November 29, 2023 @ 11:15 am By JD Alois  |  

Digital bank N26 says it will offer stock and ETF investments in App by partnering with Upvest. Upvest offers an Investment API that is available to financial services firms to access capital market investment and retirement planning. Upvest will be providing the licenses necessary for… Read More

 Tagged banking, digital bank, germany, martin kassing, n26, upvest, valentin stalf

November 29, 2023 @ 11:02 am By JD Alois  |  

Dojo has received approval to operate with an e-money license (EMI) from the Central Bank of Ireland, according to a statement issued by the company. Dojo offers a multi-cloud-native payments platforms to provide in-person and digital payments solutions alongside features like revenue-based funding and booking… Read More

 Tagged Dojo, ireland, john irwin, payments

November 29, 2023 @ 10:33 am By JD Alois  |  

DTCC is reporting that its Alternative Investment Product Services (AIP) has now topped 10,000 unique funds. This is an increase of around 20% when compared to last year. Simultaneously, users of the product have increased by 28% to 2200 clients. DTCC provides post-trade market infrastructure… Read More

 Tagged aip, ann bergin, dtcc

November 29, 2023 @ 9:40 am By JD Alois  |  

Investment platform Prosper has topped £700,000 on Crowdcube in a securities offering that is raising growth capital at a pre-money valuation of £12,135,385. According to the offering page, The EIS-qualified equity offering has received the backing of 197 investors. The per-share price is £29.50 with… Read More

 Tagged crowdcube, nick perrett, prosper, uk, united kingdom

November 29, 2023 @ 9:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

A new study by Juniper Research, the foremost experts in fintech and payments markets, found that by 2028, global virtual card spend will “have increased by 355%; from $3.1 trillion in 2023.” The key driver will be “the adoption of API-based virtual card issuing platforms.”… Read More

 Tagged juniper, juniper research, payments cards, Research Report, virtual cards

November 29, 2023 @ 8:43 am By JD Alois  |  

Multiple reports have emerged that Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) has cut a deal with Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) to exit its partnership regarding the popular Apple Card. The rumblings indicate that Apple approached Goldman to end the partnership. Apple has been pushing into Fintech for years now, and… Read More

 Tagged apple, apple card, goldman sachs, perspective, tim cook

November 29, 2023 @ 8:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Lower inflation levels around the globe should allow central banks to slash rates, according to a recent repot which also noted that US equities could potentially reach a record level of 5000 on the S&P by year-end. Few have experienced today’s macro uncertainty in their… Read More

 Tagged bank of america, inflation, research

November 29, 2023 @ 8:05 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The BIS published the concluding report of Project Tourbillon, which reportedly demonstrates that “cash-like anonymity” is possible in a retail central bank digital currency (CBDC). The project, developed by the BIS Innovation Hub Swiss Centre, has reportedly tested the concept of payer anonymity, which “provides… Read More

 Tagged bis, cbdcs, digital currency, privacy, project tourbillon

November 29, 2023 @ 7:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bigcrafters, the new digital delivery platform for artisan products powered by Estrella Galicia, has selected Mangopay, a modular and flexible payment infrastructure provider for marketplaces and platforms, as its new payment partner. Through its new Spanish marketplace, Bigcrafters aims to “make it easy for consumers… Read More

 Tagged bigcrafters, france, mangopay, payments

November 29, 2023 @ 4:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Deloitte’s Financing the Green Energy Transition report found that new cost-reducing finance instruments can “help de-risk green projects in developing economies while making investing in these projects more attractive, helping to fuel a global just energy transition.” Achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 will… Read More

 Tagged deloitte, research, sustainability