August 8, 2024 @ 8:01 am By Omar Faridi  |  

ThinCats, which aims to help the mid-sized business thrive, has secured £75 million mezzanine funding from CPP Investments. The facility is the latest line of funding “secured by ThinCats and reflects the credit quality of the UK mid-sized businesses ThinCats targets its lending.” CPP Investments’… Read More

 Tagged lending, thincats, uk, united kingdom

August 8, 2024 @ 6:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Ares Management Corporation (NYSE:ARES) announced that funds managed by its Credit Group closed “approximately $12.8 billion in U.S. direct lending commitments across 93 transactions during the second quarter of 2024 and approximately $38.3 billion in direct lending commitments across 295 transactions in the 12 months… Read More

 Tagged ares management, lending

August 8, 2024 @ 4:05 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Tech Mahindra (NSE: TECHM), a global provider of technology consulting and digital solutions to enterprises across industries, has announced a partnership with Finastra, a global provider of financial software applications and marketplaces, to help corporate banks accelerate their digital transformation journeys. Through the partnership, Tech… Read More

 Tagged digital transformation, finastra, tech mahindra

August 8, 2024 @ 12:05 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), the post-trade market infrastructure for the global financial services industry, announced the launch of DTCC’s Insurance & Retirement Services’ (I&RS) Producer Authorization (PAR) service, “a standardized method for insurance vendors and distributors to communicate with carriers to verify… Read More

 Tagged dtcc, financial services, infrastructure, post-trade

August 7, 2024 @ 10:11 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Setu, a Pine Labs company, in partnership with Axis Bank, launched UPISetu, India’s UPI-focused payments platform for businesses and developers. NPCI’s UPI has seen a rise in India “with Person-to-Merchant (P2M) transactions alone witnessing a phenomenal rise of 241% from 2.56 billion transactions in June… Read More

 Tagged axis bank, india, payments, setu, upi

August 7, 2024 @ 9:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Australian digital bank, ubank, has introduced passkeys to improve authentication for customers. Ubank joins a growing number of international online services and payment providers, “along with Australian organizations and government agencies, using passkeys as their login method.” The change in authentication processes comes as Australians lost… Read More

 Tagged australia, banking, digital bank, fintech trends, ubank

August 7, 2024 @ 12:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

PayPal Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: PYPL) announced that Fastlane by PayPal is now available for U.S. businesses of all sizes, helping to increase their sales and drive customer loyalty in time for the upcoming holiday shopping season. Announced earlier this year, Fastlane utilizes PayPal’s payment expertise… Read More

 Tagged fastlane, paypal, us

August 7, 2024 @ 10:44 am By Nick Morgan  |  

Unlocking Capital Markets with Tokenization and ATS: An Interview with Brian Anderson, CEO of Raze Finance In the most recent episode of Capital Ideas, Nick Morgan and Dara Albright, board members of Investor Choice Advocates Network (ICAN), hosted Brian Anderson, CEO of Raze Finance. The… Read More

 Tagged ats, brian anderson, capital ideas, dara albright, digital securities, ican, interview, investors choice advocate network, nick morgan, raze, texture capital, tokenization

August 7, 2024 @ 8:20 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Nubank (NYSE: NU), which claims to be the largest digital banking platform outside of Asia, announces the appointment of Tyler Horn as Chief Credit Officer (CCO), effective August 2024. With extensive experience in credit risk management within the financial services industry, Tyler will be “responsible… Read More

 Tagged banking, brazil, digital bank, latam, nubank, tyler horn

August 7, 2024 @ 8:19 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Banking Circle S.A, has received the globally recognized ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certification for information security management systems (ISMS). Underlining the sustained commitment it places “on information security, this certification gives Banking Circle clients continued confidence that it puts legal, regulatory and contractual obligations at the centre… Read More

 Tagged banking, banking circle