Global

March 27, 2020 @ 10:31 am By JD Alois  |  

Tink has acquired Eurobits Technologies, a provider of account aggregation services working with various banks and Fintechs. Current clients are said to include BBVA, Santander, La Banque Postale, and others. The purchase of Eurobits is expected to strengthen Tink’s bank connectivity coverage and buttress its… Read More

March 27, 2020 @ 9:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Lanistar, a new challenger bank, has officially launched its platform after acquiring £2 million in seed funding. Based in Hammersmith, Lanistar reportedly has 45 full-time workers on its payroll. The digital bank plans to add 150 more staff members. The neobank has been founded by… Read More

March 27, 2020 @ 8:43 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Germany’s private banking customers who have an account with Bankhaus Hauck & Aufhäuser will now be able to access various third-party deposit products that are being offered through a partnership with Fintech firm Raisin’s German deposits platform (www.WeltSparen.de). According to a release, Hauck & Aufhäuser… Read More

March 27, 2020 @ 8:39 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Trade Ledger, an online lending platform; Wiserfunding, a digital credit scoring platform for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs); Nimbla, a trade credit insurance provider; and NorthRow, a remote client onboarding platform have formed a Fintech taskforce. The taskforce aims to offer an origination and underwriting… Read More

March 26, 2020 @ 10:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has forced large numbers of professionals to work from home. Europe’s regulatory authorities have decided to temporarily relax MiFID II rules, which may apply when recording telephone conversations. MiFID II (Markets in Financial Instruments Directive) is a legislative framework introduced by… Read More

March 26, 2020 @ 8:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Delta Capita, a financial services consulting company, has acquired $50 million in capital from Prytek Holdings, a Singapore-based venture capital firm. As noted on Delta Capita’s official website: “We work with the world’s [largest] financial institutions to help them comply with regulations, simplify operations, reduce… Read More

March 26, 2020 @ 2:57 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

The CDC Foundation recently announced cleaning product giant Lysol has donated $2 million to the CDC Foundation’s new Coronavirus campaign, “All of Us: Combat Coronavirus.” According to the CDC Foundation, the campaign is raising support to bolster public health response efforts to address the COVID-19 pandemic…. Read More

March 26, 2020 @ 2:50 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Leading Reg CF crowdfunding platform Wefunder announced earlier this week a new loan product to help small businesses struggling with the economic impact of coronavirus. According to WeFunder, the Coronavirus Crisis Loan, is available now to any small business, enables businesses to crowdfund a loan… Read More

March 26, 2020 @ 12:47 pm By JD Alois  |  

Billon Group has now raised over $16 million with a recent Series A funding round of $6 million. This newest capital investment was led by Billon CEO Wojtek Kostrzewa with participation from FIS, Rising Tide, Mencey Capital, VCF III, existing investors and more. Billon is… Read More

March 26, 2020 @ 11:15 am By JD Alois  |  

Sourced Capital, a platform that facilitates property investment, is out with a note demanding that the UK government extend next month’s ISA deadline. Currently, the deadline is set for the 5th of April. Sourced Capital would like to see it moved to the 1st of… Read More

March 26, 2020 @ 10:13 am By JD Alois  |  

Linked Finance, an Ireland-based peer to peer lender, has announced a new product for businesses impacted by the COVID-19 crisis. The online lender is now offering a “Deferred Start Loan” that includes no payments for the first three months of the security. The 15-month loan… Read More

March 26, 2020 @ 9:21 am By JD Alois  |  

Late last week, the UK’s largest investment crowdfunding platform Crowdcube posted an update based on the impact of COVID-19. Crowdcube said it anticipated that raising capital will now take longer than usual: “… we suggest allowing for longer lead times when considering your next funding… Read More

March 26, 2020 @ 8:21 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Most small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) continue to prefer and work with traditional financial service providers, even though there are now many new digital-first businesses. This, according to Revolut Business, which has published a report, titled “2020 Vision: Taking a closer look at antiquated banking… Read More

March 26, 2020 @ 8:15 am By JD Alois  |  

Digital bank Revolut has partnered with the Trussell Trust food bank in the UK to enable Revolut users to donate in-App to individuals in need. Revolut made the decision to implement a direct donation feature in light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The company says… Read More

March 25, 2020 @ 8:51 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nearly 65% of Singapore residents say they would consider working with an all-digital bank, according to the recently published Visa Consumer Payment Attitudes Study. The study reveals that 84% of Singapore-based respondents said that they’d be willing to use virtual banking services offered by an… Read More

March 25, 2020 @ 8:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

SOLV, an online marketplace that matches lenders and micro-, small and medium-sized MSME borrowers, has expressed concerns regarding the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, which has resulted in economic uncertainty and instability. SOLV, which is a B2B platform backed by the Standard Chartered Bank, expects SMEs to… Read More

March 25, 2020 @ 5:40 pm By JD Alois  |  

Earlier today, the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) announced that its planned replacement for CHESS – the backbone system of the stock exchange has been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The exchange said the implementation timetable has been altered due to the uncertainty created by the unfolding… Read More

March 25, 2020 @ 2:20 pm By JD Alois  |  

A digital asset platform that tokenizes various investment offerings is crowdfunding on Seedrs. Smartlands, the first platform to tokenize a real estate offering in the UK, is looking to raise £400,003 at a pre-money valuation of £15.4 million representing a 2.53% stake in the firm…. Read More

March 25, 2020 @ 1:54 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Brave, the developer of a blockchain-powered Internet browser, has teamed up with leading crypto exchange Binance, in order to allow users to trade digital assets through its newly designed tab page. The Brave browser is an open-source project that’s based on Chromium, which is also… Read More

March 25, 2020 @ 12:40 pm By JD Alois  |  

Yesterday, in an Opinion and Order from Judge P. Kevin Castel, it was decided that Telegram has failed to establish an exemption from the registration requirement under existing securities law. Telegram is an app that is a highly popular messaging service utilized by more than… Read More