Global

January 12, 2024 @ 3:14 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Andaria, a fintech company, is pleased to announce its collaboration with Mastercard (NYSE: MA) to empower its embedded finance proposition. This alliance with Mastercard signifies a considered to be “a major milestone and a pivotal role in Andaria’s mission to enhance the quality of its… Read More

January 12, 2024 @ 2:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Pacaso, the technology-enabled real estate marketplace that helps people buy, co-own, and sell a vacation home, announces its operational expansion into Paris, marking the company’s inaugural entry into the vibrant French real estate landscape. With the introduction of Paris, Pacaso marks its “expansion into 40… Read More

January 12, 2024 @ 1:08 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Nu México is launching the option to receive money from the United States, in association with Felix Pago. This strategic alliance with Felix Pago simplifies “the process of sending money from the United States to Mexico and revolutionizes the landscape of cross-border money transfers, taking… Read More

January 12, 2024 @ 12:10 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Currencycloud, the experts simplifying business in a multi-currency world, has partnered with multifi, the UK-based cashflow management platform, in order “to provide UK-based small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) with an enhanced international payment solution, allowing them to seamlessly convert and send funds to their global… Read More

January 11, 2024 @ 10:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Pismo, a provider of a cloud-native and API-based platform for financial services, announces a significant milestone in its growth journey. Australian fintech Tyro Payments is “adopting the Pismo payment-processing platform to enhance its product portfolio.” Tyro, which reportedly specializes “in merchant credit, debit, and EFTPOS… Read More

January 11, 2024 @ 6:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Alkami Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALKT), a cloud-based digital banking solutions provider for financial institutions in the U.S., announced today that it has partnered with Chimney, a fintech transforming how financial institutions use property data. Through this strategic partnership, financial institutions “can empower homeowners with the… Read More

January 11, 2024 @ 6:26 pm By JD Alois  |  

Cyabra has announced that Mike Pompeo, the former Secretary of State and one-time CIA Director, has joined its Board of Directors. At the same time, Cyabra announced that it had completed a $5.7 million funding round. The securities offering was listed on the OurCrowd platform… Read More

January 11, 2024 @ 12:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Finix, the payments technology provider enabling businesses to accept and send payments online or in-person, announced the launch of Payouts, its standalone product line. Payouts enables businesses across all industries to efficiently send money at scale, regardless of whether they utilize the broader Finix payments… Read More

January 11, 2024 @ 12:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Visa (NYSE: V) and CIBC announced a new collaboration that will enable the bank’s clients to send funds to family and friends across borders more conveniently. With the innovative money movement capabilities of Visa Direct, CIBC and Simplii clients will soon be able to send… Read More

January 11, 2024 @ 11:45 am By Omar Faridi  |  

As expected by most industry analysts and also after an embarrassing false start (following the official SEC X account being “compromised”) the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has finally approved 11 spot bitcoin ETF applications – which were submitted by traditional financial and crypto-focused… Read More

January 11, 2024 @ 10:36 am By Omar Faridi  |  

OVO Network, a specialist in high-end, self-catered chalets in the Alps, has selected Mangopay, a modular and flexible payment infrastructure provider for marketplaces and platforms, to streamline the end-to-end payment process for its holiday property rental services. Mangopay will provide an optimized payments integration, “tailored… Read More

January 11, 2024 @ 10:13 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The European Central Bank (ECB) has published experimental statistics on Distributional Wealth Accounts (DWA) to provide quarterly and timely household distributional information that is consistent with the national accounts. The new data have been developed to “support the ECB’s 2021 monetary policy strategy, which aims… Read More

January 11, 2024 @ 10:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Turkey’s Minister of Treasury and Finance Mehmet Şimşek has shared insights regarding part of what’s expected to be included in the country’s upcoming crypto regulations. The Turkish government said it would be legally defining key concepts related to crypto and will comment on the licensing… Read More

January 11, 2024 @ 9:59 am By Omar Faridi  |  

DigitalBridge Group, Inc. (NYSE: DBRG) announced it has hired Ersin Yorulmaz as Managing Director, Co-Head of European Capital Formation, effective immediately. Yorulmaz’s appointment further “solidifies DigitalBridge’s already strong commitment to the DACH region (Germany, Austria, Switzerland), with the firm’s existing regional client base and portfolio… Read More

January 11, 2024 @ 8:41 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Ripple is reportedly buying back $285 million of its shares, valuing the Fintech firm at around $11 billion. This, according to sources familiar with the matter and cited by Reuters. Crypto firm Ripple Labs, which is well-known for its XRP token, is preparing to buy… Read More

January 11, 2024 @ 6:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Morrison Foerster, a global law firm, is pleased to announce the arrival of Tammy C. Davies as a partner in the firm’s Finance Group, based in the New York office. Davies brings to the firm deep experience “representing alternative lenders and investors in complex credit… Read More

January 11, 2024 @ 5:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

GoCardless, the bank payment company, has extended its relationship with JustGiving to become the online donation platform’s exclusive open banking payment provider, replacing American Express. The move will see JustGiving use both the fintech’s Instant Bank Pay feature “to collect instant, one-off gifts and its… Read More

January 11, 2024 @ 12:16 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Thunes, the global B2B cross-border payment company, is pleased to announce key changes to its executive leadership team. To further accelerate its growth, Thunes reportedly “appoints Floris de Kort as its new CEO. Peter De Caluwe has been promoted to Deputy Chairman focusing on strategy,… Read More

January 10, 2024 @ 3:56 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Spenda, an integrated business platform offering a wide range of SaaS, payment and lending capabilities, is pleased to announce that it has entered into a binding Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with eBev, Australia’s marketplace for wholesale beverages, in order to integrate payment solutions into their… Read More

January 10, 2024 @ 3:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Cyber insurance provider Cowbell announced its cyber insurance solutions are extending their reach beyond small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), now catering for mid-market businesses with an annual turnover of up to £1 billion. Backed by A+ rated (re)insurers, US-based Cowbell officially “entered the UK market… Read More