Global

April 30, 2023 @ 11:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Reviewpad, the platform that helps developers by automating the code review process, has raised a €1M pre-seed round. The investment round was “led by Shilling VC with participation from angel investors Simon Brandhof and Freddy Mallet.” The new round “brings the total raised to date… Read More

April 29, 2023 @ 7:15 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Tradeweb Markets Inc. (Nasdaq: TW), a global operator of electronic marketplaces for rates, credit, equities and money markets, released the following statement: “Tradeweb is in advanced discussions to acquire Yieldbroker, an Australian government bond and interest rate derivatives trading platform covering the institutional, wholesale, and… Read More

April 29, 2023 @ 10:33 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Ctrl, the workspace that helps Revenue teams “supercharge” their CRM and customer workflows with advanced automation, AI tools and integrations,  has raised a $9 million funding round led by LocalGlobe and Earlybird. Dig Ventures and Jibe Ventures, alongside angels including sales leaders from Slack, Intercom,… Read More

April 29, 2023 @ 10:32 am By Omar Faridi  |  

European Payments Initiative (EPI) announced plans to acquire Dutch payment solution iDEAL and payment solutions provider Payconiq International (PQI). EPI is a payment platform “supported by a group of major European banks including ABN AMRO.” EPI’s takeover of iDEAL and Payconiq “marks an ambitious step… Read More

April 29, 2023 @ 10:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Tide, which claims to be one of the UK’s leading SME-focused business financial platforms, announced the launch of the MSME Exchange Program (MEP) – which is described as “an initiative designed to localize entrepreneurship and foster bonds between small business owners from India and the… Read More

April 28, 2023 @ 1:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

SlowMist and OKX have recently announced a strategic partnership to focus on “enhancing digital asset ecosystem security, digital asset anti-money laundering (AML), and conducting security technology research.” Both parties will collaborate “to develop comprehensive and innovative security services to address the growing demand for secure… Read More

April 28, 2023 @ 9:56 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Celerant Technology, the retail software solution provider, announced a partnership with Sezzle Inc. (ASX: SZL), a provider of consumer financing solutions. Retailers can now add Sezzle Pay “to their Celerant eCommerce website to offer the convenience of ‘buy now, pay later’ with 0% APR and… Read More

April 28, 2023 @ 9:52 am By JD Alois  |  

UK Fintech Paysend has announced the creation of a European hub located in Dublin. The goal is to expand its services in the European Union in a post Brexit world. Paysend was recently approved for an E-money license (EMI) by the Central Bank of Ireland…. Read More

April 28, 2023 @ 8:46 am By JD Alois  |  

Eurocrowd has revealed a new “national hub” for the Italian crowdfunding market offering an Italian-language website dedicated to the national ecosystem. Eurocrowd is the advocacy group for the European securities crowdfunding market, having worked with regulators and public officials for years to improve online capital… Read More

April 28, 2023 @ 8:29 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Nubank (NYSE: NU), which claims to be one of the largest digital financial services platforms in the world, reportedly reached the milestone of 80 million customers in Latin America “in the first week of April 2023, where it maintains operations in Brazil, Mexico and Colombia.”… Read More

April 28, 2023 @ 8:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitpanda are pleased to announce that Raiffeisenlandesbank NÖ-Wien, which forms part of Austria’s major banking group, has become the first major traditional bank in the European Union “to move into digital assets through a planned collaboration with Bitpanda Technology Solutions.” Since launching their digital Investment-as-a-Service… Read More

April 28, 2023 @ 8:24 am By Omar Faridi  |  

TransferMate, the provider of B2B payments infrastructure as a service, has been granted authorization as an Electronic Money Institution (EMI) by the Central Bank of Ireland. Acquiring EMI authorization allows TransferMate “to offer an extended service to their customers and partners.” It means customers can… Read More

April 28, 2023 @ 8:18 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Wayhome, the Gradual Homeownership provider, announced that they have closed a Series A equity funding round of £8 million. The firm’s investment round was reportedly led “by existing investors Allianz X (Stripe, WeLab, CLARK), Augmentum Fintech (interactive investor, Tide, Zopa) and new funders Volution, Love… Read More

April 27, 2023 @ 10:15 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

FinanZero, the online credit marketplace in Brazil, recently announced that it has raised USD 1.5 million in a funding round. The proceeds from the investment round will be “used towards strengthening FinanZero’s position in the market through product development, specifically developing new online financing products… Read More

April 27, 2023 @ 5:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Continuing to build its footprint as a leading global acquirer, global financial technology firm FIS (NYSE: FIS) has announced its Worldpay merchant business will be “expanding its payment processing capabilities into the United Arab Emirates (UAE) this year.” Worldpay has “secured a category II payment… Read More

April 27, 2023 @ 12:52 pm By JD Alois  |  

Irish Fintech Accelerated Payments has announced the laung of a trade finance product called AP Trade Finance (APTF). Accelerated Payments is a digital working capital platform with offices in Dublin, London, Toronto, and Florida. The company offers access to credit due to the strength of… Read More

April 27, 2023 @ 12:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Strike, which claims to be one of the world’s leading digital payments platforms built on Bitcoin’s Lightning Network, announced the expansion of “Send Globally” to Guatemala, bringing its cross-border payment service to Latin America. In 2022, Latin America and the Caribbean “received more than $140… Read More

April 27, 2023 @ 11:14 am By JD Alois  |  

  Tokeny, a Luxembourg-based tokenization platform, has revealed a partnership with Artory to “unlock the  $1.7 trillion art market through the market tokenization, enabling greater access and liquidity to the asset class. Fine art is said to have outperformed the S&P 500 for over 20… Read More

April 27, 2023 @ 10:56 am By JD Alois  |  

BTSE has added Fireblocks to its platform. BTSE is a white-label digital asset exchange based in Tortola. Fireblocks is a well-known Switzerland-based digital asset custody provider. BTSE claims to offer “state-of-the-art infrastructure” able to process over one million transactions per second. BTSE states that Fireblocks… Read More

April 27, 2023 @ 10:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

As the world becomes more digitized, auction houses are turning towards decentralized technology to improve the auction process. Decentralized Finance (DeFi) technology is one such innovation that could transform the auction industry, bringing transparency, security, and accessibility to the table. With the rise of blockchain… Read More