June 18, 2025 @ 7:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Gold and cryptoassets gain favor as safe haven plays for retail investors according to the latest quarterly Retail Investor Beat from trading and investing platform eToro. The study, which surveyed “1,000 retail investors across the US, revealed that when faced with the prospect of a… Read More

 Tagged crypto-assets, etoro, gold, insights, investing, israel, survey

June 18, 2025 @ 7:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Stripe, the programmable financial services company, introduced over 15 updates for French businesses, many of which leverage AI and stablecoins. These announcements were made at Stripe Tour Paris, the company’s annual conference in France, which “brought together 500 founders, developers, and enterprise leaders.” French businesses… Read More

 Tagged financial technology, france, payments, stripe

June 18, 2025 @ 7:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Riskified (NYSE: RSKD), a global enabler of e-commerce fraud prevention and risk intelligence, shared new insights from a live survey conducted at its flagship event, Ascend 2025, at the 1 Hotel Brooklyn Bridge in New York City. The survey results highlight key challenges and “opportunities… Read More

 Tagged chargebacks, fraud, fraud prevention, insights, Riskified, survey

June 18, 2025 @ 9:33 am By Omar Faridi  |  

LendInvest Mortgages (LSE: LINV), a UK fintech platform dedicated to alternative property lending, has announced a rate reduction on all of its buy-to-let (BTL) products by “10 basis points (bps), with the lowest rates starting at 3.44% on a 2-year fixed term.” The rate reduction… Read More

 Tagged btl, lendinvest, uk, united kingdom

June 18, 2025 @ 8:24 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Data and technology company, Experian, announces that digital bank, Monzo, has become the newest addition to its Support Hub service. As part of Experian Support Hub, more than 12 million Monzo UK customers will now be able “to share their access and support needs with… Read More

 Tagged experian, monzo, uk, ux

June 18, 2025 @ 8:19 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Sygnum, a global digital asset banking group, announces the expansion of its board of directors to support the “next stage of its growth and globalisation strategy.” New members “include Pia Tischhauser, Swiss Re Supervisory Board member and former BCG Executive Committee member, and Vinod Kumar,… Read More

 Tagged Business Expansion, digital bank, sygnum bank

June 18, 2025 @ 2:36 am By Omar Faridi  |  

More than a million UK ‘gig’ workers cannot afford to save into a pension, according to new research. The data from PensionBee, a firm focused on the consumer retirement market, reveals that over half of temporary economy workers in the UK (57%) can’t “afford to… Read More

 Tagged insights, pensionbee, pensions, uk, united kingdom

June 18, 2025 @ 1:34 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Irish consumers continued to show confidence in their personal financial outlook in May, as Bank of Ireland debit and credit card spending rose by a robust 6.5% year-on-year. This marks another month of “strong growth in consumer activity, significantly outpacing the current 2% rate of… Read More

 Tagged bank of ireland, consumer spending, europe, insights, Payment Cards

June 18, 2025 @ 12:49 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Liontrust, the specialist active asset manager, has expanded its relationship with The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (BNY), a global financial services company, by announcing the “outsourcing of its trading for investment funds and institutional accounts to BNY’s Buy-Side Trading Solutions group.” Liontrust’s UK-based… Read More

 Tagged bny, financial services, liontrust, uk, united kingdom

June 17, 2025 @ 7:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Värde Partners, a global alternative investment firm specializing in credit and credit-related assets, announced the launch of its fund finance platform. Building on Värde’s broader asset-based finance strategy, the platform is an extension of Värde’s capabilities “designed to address the increased demand for subscription lines… Read More

 Tagged alternative investments, credit, finance, varde partners