Global

March 26, 2024 @ 10:54 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

SmartSearch, a UK provider of digital compliance and anti-money laundering (AML) software, has today announced it has signed an agreement to receive a significant equity investment from Triple Private Equity. With its investment, Triple will now take “a majority share in the business and will… Read More

March 26, 2024 @ 3:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned thirteen entities and two individuals for operating in the financial services and technology sectors of the Russian Federation economy “including persons developing or offering services in virtual assets that enable the evasion of… Read More

March 26, 2024 @ 3:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Peruvian Fintech company Leasy has reportedly completed a $28 million Series A round in equity and debt. The investment round is said to have been led by Magma Partners with Entangle Group, DeBa Ventures, Noa Capital, and Grupo CAPEM, also making contributions along with various… Read More

March 26, 2024 @ 3:05 pm By JD Alois  |  

KuCoin has been hit with charges alleging the operation of an unlicensed crypto or digital asset derivatives exchange. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) filed the civil enforcement action in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York. The CFTC charged Mek… Read More

March 26, 2024 @ 2:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Riskified (NYSE:RSKD), a firm focused on fraud prevention and risk intelligence,  unveiled Chargeback Challenges and What You Can Do About Them: Global Insights 2024, a survey conducted in partnership with Paladin Fraud of over 300 ecommerce chargeback managers worldwide to “explore how the rising rates… Read More

March 26, 2024 @ 12:26 pm By JD Alois  |  

Mintos, a European marketplace for debt capital, is launching a securities offering on Crowdcube. Mintos, based in Latvia, previously pursued an online funding round back in 2020 when it topped a goal of €1 million in around 15 minutes, eventually raising €5.3 million within the… Read More

March 26, 2024 @ 12:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

British Patient Capital is providing an update on its Future Fund program. The entity reports that funds dedicated to early-stage “deeptech” and “life sciences companies” stating that it has invested £111.4 million into 16 companies, alongside £724 million of third-party capital investment since August 2023…. Read More

March 26, 2024 @ 8:54 am By Omar Faridi  |  

NatWest Group has announced a new package of targeted lending and support for UK social housing, aimed at supporting local housing authorities and homeowners alike in the face of ongoing economic pressures. Through a new ambition of £5billion of lending (New funding gross of repayments… Read More

March 26, 2024 @ 8:52 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The world’s 1,229 unicorn companies, which are businesses valued at $1 billion or more, have been closely examined in an extensive update shared by CBInsights. CBInsights has looked at every billion-dollar startup around the globe and profiled the fastest-growing unicorn markets in the fast-evolving digital… Read More

March 26, 2024 @ 8:49 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Danske Bank signs a multiyear agreement with Amazon Web Services (AWS). As part of our Forward’ 28 strategy, they are offering customers new digital solutions, more self-service options, and easy and quick access to daily banking needs, while becoming a more efficient bank.” Additional investments… Read More

March 25, 2024 @ 11:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Mastercard (NYSE: MA) released a whitepaper on the state of remittances, also known as cross-border payments, in Latin America. Remittances play a key role in strengthening financial inclusion in the region, boosting economies, and alleviating poverty –often “serving as an essential source of income for… Read More

March 25, 2024 @ 7:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

China witnessed the announcement of a total of 416 venture capital (VC) funding deals of worth $6.4 billion during the first two months of year 2024, which is a year-on-year (YoY) decline of 18.9% in terms of deal volume and 4.9% in terms of funding… Read More

March 25, 2024 @ 8:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Largely driven by bad actors using fabricated or stolen identities, the newly released TransUnion (NYSE: TRU) 2024 State of Omnichannel Fraud Report, based on proprietary insights from TransUnion’s global intelligence network, found that nearly one in seven newly created accounts is suspected to be Digital… Read More

March 25, 2024 @ 8:53 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Nubit, the Bitcoin-native data availability layer, is announcing their collaboration with Babylon, which emerges as the native Bitcoin staking and timestamping protocol, “poised to unlock 21 million Bitcoin to secure the decentralized economy.” This collaboration marks a milestone in their journey “to scale and secure… Read More

March 25, 2024 @ 8:51 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The number of UK sectors reporting output growth hit a 10-month high in February, with companies indicating rising demand and spreading business optimism, according to the latest Lloyds Bank UK Sector Tracker. In February, 10 of the 14 UK sectors monitored by the Tracker reported… Read More

March 25, 2024 @ 8:48 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Solana ecosystem has emerged as the most popular blockchain ecosystem so far this year, accounting for 49.3% of global crypto investor interest in chain-specific narratives, according to an update from CoinGecko. The CoinGecko report noted that the Solana ecosystem’s dominant mindshare “has been fueled… Read More

March 25, 2024 @ 8:46 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital bank N26 recently announced the appointment of Mayur Kamat as its new Chief Product Officer. Mayur is said to have “a proven track record leading product teams and building new solutions at some of the world’s biggest technology companies.” He reportedly brings with him… Read More

March 24, 2024 @ 9:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Klarna, the AI-powered global payments network and shopping assistant, has today announced the launch of its flexible payment options on boots.com and in the Boots app in the UK and Ireland. This latest announcement follows the launch of Klarna in-store at Boots in 2022. Through… Read More

March 24, 2024 @ 9:00 pm By Shane Rodgers  |  

The collapse of Bahamas-based crypto exchange FTX sent shockwaves through the alternative investment world and arguably changed the cryptocurrency market forever. Following a mass exodus of investors that exposed an $8 billion gap in the company’s accounts, the market has been attempting to bounce back… Read More

March 24, 2024 @ 5:53 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Visa (NYSE: V) released the Spring 2024 Edition of its Biannual Threats Report, which outlines the top payment threats impacting consumers and businesses around the world. The report points to increasingly organized, sophisticated threat actors “targeting the most vulnerable point in the payments’ ecosystem: humans.”… Read More