February 21, 2025 @ 6:32 am By Omar Faridi  |  

CRB Securities LLC, an SEC-registered broker-dealer and FINRA member owned by Cross River Bank Group, and Best Egg have completed the issuance of the first series in Best Egg’s new private structured pass-through program, BEAST 2024-A. Series 2024-A of the Best Egg Asset Structured Pass-Through Trust… Read More

 Tagged best egg, cross river bank

February 20, 2025 @ 9:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Stacks, the AI-powered workspace helping companies close their books quickly and efficiently, announced a $3 million pre-seed round led by EQT Ventures, followed by a $7 million seed round led by General Catalyst, with EQT Ventures. The rounds also saw participation from s16vc and angel… Read More

 Tagged ai, funding round, stacks

February 20, 2025 @ 1:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Payoneer (NASDAQ: PAYO), the financial technology company empowering the world’s small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) to transact, do business, and grow globally, announced that it has received the regulatory approvals in China required to “complete its previously announced acquisition of a licensed China-based payment service… Read More

 Tagged acquisition, china, payments, payoneer

February 20, 2025 @ 11:16 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Growing levels of financial crime and regulatory “scrutiny” are forcing organizations to step up spending on compliance, but they are “less sold on AI as the standalone solution,” according to a survey of risk and compliance officers by LSEG Risk Intelligence. The survey finds that… Read More

 Tagged ai, artificial intelligence, financial crime, lseg, Research Study

February 20, 2025 @ 10:15 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Glassbox, a Toronto-based fintech startup, announced that it raised $1.2 million in pre-seed funding in order to “reimagine” how finance teams work with spreadsheets in the age of AI (artificial intelligence). The investment round was led by FinTech Collective (New York) and StandUp Ventures (Toronto),… Read More

 Tagged ai, fintech collective, funding round, glassbox, startups, toronto

February 20, 2025 @ 8:41 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Five fintechs have been selected to take part in NatWest’s Fintech Growth Program. After the launch in December and after a process of pitches, presentations and interviews, TunicPay, Ask Silver, mmob, Aperidata and Sprive were selected to take part in the program supported by NatWest…. Read More

 Tagged fintech adoption, natwest, startups, uk, united kingdom

February 20, 2025 @ 8:40 am By Omar Faridi  |  

On January 27, 2025, the European Central Bank (ECB) adopted Decision (EU) 2025/222, titled “Decision of the European Central Bank on access by non-bank payment service providers to Eurosystem central bank operated payment systems and central bank accounts” (ECB/2025/2). This decision expands access to Eurosystem… Read More

 Tagged ecb, europe, european central bank, payments

February 20, 2025 @ 8:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Total UK fintech investment has reportedly declined to $9.9 billion in 2024, down a considerable 27% from $13.6 billion in 2023, according to KPMG’s Pulse of Fintech, a comprehensive report on fintech investment trends. KPMG noted in the research report that geopolitical uncertainty, high levels… Read More

 Tagged Fintech funding, Fintech Investments, research, uk, united kingdom

February 20, 2025 @ 6:06 am By Omar Faridi  |  

London-based money transfer firm Zepz is reportedly laying off about 200 workers, according to a recent update from CNBC. Zepz – previously doing business as WorldRemit – is slashing approximately 20% of its 1000-member professional team as it closes down units operating in Poland and… Read More

 Tagged layoffs, worldremit, zepz

February 19, 2025 @ 11:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Euroclear has recently announced that it has launched a US Treasury Delivery-Versus-Payment (DVP) repo service. The solution is designed “for US Treasury repo market participants operating in the US settling USD transactions.” The first trade was completed on 6 February 2025 “between Euroclear Bank and… Read More

 Tagged euroclear, repo service