March 4, 2025 @ 7:59 am By Omar Faridi  |  

UK Finance has released its latest Household Finance Review for Q4 2024, which explores trends in household spending, saving, and borrowing. UK Finance noted in the update that the mortgage market strengthened in Q4 2024, with both first-time buyers and home mover numbers “up by… Read More

 Tagged savings, spending, uk, uk finance, united kingdom

March 4, 2025 @ 6:45 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Flutterwave, a leading African payments technology company, has officially secured a payment system license to operate in Zambia. This new license positions Flutterwave to deliver mobile money services to enterprises in Zambia. The company believes its potential in Zambia is substantial, given the country’s increasing… Read More

 Tagged digital payments, flutterwave, Olugbenga ‘GB’ Agboola, Oluwabankole Falade, Zambia

March 3, 2025 @ 8:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Monorail, a financial App that allows people to invest in companies that align with their American values, has reportedly secured $60,298 via Republic (at the time of writing). So far, the company has raised 4% of its $1.23M max goal from 43 investors. According to the… Read More

 Tagged europe, fundraising, investing, monorail, republic europe

March 3, 2025 @ 8:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

dLocal, an emerging market cross-border payments has announced its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year 2024. The Q4 2024 earnings update concluded on February 27,  revealing steady growth metrics that reinforce dLocal’s role as a key player in digital payments across Latin… Read More

 Tagged dlocal, latin america, payments

March 3, 2025 @ 5:02 pm By JD Alois  |  

In the US, the number of publicly listed firms has been on the decline for many years now. The number of public firms listed on the London Stock Exchange has experienced a similar drop in the number of listings. This phenomenon has rattled policymakers in… Read More

 Tagged globacap, perspective, pisces, private securities, revolut, secondaries, stripe, uk, united kingdom

March 3, 2025 @ 1:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

BaFin has shared an update titled “Risks in Focus 2025” and it notes that climate change, geopolitics and a weak economy could “put pressure on Germany’s financial system.” BaFin noted on its official website that natural disasters made more likely by climate change, international tensions… Read More

 Tagged bafin, economic outlook, europe, germany, research

March 3, 2025 @ 9:45 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) has share preliminary results for the year ended 31 December 2024. LSEG is reporting strong growth, “accelerating product innovation, significant margin improvement, equity free cash flow £2.2 billion; positive outlook for 2025.” David Schwimmer, CEO at LEG said: “We… Read More

 Tagged financial results, london stock exchange group, lseg, uk, united kingdom

March 3, 2025 @ 8:20 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Prograd, a UK-based side hustle platform for Gen Z in the UK, empowering users to master financial basics through “engaging education” while earning money through online side hustles, has raised £755,470 (at the time of writing) of its £800,000 target via Crowdcube from 46 investors…. Read More

 Tagged crowdcube, prograd, uk, united kingdom

March 3, 2025 @ 8:15 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

While political priorities come and go, strong compliance practices should remain constant. Done properly, Marqeta’s chief compliance officer Alan Carlisle said they are a competitive advantage. Carlisle offers more than 25 years of compliance experience with Marqeta (NASDAQ:MQ), SoFi, banks, broker-dealers, crypto firms, and venture… Read More

 Tagged Alan Carlisle, compliance, marqeta, perspective, regulations, sofi

March 2, 2025 @ 11:55 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Ethos, a modern model risk management platform, announced that it has secured $6 million in its Seed funding round anchored by Canapi Ventures and backed by Capital One Ventures and Better Tomorrow Ventures. Ethos aims to streamline how financial institutions and fintech firms manage model risk,… Read More

 Tagged ethos, funding round, risk, risk management