May 25, 2024 @ 8:33 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital bank Revolut has reportedly integrated with self-custody crypto wallet MetaMask, allowing clients to replenish their holdings with crypto-asset purchases via their Revolut accounts. According to the update, the integration offers a frictionless on-ramp for fiat-to-crypto purchases to the MetaMask Wallet, enhancing the process of… Read More

 Tagged digital assets, digital wallets, integration, lorenzo santos, mazen eljundi, metamask, revolut

May 25, 2024 @ 8:04 am By Michael Wong  |  

CBiGroup, a US-based fintech company, has raised $15 million in a Series A funding round led by Alpol Capital Family Office, renowned for its investments in new technologies. The newly acquired funds will be used to enhance research and development efforts, particularly in new technologies… Read More

 Tagged Alpol Capital Family Office, CBiGroup, fintech, funding, venture capital

May 24, 2024 @ 3:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

UK digital bank Chetwood Financial has completed the acquisition of the buy to let mortgage lender CHL Mortgages for Intermediaries (CMI) from Barossa Asset Purchaser Sarl. Chetwood entered a competitive bidding process “to acquire the lender, which trades as CHL Mortgages, to grow a well-regarded… Read More

 Tagged acquisition, chetwood, CHL Mortgages for Intermediaries, mortgages, uk, united kingdom

May 24, 2024 @ 3:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

iCapital, the global fintech platform driving access to alternative investments for the wealth management industry, announced the successful launch of the first fund leveraging iCapital’s new Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT). The fund is distributed by UBS Wealth Management. This marks an important technological advancement “for… Read More

 Tagged digital securities, dlt, icapital

May 24, 2024 @ 9:48 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Smart Pension, which claims to be one of the UK’s leading workplace pension providers, has appointed Kim Gubler as an independent trustee. Kim was a founding director of the Pensions Administration Standards Association (PASA) and has been its Chair since 2019. PASA is an industry… Read More

 Tagged new appointments, smart pension, uk, united kingdom

May 24, 2024 @ 9:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Zilch, the ad-subsidized payments network (ASPN), announced its latest milestone: surpassing 4 million registered customers within 44 months of launch. Philip Belamant, CEO and co-founder of Zilch said: “In less than four years, we’ve transformed how millions experience, engage and – most importantly – are… Read More

 Tagged fintech adoption, milestone, payments, zilch

May 24, 2024 @ 9:03 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Upvest, the investment infrastructure provider in Europe, and Raisin, Europe’s marketplace for savings and investment products, are pleased to announce the successful migration of single-digit billion in Assets under Management (AuM). This significant achievement demonstrates “the strength of the partnership between the two fintech leaders… Read More

 Tagged berlin, europe, raisin, upvest

May 23, 2024 @ 11:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The release of Deloitte Private’s inaugural Family Office Insights Series – Global Edition reveals The Top 10 Family Office Trends of 2024, which covers investing, risk management, hiring, sustainability, succession planning, cybersecurity, digital transformation, and more. Deloitte Global surveyed 354 single family offices “from around… Read More

 Tagged asset management, investment strategy, research, sustainable investing

May 23, 2024 @ 10:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the People’s Bank of China (PBC) discussed initiatives to advance cooperation in green and transition finance between China and Singapore at the 2nd China-Singapore Green Finance Taskforce (GFTF) meeting held on 20 May 2024. The initiatives discussed covered… Read More

 Tagged china, digital financial services, mas, singapore

May 23, 2024 @ 4:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Swift has set out plans to help financial institutions streamline the cross-border payment experience for their corporate customers by “extending ISO 20022 across the entire payment chain and giving banks ready-to-use, white-labeled tracking services that can be activated for customers at the click of a… Read More

 Tagged iso 20022, payments, swift