Global

June 11, 2024 @ 6:23 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Conversational AI provider boost.ai announced Credit Union of Colorado and Desert Financial Credit Union (DFCU) as new customers alongside a partnership with Pindrop, industry participants focused on voice security solutions. The news reinforces the company’s continued growth in “the US market, following its recent launch… Read More

June 10, 2024 @ 11:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

A survey of more than 21,000 people in Spain, the “first of its kind” to give a voice to Worldcoin users, shows just how “important” digital proof of humanness has “become in the country—and the extent to which people recognize the value provided by World… Read More

June 10, 2024 @ 11:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Government in Australia reportedly introduced new consumer protection legislation for Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) that will see BNPL operators “regulated as consumer credit.” Most BNPL products are “not currently covered by the National Consumer Credit Act (Credit Act) meaning these providers are not… Read More

June 10, 2024 @ 2:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

NPCI International Payments Limited (NIPL) and the Central Reserve Bank of Peru (BCRP) have announced a partnership to enable the deployment of a UPI-like real-time payments system in Peru. This collaboration marks a significant milestone, “making Peru the first country in South America to adopt… Read More

June 10, 2024 @ 11:56 am By JD Alois  |  

Space and space entrepreneurship is a hot sector of innovation. Beyond the high-profile space ventures being pursued by Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos, the “space economy” represents a significant opportunity for firms seeking to provide services or technology to advance space exploration and science. According… Read More

June 10, 2024 @ 10:13 am By JD Alois  |  

Last week, Chris Hemsley announced his exit as Managing Director of the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR). Replacing Hemsley is Interim Managing Director David Geale, who takes over today (June 10th). The PSR said that Hemsley was leaving the agency to become a director with Fingleton,… Read More

June 10, 2024 @ 9:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Trulioo, an identity platform with global coverage for person and business verification, announced a partnership with BDSwiss for Person Match and Watchlist Screening capabilities across EMEA, Asia and the Americas. The financial institution, which offers foreign exchange (forex) and “contract for difference” investment services to… Read More

June 10, 2024 @ 8:53 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital asset firm Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) is introducing the Coinbase Advanced Trade Go SDK. The Advanced Trade Go SDK from Coinbase is described as being “a flexible sample application that allows customers to automate their crypto trading strategies on Coinbase Advanced.” This SDK is built on… Read More

June 10, 2024 @ 8:48 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

This week, Turkish Fintech Papara, announced a partnership with DriveWealth. The union allows Papara’s 20 million users to invest in real-time in U.S. stocks on the Nasdaq and NYSE starting in October. Since 2020, the number of retail investors in Turkey has surged from 1.2… Read More

June 10, 2024 @ 8:39 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Visa (NYSE: V) recently released a new 2024 Consumer Segment Analysis report unveiling the top digital maturity trends shaping consumers’ financial behavior and how issuers “can keep pace with consumer expectations for seamless, secure digital payments.” Visa’s latest report, in collaboration with Ipsos, provides issuers… Read More

June 10, 2024 @ 8:33 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Revolut, the global fintech with over 8 million UK customers and 40 million globally, is  introducing Wealth Protection, which is described as an extra layer of in-app identity verification, designed to prevent thieves from accessing customer savings within the Revolut app. Wealth Protection will help… Read More

June 10, 2024 @ 8:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

UK’s prime property finance firm CapitalRise has reportedly appointed Stuart Peel to its board of directors. Peel, who has been with CapitalRise since July of 2020, will also retain his present role as finance director of the firm. Before joining CapitalRise, Peel had spent several… Read More

June 10, 2024 @ 5:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

NCR Atleos Corporation (NYSE: NATL), a firm focused on expanding self-service financial access for financial institutions, retailers and consumers, announced it has deployed its first multi-bank deposit ATMs in the UK. Deposit-taking ATMs are vital “for cash-reliant UK consumers.” Atleos is initially deploying deposit-taking ATMs… Read More

June 10, 2024 @ 4:21 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Quantexa, the global enabler of Decision Intelligence (DI) solutions for the public and private sectors announced that it is partnering with Databricks, the data and artificial intelligence (AI) company, to enable customers “to deploy its Decision Intelligence Platform and Data Management, Customer Intelligence, Risk Management,… Read More

June 9, 2024 @ 5:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Payhawk, the global spend management solution that helps businesses manage company cards and payments at scale across 32 countries, announced its Q1 2024 business performance results and the launch of its Summer Edition product release that “brings flexibility to the way companies manage spend.” Q1… Read More

June 9, 2024 @ 4:11 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The total market cap of the top 10 Bitcoin-based non-fungible tokens (NFTs), comprising Ordinals and Runes, has surged “to $1.03 billion, with a daily average trading volume of $2.25 million in May 2024, proving their increasing prominence in the world of Web3.” This, according to… Read More

June 9, 2024 @ 4:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Project mBridge continues its development and has reached the minimum viable product (MVP) stage, while broadening its international reach. The project aims to explore a multi-central bank digital currency (CBDC) platform “shared among participating central banks and commercial banks, built on distributed ledger technology (DLT)… Read More

June 9, 2024 @ 4:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

NYMBUS, a provider of cloud-based financial technology solutions, is pleased to announce the appointment of Nate Whaley as Chief Revenue Officer (CRO). With a diverse career spanning over four decades, Nate reportedly “brings a wealth of experience and a track record of driving sales and… Read More

June 9, 2024 @ 2:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Juniper Research has recently shared the top 3 uses of next-gen tech in Core Banking. The Juniper Research team notes in a report that the core banking systems market “is well established; however, technological innovation, such as cloud infrastructure, is driving innovation in this sector.”… Read More

June 9, 2024 @ 10:49 am By Omar Faridi  |  

PitchBook has provided a comprehensive update focused on the retail Fintech sector. PitchBook provides insights in its report on Deal value: Retail fintech VC deal value continued to be muted, “declining 15.3% YoY and 30.8% QoQ to $1.9 billion in Q1 2024.” Aside from the… Read More