Global

December 4, 2024 @ 8:29 am By Omar Faridi  |  

MORS Software, a firm focused on Treasury, ALM and Liquidity Risk Management solutions, is pleased to announce its latest partnership with Monument Bank, a digital bank based in the United Kingdom. This collaboration signifies Monument Bank’s adoption of MORS Treasury Management System, a solution designed… Read More

December 4, 2024 @ 8:22 am By JD Alois  |  

Birchal, the leading securities crowdfunding platform in Australia (crowd-sourced funding in Aussie) has revealed its first partnership with an outside investor to fund a startup that is listed on its marketplace. Professional investors like VCs or Angels can provide important signalling for retail investors about… Read More

December 3, 2024 @ 11:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Lloyds Business Barometer has recently found that UK business confidence fell in November, with the index reportedly sliding three points to 41%. Above the long-term average of 29%, the notable change followed a period of sustained “positivity” from UK based businesses, as confidence reached… Read More

December 3, 2024 @ 10:51 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

KPMG UK has joined FinTech Scotland, the cluster management organization for fintech in Scotland. The organizations will work together to help foster innovation, accelerate growth and drive tech adoption “within the Scottish financial technology sector.” KPMG UK’s commitment adds expertise to Fintech Scotland’s cluster continuing… Read More

December 3, 2024 @ 9:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Finfare Inc., a Fintech focused on expense management, is marking its three-years of business operations with a brand refresh and several industry updates/milestones. According to the update shared with CI, the brand revamp reflects the company’s evolution and its commitment to its mission to transform… Read More

December 3, 2024 @ 9:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Offa, a UK-based Islamic property finance Fintech, has acquired Bank of Ireland’s Alburaq Sharia-compliant home finance portfolio in a deal including over 350 home purchase plans. The deal means that the customers transferred over to Offa will reportedly have access to a broader “range of… Read More

December 3, 2024 @ 9:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

9fin, the AI-enhanced analytics platform for debt capital markets, has raised $50m in a Series B round led by Highland Europe, with participation from existing investors Spark Capital, Redalpine, Seedcamp, 500 Startups and Ilavska Vuillermoz Capital. The proceeds from the round will enable 9fin to… Read More

December 3, 2024 @ 9:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Economic uncertainty is on the rise for the UK’s small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) following the Autumn Budget, according to iwoca’s Q3 2024 SME Expert Index. The iwoca report noted that the percentage of UK based brokers reporting pessimism among their SME clients about the… Read More

December 3, 2024 @ 7:11 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Only a month out from the December holiday seasons, eCommerce retailers are witnessing signals of renewed consumer confidence as international sales drive considerable spending growth, according to the Digital Economy Index by Airwallex, an Australian-founded leading global financial platform. After a “rocky” start to 2024,… Read More

December 3, 2024 @ 4:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Forum Partners, a global real estate investment and asset management firm, and its portfolio company TSCG, announced the launch of TSCG Credit Opportunities I, LLC, a private credit fund seeking to raise up to $25 million from accredited investors, with the option to “increase the… Read More

December 3, 2024 @ 2:37 pm By JD Alois  |  

Binance, the long-time largest crypto exchange in the world, says it is currently on track to generate almost 40% higher inflows than the total of the next 10 crypto exchanges combined. Binance also claims to be the first centralized exchange to surpass $100 trillion in lifetime… Read More

December 3, 2024 @ 1:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

wefox is reporting a big change. The Germany-based Insurtech has reportedly reached an agreement with a group of Swiss companies led by the independent Swiss pension service provider BERAG on the sale of Liechtenstein-based Wefox Insurance AG. As announced in June of this year, the Liechtenstein-domiciled… Read More

December 3, 2024 @ 1:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nationwide, which claims to be the UK’s largest building society is the first major lender to reportedly use Experian Work Report in order to verify applicants’ income, removing the need for manual income proofs. Mortgage applications are set to become “speedier” after Nationwide joined forces… Read More

December 3, 2024 @ 10:53 am By JD Alois  |  

Qonto, a European neobank based in Paris, has distributed a report that claims digital banking options now top traditional banks in regard to adoption rates. Launched in 2017 and focusing on SMEs, Qonto reports over 500,000 firms using its platform. Qonto is the commercial name… Read More

December 3, 2024 @ 9:18 am By JD Alois  |  

  Globacap has shared some perspectives on private markets in 2025 and expectations for the upcoming year. Based in the UK, Globacap, a partner of tokenization enabler Tokeny, is on a mission to enable the future of private securities by leveraging Fintech. The company believes the current… Read More

December 3, 2024 @ 8:09 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Millennials are primed to lead holiday spending as nearly two in three now expect their income will increase in the coming ear. TransUnion’s Q4 2024 Consumer Pulse research study reveals that consumers still most interested in doing their holiday shopping “between Thanksgiving and Cyber Monday.”… Read More

December 3, 2024 @ 7:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

21X, which will reportedly launch the EU-regulated financial market infrastructure (FMI) in order to provide order matching, trading, settlement and registry services for tokenized money and securities, announced that it has signed a partnership with Chainlink, which claims to be the standard for onchain finance…. Read More

December 3, 2024 @ 7:24 am By Omar Faridi  |  

A report released by the UK’s business bank NatWest, in partnership with Oliver Wyman and supported by the Business Secretary, Jonathan Reynolds MP, has identified that the United Kingdom’s mid-market businesses are like the “unsung engine” of the nation’s economy. More than 13,000 of these… Read More

December 2, 2024 @ 10:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

World ID Credentials are now reportedly being piloted in select countries including Chile, Colombia, Malaysia and South Korea. This secure and “anonymous” World ID feature increases global access to World Network and paves the way for “increased World ID utility.” It also enables consumers to… Read More

December 2, 2024 @ 4:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Consumers valued various special deals this Black Friday, as digital commerce revenue grew +14.6% compared to 2023, according to an update from Mastercard (NYSE: MA). As noted in the preliminary insights from Mastercard SpendingPulse, U.S. retail sales excluding automotive were “up +3.4% on Black Friday,… Read More