Global

April 16, 2024 @ 7:03 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Once a top UK peer-to-peer lender and today a digital bank, Zopa Bank has announced its first full year of profitability. Zopa announced a pre-tax profit of £15.8 million for the financial year ending 31 December 2023, up from a pre-tax loss of £26 million for… Read More

April 16, 2024 @ 6:23 am By Omar Faridi  |  

OakNorth, the digital bank for entrepreneurs, by entrepreneurs, has provided a further £12.2m loan to returning customer and SME housebuilder, honey, to part fund the acquisition and development of two of its latest major residential schemes. Founded in October 2022 by former Avant Homes CEO,… Read More

April 15, 2024 @ 10:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

GoCardless reveals that it has set up a purpose-built space in the Central District so thatthe Fintech can cement its’ commitment to the region, while providing a good employee experience to its growing team GoCardless, the bank payment company, has opened its new Riga-based headquarters… Read More

April 15, 2024 @ 7:58 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CBInsights has explored an emerging set of technologies including cybersecurity and Fintech-focused solutions impacting automotive R&D, manufacturing, sales, vehicle use, and the aftermarket. As noted in the CBInsights report, advancements in AI are “changing the way automakers design, build, sell, and repair vehicles.” Large language… Read More

April 15, 2024 @ 7:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Xero, the global small business platform, today released a Xero Small Business Insights (XSBI) special report which shows Australian small business labor productivity is keeping pace with national productivity growth, but remains below pre-pandemic levels. The report, Small business productivity: Trends, implications and strategies, is… Read More

April 15, 2024 @ 7:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and Mastercard (NYSE: MA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to enhance cooperation in cybersecurity, with the aim to strengthen cyber resilience in the financial services sector in Singapore. The strategic partnership aims to further cement the collaboration between… Read More

April 15, 2024 @ 5:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Circle is pleased to announce that native USDC is now available on zkSync and accessible to developers and users – no bridging required. Circle Mint and Circle APIs now fully support USDC on zkSync. zkSync is a layer 2 (L2) rollup that “is hyperscaling Ethereum… Read More

April 15, 2024 @ 5:49 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

More than half of all devices (55%) targeted by password-stealer attacks in 2023 were infected with the Redline malware, Kaspersky Digital Footprint Intelligence has found. As the malware development market continues to flourish with new stealers, such as Lumma, for the last three years Redline… Read More

April 15, 2024 @ 2:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The latest KPMG and REC, UK Report on Jobs survey, compiled by S&P Global, continued to signal falling levels of recruitment activity in March. Amid reports of hiring freezes and cost cutting at clients, recruitment consultants signaled another marked “decline in permanent placements as well… Read More

April 15, 2024 @ 2:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Inpay, the Danish cross-border payments provider, has announced strong annual results for 2023. Annual revenues increased by 23 percent to €60.1 million, up from €48.6 million in 2022. The business also saw strong growth in EBITDA, “up 57 percent to €13.0 million in 2023, up… Read More

April 15, 2024 @ 11:36 am By JD Alois  |  

Two digital asset firms, R3 and Quant, have been chosen to provide services for the UK’s Regulated Liability Network (RLN). R3 is an enterprise focused permissioned blockchain provider named Corda. Quant is a tokenization service supporting traditional financial institutions. RLN is led by UK Finance… Read More

April 15, 2024 @ 10:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Collagerie says that it is the modern shopping platform, driving customers through targeted e-commerce and inspirational content. Collagerie says it is “curating the best of fashion, lifestyle and beauty across all price points” Collagerie explains that it creates “an individual shopping journey for everyone.” Based… Read More

April 15, 2024 @ 10:36 am By Omar Faridi  |  

dLocal, the cross-border payment platform, is announcing its partnership with payroll and payments platform Papaya Global. The new partnership sees the two platforms join forces to “enable companies to easily handle workforce payments globally, including across emerging markets.” The partnership between dLocal and Papaya Global… Read More

April 15, 2024 @ 10:34 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Investment platform TWINO is announcing the suspension of lending operations in the Asia-Pacific region. TWINO says that it is reaching out to provide clients “with an important update regarding TWINO Group’s lending operations in Vietnam and the Philippines, part of the joint venture with VIA… Read More

April 15, 2024 @ 10:33 am By Omar Faridi  |  

HeavyFinance has recently shared its latest platform performance review for the month of March 2024. In March, a total of €843,000 was “invested and distributed across 29 agricultural projects” available on the HeavyFinance platform. As of the end of March 2024, a significant sum of… Read More

April 15, 2024 @ 9:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Debitum Investments has reportedly received an “A level” taxpayer rating from the Latvian State Revenue Service. The team at Debitum further noted that as part of the long-term strategy platform have launched a new financial instrument – Debitum Notes. Debitium also mentioned in a blog… Read More

April 15, 2024 @ 9:49 am By JD Alois  |  

OurCrowd, a global online investment platform, commented on the success of the Iron Dome following the unprecedented attack by Iran, which launched hundreds of missiles and drones on Israel. The weekend attack by Iran was in response to claims that Israel bombed its consulate in… Read More

April 15, 2024 @ 7:52 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Investment platform Bondora has shared its latest performance and statistics for March 2024. The European investment platform has shared key insights into their ongoing growth and performance. In March 2024, Bondora claims that it welcomed 2,077 people who reportedly “created their investor accounts with them.”… Read More

April 15, 2024 @ 7:35 am By Omar Faridi  |  

bolt, the insurtech with the country’s largest technology-enabled insurance exchange, announced the appointment of Matt More as CFO for North America. More joins from ThoughtSpot, a leader in enterprise business intelligence SaaS, “where he was VP of Finance and Strategy.” In this role, he built… Read More

April 15, 2024 @ 7:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

DynamEat explains that it helps restaurants boost their profit by applying dynamic pricing and smart menu strategies. DynamEat has so far raised 62% (€169,481 from 38 investors) of its fundraising €270,005 target with 27 days left in the firm’s crowdfunding campaign, carried out via Seedrs…. Read More