September 1, 2023 @ 9:13 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Klarna, the AI-powered payments network and shopping assistant, claims it has “taken the lead” in AI adoption as reportedly “one of the first early leaders deploying ChatGPT Enterprise, which brings the power of AI to all Klarna employees with beefed -up security, higher-speed and advanced… Read More

 Tagged ai, analytics, artificial intelligence, chatgpt, data analysis, fintech adoption, fintech trends, klarna, payments network, security

September 1, 2023 @ 9:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

There’s an update for Lemonway investors. HeavyFinance notes that there’s now a wider horizon of investment opportunities that has just opened up. As noted in a blog post by HeavyFinance, irrespective of whether you’re an existing investor or considering joining, the door is now open… Read More

 Tagged Business Expansion, diversification, europe, heavyfinance, investing, investment portfolios, investments, lemonway

September 1, 2023 @ 8:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital bank N26 announced that it will be appointing Chief Product Officer Gilles BianRosa to the Supervisory Board of N26 AG. Gilles BianRosa has held “the position of Chief Product Officer at N26 since 2021, and will transition to his new board role in the… Read More

 Tagged digital bank, europe, financial services, germany, gilles bianrosa, marcus w. mosen, n26, new appointments, valentin stalf, virtual banking

August 31, 2023 @ 6:27 pm By Michael Wong  |  

PhonePe, an India-based digital payments and financial services firm, announced its entry into the stock broking industry with the launch of Share(dot)Market. The new platform comes under its subsidiary, PhonePe Wealth Broking Pvt. Ltd. Share(dot)Market aims to redefine discount broking by offering a suite of… Read More

 Tagged digital payments, financial services, india, PhonePe, Stock Broking

August 31, 2023 @ 4:57 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Uplinq, a global credit and scoring assessment platform for small business lenders, has teamed up with digital payments giant Visa to provide scoring and risk assessment tools to small business lenders throughout the US and Canada. As per the agreement, Visa will facilitate the introduction… Read More

 Tagged business lenders, credit scoring, risk assessment, sme's, uplinq, visa

August 31, 2023 @ 3:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Approximately one year after its launch, Nubank’s (NYSE:NU) “Caixinhas” has already established itself as one of the “favorite” investment solutions among the platform’s customers. By the end of August, the tool had reportedly “reached 8.6 million active customers, more than double the 3.5 million recorded… Read More

 Tagged brazil, digital financial services, financial services, fintech adoption, fintech trends, investing, investment solutions, investments, latam, latin america, nubank, South America

August 31, 2023 @ 3:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Startups in Latin America are reportedly laying off staff members and are now expecting significantly more initial public offerings (IPOs) by 2024. According to reports, around two-thirds or roughly 67% of Latin American firms have now laid off staff members during the past 18 months,… Read More

 Tagged chile, financing, funding, initial public offerings, ipos, latam, latin america, mexico, South America, startups, vc, vc funding, venture capital

August 31, 2023 @ 11:40 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Robinhood (NASDAQ:HOOD),  Jump Trading are no longer working cooperatively on crypto-related initiatives. Robinhood’s entry into the nascent crypto and blockchain sector a few years back had been supported by Jump Trading, a large firm focused on traditional financial services/markets. Robinhood Markets, the retail broker whose… Read More

 Tagged crypto trading, crypto-assets, digital assets, financial services, jump trading, robinhood

August 31, 2023 @ 11:38 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Archie – an innovative new fintech acceleration partner – launches with “a mission to scale the next generation of fintech disruptors that will define and lead the category.” With the belief that fintech founders need much more than financial backing to turn their ambitions into… Read More

 Tagged archie, financial services, financial technology, fintech accelerator, fintech adoption, fintech trends, innovation

August 31, 2023 @ 10:33 am By JD Alois  |  

Binance has formed a partnership with WellxPay, a payment service. WellxPay is a payments provider and Binance is the world’s largest crypto exchange. According to WellxPay the partnership will “revolutionize” the way crypto traders in India and Bangladesh engage in crypto transactions. Binance will utilize… Read More

 Tagged bangladesh, binance, india