March 21, 2024 @ 11:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Mastercard (NYSE: MA) continues to expand its cross-border payment solutions with a new connection to Alipay, China’s digital open platform under Ant Group. The move comes as consumers increasingly “look for ways to send money across the globe quickly and securely.” Insights from Mastercard’s Borderless… Read More

 Tagged ant group, digital payments, fintech trends, mastercard

March 21, 2024 @ 11:03 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Brex, the AI-powered spend platform for modern companies, announced the closing of its third securitization transaction out of its previously established Brex Commercial Charge Card Master Trust. The transaction included the “issuance of $260M of charge card asset-based notes rated by Kroll Bond Rating Agency.”… Read More

 Tagged brex, fintech adoption, securitization

March 21, 2024 @ 11:01 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Swift announced it has been selected to build a service that will reduce the risk of misdirected payments and increase defenses against payment fraud, providing Australians with more confidence when sending money. Swift, which built and runs the NPP, was chosen by Australian Payments Plus… Read More

 Tagged australia, payments, swift

March 21, 2024 @ 2:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Trustly, a global firm focused on innovative payment solutions, announced a partnership with MoneyGram International, Inc., a financial technology company that connects the world’s communities. Through this strategic alliance, MoneyGram introduces cardless payments for millions of its users across Europe. When sending international money transfers… Read More

 Tagged europe, moneygram, payments, trustly

March 21, 2024 @ 7:39 am By Omar Faridi  |  

UK Fintech Kriya is reportedly advancing £500 million to businesses banked by Barclays. Kriya has commented on their partnership in a new blog post. According to Kriya, a major part of their business success is “down to the organizations they partner with and the merchants… Read More

 Tagged anil stocker, barclays, kriya, uk, united kingdom

March 21, 2024 @ 7:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Small firms continue to face a challenging macroeconomic environment, as sales growth in the December festive period hit a three-year low, according to the Xero Small Business Insights (XSBI) data from global small business platform Xero – which covers the three months to December 2023…. Read More

 Tagged research, small businesses, sme's, uk, united kingdom

March 20, 2024 @ 9:38 am By Omar Faridi  |  

DNA Payments Group, an omnichannel payments company in the UK and EU, and sunday, a restaurant payment solution, have shared an update. The Fintech firms say that they will jointly exhibit on Stand h1063 at Hotel, Restaurant & Catering, ExCel in London from March 25th… Read More

 Tagged digital transactions, dna payments, online payments, sunday, uk, united kingdom

March 20, 2024 @ 8:02 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Marco, the trade finance platform catering to the needs of SME exporters in Latin America, has announced the successful closure of a $12 million Series A funding round. The investment round was reportedly “led by IDC Ventures, with additional participation from IDB Lab (the innovation… Read More

 Tagged funding round, latam, marco

March 19, 2024 @ 11:18 pm By JD Alois  |  

Galileo Financial Technologies is broadening its buy now pay later (BNPL) services by adding a post-purchase credit option. Galileo is part of SoFi (NASDAQ: SOFI), a diversified Fintech and digital bank. A pre-purchase option is already available. This new API-enabled BNPL post-purchase offering is designed… Read More

 Tagged bnpl, galileo, sofi

March 19, 2024 @ 10:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

FINRA announced that it has fined M1 Finance LLC $850,000 for social media posts made by influencers on the firm’s behalf that were not fair or balanced, or contained exaggerated, unwarranted, promissory or misleading claims. This case arises from FINRA’s targeted exam of firm practices… Read More

 Tagged compliance, enforcement action, finra, m1 finance