General News

November 5, 2021 @ 11:36 am By JD Alois  |  

British Business Investments has committed £5 million to Green Angel Syndicate, a green investor that supports early-stage UK firms. British Business Investments is a subsidiary of government-backed British Business Bank. According to a note from British Business Investments, the funding was made via the Regional Angels Programme,… Read More

November 5, 2021 @ 8:36 am By Omar Faridi  |  

TraderMade, which claims to be one of the United Kingdom’s leading international specialists in financial market data, has confirmed the launch of a forex data API portal – which allows users to effectively manage their own data plans. As noted by TraderMade’s management: “We have… Read More

November 4, 2021 @ 10:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Kenanga Investors Bhd has confirmed the launch of the Kenanga Sustainability Series: Frontier Fund. The fund will reportedly focus on making investments in equity securities of international firms that exhibit long-term sustainable growth potential, are getting ready for initial public offerings (IPOs), and have created… Read More

November 4, 2021 @ 2:50 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Online lending platform Jaja Finance Ltd reveals that a consortium of investors, who are led by shareholder KKR and including entities owned by investment funds being managed by TDR Capital LLP, have entered an agreement with Jaja to become majority shareholders of the business. This… Read More

November 4, 2021 @ 10:14 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Brex, the Fintech Unicorn that is focused on reimagining finance for growing businesses, announced that Thasunda Brown Duckett has been appointed to the Brex Board of Directors “effective January 1, 2022.” Duckett, an experienced and forward-thinking financial services leader with valuable corporate governance experience, will… Read More

November 3, 2021 @ 5:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

BBVA, the Spanish multinational banking group, and the Sella Group have reportedly entered into a partnership that is focused on supporting Open finance. Through the partnership, BBVA will be providing its foreign clients, who are willing to operate in Italy and those of the newly… Read More

November 2, 2021 @ 1:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

US investment bank Citi (NYSE: C) has introduced its first sustainability-linked supply chain finance (SSCF) program in the Asia-Pacific region. Via the SCCF program, Citi intends to support customers as they work on their ESG priorities, enhance supply chain resilience, and effectively manage working capital… Read More

November 2, 2021 @ 10:52 am By JD Alois  |  

This is a first. Jeremy Allaire, CEO and co-founder of Circle, the issuer of the USDC stablecoin, has joined with his teammates to do a crypto rap. The performance available on YouTube, was done in celebration of USDC topping $20 billion in market cap. While… Read More

November 2, 2021 @ 10:04 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Polygen, the “truly decentralized” launchpad without gatekeepers, has secured $2.3 million via an investment round. As mentioned in a release shared with CI, Polygen differentiates itself from the other launchpads active in the industry by allowing “anyone launch a project.” A permissionless launchpad to fund… Read More

November 2, 2021 @ 8:32 am By Omar Faridi  |  

InvestCloud, the international leader in financial digital transformation, has introduced InvestCloud X – its most “significant” product innovation yet. As mentioned in a release, InvestCloud X is three products packaged into one: a Digital Communication platform streamlining the way advisors interact with customers, a Digital… Read More

November 1, 2021 @ 7:51 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Board of P27 has reportedly appointed Paula da Silva as the new CEO of P27 replacing Lars Sjögren. As mentioned in the announcement, Paula is expected to start on January 17, 2022, while Claus Richter, Deputy CEO of P27, will be taking the interim… Read More

November 1, 2021 @ 7:49 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Australia’s first accredited and active intermediary of the Consumer Data Right (CDR) Adatree has shown the key capabilities of its SaaS tech solutions by assisting flexible payment platform Payble with accelerating its initial Accredited Data Recipient (ADR) journey to only four weeks. This has set… Read More

November 1, 2021 @ 2:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Trading Technologies International, Inc., an international provider of high-performance professional trading software, infrastructure and data solutions, has announced that the firm has agreed to be acquired by 7RIDGE, a specialized growth equity company that is invested in “transformative” technologies. As mentioned in a release, 7RIDGE… Read More

November 1, 2021 @ 10:52 am By Omar Faridi  |  

UK-based Fintech firm Modulr notes that unless you’ve been living in a completely different digital dimension, you can’t have “failed to hear about the data breaches and high-profile phishing scams that have been hitting the recent headlines.” The team at Modulr writes in a blog… Read More

October 31, 2021 @ 6:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has announceed the finalists for the Global Fintech Hackcelerator and the Singapore Fintech Festival (SFF) Global Fintech Awards. These Awards are among “the key highlights of SFF 2021, which will take place from 8 to 12 November 2021,” according to… Read More

October 30, 2021 @ 4:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

American Express (NYSE: AXP) has introduced its Business Checking account intended for SMEs operating in the US. This all-digital Business Checking account aims to provide a secure, high-yield, and low fee virtual banking experience with a competitive APY of 1.1% on balances of up to… Read More

October 30, 2021 @ 4:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CIMB Bank Philippines has teamed up with Lalamove in order offer convenient credit access to partner drivers via the bank’s Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) product offering, called REVI Credit. This partnership will allow Lalamove partner drivers to get quick access to credit for their… Read More

October 29, 2021 @ 8:23 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at digital asset platform Bitpanda notes that they’re pleased to welcome Joshua Barraclough on board, as Chief Executive Officer of Bitpanda Pro. As mentioned in the update, Josh joins Bitpanda from J.P. Morgan with “the ambitious goal of turning Pro into the number… Read More

October 29, 2021 @ 7:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

LHV UK, the financial and payment services platform for Fintechs, is forming a partnership with Tuum, the modular Core banking platform providing back-end systems which aim to support transactional retail and business banking. Through the partnership, Tuum will aim to provide a single API-powered payments… Read More

October 28, 2021 @ 11:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bloomberg reveals that Mackenzie Investments, a Canadian asset management company, has adopted PORT Enterprise, which is Bloomberg’s portfolio analytics and risk management solution, in order to support its (exchange-traded-fund) ETF business. Mackenzie also uses Bloomberg AIM, an order management solution, in order to support its… Read More