November 9, 2023 @ 11:18 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Following a “strong” year of growth, global fintech platform Airwallex has recently  announced business highlights in Singapore. In the first half of 2023, Airwallex Singapore “saw 13x growth (1213%) in year-on-year revenue and more than 11x growth (1015%) in total transaction volume as businesses in… Read More

 Tagged airwallex, arnold chan, Business Expansion, digital financial services, financial services, fintech adoption, fintech trends, kai wu, singapore, southeast asia

November 9, 2023 @ 9:03 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Visa (NYSE: V), a digital payments provider, announced the launch of its AI Advisory Practice. The new value-added service, “offered by Visa Consulting & Analytics (VCA), the payments consulting arm of Visa, focuses on providing actionable insights and recommendations to empower clients to unlock the… Read More

 Tagged ai, artificial intelligence, data, visa

November 9, 2023 @ 8:09 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bank payment company GoCardless and international payment service provider and UK & Europe direct bank card acquirer Ecommpay have announced a partnership which will see the latter add bank debit to strengthen its payment offering. Thanks to GoCardless Embed, “a white-label integration, Ecommpay merchants will… Read More

 Tagged bank payments, ecommpay, europe, fintech adoption, fintech trends, gocardless, international payments, payments, uk, united kingdom

November 9, 2023 @ 6:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Shonaid Jemmett-Page reportedly takes the place of David Gagie as Chair of UK Board of Directors ClearBank, the enabler of real-time clearing and embedded banking for financial institutions. The Fintech company confirmed in a blog post that “subject to regulatory approval, it has appointed Shonaid… Read More

 Tagged clearbank, embedded banking, europe, financial institutions, new appointments, real-time clearing, uk, united kingdom, women changing finance

November 9, 2023 @ 6:19 am By Omar Faridi  |  

TS Imagine, the global, cross-asset provider of trading, portfolio, and risk management solutions for financial institutions, and Kayenta, a hedge fund Treasury Management System provider, announced a partnership that will allow hedge fund clients to control their financing relationships “across their portfolios through TS Imagine’s… Read More

 Tagged cross-asset provider, financial institutions, hedge funds, investment portfolio, risk management, trading, treasury management, ts imagine, ts one

November 8, 2023 @ 5:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Primer, the unified infrastructure for global payments and commerce, has secured investment from the internet company Tencent. Primer claims that it has experienced rapid growth “across Europe, Asia Pacific and the US markets including significant customer wins across retail, fashion, travel and mobility industries with… Read More

 Tagged digital commerce, gabriel le roux, infrastructure, international payments, investments, primer, tencent

November 8, 2023 @ 5:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Volante Technologies, the firm focused on cloud payments modernization, announced that it has secured $66 million in debt and equity financing in an investment round “led by Sixth Street Growth, the technology growth investing arm of Sixth Street, with participation from Wavecrest Growth Partners and… Read More

 Tagged financial services, fintech adoption, fintech trends, funding round, investment round, investments, nari ansari, vaibhav nalwaya, vijay oddiraju, volante, volante technologies, wavecrest growth partners, wells fargo strategic capital

November 8, 2023 @ 5:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Black Ore, an AI platform for financial services, launched today and announced $60 million in financing led by a16z and Oak HC/FT. The company plans to use the funds from the investment round to onboard new customers, “grow its team, and accelerate the development of… Read More

 Tagged a16z, ai, artificial intelligence, eyal shinar, financial services, financing, fintech adoption, fintech trends, funding round, investment round, oak hc/ft

November 8, 2023 @ 2:51 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

BMO announced the launch of its digital Real Financial Progress Hub, a resource that allows customers to easily access personal finance advice and guidance, as well as tools and resources to “reach their own specific financial goals.” In addition to helping customers budget and set… Read More

 Tagged banking, bmo, digital technology, digital transformation, digitalization, financial goals, financial services, fintech adoption, fintech trends, personal finance

November 8, 2023 @ 10:37 am By JD Alois  |  

Lule Demmissie, US CEO of eToro, has joined the FINRA Fintech Committee. FINRA is the entity that oversees broker-dealers across the US, holding incredible power over this important aspect of financial services. By joining the Fintech Committee, Demmissie will be able to interact and share… Read More

 Tagged etoro, finra, haimera workie, lule demmissie