May 30, 2024 @ 8:33 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Nubank (NYSE: NU), which claims to be the largest digital banking platform in the world outside of Asia, announces the launch of its cryptocurrency transfer functionality. Now, customers can send and receive crypto assets “directly from their wallets.” The solution, which is being gradually rolled out,… Read More

 Tagged brazil, Crypto Adoption, digital banking, nubank

May 30, 2024 @ 8:31 am By Omar Faridi  |  

FlightHub, the Canadian online travel agency and subsidiary of the travel innovation company Momentum Ventures, announced a partnership with Affirm (NASDAQ: AFRM), the payment network that empowers consumers and helps merchants drive growth, “to bring transparent and flexible payment options to eligible Canadian travelers.” At… Read More

 Tagged affirm, canada, flightHub, payments

May 30, 2024 @ 8:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

PayPal Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: PYPL) announced that PayPal USD (PYUSD) is now available on the Solana blockchain, making PayPal’s stablecoin faster and cheaper to use. The availability of PYUSD on Solana provides users “with the choice of multiple blockchains allowing for increased flexibility and control.”… Read More

 Tagged paxos, paypal usd, solana, stablecoins

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

Salt Bank, a new digital bank in Romania’s financial landscape, has launched less than one year after the project was kicked off. Salt Bank is the first neobank using Engine by Starling’s core banking system “outside of the vendor’s parent company, Starling Bank.” It was… Read More

 Tagged digital banking, gft, romania, salt bank, starling bank

May 30, 2024 @ 8:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

NatWest has extended access to Business Savings from Mastercard to business debit card customers. Business Savings is a merchant discount program “provided by Mastercard which gives small business customers access to merchant offers when paying with an eligible Business Mastercard at merchants participating in the… Read More

 Tagged mastercard, natwest, uk, united kingdom

May 30, 2024 @ 8:20 am By Omar Faridi  |  

‍Three in ten SME finance professionals (28%) report that the most requested loan amount at the start of 2024 was over £100,000, 56% higher than the same period last year, according to iwoca’s Q1 2024 SME Expert Index. The new research, conducted with SME finance… Read More

 Tagged iwoca, lending, research, sme's, uk, united kingdom

May 29, 2024 @ 5:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nium, the global enabler of  in real-time cross-border payments, announced today that HappyEasyGo, an online travel agency, has selected it for virtual card payments. Launched in 2017, HappyEasyGo claims that it “has emerged as one of the fastest-growing flight and hotel booking platforms in Asia,… Read More

 Tagged digital transactions, fintech adoption, nium, real-time payments

May 29, 2024 @ 2:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Xapo Bank, the “fully” licensed bank that makes it simple for members to bank with Bitcoin, today announces that it has integrated further with the Lightning Network to facilitate Bitcoin deposits into members’ Bitcoin accounts. The integration provides an additional method “to deposit Bitcoin from… Read More

 Tagged bitcoin, integration, Lightning Network, xapo bank

May 29, 2024 @ 2:14 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Fabrick, an open finance operating company, this week announced the acquisition of finAPI GmbH, a German open finance solutions provider. Founded in Munich in 2008 to develop solutions for the aggregation and analysis of financial data, finAPI serves more than 350 clients, including banks, financial… Read More

 Tagged fabrick, finAPI, Florian Haagen, Martin Lacher, open finance, paolo zaccardi, SCHUFA

May 29, 2024 @ 2:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Capital on Tap, the small business credit card and spend management platform trusted by over 200,000 businesses, has expanded its partnership with Plaid to the United Kingdom. This builds upon Capital on Tap and Plaid’s successful partnership in the US, “which began back in January… Read More

 Tagged Capital On Tap, plaid, spend managemnet, united kingdom