Global

October 19, 2024 @ 5:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

PeerBerry’s business partner – real estate developer Lithome – recently revealed that it had repaid investors a EUR 435 000 loan (real estate project “Šilo 23”) and paid their investors EUR 41 648 in total interest payments. In other key updates shared recently in a… Read More

October 19, 2024 @ 4:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Investment platform TWINO recently shared the latest performance and activity update highlighting key developments from September. TWINO has provided a detailed overview of what’s been going on as of late on their European investment platform: Key TWINO Platform Stats: 12.29% average interest rate; interest paid… Read More

October 19, 2024 @ 4:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nubank (NYSE: NU), which claims to be the largest digital financial services platform outside of Asia, announces the expansion of its Working Capital offerings, its first loan solution for business customers. As mentioned in the announcement from Brazil’s Nubank, the volume of loans granted grew by… Read More

October 19, 2024 @ 4:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Activity at small and medium-sized businesses fell “marginally” in September, while new work and employment numbers continued to grow, the NatWest SME Growth Tracker has revealed. The NatWest UK SME Business Activity Index – which aims to effectively measure MoM changes in the output of… Read More

October 19, 2024 @ 4:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

A study released recently, How consumer behaviour shapes the digital economy, by Checkout.com, a digital payments firm, has highlighted the consumer buying behavior which is powering the digital economy. The research, carried out across the United Kingdom, US, United Arab Emirates (UAE) and China, reveals… Read More

October 19, 2024 @ 10:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Mastercard (NYSE: MA) has officially introduced a range of new open banking-powered tools that put consumers in control of their data, safely and securely. Global payments firm Mastercard is launching Connect Plus, which is said to be data-consent command center, and new enhanced identity and… Read More

October 18, 2024 @ 5:58 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

A recent TransUnion (NYSE: TRU) analysis finds that fraud is said to be costing businesses the equivalent of nearly 7% of revenues. According to the extensive report from TransUnion, three in four business professionals indicated fraud stayed the “same or increased” in the last year;… Read More

October 18, 2024 @ 5:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

North America remains the largest crypto market globally, with an estimated $1.3 trillion in on-chain value received between the time period of July 2023 and June 2024, accounting for around 22.5% of all such activity. This, according to an update from Chainalysis. The research report… Read More

October 18, 2024 @ 12:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The mood or overall sentiments among Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) of Germany based firms regarding the economic situation remains tense. This, according to an extensive update from KPMG. Only a good three out of four (77%) company leaders still have “confidence in their firm’s overall… Read More

October 18, 2024 @ 11:41 am By Omar Faridi  |  

DriveWealth, a financial tech platform offering Brokerage-as-a-Service, has recently announced its end-to-end integration with multiple execution management system (EMS) platforms, including Bloomberg EMSX, LSEG Autex and TRAFiX. With these integrations, institutional broker-dealers are able to connect with DriveWealth’s platform and benefit from streamlined trade booking,… Read More

October 18, 2024 @ 9:44 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Smart Pension, one of the UK’s workplace pension providers, has recently announced that the Crystal Trust, acquired from Evolve Pensions this past year, has been consolidated into the Smart Pension Master Trust. Evolve Pensions provided workplace pension services via their master trust, the Crystal Trust… Read More

October 18, 2024 @ 8:04 am By JD Alois  |  

Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) has issued a statement in recognition of ten years of Apple Pay. In many respects Apple is one of the largest Fintechs in the world due to its global reach and ubiquitous nature of its products – most importantly the iPhone. Apple  reported… Read More

October 18, 2024 @ 7:43 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Bank of Ireland has issued an urgent fraud alert, cautioning that  businesses are being targeted with so-called ‘Live chat’ scams. Bank of Ireland is now specifically warning UK businesses about a recent increase in ‘Live chat’ scams. According to the update from the Bank… Read More

October 18, 2024 @ 7:40 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Klarna, the AI-powered global payments network and shopping assistant, has signed an agreement with a subsidiary of funds advised by Elliott Advisors (UK) Limited for the on-going sale of “substantially all” of Klarna’s short-term, interest free product receivables in the United Kingdom. Klarna will still… Read More

October 18, 2024 @ 7:39 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Almost half (49%) of small businesses in the UK stated that they have not benefited in some way from falling inflation this year, according to a new poll commissioned by iwoca — one of Europe’s SME lenders. The research study, which comes ahead of the… Read More

October 17, 2024 @ 6:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

a16z has shared the State of Crypto Report 2024, which examines data on swing states, stablecoins, AI, builder energy, and offers other key insights. Daren Matsuoka, Robert Hackett, and Eddy Lazzarin noted that when they launched their very first annual State of Crypto report two… Read More

October 17, 2024 @ 6:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

NEXT Insurance, a tech-first small business insurer, announced a “record 18 months” of product innovations and customized tools focused on improving the insurance agent experience. These advancements are said to include the launch of ACH payments, offering flexible payment options and improved management features, including… Read More

October 17, 2024 @ 11:24 am By JD Alois  |  

Selma, an artificial intelligence (AI) firm raising growth capital on Republic Europe (formerly Seedrs), has easily surpassed its funding target as the securities offerings nears its close. According to the offering page, Selma now stands at €1.844 million on a target of €750,000. To date,… Read More

October 17, 2024 @ 11:07 am By JD Alois  |  

Last week, the European Payments Commission (EPC) posted the Verification of Payee (VOP) scheme rulebook following a public consultation. The rulebook is for payment service providers (PSPs) in the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA). This applies to the EU Instant Payments Regulation (IPR) and the… Read More

October 17, 2024 @ 10:13 am By Omar Faridi  |  

One of India’s largest and most prominent crypto exchanges, WazirX, had experienced a damaging security breach back in July of this year. If you go and review some of WazirX’s online / social media activity even now, they don’t seem to have resolved this issue… Read More