Global

May 23, 2023 @ 7:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

AI Saas solution Successeve, launched by Qualys (QLYS) founder Gilles Samoun, announces a $2M seed round from private investors. The company, which claims that it is already profitable. will aim to “contribute the vast majority of the investment to deep tech, enabling the Boston and… Read More

May 23, 2023 @ 1:19 am By Omar Faridi  |  

In one more step to increase security for customers, Nubank (NYSE: NU) announces two new tools: the Reporting Channel, which allows “the reporting of fraud or attempted fraud involving the company, and the Me Roubaram (I was robbed) feature, a site that Nubank customers can… Read More

May 22, 2023 @ 11:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Zodia Custody, an institution-first digital asset custodian by Standard Chartered in association with Northern Trust, and LMAX Digital, the regulated institutional crypto currency exchange operated by LMAX Group, announce a collaboration to deliver institutional-grade trading infrastructure and custody services for the European leading Alternative Asset… Read More

May 22, 2023 @ 11:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Trulioo, a global identity verification platform, announced the appointment of Erika Rottenberg to its board of directors. Rottenberg reportedly “brings extensive technology and business expertise to the Trulioo board and reinforces the company’s position as the platform global businesses turn to for growth, innovation and… Read More

May 22, 2023 @ 11:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Topps Tiles, the UK’s tile specialist founded in 1963, is a “household name” with over 300 stores nationwide. The well-known retailer always aims “to provide an inspirational shopping experience and an unrivalled product range, coupled with exceptional convenience — a philosophy that crosses over onto… Read More

May 22, 2023 @ 11:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Klarna, the AI powered global payments network and shopping destination, has joined forces with Airbnb in a “first-of-its-kind” partnership to provide guests in the US and Canada with flexible payment options when booking their next stay. With Klarna’s seamless, sustainable and flexible payment solutions, “booking… Read More

May 22, 2023 @ 10:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Tilta, a Berlin-based Fintech, announced the successful launch of its greenfield lending solution on Mambu’s cloud banking platform. Powered by Mambu, Tilta can “enhance the payment experience for B2B merchants and their end customers, while closing the working capital gap on eCommerce marketplaces.” Tilta provides… Read More

May 22, 2023 @ 4:07 pm By JD Alois  |  

Collateral UK, once a peer-to-peer lending platform that went into insolvency in 2018, has seen fraud convictions of its founders. According to the Financial Conduct Authority that filed the charges, Peter Currie was convicted of two counts of fraud and one of money laundering. His… Read More

May 22, 2023 @ 12:49 pm By JD Alois  |  

Crypto brokerage LondonLink has raised £510,500 on a securities offering on Seedrs. According to the offering page, 140 investors participated in the sale of convertible security that holds a 30% discount to a future priced funding round. LondonLink securities are offered under the Seedrs Nominee… Read More

May 22, 2023 @ 10:41 am By Martin Rauchenwald and Philippe De Backer  |  

The fall of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), the emergency merger of Credit Suisse with UBS, and most recently, the seizure and sale of First Republic Bank quickly dissipated much of the trust that had been slowly returning to the banking sector. The question remains: if… Read More

May 22, 2023 @ 8:29 am By JD Alois  |  

CrowdProperty has announced it has increased rates paid to investors to a range of 8% to 9%. The announcement is being made following the recent move by the Bank of England, which increased benchmark rates to 4.5%. The rates paid to investors are on both… Read More

May 22, 2023 @ 8:05 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Starling Bank customers can now organize their salary payments across their account. The new feature, called ‘Split payment’, allows customers “to decide how much of an inbound payment, such as their salary, to put away and where, including their saving Spaces, joint accounts, additional accounts… Read More

May 21, 2023 @ 10:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Splitit (ASX:SPT), the white-label service allowing customers to pay by installments using their existing credit on their payment card, and Atlantic-Pacific Processing Systems NV, Corp. (APPS), a North American payment solutions provider, announced they have partnered to deliver an integrated card-based installment payments solution. The… Read More

May 21, 2023 @ 10:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

AltTab Capital, the cryptocurrency and digital assets hedge fund company, announces the launch of an office in London, UK, which will allow it to expand its network of international Professional Investors and other partners. AltTab Capital was “founded as an investment company in North America… Read More

May 21, 2023 @ 10:28 pm By JD Alois  |  

Tranglo and Lulu Money have announced a partnership on cross-border payments. Tranglo currently processes 80% of its payments in real-time.  LuLu Financial Holdings runs a proprietary Digit9 platform, an API-first model for remittance-as-a-service. The two companies say they will benefit from complementary strengths on international… Read More

May 21, 2023 @ 10:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Solaris, Europe’s embedded finance platform, published its first sustainability report, detailing sustainability performance and activities covering the entirety of 2022. Following the implementation of Solaris’ ESG strategy titled ‘Nature, People, Business’ (NPB) last year, the report “highlights key steps that the organization is taking to… Read More

May 21, 2023 @ 9:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Tyro Payments is pleased to announce that its customers in Australia are now able to accept in-person contactless payments seamlessly and securely with Apple’s Tap to Pay on iPhone contactless payment acceptance technology using the new Tyro BYO App, starting now. Tap to Pay on iPhone… Read More

May 21, 2023 @ 9:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Strike, the global money app for fast, safe payments and bitcoin, recently announced the global launch of its app in over 65 countries, “expanding access to its revolutionary payments and bitcoin services to nearly 3 billion people worldwide.” Strike’s global money app “leverages the power… Read More

May 21, 2023 @ 6:56 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Aurum Equity Partners, an investor in fast-growing digital infrastructure real estate data center assets, is pleased to announce the launch of its $250M global private equity fund plan to close Q1 2024. Aurum has “allocated $50M to Hyderabad, Telangana for the development of data centers,… Read More

May 21, 2023 @ 1:40 pm By JD Alois  |  

Crowdcube’s Next Unicorn project has narrowed the number of companies down to 20. As the name explains, the project is to uncover the next company to be worth over one billion dollars. As was previously reported, BrewDog co-founder James Watt is working with Crowdcube on… Read More