Global

September 25, 2023 @ 1:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Stripe, a financial infrastructure platform for businesses, added new features to its optimized checkout suite to help users increase their revenue by making it easier for their customers to complete a purchase. The optimized checkout suite consolidates years of Stripe research into “a set of… Read More

September 25, 2023 @ 12:33 pm By JD Alois  |  

Raisin, a German Fintech that has built a marketplace for savings vehicles allowing users to find the best rates available, is reporting “record growth” during a period of super high interest rates. The European Central Bank, the Bank of England, and the US Federal Reserve… Read More

September 25, 2023 @ 10:41 am By Omar Faridi  |  

SIX Terravis, SIX’s digital platform for the mortgage market, is contributing to the planned expansion of the Swiss National Bank’s (SNB) liquidity provision framework for the banking sector. Recent experiences show that banks of all sizes and “with different business models can find themselves in… Read More

September 25, 2023 @ 10:37 am By Michael Wong  |  

Financial wellbeing startup Mintago has announced raising $4.75 million in its latest funding round to augment its platform and expedite its expansion across the UK. Established in 2019 by former Perkbox co-founder, Chieu Cao, Mintago stands as a Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)-regulated company, rendering financial… Read More

September 25, 2023 @ 10:34 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Online pension provider, PensionBee, is pleased to announce the appointment of Matthew Cavanagh as Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel. In 2015, Matthew served “as General Counsel to PensionBee.” He now rejoins as head of PensionBee Group’s legal function, “with responsibility for the provision of… Read More

September 25, 2023 @ 10:09 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Eurazeo, a global investment company with a diversified portfolio of €35 billion in assets under management, and iCapital, the global fintech platform driving access to alternative investments for the wealth management industry, have announced a partnership to increase Wealth Managers’ access to Eurazeo’s broad range… Read More

September 25, 2023 @ 9:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Businesses in the UK can now give their trade customers up to 12 months to pay for products or services, with a new feature of iwoca‘s integrated B2B payments solution iwocaPay. Building on a 3 month offering, iwocaPay has now “added a second option allowing… Read More

September 25, 2023 @ 9:36 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Dawn Capital notes that this year, software spend globally topped $1 trillion. Less than a decade ago, this figure was reportedly half and by 2050 Gartner estimates it will reach $7 trillion. According to Dawn Capital, It has been “a challenging 18 months for tech,… Read More

September 25, 2023 @ 9:23 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Swiss National Bank (SNB) announced today that it is not currently making any changes to the policy rate. However, PostFinance is continuing to “enable its customers to participate in the positive interest rate environment and is increasing the interest rate on the retirement savings… Read More

September 25, 2023 @ 9:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital bank Monzo notes that gambling charity GamCare has revealed that more people are reaching out for support with problem gambling this year than ever before. Back in June 2018 Monzo claims that it “became the first bank to let you block gambling spending from… Read More

September 25, 2023 @ 8:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

MakerDAO co-founder Rune Christensen has submitted a proposal to build the project’s upcoming native chain using Solana’s codebase, which led to Vitalik Buterin selling $580,000 worth of MakerDAO’s MKR token in rebellion. The move may be an indication that ecosystem participants want to explore different… Read More

September 25, 2023 @ 8:46 am By Omar Faridi  |  

British Business Bank is supporting more than £12.4bn of finance through its core programs and meets its objectives, but “reports a loss for 2022/23 due to falls in market valuations.” Louis Taylor, CEO, British Business Bank, said: “The British Business Bank has continued to build… Read More

September 24, 2023 @ 10:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Metro Bank’s ‘Scam of the Month’ for September 2023 is a warning to drivers about the influx of second-hand car scams “as approximately a million drivers take possession of their new 73 licence plate cars from September.” Purchase scams can take many forms; “with the… Read More

September 24, 2023 @ 10:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Smart Pension, one of the UK’s workplace pension providers, announces its investment in the AMX-DWS Global Low Carbon Stewardship Fund. The fund is a new low-carbon global equity index strategy that “offers innovative stewardship voting capabilities, being one of the first pooled funds to offer… Read More

September 24, 2023 @ 10:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Starling Bank is raising the interest rate on its 1-Year Fixed Saver from 5.25% to 5.53% AER/Gross. Effective from Thursday 21 September 2023, Starling Bank customers “choosing the Fixed Saver will receive a return of 5.53% on balances of £2,000 – £1 million locked in… Read More

September 24, 2023 @ 10:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The “chill” in startup fundraising is having major ripple effects on startup employee compensation, according to a comprehensive update from Carta. Startups on Carta collectively raised “about $28 billion through the first half of 2023.” That was less than half of the total funds “raised… Read More

September 24, 2023 @ 10:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Pitchbook introduces their research series: Country Snapshots in which they provide an overview of macroeconomic and microeconomic trends in various regions spanning both private and public markets. Here is what Pitchbook highlighted for Q2 in France: Contrary to VC, PE deal value in France “came… Read More

September 24, 2023 @ 10:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Payhawk, the global spend management platform, announces ‘Payhawk Green’, the new platform features to help companies make more sustainable decisions related to company spending. The features are “available to all customers at no additional cost.” Payhawk Green will help companies make more sustainable decisions related… Read More

September 24, 2023 @ 9:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) has registered as a cryptocurrency exchange and custodian wallet provider with the Bank of Spain. This registration will allow Coinbase to offer their full suite of products and services “to retail and institutional users in Spain, all in compliance with the national legal… Read More

September 24, 2023 @ 8:07 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

The Payments Association, a United Kingdom-based payments organization, presented its report, Navigating the rising cost of living: Payments innovation as a game-changer at Parliament last week. The report identifies three groups of people newly at risk of financial exclusion and provides recommendations for building a… Read More