Global

February 15, 2024 @ 8:15 am By JD Alois  |  

Mondelēz International (Nasdaq: MDLZ) is the next corporate to join the Hedera Council. The company makes well-known brands like Toblerone, Oreo, Ritz, and more, generating more than $31 billion in revenue annually. The company has a market cap of almost $100 billion. Hedera is the… Read More

February 14, 2024 @ 11:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Banxa Holdings Inc. is pleased to announce it is the first firm in 2024 to register as a cryptoasset business with United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). Management believes this is a critical milestone towards “fulfilling Banxa‘s mission to extend the benefits of crypto to… Read More

February 14, 2024 @ 10:39 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Robinhood Markets, Inc. (NASDAQ: HOOD) announced financial results for the fourth quarter and full year 2023, and investors are responding positively to the news. Topping analyst expectations, currently, Robinhood is trading over 12% higher than its market close price from yesterday. The company reported total… Read More

February 14, 2024 @ 10:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

In 2023, the Bank of Russia reports that it had identified 5,735 different entities (companies, projects, individual entrepreneurs and others) with signs of illegal activity , including signs of financial pyramids. According to a report from the Bank of Russia, this is 15.5% more than… Read More

February 14, 2024 @ 8:34 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Ripple, the enabler of enterprise blockchain and crypto solutions, announced that it has agreed to acquire Standard Custody & Trust Company, an enterprise-grade regulated platform for digital assets. The terms of the transaction were not immediately available. This move further underscores Ripple’s commitment “to regulatory… Read More

February 14, 2024 @ 8:32 am By Omar Faridi  |  

wefox and Wind Tre have selected HDI Embedded as an insurance partner. The partnership enables greater coverage and “extended warranty solutions for customers of Italian mobile operator Wind Tre.” wefox, which claims to be the world’s leading insurtech, and Wind Tre, the Italian multi-service operator… Read More

February 14, 2024 @ 8:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

UK’s digital bank Monzo has reportedly reached the 9 million customer milestone. Monzo now claims over 9 million personal account customers, with 2 million joining in the past year. The digital banking platform says it has been at the forefront of the fintech innovation since… Read More

February 13, 2024 @ 9:50 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

SavvyMoney, a provider of personalized financial management tools, is reporting a steady year of growth and positive impact in 2023. The company claims that it has “achieved several significant milestones highlighting its success in helping financial institutions empower consumers to take control of their financial… Read More

February 13, 2024 @ 5:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

During the rise and fall of an “unprecedented” bull market across 2021 and 2022, founders and investors had to navigate a wild ride of ups and downs, the team at Carta noted. That volatility diminished in 2023. The startup ecosystem trundled “along at a slow… Read More

February 13, 2024 @ 4:09 pm By JD Alois  |  

  The Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF)  has revealed the Cambridge Digital Money Dashboard (CDMD). The Centre is part of the Cambridge Judge Business School, University of Cambridge. CCAF is the leading independent research group covering the world of Fintech, including digital assets. The… Read More

February 13, 2024 @ 10:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Visa (NYSE:V), a global enabler of digital payments, announced extended digital wallet capabilities within Visa Commercial Pay, a suite of B2B payment solutions built in partnership with Conferma Pay, the provider of virtual payments technology, to enhance how businesses manage transactions globally. The innovation enables… Read More

February 13, 2024 @ 9:04 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Private equity investor LDC has invested in the Insurtech business Uinsure. Founded in 2007, Uinsure is a cloud-based tech platform “that connects financial intermediaries and lenders with a panel of the UK’s insurers, enabling its customers to arrange cover through a frictionless platform that has… Read More

February 13, 2024 @ 8:54 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Nordic Capital has signed an agreement to acquire a majority share in Zafin, a provider of SaaS core modernization and transformation solutions for financial institutions around the world. Zafin’s founders and management are said to be reinvesting in the company alongside Nordic Capital. Zafin is… Read More

February 13, 2024 @ 8:45 am By Omar Faridi  |  

LendInvest Mortgages, which claims to be the UK’s leading platform for mortgages, has launched a redesigned and updated Mortgages Portal now including LendInvest’s Buy-to-Let mortgages, providing brokers with a one-stop-shop for all LendInvest Mortgages products. Brokers can now access all Residential, Buy-to-Let, and Bridging products… Read More

February 13, 2024 @ 8:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Crypto Finance AG, part of Deutsche Börse Group, has reached another milestone in its history. The prudentially FINMA-supervised provider of institutional-grade investment solutions, custody, and trading “for digital assets has now also secured four licenses from the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority, BaFin.” The licences… Read More

February 13, 2024 @ 7:23 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Marqeta (NASDAQ: MQ), the global modern card issuing platform enabling some of the world’s most innovative embedded finance solutions, announced its new customer, Internet Travel Solutions (ITS), a provider of travel management software that will utilize Marqeta’s comprehensive credit card platform to launch a multi-use… Read More

February 13, 2024 @ 5:25 am By Omar Faridi  |  

iDenfy, a Lithuanian Regtech known for its full-stack ID verification service, announced a  partnership with RaiseFX, a key player in the CFD broker sector. This partnership will help RaiseFX offer a user-friendly ID verification workflow, allowing clients to gain access to various trading and investment… Read More

February 13, 2024 @ 2:48 am By Omar Faridi  |  

NCR Atleos Corporation (NYSE: NATL) says that Banco Sabadell, a large Spanish bank, has selected Atleos as its ATM network partner to provide its customers with easy, secure access to cash and financial services outside of its branches. Banco Sabadell customers will soon be “able to… Read More

February 12, 2024 @ 10:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Trumid recently reported its January performance. The electronic bond trading platform announced “record” monthly activity. Trumid, a financial technology company and fixed income electronic trading platform, reports record trade volume and user participation highlights for January 2024. January Highlights shared by Trumid are as follows:… Read More

February 12, 2024 @ 10:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Financial activities–from paying bills to checking bank balances to sending money to friends–have increasingly “moved online, making digital literacy critical to managing our finances,” according to an update from Capital One. Adam Davis, Vice President, Financial Health, Inclusion, and Liquidity at Capital One, said: “Financial… Read More