Global

January 25, 2025 @ 5:20 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Moniepoint, a Nigerian business payments and banking services platform, has secured an investment from Visa. Founded in 2015 by Tosin Eniolorunda and Felix Ike, Moniepoint (formerly known as TeamApt) has targeted Nigeria’s network of small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs), offering a suite of services including… Read More

January 25, 2025 @ 5:19 pm By JD Alois  |  

Andreessen Horowitz’s crypto business, or a16zcrypto, is exiting the UK market. a16z opened its London office in 2023, intending to create a Crypto Startup School accelerator program. Via X, Anthony Albanese, head of crypto at a16z, said that while they are excited about crypto development in… Read More

January 25, 2025 @ 1:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CLS Global FZC LLC, a financial services firm known in the cryptocurrency industry as a “market maker,” has agreed to resolve criminal charges relating to its fraudulent manipulation of cryptocurrency trading volume. As part of the criminal resolution, CLS Global will plead guilty to the… Read More

January 25, 2025 @ 12:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

David Balland, co-founder of Ledger, a French cryptocurrency hardware wallet company, was recently the victim of a kidnapping incident in central France. The Paris prosecutor’s office confirmed that Balland was abducted on January 21 and held captive until his release on January 22, following a… Read More

January 25, 2025 @ 12:36 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Affirm Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: AFRM), the payment network that empowers consumers and helps merchants drive growth, and Liberty Mutual Investments (LMI), the investment firm of the Liberty Mutual Group of Insurance Companies (LMIG), announced the upsize of their forward flow loan purchase program. Over the… Read More

January 25, 2025 @ 12:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

PitchBook has recently released its report, entitled Fintech: State of the Industry 2025. The update aims to offer a wide lens on fintech’s pulse, funding flows, and key trends. Key takeaways from the PitchBook research report on Fintech are as follows: Public fintech companies delivered… Read More

January 24, 2025 @ 4:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Alchemy Pay, a fiat-crypto payment gateway, has announced its partnership with Morph, a global consumer layer for driving blockchain adoption. This collab integrates Morph into Alchemy Pay’s supported network, thus enabling “acquisition and selling of USDC, USDT and ETH on Morph through local fiat currencies… Read More

January 24, 2025 @ 1:36 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In a move that has sent ripples across the fintech and broader financial services sectors, Stripe, the global payment processing giant, announced a reduction in its workforce by 300 employees. Financial infrastructure firm Stripe’s management claimed that this restructuring is reportedly part of a broader… Read More

January 24, 2025 @ 1:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Pomelo Group has completed the acquisition of Singaporean FinTech payments company Arrow Checkout. The firm was established back in 2021 by leading Payments professionals from Grab and Tencent. Arrow offered eCommerce and checkout payments technology, was backed by Y Combinator, and raised funding “from Peak… Read More

January 24, 2025 @ 11:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Checkout.com, a digital payments company, announces a profitable end to 2024 and 45% YoY net revenue growth in its core business, which serves the commerce and fintech sectors and reportedly accounts for “95% of total volumes.” These milestones underscore the company’s commitment to “delivering the… Read More

January 24, 2025 @ 10:04 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Q2 Holdings Inc. (NYSE: QTWO), a provider of digital transformation solutions for financial services, announced a strategic partnership with Alloy, an identity and fraud prevention platform provider, to deliver a joint ongoing fraud monitoring solution for Q2 Digital Banking customers. Powered by Alloy’s centralized identity… Read More

January 24, 2025 @ 7:56 am By Omar Faridi  |  

BX Digital and BX Swiss announced a partnership with Chainlink, the standard for onchain finance, to bring critical pricing data for Swiss-based equities onchain. BX Digital is a sister company of the Swiss exchange BX Swiss – both are part of Boerse Stuttgart Group, the… Read More

January 24, 2025 @ 7:52 am By Omar Faridi  |  

OKX announced that their platform is reportedly the first Virtual Financial Assets (VFA) exchange to secure a Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) “pre-authorization.” Upon receipt of a full MiCA license, OKX said they will offer “localized” crypto services to over 400 million Europeans via its… Read More

January 24, 2025 @ 7:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Trading and investing platform eToro announces a partnership with Stocktwits, which claims to be one of the world’s largest social media platforms for traders & investors. The first phase of the collab reportedly includes Stocktwits adding a ‘trade’ button on their site for “all assets… Read More

January 24, 2025 @ 7:49 am By Omar Faridi  |  

N26 announced free stocks and ETF trading for all customers from 27 January 2025 onwards, enhancing its investment proposition as the “only” financial service provider in Europe to offer trading “without charging fees or commissions.” With this decision, N26 aims to make investing even more… Read More

January 24, 2025 @ 7:48 am By Omar Faridi  |  

A robust spend culture is key to unlocking business potential, with 61% of CFOs highlighting its importance for growth, yet few have struck the “right balance between autonomy and control,” research from Payhawk reveals. The research, conducted by independent research house Coleman Parkes, surveyed 1,000… Read More

January 24, 2025 @ 5:29 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Guggenheim Investments announced the closing of an approximately $400 million vehicle that will invest in Guggenheim’s private debt strategy. The transaction was reportedly led by Allianz Global Investors (AllianzGI). As stated in the announcement, a group of funds managed by StepStone Group (NASDAQ: STEP, ‘StepStone’)… Read More

January 23, 2025 @ 5:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Financial operations platform Ramp introduced Ramp Treasury, which is described as a new solution that radically improves how most businesses store and manage their operating cash. With Ramp Treasury, businesses can store cash in a business account that earns “2.5% or in an investment account… Read More

January 23, 2025 @ 5:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Highnote, a firm specializing in modern card issuance and program management, announced the closing of $90 million in Series B funding and the launch of its acquiring solution. The investment round was reportedly led by Adams Street Partners along with participation from existing investors: Oak… Read More

January 23, 2025 @ 3:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fenergo, the provider of AI-powered solutions for Know Your Customer (KYC), Anti-money Laundering (AML), transaction monitoring and Client Lifecycle Management (CLM), has released its analysis of global financial institution enforcement actions from Jan 1, 2024, to Dec 31, 2024. Fenergo’s report reveals critical insights into the… Read More