March 6, 2024 @ 9:56 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

uqudo, the digital identity company in the MEA region, has entered into a collaboration with Tamara, a fintech platform in Saudi Arabia and the GCC region. This strategic partnership represents “a significant milestone in the financial landscape of the GCC, poised to elevate digital transactions… Read More

 Tagged abdulmajeed alsukhan, benjamin haas, digital identity, fintech adoption, gcc region, mena, saudi arabia, tamara, uqudo

March 6, 2024 @ 9:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Uber (NYSE: UBER) announced a new partnership with Mastercard and Payfare to launch the Uber Pro Card, providing free instant payouts after every trip or delivery1 and enhanced loyalty features for drivers and delivery people on the Uber platform in Canada, powered by Payfare’s leading… Read More

 Tagged fintech trends, mastercard, payfare, payments, payouts, uber

March 6, 2024 @ 9:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Galileo Financial Technologies, a financial technology company owned and operated independently by SoFi Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: SOFI), announced an expansion of its relationship with The Bancorp Bank, NA, that enables real-time payments services. Using the RTP network from The Clearing House, Galileo and The Bancorp… Read More

 Tagged david feuer, galileo, galileo financial technologies, payments, sofi, the bancorp bank

March 6, 2024 @ 5:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Salla, which claims to be among the leading SaaS e-commerce enablers in Saudi Arabia, has raised $130 million in a Pre-IPO funding round which has been “co-led by Investcorp and Sanabil, and with the participation of STV as the largest investor.” This new investment is… Read More

 Tagged e-commerce, mena, middle east, saas, salla, saudi arabia

March 6, 2024 @ 4:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

JP Morgan Asset Management (JPMAM), a global asset manager with US$213 billion in alternative assets under management, and iCapital, the global fintech platform driving the world’s alternative investment marketplace for the wealth management industry, announced a partnership to open up access “for APAC wealth managers… Read More

 Tagged apac, fintech trends, icapital, jp morgan, jpmorgan, wealth management

March 6, 2024 @ 12:41 pm By JD Alois  |  

The UK has proposed a framework for the Private Intermittent Securities and Capital Exchange System (PISCES), which was mentioned in today’s Spring Budget delivered by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Jeremy Hunt. The consultation aims to establish new parameters to enable private securities to trade… Read More

 Tagged globacap, myles milston, pisces, uk, united kingdom

March 6, 2024 @ 11:42 am By Omar Faridi  |  

ChargeAfter, the embedded lending platform for point-of-sale financing, has unveiled The Lending Hub, a platform that transforms how banks deliver lending solutions for merchants and their customers at scale. Designed to empower banks and financial institutions “to streamline the development, management, and distribution of multiple… Read More

 Tagged banking, chargeafter, embedded finance, fintech trends, jeffrey tower, lending

March 6, 2024 @ 11:03 am By JD Alois  |  

Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL), perhaps the largest Fintech in the world, is now allowing some Fintechs to tap into information regarding the Apple Card, Apple Cash and Apple Savings, according to multiple reports. The new API is an Open Banking service that is being rolled out in… Read More

 Tagged apple, copilot, monarch, open banking, ynab

March 6, 2024 @ 8:40 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Synctera, an enabler of embedded banking and finance, announced that it had raised an $18.6 million extension to its 2021 Series A round. Lightspeed and Fin Capital co-led the round, alongside participation from previous investors NAventures and Diagram. New investors include Banco Popular and Mana… Read More

 Tagged diagram, embedded banking, fin capital, funding round, lightspeed, naventures, synctera

March 6, 2024 @ 8:36 am By Omar Faridi  |  

IDEX Biometrics and Accomplish Financial, an international payment solution provider, are bringing to market a biometric payment program to help the visually- and memory impaired. The program will first launch in the UK, “where a global fintech will bring to market an accessible payment solution… Read More

 Tagged accomplish financial, biometric payments, biometrics, catharina eklof, europe, guy raymond el khoury, idex, international payments, uk, united kingdom