagged automotive finance, banking, experian, insights

June 8, 2025 @ 3:55 pm By Michael Wong  |  

The Philippines and India are accelerating efforts to strengthen collaboration in financial technology and broader development cooperation, as both nations seek to harness digital innovation to drive economic growth. Finance Secretary Ralph Recto recently held talks with Indian Ambassador Harsh Jain to identify new avenues… Read More

 Tagged asia, fintech, india, Philippines

June 8, 2025 @ 3:53 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Chime, a consumer financial technology company, recently announced that it has launched the roadshow for the initial public offering of its “32,000,000 shares of its Class A common stock, 25,900,765 of which are being offered by Chime and 6,099,236 of which are being offered by… Read More

 Tagged chime, initial public offering, ipo, wealthtech

June 7, 2025 @ 5:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

To facilitate the development and deployment of generative AI use cases in its businesses and functions, BNP Paribas has designed and deployed an internal LLM as a Service platform. Operated by the Group’s IT teams, this technology, allows each entity to access a selection of… Read More

 Tagged ai, bnp paribas, europe, llms, sme's

June 7, 2025 @ 5:28 pm By Michael Wong  |  

TBC Bank Group PLC has issued a $200 million bond to accelerate the growth of TBC Uzbekistan, its rapidly expanding digital banking arm, as the group deepens its footprint in Central Asia’s largest economy. The synthetic three-year bond, denominated in Uzbek sum and settled in… Read More

 Tagged banking, tbc bank

June 7, 2025 @ 5:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Trumid, a financial technology company and fixed income electronic trading platform, has recently announced its trade volume as well as overall user participation highlights for May 2025. Key May highlights from Fintech firm Trumid are as follows: May marked another strong month of growth and… Read More

 Tagged elecronic trading, financial technology, fixed income, trumid