Global

February 10, 2024 @ 6:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Findings from the newly released Q4 2023 Quarterly Credit Industry Insights Report (CIIR) from TransUnion (NYSE: TRU) reveal that credit card debt is “at a historical high, driven in part by Millennials further building on their credit portfolios.” This comes at a time when an anticipated reduction in interest… Read More

February 10, 2024 @ 4:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitso —the financial services company powered by crypto in Latin America— released the first edition of its Crypto Landscape in Latin America: Report H2 2023, in which it reveals the importance that “the use of blockchain and crypto assets have gained, both in the region… Read More

February 9, 2024 @ 6:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Mastercard (NYSE: MA) collaborates with the Egyptian Banks Company (EBC), the advanced payments network and domestic operator in Egypt. The collaboration marks a significant step “towards fostering sustainable economic growth activities, further enhancing the digital payments landscape and driving inclusive economic development in Egypt.” Earlier,… Read More

February 9, 2024 @ 6:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

IDEX Biometrics and KONA I are partnering to deploy biometric payment and access cards in Japan. With credit card fraud reported by Japanese companies increasing by 30% year over year to USD 294 million, banks in the market are showing interest for biometric smartcard solutions,… Read More

February 9, 2024 @ 5:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Brite Payments, an enabler of instant bank payments, announced that it has joined The Payments Association EU as a Patron Member. The membership underlines Brite’s commitment “to industry collaboration as it expands its product offering across Europe.” Brite Payments enables instant account-to-account (A2A) payments and… Read More

February 9, 2024 @ 5:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Hiline, a provider of financial-operations-as-a-service that helps growth-minded organizations manage risk, improve outcomes, and make better decisions, announced it acquired Calculate, a New York-based outsourced accounting and finance firm dedicated to supporting the financial processes at emerging companies. This strategic acquisition represents “a significant milestone… Read More

February 9, 2024 @ 2:40 pm By JD Alois  |  

October, once a top online lending platform and leading Fintech based in France, has sold its main asset, “October Connect,” to software firm Sopra. The terms of the asset sale were not immediately available. According to Les Echos, “it looks like the end” for the… Read More

February 9, 2024 @ 1:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fenergo, the provider of digital solutions for Know Your Customer (KYC), Transaction Monitoring and Client Lifecycle Management (CLM), announces that its software-as-a-service (SaaS) CLM solution is now available on AWS Marketplace. Available directly through AWS Marketplace, Fenergo’s CLM can be “implemented, enabling financial institutions (FIs)… Read More

February 9, 2024 @ 11:20 am By JD Alois  |  

NatWest says it is the first UK bank to join the UK Open Banking DPS or Dynamic Purchasing System. As explained by the UK government: “… frameworks – otherwise known as agreements – help public and third sector buyers to procure goods and services from… Read More

February 9, 2024 @ 8:56 am By Omar Faridi  |  

NTT DATA, a global digital business and IT services leader, announced a new global banking research report entitled “The Digital Horizon: Banking’s Shift from Mainframe to AI-Driven Cloud Infrastructure.” The research has unveiled findings from “a survey of 650 global banking decision-makers, marking a definitive… Read More

February 9, 2024 @ 8:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Assetz Capital and Aros Kapital have announced an expansion of their partnership in the UK lending market. This is expected to see Assetz Capital deploy more than £200m of Aros Kapital’s funding across various sectors in 2024, “as part of their overall lending volumes.” Having… Read More

February 9, 2024 @ 8:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Global financial technology firm FIS (NYSE: FIS) has announced another milestone in its drive to make secure open banking more accessible to its clients and their customers. Agreements are in place with data networks “including Akoya, Envestnet | Yodlee, MX and Plaid to integrate into… Read More

February 9, 2024 @ 8:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Sabre Corporation (NASDAQ: SABR), a software and technology provider that powers the global travel industry, and Revolut, a global fintech company that offers banking services, announce the results of their partnership, which is “propelling the B2B payments process for travel agencies.” The two tech companies… Read More

February 8, 2024 @ 3:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Pagaya Technologies LTD. (NASDAQ: PGY), a company offering AI-driven solutions for financial services, announced the closing of a credit facility with participation from Funds and Accounts managed by BlackRock U.S. Private Capital, UBS O’Connor, JPMorgan Chase, Valley Bank, and Israel Discount Bank. The facility, which… Read More

February 8, 2024 @ 11:09 am By JD Alois  |  

EstateGuru, an online investment platform based in Estonia, has provided some insight into operations in 2023 According to the online lender, investors contributed €101.9 million to the marketplace. This can be segregated by €92.7 million from retail investors and  €9.2 million from institutional investors. The… Read More

February 8, 2024 @ 10:56 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital asset firm BitGo is moving into the more traditional securities sector. According to a corporate release, Bitgo has acquired Brassica – a Fintech providing digital infrastructure services to facilitate private securities and other alternative investments. Details of the transaction were not immediately available. Focusing on institutions,… Read More

February 8, 2024 @ 9:42 am By Omar Faridi  |  

B2C2, the crypto liquidity provider servicing institutional clients globally, has obtained regulatory approval to operate in Luxembourg and expand its EU presence. B2C2 has become the 12th virtual asset service provider (VASP) to “be officially registered on the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier’s (CSSF)… Read More

February 8, 2024 @ 9:33 am By JD Alois  |  

Financement Participatif France (FPF), the French crowdfunding association, has partnered with Mazars to produce its 5th annual Crowdfunding Barometer – tracking the performance of online capital formation in the second-largest economy in Europe. Mazars is a global, France-based accounting and consulting agency. The report covers… Read More

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

European Regulatory Technology (RegTech) scale-up Salv has broken new ground by becoming the first technology firm in Europe to secure a regulator-awarded license to operate as a ‘Closed Service KYC Utility’ service provider. The license, granted five years after the standards and regulations were established… Read More

February 8, 2024 @ 8:01 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Blend Network, the specialist development finance lender, has reportedly acquired a new £50 million+ institutional funding line in order to provide bridging to property developers in the United Kingdom. This latest form of support via newly committed capital to be deployed by the Blend Network… Read More