General News

September 3, 2020 @ 10:01 pm By Anthony Zeoli  |  

Its official, the “accredited investor” definition, which has not changed significantly since its enactment almost 40 years ago, has been massively upgraded. On August 26, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) adopted final amendments to the “accredited investor” definition which fundamentally change and broaden… Read More

September 3, 2020 @ 9:38 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

LendingUSA, a U.S.-based fintech lender that provides loans to small businesses ranging from $1000 to $35,000, announced on Thursday it secured a $200 million investment commitment from Atalaya Capital Management, a New York-based privately held investment advisory firm. As previously reported, LendingUSA specializes in point… Read More

September 3, 2020 @ 2:58 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Cachet, the financial services marketplace for online platform workers, announced on Thursday it secured €1.1 million through its seed funding round, which was led by Icebreaker.vc with participation from previous pre-seed stage investors like Techstars (in a follow-on investment), Barclays and Lemonade Stand as well… Read More

September 3, 2020 @ 2:33 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  UK-based fintech AccessFintech announced on Thursday it has extended its partnership JP Morgan to include real-time transparency to payment statuses and workflow for dividend, income, and cash wire movements. AccessFintech reported that JP Morgan’s existing solution which provides buy-side clients visibility to real-time trade… Read More

September 3, 2020 @ 11:05 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Digital bank Revolut announced on Thursday it has reached a new milestone by signing up a total of 500,000 business customers. The company noted that the milestone demo states considerable growth of its Revolut Business since it made its debut in July 2017. Along with… Read More

September 3, 2020 @ 10:43 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

BitGo, a digital asset financial services provider, announced on Wednesday that Bitgate, a Financial Services Agency (FSA) regulated exchange based in Japan, has selected its Self-Managed Custody solution to hold Bitgate customers’ digital assets securely and meet new regulations. According to BitGo, The regulations came… Read More

September 3, 2020 @ 10:24 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

TransferMate, a cross-border B2B payments technology solution, announced on Thursday it scored a significant boost to its international footprint, securing a new payments license in Mexico. According to TransferMate, the license marks a major milestone on the platform’s global growth journey. Founded in 2008, TransferMate… Read More

September 3, 2020 @ 8:09 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

UK fintech Zilch announced on Thursday it secured $10 million through its latest funding round. Founded in 2018, Zilch offers a Buy Now Pay Later service that allows users to pay for a purchase in the course of six weeks without any fees or interest…. Read More

September 2, 2020 @ 2:42 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

U.S.-based money experience company MX announced on Wednesday it has launched MX Open, an open finance platform that was created to help financial institutions and fintechs create a personalized digital experience that gives customer access and control over financial data. MX Open includes the following… Read More

September 2, 2020 @ 1:54 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Digital bank Revolut announced on Wednesday it has added Bitcoin Cash and Litecoin offerings in the U.S. According to Revolut, U.S. customers may now buy, hold, and sell Bitcoin Cash and Litecoin through its platform. You asked for it, so we delivered. We’ve added #BitcoinCash… Read More

September 2, 2020 @ 1:26 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ant Group announced on Wednesday new dates for the INCLUSION Fintech Conference, which will be September 24th to 26th. The event originally was set to take place in April 2020, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was put on hold. According to Ant Group,… Read More

September 2, 2020 @ 11:43 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) has launched a new “Alexa, Pay For Gas” feature, which allows Amazon customers to purchase gas by using the Alexa app on their smartphones or Alexa-enable device in their car. The service is now available at Exxon and Mobil stations nationwide. “No need… Read More

September 2, 2020 @ 10:54 am By JD Alois  |  

Cash as a payment option continues to decline in popularity around the world due to the ongoing COVID-19 health crisis. It has long been known that cash can be a transport vehicle for germs and just very dirty in general. The Coronavirus has brought this… Read More

September 2, 2020 @ 10:34 am By JD Alois  |  

CrossTower, a digital asset exchange on a mission to mainstream digital asset trading and investing, has joined the Chamber of Digital Commerce. The Chamber is a leading voice in advocating on behalf of the emerging digital asset industry. CrossTower is founded by traditional financial services… Read More

September 2, 2020 @ 9:08 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Entersekt, a mobile-first fintech solutions firm, announced on Wednesday it has teamed up with NuData Security to roll out behavioral analytics for real-time risk scoring. The company reported that the collaboration allows it to integrate the analytics solution, NuDetect, with the Entersekt Secure platform. According… Read More

September 2, 2020 @ 7:58 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Neon Pagamentos, a Brazilian fintech, announced on Wednesday it secured $300 million through its Series C funding round, which was led by General Atlantic, a global growth equity firm, with participation from BlackRock, as well as Vulcan Capital, PayPal Ventures, and Endeavor Catalyst, in addition to former… Read More

September 1, 2020 @ 6:44 pm By JD Alois  |  

Transunion (NYSE:TRU), a financial services data platform and credit report provider, struggled with an outage today. At the time of this writing, Transunion’s website would not load and company representatives were not responding to an inquiry regarding the outage. Transunion is perhaps best known for… Read More

September 1, 2020 @ 3:37 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Fintech Unicorn and stealth bank Transferwise announced on Tuesday it is now introducing GBP and EUR direct debits. Through the new feature, users may now set up Direct Debits to pay bills and subscriptions across Europe from their TransferWise account. “Whether you’re living in… Read More

September 1, 2020 @ 2:47 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

UK based digital bank Monzo announced on Tuesday two new fees for its customers. The fintech startup reported that starting October 31st, it will introduce fees for taking out cash and getting replacement cards. “We’re introducing a 3% fee if you withdraw more than £250… Read More

September 1, 2020 @ 1:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The retail banking sector has been hit with numerous scams during the past few years. Cybercriminals are now also beginning to increasingly go after much larger corporate accounts by launching sophisticated malware and phishing attacks, according to Beate Zwijnenberg, chief information security officer at ING… Read More