April 7, 2025 @ 6:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nearly three-quarters of financial technology startups fail within their first three years due to preventable regulatory compliance issues, according to a new industry report. The research study, released by Los Angeles-based Hare Strategy Group, analyzed five years of data from over 400 fintech ventures and… Read More

 Tagged compliance, financial technology, hare strategy group, regulations, research

April 7, 2025 @ 4:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

As the highly-anticipated US presidential election draws nearer, 49% of American retail investors are planning to or have already “adjusted” their investment portfolios based on what they think will happen. This, according to an extensive update shared by investing and trading platform eToro. According to… Read More

April 7, 2025 @ 3:15 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Affirm (NASDAQ: AFRM), the payment network that empowers consumers and drives growth for merchants, announced that it has signed a partnership with Revolve Group, Inc. (NYSE: RVLV), the fashion retailer for Millennial and Generation Z consumers. Shoppers in the U.S. will soon be able to… Read More

 Tagged affirm, bnpl, payments, revolve

April 7, 2025 @ 3:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Chime, the San Francisco-based consumer fintech and one of the largest digital-only financial services providers in the U.S., has reportedly postponed its initial public offering (IPO), originally slated for 2025. The decision, highlighted in a CNBC report, comes as Silicon Valley grapples with plunging valuations… Read More

 Tagged chime, initial public offering, ipo

April 7, 2025 @ 12:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

Innovate Finance, an association that advocates on behalf of the Fintech industry in the UK, has issued a statement calling on the UK government to create a National Anti-Fraud Centre to battle the financial fraud crisis. The cost of payments fraud is said to be… Read More

 Tagged fraud, innovate finance, trusfull, uk, united kingdom

April 7, 2025 @ 11:19 am By Omar Faridi  |  

FIS (NYSE: FIS), a global enabler of financial technology, announced that its Premium Payback solution has been chosen to power the real-time rewards redemption process for Bilt. Launched in 2021, Bilt is the enabler of a payments and commerce network that transforms housing and neighborhood… Read More

 Tagged bilt, financial technology, fis, real-time rewards

April 7, 2025 @ 11:08 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The financial services sector is witnessing a key shift as artificial intelligence (AI) adoption accelerates, prompting innovative responses from industry professionals. Canapi Ventures, a fintech investment firm, has launched its inaugural Generative AI Council to bridge the gap between AI founders and the complex financial… Read More

 Tagged ai, canapi ventures, financial services, generative ai, invisible, minh pham

April 7, 2025 @ 7:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

UK Fintech Wise (LON: WISE), which has become known for its focus on low-cost international money transfers, is exploring a step toward joining the FTSE 100, the UK’s stock index. The company announced it has been “extensively consulting with shareholders on the optimal listing arrangements,”… Read More

 Tagged lse, uk, united kingdom, wise

April 7, 2025 @ 7:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

XXImo, the European mobility payments platform, has migrated its infrastructure to Amazon Web Services (AWS) with the support of cloud services provider CloudNation. With this step, XXImo sets a standard as one of the “first” companies worldwide to move 100% of their card processing “to… Read More

 Tagged aws, cloudnation, europe, infrastructure, xximo

April 6, 2025 @ 11:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

TrueLayer, Europe’s Pay by Bank network, has announced a partnership with Papa Johns, one of the world’s pizza brands to introduce Pay by Bank, a payment method that enables customers to pay directly from their bank accounts. With TrueLayer’s open banking technology, Papa Johns customers… Read More

 Tagged europe, open banking, truelayer, uk