Global

November 12, 2024 @ 8:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nubank (NYSE: NU) has reached 100 million customers in Brazil, a number that represents 57% of the adult population in the country. In May of this year, Nu had reportedly reached this milestone internationall. According to Livia Chanes, CEO of Nubank in Brazil, this achievement… Read More

November 12, 2024 @ 2:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance Labs has reportedly invested in Brevis, a ZK-coprocessor platform that unlocks new use cases for apps by allowing verifiable, trust-free computations on historical on-chain data. Brevis’ product, the ZK-coprocessor, empowers smart contracts to trustlessly access and run arbitrary computations on historical on-chain data, such… Read More

November 12, 2024 @ 9:44 am By JD Alois  |  

Crypto exchange Bitget has re-entered the UK marketplace. According to a statement distributed by the firm, Bitget is now in compliance with Financial Promotion requirements. Bitget issued the following statement back in May of 2024: “As you may be aware, recent regulatory changes by the… Read More

November 12, 2024 @ 9:33 am By Omar Faridi  |  

PitchBook noted in a report that corporate buyers are maintaining an advantage in the upcoming M&A recovery. PitchBook noted some key takeaways in its latest research report: PE-backed M&A activity had been firmly taking up more of the global M&A market over the past 10… Read More

November 12, 2024 @ 9:24 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has reportedly fined Metro Bank PLC £16,675,200. The FCA noted that between the timeframe of June 2016 and December 2020, Metro Bank had allegedly failed to have the “right systems and controls” in order to adequately monitor over 60m… Read More

November 12, 2024 @ 6:34 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Juniper Research team has shared key insights on digital-only banking and other Fintech trends encompassing neobanks and the emergence of Fintech innovations offered via digital banking platforms. The digital banking market is an evolving space, with digital banks racing to get banking licenses, create… Read More

November 12, 2024 @ 6:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Payhawk, the spend management solution that empowers businesses to manage and control company spending at scale across 32 countries, has reported 114% YoY consolidated revenue growth for the year ending 2023 including clients such as Gaucho, Myenergi and PensionBee. Following the growth and rising demand,… Read More

November 11, 2024 @ 10:11 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Akur8, the insurance pricing and reserving solution powered by Transparent ML, is announcing its collaboration with Windward Risk Managers, the company that manages Florida Peninsula Insurance, Edison Insurance, and the newly formed Ovation Home Insurance Exchange. Windward selected Akur8‘s Core Platform solution to enhance their… Read More

November 11, 2024 @ 7:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Alchemy Pay, a fiat-crypto payment solutions provider, announced that it has secured additional U.S. Money Transmitter Licenses (MTLs) in Minnesota, Oklahoma, Oregon, and Wyoming. These licenses bring Alchemy Pay’s total to 8 U.S. state licenses, following its  approvals in Arkansas, Iowa, New Hampshire, as well… Read More

November 11, 2024 @ 7:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Jumio, a provider of identity verification, risk signals, and compliance solutions, announced its partnership with LatticeFlow AI, a Swiss-based company that enables AI systems. As part of this collab, Jumio will leverage LatticeFlow’s AI platform to “proactively” identify model failure modes, enhance performance and strengthen fraud protection across… Read More

November 11, 2024 @ 7:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Jeremy Allaire, Founder and CEO of Circle, highlighted the transformative potential of cryptocurrencies, emphasizing how these digital assets signify a significant leap forward in terms of infrastructure. Specifically, he stated: “What many fail to grasp is that crypto embodies an essential improvement in infrastructure, encompassing… Read More

November 11, 2024 @ 2:36 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

With Trump’s re-election confirmed, the Republican party winning the Senate, and the House of Representatives edging closer to a Republican majority, investment platform Saxo interviewed Trump’s former Director of Communications and SkyBridge Capital founder Anthony Scaramucci on Monday, November 11th. Anthony Scaramucci is an American financier who briefly served as the White… Read More

November 11, 2024 @ 9:44 am By JD Alois  |  

Republic Europe, formerly doing business as Seedrs announced it was bringing new Venture Capital Trusts (VCTs) to its platform managed by Beringea. This is the second type fund on the platform. Beringea currently manages over $900 million on behalf of a range of institutional and retail… Read More

November 11, 2024 @ 9:10 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Klarna, the AI powered global payments network and shopping assistant, and John Lewis & Partners have partnered to bring Klarna to JohnLewis.com and the John Lewis app. John Lewis’ customers can now choose to check out with Klarna’s interest-free Pay in 3 product enabling shoppers… Read More

November 11, 2024 @ 7:53 am By Omar Faridi  |  

European SME lender iwoca has reportedly secured £200 million in debt funding. Fintech iwoca, which claims to be one of Europe’s biggest SME lenders, announces a new £200m package of debt funding from Citi and Waterfall Asset Management and reportedly doubles its SME loan offer… Read More

November 11, 2024 @ 7:19 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitcoin (BTC), a flagship cryptocurrency, reached yet another all-time high of over $82,000 and futures premiums surged, in a strong indicator that investors believe the record-run in the largest digital currency is set for even greater gains following the U.S. elections that saw many pro-crypto… Read More

November 11, 2024 @ 7:16 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Feedzai, the RiskOps platform for financial risk management, in partnership with the Global Anti-Scam Alliance (GASA), releases the 2024 Global State of Scams Report. The study reveals scams have siphoned off US$1.03 trillion globally over the past year, with US victims seeing the “largest impact… Read More

November 11, 2024 @ 4:08 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Hayfin recently revealed that it’s expanding its US footprint with a new Chicago office. According to an update from the firm, this is Hayfin’s third office in the United States will support new capital raising and investment opportunities in the region. Hayfin confirmed in a… Read More

November 10, 2024 @ 11:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The European Central Bank (ECB) has released a survey on the Access to Finance of Enterprises: firms report moderate tightening of financing conditions. As noted in the update shared by the European Central Bank, firms reported little changes regarding the availability of bank loans. However,… Read More

November 10, 2024 @ 10:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

UK’s Smart Pension, a company focused on workplace pnesions, has reportedly surpassed £6 billion assets under management (AUM). According to the update from UK’s Smart Pension, new business wins, organic growth and strategic consolidations have led to rapid AUM growth. Smart Pension, one of the… Read More