Global

November 17, 2023 @ 8:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

LendInvest Mortgages, the UK’s platform for mortgages, has delivered a mortgage offer in just four days “for a Key Worker looking to purchase their first home.” The borrower, a nurse, was “seeking finance for a residential property in Tilbury, for her first home.” As noted… Read More

November 17, 2023 @ 8:42 am By Omar Faridi  |  

OurCrowd, a global digital investment platform, and RISE, the corporate innovation powerhouse based out of Southeast Asia, announced the launch of the ROCX (Rise OurCrowd Exponential) Fund. The $50 million fund is Thailand’s “first” Israel-focused VC fund and “will invest in early-stage deep technologies in… Read More

November 17, 2023 @ 7:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Onfido, the global automated identity verification provider, today announced the findings of its 2024 Identity Fraud Report and unveiled its Fraud Lab. The report points to the increasing availability of simple-to-use AI tools “as the reason for a 31X increase in deepfakes1 and 5X increase… Read More

November 16, 2023 @ 10:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Feedzai, the provider of financial crime and risk management solutions, has partnered with CoreCard, the international provider of prepaid and credit technology solutions and processing services to banks and the financial technology and services market. The partnership will enhance CoreCard’s fraud detection and prevention capabilities… Read More

November 16, 2023 @ 10:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Banking Circle S.A. announced a partnership with Ant Group to work on a pioneering liquidity management project, “exploring technology innovations on tokenized deposits which will improve efficiency and speed of global fund settlements.” Banking Circle infrastructure and the blockchain platform “developed by Ant Group will… Read More

November 16, 2023 @ 9:53 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nucleus Financial Platforms, one of the UK’s independent, adviser platform groups, launches the UK Retirement Confidence Index. The research study has reportedly “involved surveying more than 2,200 UK adults aged 50 and over by YouGov.” It’s based on responses “to the central question of how… Read More

November 16, 2023 @ 5:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Over three-quarters (77%) of senior finance executives globally expect the economic environment to improve over the coming year, “up considerably from two-thirds (66%) in 2022.” That is according to the latest Future of Finance Study by SIX – an annual survey “that canvasses the opinions… Read More

November 16, 2023 @ 5:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance Labs, the venture capital and incubation arm of Binance (which is being sued by US regulators for a wide range of issues along with facing major operational challenges globally) has reportedly invested in $ARKM, the native token of Arkham. Arkham is an AI-powered blockchain… Read More

November 16, 2023 @ 3:53 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Circle is focused on creating the world’s largest and most widely used regulated stablecoin network. To do that, Circle are partnering with and empowering “a global community of industry-leading businesses to bring the convenience of stablecoins and Web3 technology to billions of people around the… Read More

November 16, 2023 @ 3:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

DTCC, the post-trade market infrastructure for the global financial services industry, today announced that DTCC ALERT, the industry’s “largest” online global database for the maintenance and communication of account and standing settlement instructions (SSIs), has reached a key milestone “with over 15 million SSIs, including… Read More

November 16, 2023 @ 11:35 am By JD Alois  |  

CoinShares (Nasdaq Stockholm: CS; US OTCQX: CNSRF) has announced an option to acquire Valkyrie Funds. CoinShares did not provide details beyond the option, which is scheduled to expire on March 31, 2024. Valkryie is a firm that aims to offer a Bitcoin ETF – if… Read More

November 16, 2023 @ 11:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The British Business Bank launches a new £70million commitment to support smaller businesses from all sectors right across Northern Ireland. The Investment Fund for Northern Ireland (IFNI) aims “to drive sustainable economic growth by supporting innovation and creating local opportunities for new and scaling businesses… Read More

November 16, 2023 @ 9:58 am By JD Alois  |  

CI previously reported on Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) leveraging the UK Open Banking ecosystem to connect bank accounts with their popular digital wallet. Today, Apple is officially announcing the service that aims to provide users access to financial information more conveniently. The UK has led the global… Read More

November 16, 2023 @ 8:14 am By Omar Faridi  |  

With Bitpanda Technology Solutions, the development team helps clients with unlocking financial potential in an ever-evolving digital world. Bitpanda is pleased to announce their latest collaboration: an integration with stock3 that enables them “to meet their users growing demand for safe and secure access to… Read More

November 16, 2023 @ 8:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

In 21 months of the war (since February 24, 2022), PeerBerry business partners Aventus Group and Gofingo Group have, in total, repaid PeerBerry investors €46.2 million or 92% of the total outstanding war-affected obligations. Today, Gofingo Group repaid PeerBerry investors €200 000 in war-affected loans…. Read More

November 16, 2023 @ 6:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Manulife Investment Management has signed an agreement to acquire multi-sector alternative credit manager CQS. Upon completion of the transaction, Manulife Investment Management will “acquire the CQS credit platform and the CQS brand.” The acquisition of London-based CQS will “give the clients of both Manulife Investment… Read More

November 15, 2023 @ 11:58 pm By JD Alois  |  

Credit cards are a convenient type of lending provided by banks. Users have access to credit on demand – but there is a cost. Typically, rates are very high; some cards come with annual fees and other charges. Elfin Card is a UK-based company that… Read More

November 15, 2023 @ 11:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ongoing economic challenges have caused two in five (41%) small business owners to sacrifice their salaries, and one in three (34%) to use their personal funds, “to keep their businesses running,” according to new research from global small business platform Xero. The Money Matters report… Read More

November 15, 2023 @ 8:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Klarna, the AI-powered global payments network and shopping assistant, announced the expansion of its growth tools for retailers and creators to help them engage with their audiences in more effective ways and enhance the shopping experience for consumers. With a mission to accelerate commerce, Klarna’s… Read More

November 15, 2023 @ 8:46 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Pegasystems Inc. (NASDAQ: PEGA), the low-code platform provider empowering the world’s leading enterprises to Build for Change, announced that Shawbrook, a UK-based specialist savings and lending bank, has deployed Pega Platform “to transform its buy-to-let mortgage underwriting process.” Shawbrook continues to “invest in its unique… Read More