January 24, 2025 @ 1:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Clutch says it is turning credit unions into Fintechs, and with the successful completion of a Series B funding round, is equipped with $65 million to  transform the way credit unions deliver products and services to the members and communities they serve. The Series B investment… Read More

 Tagged clutch, credit unions, fintech adoption, investment round

January 24, 2025 @ 11:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Checkout.com, a digital payments company, announces a profitable end to 2024 and 45% YoY net revenue growth in its core business, which serves the commerce and fintech sectors and reportedly accounts for “95% of total volumes.” These milestones underscore the company’s commitment to “delivering the… Read More

 Tagged Business Expansion, checkout.com, digital commerce, digital payments, us

January 24, 2025 @ 10:04 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Q2 Holdings Inc. (NYSE: QTWO), a provider of digital transformation solutions for financial services, announced a strategic partnership with Alloy, an identity and fraud prevention platform provider, to deliver a joint ongoing fraud monitoring solution for Q2 Digital Banking customers. Powered by Alloy’s centralized identity… Read More

 Tagged alloy, digital banking, digital identity, q2

January 24, 2025 @ 8:45 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Method Financial, a provider of consumer permissioned financial connectivity, raised $41.5 million in its latest Series B funding round led by Emergence Capital with participation from avra and Samsung Next, and existing investors Andreessen Horowitz, Y-Combinator and Ardent Venture Partners. This fundraise brings the total… Read More

 Tagged emergence capital, financial connectivity, investment round, method financial

January 24, 2025 @ 7:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Trading and investing platform eToro announces a partnership with Stocktwits, which claims to be one of the world’s largest social media platforms for traders & investors. The first phase of the collab reportedly includes Stocktwits adding a ‘trade’ button on their site for “all assets… Read More

 Tagged etoro, investing, stocks, stocktwits, trading

January 24, 2025 @ 7:49 am By Omar Faridi  |  

N26 announced free stocks and ETF trading for all customers from 27 January 2025 onwards, enhancing its investment proposition as the “only” financial service provider in Europe to offer trading “without charging fees or commissions.” With this decision, N26 aims to make investing even more… Read More

 Tagged banking, digital bank, etfs, europe, investing, n26, trading

January 24, 2025 @ 7:48 am By Omar Faridi  |  

A robust spend culture is key to unlocking business potential, with 61% of CFOs highlighting its importance for growth, yet few have struck the “right balance between autonomy and control,” research from Payhawk reveals. The research, conducted by independent research house Coleman Parkes, surveyed 1,000… Read More

 Tagged digital financial services, payhawk, research, spend management

January 23, 2025 @ 5:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Financial operations platform Ramp introduced Ramp Treasury, which is described as a new solution that radically improves how most businesses store and manage their operating cash. With Ramp Treasury, businesses can store cash in a business account that earns “2.5% or in an investment account… Read More

 Tagged cash management, corporate spend, ramp, spending, treasury

January 23, 2025 @ 5:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Highnote, a firm specializing in modern card issuance and program management, announced the closing of $90 million in Series B funding and the launch of its acquiring solution. The investment round was reportedly led by Adams Street Partners along with participation from existing investors: Oak… Read More

 Tagged card issuance, funding, highnote, investment round

January 23, 2025 @ 2:08 pm By JD Alois  |  

Upgrade, a neobank that offers various credit and savings products to its customers, has appointed a new Chief Operating Officer (COO). Jeffrey Meiler, former founder and CEO of Best Egg, has joined the Fintech to apply his decades of experience in lending cards and payments…. Read More

 Tagged best egg, jeffrey meiler, renaud laplanche, upgrade