August 30, 2024 @ 8:25 am By Omar Faridi  |  

UK’s business bank Allica has acquired bridging lender Tuscan Capital, representing Allica’s first foray into the bridging finance market. The Tuscan team, based across the UK, will eventually “integrate fully into the Allica team, benefitting from access to Allica’s funding base and distribution network.” Allica,… Read More

 Tagged acquisition, allica bank, business bank, uk, united kingdom

August 30, 2024 @ 8:21 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Over the last seven years, Nium has steadily grown its presence in Lithuania following the approval of its Electronic Money Institution (EMI) license by the Bank of Lithuania in 2017. The license has enabled the fintech “to better serve its European and global business customers… Read More

 Tagged emi, europe, lithuania, nium

August 30, 2024 @ 4:44 am By Omar Faridi  |  

SmartStream, says it has launched a new version of the TLM Collateral Management solution. Version 7.0, developed in collaboration “with a tier-one bank customer, introduces new features such as real-time updates of information via versioned APIs across business lines, serving multiple jurisdictions globally.” The expanded… Read More

 Tagged collateral management, digital transactions, fintech, smartstream

August 29, 2024 @ 9:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fintech Pine Labs and Visa (NYSE: V), the enabler of global payments have come together to scale digital payments acceptance and further India’s vision of a digital economy by unveiling Pine Labs Mini, a soundbox-enabled device for QR, Near Field Communication (NFC) and card payments. The… Read More

 Tagged digital payments, fintech trends, pine labs, visa

August 29, 2024 @ 9:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Aurem, a unified workplace wealth and benefits technology platform, announces its licensing by the Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) of Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), marking a significant milestone in the company’s mission to connect the world for a better financial future. The company is… Read More

 Tagged abu dhabi, aurem, uae, wealthtech, workplace tech

August 29, 2024 @ 9:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CommBank and Telstra announced their anti-scam technology Scam Indicator has been expanded to cover landlines, to help detect suspicious calls in real-time, helping to avoid money being lost to scammers. The anti-scam technology, which was “conceived and developed in partnership with Quantium Telstra to help… Read More

 Tagged australia, commbank, scams, telstra

August 29, 2024 @ 2:07 pm By JD Alois  |  

StartEngine, a leading securities crowdfunding platform, is now offering investors to purchase securities in Chime – a very popular neobank. Chime claims to be the “most loved banking App.” While not a digital bank, Chime is a neobank that provides a broad range of services… Read More

 Tagged chime, neobank, reg d, regulation d, startengine

August 29, 2024 @ 12:02 pm By JD Alois  |  

Fintech Lemon says it will work with WiserFunding to improve its SaaS related lending decisions for SMEs. Lemon recently closed a pre-seed funding round of £500,000 to fuel its growth. The funding was led by SFC Capital, alongside Pitchdrive and SyndicateRoom. Angel investors participating included… Read More

 Tagged lemon, online lending, saas, uk, united kingdom, wiserfunding

August 29, 2024 @ 11:35 am By JD Alois  |  

dLocal and Grey have announced a partnership to pursue payments and transfers in emerging markets. Grey is a US start-up focused on providing global cross-border payments across the US, UK, Europe, Asia, and Africa. dLocal targets connecting merchants with consumers in Africa, Asia and Latin… Read More

 Tagged dlocal, grey, payments, transfers

August 29, 2024 @ 11:03 am By JD Alois  |  

Identity platform  Trulioo is reporting a “surge” in remittance-related transaction volume via its platform. The company says that it has experienced a 142% year over year increase in cross border payments that utilized its verification services. Digital payments and transfers are pretty much the norm… Read More

 Tagged identity, trulioo