May 15, 2025 @ 2:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Horizon Trading Solutions, a global enabler of electronic trading solutions and algorithmic technology for capital markets, is launching a Smart Order Router (SOR) – Horizon Compass – to allow institutional and retail brokers to achieve optimal execution and high performance. With legacy SOR solutions filling… Read More

 Tagged capital markets, digital technology, electronic trading, horizon trading solutions, smart order router

May 15, 2025 @ 2:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Flagright has partnered with Integrated Finance, a fintech infrastructure platform, to simplify how teams integrate compliance and  banking workflows. By mapping Integrated Finance’s APIs with Flagright’s API, they’ve made it easier for “mutual customers to connect infrastructure and compliance workflows.” Fintech companies often spend weeks… Read More

 Tagged banking, compliance, flagright, infrastructure, integrated finance

May 15, 2025 @ 1:49 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fincom, a firm focused on anti-money laundering (AML) Sanction Screening and Entity Resolution technology, announced the successful completion of its Series B funding round, securing an investment led by Nasdaq Ventures, with participation from Macquarie Group, G1 Ventures, and existing investors including AnD Ventures and… Read More

 Tagged aml, fincom, funding round, nasdaq ventures

May 15, 2025 @ 10:44 am By JD Alois  |  

Large European retailers are asking the European Commission to address the fees charged by credit card issuers like Visa and Mastercard. According to a report, these retailers want these fees reduced. The message was said to be sent in a letter, addressed to the Commission’s… Read More

 Tagged EU, mastercard, payments, vis, visa

May 15, 2025 @ 8:21 am By JD Alois  |  

eToro (NASDAQ:ETOR),  a brokerage also offering crypto trading, listed its shares on the Nasdaq yesterday in an initial public offering (IPO) that quickly saw its share price rise. eToro originally priced its shares at $52. By the end of the day, eToro was trading at… Read More

 Tagged etoro, ipo, israel

May 15, 2025 @ 7:53 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Stash, the platform helping people build financial futures, announced that it has secured $146 million in a new Series H funding through a round led by Goodwater Capital, with participation from returning investors Union Square Ventures, StepStone Group, Serengeti, and the University of Illinois Foundation,… Read More

 Tagged funding round, stash

May 15, 2025 @ 7:52 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Tuum, the core banking platform, has been selected by Bondora, a European consumer finance provider, to support its ambition to become a fully licensed digital bank and modernize its lending operations across multiple EU markets. The collaboration will see Tuum provide its cloud-native core banking… Read More

 Tagged bondora, core banking, EU, europe, finance, tuum

May 14, 2025 @ 11:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fintech infrastructure provider Plaid continues to focus on financial technology solution with its latest updates announced in May 2025. From product enhancements to supporting of AI-driven engineering and a key update about its professional team, Plaid is committed to its mission to democratize financial services…. Read More

 Tagged apis, financial infrastructure, plaid

May 14, 2025 @ 10:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Cross River Bank is focused on enabling and developing the infrastructure necessary for the scalability of digital financial services. The bank’s strategic expansion into capital markets is enabled by its strategic partnerships, innovative product offerings, and improved support for international payments. By prioritizing comprehensive financial… Read More

 Tagged cross river bank, Cross-Border Transactions, payments

May 14, 2025 @ 10:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Addepar, a global technology and data platform that investment professionals rely on to make the most informed, data-driven investment decisions, announced the closing of its $230 million Series G investment round. The investment round was co-led by Vitruvian Partners, headquartered in London, and “returning investor,… Read More

 Tagged addepar, funding round, wealthtech