General News

July 22, 2021 @ 1:19 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Financial exclusion is negatively affecting billions of consumers across the globe, including the younger generations who do not have established credit histories. As the United Kingdom‘s economy tries to recover from the COVID-19 crisis, the nation’s lending platforms are expecting an increase in unsecured lending…. Read More

July 21, 2021 @ 11:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Infosys Finacle, which is part of EdgeVerve Systems, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Infosys (NSE, BSE, NYSE: INFY), and Santander UK, recently revealed that they’ve introduced  Santander UK’s global cash management platform as part of the institution’s digital transformation efforts. Santander Global Connect is a newly-developed… Read More

July 21, 2021 @ 11:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Planixs, an established provider of real-time, intraday cash, collateral and liquidity management services, reveals that it has introduced the Strategic Reporting Module which comes as part of its Realiti suite. The newly-introduced module will open up Realiti’s extensive dataset to all client queries, thus helping… Read More

July 21, 2021 @ 9:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Australia-based Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) Fintech Afterpay (ASX:APT) says it will be diversifying its business operations with the introduction of a “money and lifestyle” app. The Money app has been developed following Afterpay‘s partnership with Westpac. Through their collaboration, Afterpay is able to operate… Read More

July 21, 2021 @ 7:16 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

New data released this week by Kaspersky shows even Africa is not immune from cyber attacks. While not considered a hotbed of financial opportunity, many African countries are seeing attacks at rates similar to the global average of one out of every 10 computers in… Read More

July 21, 2021 @ 5:19 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Credit card use may be falling out of favor with American consumers, results of a new survey by global payments Fintech GoCardless suggest.  Three out of four respondents (76 percent) would like to decrease their credit card use while 77 percent prefer debit cards to… Read More

July 21, 2021 @ 12:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

BIGG Digital Assets Inc. (CSE: BIGG; OTCQX: BBKCF; WKN: A2PS9W), owner of Netcoins, the online digital currency brokerage that “makes it easy for Canadians to buy, sell, and understand cryptocurrency,” and owner of Blockchain Intelligence Group, a developer of blockchain tech search, risk-scoring and data… Read More

July 21, 2021 @ 11:02 am By JD Alois  |  

Yesterday, the European Commission announced an update to the European Union’s anti-money laundering and countering terrorism financing (AML/CFT) rules. Part of the update is a requirement that anonymous crypto asset wallets will be prohibited. Additionally, the Commission is creating a new  EU AML Authority (AMLA)…. Read More

July 21, 2021 @ 7:39 am By Omar Faridi  |  

After the formation of SIX SIS USA Inc. and with the launch of its US-based office, SIX has decided to a take strategic step forward in its global expansion plan. As a trusted Financial Market Infrastructure currently operating the Central Securities Depository (CSD) in Switzerland… Read More

July 21, 2021 @ 3:42 am By Omar Faridi  |  

UK-based Fintech firm Modulr reveals that they’ve managed to secure their Visa Ready certification, which supports customers in selecting the “best of breed payment solutions” that meet Visa’s international standards. As noted in an update from Modulr, the extended collaboration with Visa will help with… Read More

July 20, 2021 @ 11:01 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Enjin has reportedly joined the United Nations Global Compact in order to promote sustainability and equality. Enjin says that it is committed to the UN Global Compact corporate responsibility initiative and its principles “in the areas of human rights, labor, the environment and anti-corruption.” Enjin,… Read More

July 20, 2021 @ 10:01 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Origin Ventures today promoted Scott Stern and Prashant Shukla to partners in the firm. Over his five years with Origin, Stern has directed investments in marketplaces and software companies and serves as a director or observer with Tovala, Idelic, Anthill, Fountain, Kidizen, and Voxpopme. He… Read More

July 20, 2021 @ 2:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Paro has announced a $25 million Series B funding round. The rapidly-growing startup offers businesses with flexible finance solutions through teams of remote finance professionals in order to help them address problems and support their ongoing growth. Paro, a Chicago-based startup “disrupting” the way firms… Read More

July 20, 2021 @ 1:00 am By JD Alois  |  

The Future Fund: Breakthrough, opens today for applications.  The new programme was revealed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, during the budget speech this past spring. The £375 million scheme is designed to encourage private investors to co-invest with the government in high-growth… Read More

July 19, 2021 @ 10:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The National Bank of Ukraine has reportedly added Fintech firm Paysera to the nation’s Register of Payment Systems. After carrying out the necessary technical preparations, Paysera will be providing quicker transfers to and from Ukraine to private clients. Transactions will be supported in hryvnias, Euros,… Read More

July 19, 2021 @ 8:05 am By Omar Faridi  |  

TrueLayer, the global Open Banking solution provider, reveals that it has hired technical professionals in Australia in order to expand operations in the APAC region. Tilen Chetty will be joining TrueLayer in Sydney as Product Lead and Dan Gaskin will be working out of the… Read More

July 18, 2021 @ 10:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

UK-based MarketFinance, one of the world’s largest peer-to-peer (P2P) invoice finance platforms, acknowledges that they understand the “stresses” and “frustrations” that small businesses go through on daily basis. Although they cannot fix everything, the company explains that they can provide you the financial “firepower” you… Read More

July 18, 2021 @ 10:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The iwoca SME Expert Index reveals that 1 in 3 brokers “see rising demand for unsecured finance.” As noted in an update shared with CI, more than a third (38%) of brokers submitted “more lending applications for unsecured finance in May compared to the previous… Read More

July 17, 2021 @ 6:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital investment platform Robo.cash reveals that it performed a survey in order to examine the most common spending habits or patterns among consumers. According to an update from Robo.cash, the “overwhelming” majority of European investors plan to include summer vacation as a major part of… Read More

July 16, 2021 @ 8:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Profile Software, a global financial solution provider, reveals that it has introduced a new version of its Treasury platform, Acumen.plus. As noted in the announcement, the upgraded, STP, real-time Cloud-native platform aims to provide advanced UX and automation to the modern Treasurer, internationally. Leveraging its… Read More