Global

June 16, 2023 @ 11:36 am By JD Alois  |  

IndusInd Bank has integrated Wise to enable efficient and low-cost payments and transfers. IndusInd Bank reports a customer base in India of around 34 million, with 2606 Branches/Banking Outlets and 2878 ATMs spread across geographical locations of the country. Wise is a stealth bank that… Read More

June 16, 2023 @ 10:51 am By JD Alois  |  

Italian bank Intesa Sanpaolo has launched a new digital bank Isybank. “With the launch of Isybank, the digital transformation of Intesa Sanpaolo continues, which sees this project as one of the pillars of the 2022-2025 Business Plan”, said Carlo Messina, Managing Director and CEO of… Read More

June 16, 2023 @ 9:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Tide, the business financial platform, has announced it will help 200,000 female-led businesses start out by the end of 2027. It is the first fintech to support female-led SMEs on this scale. The commitment is part of Tide‘s efforts “to promote gender equality and remove… Read More

June 16, 2023 @ 9:48 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The convergence of AI and NFTs has far-reaching implications for the gaming industry. It introduces a new level of customization and creativity for players, enabling them to personalize assets within the gaming space. NFTs, providing the technology for creative ownership, synergize with AI, which breaks… Read More

June 16, 2023 @ 9:34 am By Omar Faridi  |  

VC firm Molten Ventures has reportedly written down its current holding in digital banking platform Revolut by a sizeable 40%. This move is adding to the Fintech firm’s recent challenges as it struggles to obtain a UK banking license. Molten Ventures has discounted the value… Read More

June 16, 2023 @ 9:21 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital bank Zopa has appointed Peter Donlon and Kate Erb as CTO and COO respectively, pending regulatory approval. Peter and Kate add significant technology and operations experience “to Zopa’s leadership roster as the company matures and enters its next stage of growth to become Britain’s… Read More

June 15, 2023 @ 11:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Yapily has hired Tanya Ziv as Chief Operating Officer (COO) to lead operations and strengthen their position as the leading open banking platform in the UK and Europe. With over 15 years of experience leading compliance and risk departments in the fintech… Read More

June 15, 2023 @ 10:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Strike, the global money app for fast, “safe” payments and bitcoin, announced the expansion of “Send Globally” to Mexico, “bringing its revolutionary payment service to the largest market for remittances from the U.S.” In 2022, Mexico received “a record of $60 billion in remittances from… Read More

June 15, 2023 @ 10:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Venture capital firm Menlo Ventures announced a new partner: Amy Wu. Amy joins Menlo “to grow the firm’s consumer and gaming practice and build on Menlo’s track record, which includes early investments in well-known consumer companies like Chime, Pillpack, Poshmark, Roku, Rover, Siri, Uber, and… Read More

June 15, 2023 @ 10:42 am By JD Alois  |  

Zilch has opened a new technology hub in Krakow, Poland. The company said the location is a new European Centre for Excellence which will serve as a facility \ to accelerate the development and implementation of new features and technologies. This is Zilch’s third location… Read More

June 15, 2023 @ 9:20 am By JD Alois  |  

Europe Now Movement, the political party that just won parliamentary elections in Montenegro, is expected to form a fragile government, according to a report in BalkanInsight. The problem is the multitude of parties, with Europe Now squeaking by with just 25.6% of the vote, followed… Read More

June 15, 2023 @ 8:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

PKO Bank Polski, the largest universal bank in Central and Eastern Europe, develops an innovative system of value-added services (VAS) in the form of a generally accessible and easy API. In this way, the Bank wishes “to expand the VAS offer available in the mobile… Read More

June 15, 2023 @ 8:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Eurora Solutions, a provider of AI/ML-backed cross-border e-commerce compliance platform, announces the appointment of James Doyle as CEO of its Latin American (LATAM) operations, marking Eurora’s strategic entry to the world’s fastest-growing retail e-commerce region. As noted in the update shared with CI, LATAM saw… Read More

June 14, 2023 @ 11:02 pm By JD Alois  |  

Kanastra has raised $13 million in Seed funding, said to be one of the largest seed rounds in Latin America of all time. The funding was led by Valor Capital and Quona Capital. Prominent Fintech VC QED Investors participated as did Actyus, Collaborative, Crestone, Grão, Endeavor,… Read More

June 14, 2023 @ 10:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Vouched, an AI-driven identity verification platform, announced it will provide identity verification services in support of the launch of FreedomID, a platform designed “to support refugees in their safe passage and settlement anywhere in the world, formed by UK tech company Zenoo.” Vouched expects to… Read More

June 14, 2023 @ 3:37 pm By JD Alois  |  

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published a time frame for the implementation of Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA). EMSA is the EU securities regulator. The EU recently approved the legislation as it seeks to enable digital asset innovation while incorporating investor protection… Read More

June 14, 2023 @ 10:54 am By JD Alois  |  

Archax, a digital securities exchange regulated by the UK Financial Conduct Authority, has listed a securities offering to raise capital for SupraFin. According to the offering page, SupraFin is raising funds at a pre-money valuation of £12 million. SupraFin is hoping to raise a minimum… Read More

June 14, 2023 @ 9:45 am By JD Alois  |  

The Bundesverband Crowdfunding eV (German Crowdfunding Association) has endorsed the draft bill for the Future Financing Act presented by the German Government. Germany, the largest economy in  Europe, has yet to have a single securities crowdfunding platform approved under new EU rules. ECSPR, or European… Read More

June 14, 2023 @ 9:03 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Infosys Finacle, part of EdgeVerve Systems, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Infosys (NYSE: INFY), and Keytrade Bank, the first online bank in Belgium and part of Credit Mutuel Arkea, one of France’s largest banking groups, announced the bank’s decision to select Infosys Finacle as the preferred… Read More

June 14, 2023 @ 7:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Westpac recently revealed that its new cards will be making payments more accessible for customers. Westpac has announced it is rolling out “a suite of new card designs to help make payments more accessible for blind or low vision customers.” The credit, debit and pre-paid… Read More