July 29, 2024 @ 11:29 pm By Michael Wong  |  

The Federal Reserve, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) have issued a joint statement highlighting potential risks associated with banks’ partnerships with third parties, particularly Fintech firms. The regulators aim to underscore the importance of effective risk… Read More

 Tagged banking, federal deposit insurance corporation, federal reserve, occ, us federal reserve

July 29, 2024 @ 11:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Origination shows a record year of £378 million lent to SMEs across the UK, “representing an increase over the last year, during a period of time when the overall market has seen a drop in volumes by more than 19%.” This, according to an update… Read More

 Tagged originations, sme's, thincats, uk

July 29, 2024 @ 11:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Banxa Holdings Inc. (TSXV: BNXA) is pleased to announce the appointment of Zafer Qureshi as Co-CEO, joining forces with Holger Arians. This strategic move aims to “leverage their combined expertise to propel Banxa into a new era of growth and innovation.” Holger Arians, Chairman and… Read More

 Tagged banxa, Crypto Adoption, holger arians, zafer qureshi

July 29, 2024 @ 11:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bluechain, the EIS certified fintech transforming the payments and receivables process, claims it has capitalized on a steady 2023 with growth in 2024 across users, transaction volume and revenue. Off the back of 2023 and with rapid expansion plans, Bluechain has announced “an opening funding… Read More

 Tagged bluechain, fintech adoption, payments, receivables

July 29, 2024 @ 6:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

bunch, a Fintech seeking to private markets, has announced the closing of a $15.5 million Series A funding round. The funding was led by FinTech Collective, along with existing investors including, Cherry Ventures and Motive Ventures. Other investors in the round were Broadhaven Ventures and… Read More

 Tagged berlin, bunch, fintech adoption, germany, investment round, private markets

July 29, 2024 @ 2:36 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

NatWest Group plc announces that it1 has entered into an agreement with Metro Bank plc to acquire a £2.5 billion portfolio of prime UK residential mortgages, with a weighted average current loan to value of c.62%. On completion of the transaction2 NatWest Group “expects to welcome… Read More

July 29, 2024 @ 2:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

On 25 July 2024, BNP Paribas arranged and placed the first ever Sovereign digital bond issuance for Eurozone and EMEA, the Republic of Slovenia with on-chain settlement using the Banque de France’s (BdF) tokenized Cash solution provided within the European Central Bank’s (ECB) wholesale central… Read More

 Tagged bnp paribas, digital bond, emea, france

July 29, 2024 @ 11:32 am By JD Alois  |  

Wealthblock, a tech platform that supports private securities offerings, says since its founding in 2018 it has helped issuers to raise over $4  billion in capital from 15,000+ investors. Wealthblock is a white-labeled platform that provides several services for firms raising money. The platform is… Read More

 Tagged wealthblock

July 29, 2024 @ 7:39 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Brits’ confidence in their retirement prospects continues to rise, according to PensionBee’s latest Pension Confidence Index. The Pension Confidence Indicator score “surged to +30 immediately following the General Election, up from +22 in March 2024 and significantly higher than -10 in December 2023 and -9… Read More

 Tagged pension, pensionbee, retirement, uk

July 29, 2024 @ 6:39 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Fintech firm Electronic Merchant Systems has hired Dan Stanbridge as chief risk and compliance officer. Stanbridge has more than 15 years of experience in the financial services industry. He was chief risk officer at Flexfactor and SVP of merchant risk at Paysafe. He led efforts to mitigate risk and… Read More

 Tagged Ahshin Yazdian, Dan Standridge, Electronic Merchant Systems, risk