August 3, 2024 @ 4:48 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

The Agri-Business Capital Fund this week announced an investment of €1.1 million in MiCreditoYa Microfinanciera SAS, a microfinance institution operating in the Nariño department in the southwest of Colombia. Access to finance remains a significant challenge in many parts of the world, particularly in rural… Read More

 Tagged Bamboo Capital Partners, colombia, David Grimaud, MiCreditoYa, microfinance

August 3, 2024 @ 4:45 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Payments technology company Flutterwave announced that it has obtained an Enhanced Category Payment Service Provider license from the Bank of Ghana. This development is pivotal in expanding Flutterwave’s footprint across Africa, particularly within Ghana, where it can now offer a full spectrum of direct payment… Read More

 Tagged flutterwave, ghana, payments

August 3, 2024 @ 2:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

PitchBook has released their latest Enterpise Fintech ecosystem. PitchBook’s Fintech ecosystem reports notes that deal value and count in Q2 2024 was fairly steady. As stated in the repot, enterprise fintech companies have “secured $4.6 billion in VC funding across 315 deals.” PitchBook pointed out… Read More

 Tagged enterprise fintech, fintech trends, pitchbook, research

August 3, 2024 @ 8:05 am By Michael Wong  |  

Grab-led GX Bank Berhad (GXBank) announced its plan to invest MYR 1.5 billion ($333 million) into Malaysia over the next five years, including the launch of the GX Untuk Semua initiative. In a statement, GXBank emphasized that the initiative aligns with its enduring commitment to… Read More

 Tagged digital bank, grab, GXBank, malaysia

August 2, 2024 @ 8:41 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Thredd, the global payments platform, reports both industry-wide growth in fintech-led digital payments and the renewal of its partnership with Zilch, the ad-subsidised payments network (ASPN). This trajectory, coupled with recent product and market expansion, reportedly “adds further momentum to Thredd’s leadership in modern payments… Read More

 Tagged fintech adoption, payments, thredd, zilch

August 2, 2024 @ 8:39 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Tuum, a core banking platform, is proud to announce its partnership with ComplyAdvantage, a firm focused on financial crime intelligence. This partnership leverages Tuum’s API-first approach in order “to integrate complementary solutions, ensuring that financial institutions can meet their unique needs effectively and efficiently with… Read More

 Tagged complyadvantage, core banking, financial crime, tuum

August 2, 2024 @ 8:34 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Solaris, Europe’s embedded finance platform is pleased to welcome Bitpanda, Europe’s crypto platform, on its KYC platform. Bitpanda will leverage Solaris full digital and scalable KYC solution Bankident “to identify customers in Germany.” This signals a new chapter in “a longstanding partnership between Solaris &… Read More

 Tagged bitpanda, embedded finance, europe, kyc

August 1, 2024 @ 10:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

LendInvest Mortgages, the UK’s platform for mortgages, launches new incentives for its Buy-to-Let mortgage range, providing customers with up to £350 cashback and up to 10bps off their next mortgage. Customers can now benefit “from a £350 cashback upon the completion of their Buy-to-Let mortgage.”… Read More

 Tagged lendinvest, mortgages, uk, united kingdom

August 1, 2024 @ 8:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Accenture (NYSE: ACN) and SandboxAQ are expanding their partnership to address the critical need for enterprise data encryption that can defend against current data breaches, as well as future AI and quantum threats. Together, Accenture and SandboxAQ are “helping organizations secure sensitive data and strengthen… Read More

 Tagged accenture, ai, data, data breaches, sandboxaq

August 1, 2024 @ 8:11 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

NatWest Group has announced that Paul Edwards has been appointed to lead the banking group’s asset finance business, Lombard, together “with specialist businesses providing working capital solutions.” Paul has been at NatWest for 12 years and “has held a number of roles in that time,… Read More

 Tagged natwest, natwest group, new appointments, uk, united kingdom