September 2, 2024 @ 7:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Industry veteran and Pine Labs’ Chief Transformation Officer Sumit Chopra transitions to a new role of COO – Pine Labs, Digital Payments. In this new role, Sumit will lead the digital payments business “for the company and will spearhead sales, customer experience, and operational excellence.”… Read More

 Tagged fintech, payments, pine labs, southeast asia

September 1, 2024 @ 8:51 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Ant International has launched a strategic initiative to enhance financial inclusion in Brazil by partnering with Latin American payments and banking tech firm Dock. The partnership seeks to deliver AI-driven credit technology solutions to improve credit management and infrastructure efficiency for various clients, including financial… Read More

 Tagged ant international, brazil, dock, fintech, payments

September 1, 2024 @ 5:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Three in four (73%) SME finance brokers feel optimistic about the future of small businesses, according to SME lender iwoca’s latest Q2 2024 SME Expert Index. The survey of SME brokers reveals “a tentatively bullish outlook for the UK’s 5.5m SMEs, as optimism among brokers… Read More

September 1, 2024 @ 5:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Alchemy Pay, the fiat-crypto payment gateway, announced a partnership with Unlimit, a leading global fintech company. This collaboration integrates Unlimit’s robust payment rails, “significantly enhancing Alchemy Pay’s On-ramp service offerings for local and global users, offering seamless access to Visa and Mastercard credit card payments,… Read More

 Tagged alchemy pay, payments, unlimit

September 1, 2024 @ 5:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ACI Worldwide, an original innovator in global payments technology, and Mexipay, a leading Mexican financial technology company, have announced the extension of their partnership to enhance Mexico’s real-time payments ecosystem, “with the aim of driving instant payments adoption and boosting economic growth and financial inclusion… Read More

 Tagged aci worldwide, latam, latin america, mexico, mexipay

September 1, 2024 @ 2:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

UK-based startups raised $9 billion funding through 704 venture capital (VC) deals announced during January-July 2024, which is a 7.9% year-on-year (YoY) increase in funding value despite a 14.3% decline in deal volume. This reflects an improving appetite for big-ticket investments in promising startups, positioning… Read More

 Tagged startups, uk, vc, venture capital

September 1, 2024 @ 2:56 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

UP Fintech Holding Limited (NASDAQ: TIGR), an online brokerage firm focusing on global investors, announced its unaudited financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2024. Mr. Wu Tianhua, Chairman and CEO of UP Fintech said the second quarter saw trading volumes increase by… Read More

 Tagged financial services, fintech adoption, online brokerage, up fintech holding limited

September 1, 2024 @ 2:53 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

With the inflation rate in the United States “stubbornly” stuck around 3%, more bank customers are trying to find ways to manage the higher cost of goods, “even if their overall financial health has not necessarily improved.” According to J.D. Power, the percentage of U.S…. Read More

 Tagged banking, inflation

September 1, 2024 @ 2:51 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Crypto.com announced the launch of global retail services, including the ability to provide seamless deposit and withdrawal facilities for millions of retail users of the Crypto.com App from over 90 countries, vastly improving the efficiency and utility of customers’ crypto journeys. Crypto.com’s global retail services… Read More

 Tagged Crypto Adoption, crypto.com, digital assets, retail services

September 1, 2024 @ 10:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Helicap has raised $4.3 million in Series B funding that has been led by Kenanga Investors. Helicap, a fintech investment platform, has acquired $4.3 million via its Series B  round, as disclosed in regulatory filings. Kenanga Investors, which is a subsidiary of Malaysia-based Kenanga Investment… Read More

 Tagged funding, helicap, kenanga investors, southeast asia