Global

December 7, 2022 @ 8:09 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Sometimes, innovation comes “out of frustration.” That was “certainly” the case for kennek, the vertical software solution for lenders. As Thibault Lancksweert, kennek Founder and Co-CEO notes: “Our motivation for starting kennek stemmed from our own frustrations as lenders. We found that, despite the many… Read More

December 7, 2022 @ 8:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Nubank, which claims to be one of the world’s largest digital financial services platforms, announced an equity capitalization of $330 million, which will be “invested to finance the expansion of the company’s portfolio, increase penetration across market segments and strengthen its operations and long term… Read More

December 6, 2022 @ 11:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Adyen (ADYEN:AMS), which claims to be the global financial technology platform of choice for leading businesses, announces “the launch of four accelerator programs following the success of EMEA accelerator winner, Pivot.” Alongside the relaunch of the Amsterdam based EMEA program, the new accelerators will reportedly… Read More

December 6, 2022 @ 11:15 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Global fintech platform Airwallex is pleased to announce that Kai Wu has been jointly appointed “as the company’s Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) and Asia-Pacific General Manager (APAC GM).” Kai has “held a number of senior positions at Airwallex for close to five years, including as… Read More

December 6, 2022 @ 8:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Instant payments, also called real-time payments, are a form of electronic payment “that is available 24/7/365, with the payment processed and funds made available tothe recipient instantly.” the team at Juniper Research explains. However, there is “not a singularly accepted definition of instant payments, with… Read More

December 6, 2022 @ 7:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The New Year holidays are rapidly approaching. While you are making a gift shopping list, investment platform Robo.cash shares the key results from November. As noted in the update from Robocash, investors “bought loans in the record amount of 21M euro.” 696 P2P enthusiasts reportedly… Read More

December 6, 2022 @ 5:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

AltScore, a fintech start-up that provides B2B lending infrastructure, announced it has raised $3.5 million in seed funding. The financing will help AltScore “continue developing its end-to-end Lending-as-a-Service (LaaS) solution to help its B2B partners embed and deploy credit products while giving MSMBs fair and… Read More

December 6, 2022 @ 3:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Imployable, which claims to be a unique, award winning app that’s at the “heart” of an employment ecosystem, has secured 60% (£150,141.81) of its £250,000 target (with 7 days in the sale, at the time of writing) from 112 investors via Crowdcube. Imployable is a… Read More

December 6, 2022 @ 11:26 am By JD Alois  |  

Recently global investment platform OurCrowd announced that it had topped $2 billion in capital commitments on its platform. OurCrowd is based in Israel but caters to a global market of both investors and private firms in need of growth capital. When the milestone was announced,… Read More

December 6, 2022 @ 9:13 am By Omar Faridi  |  

In November 2022, PeerBerry investors reportedly “funded €47,606,299 of loans and received €648,080 in interest.” 1183 new investors “joined the platform in November.” The average annual ROI (without loyalty interest) on PeerBerry in November “was 11.1%.” At the end of November, PeerBerry’s portfolio amounted “to… Read More

December 6, 2022 @ 9:09 am By JD Alois  |  

PropertyRise, a UK-based prime property investment platform, is reporting a record week of lending, having booked £50 million in loans. According to the company, multiple credit records were broken in October as interest in the property offerings rise. Another metric achieved during October is completing… Read More

December 6, 2022 @ 8:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Venture capitalists invested “a record $41.0 billion into the retail fintech vertical in 2021, representing a 78.6% increase compared with 2019’s $23.0 billion,” according to an update from Pitchbook. VC investments into the banking and credit and wealthtech segments “drove this increase.” As of Q3… Read More

December 6, 2022 @ 8:34 am By Omar Faridi  |  

T8, a financial services and lifestyle platform built for the global mass affluent, has raised  237% (£3,322,350) of its £1,400,000 target (with 3 days left in the sale, at the time of writing) from 238 investors via its crowdfunding campaign, carried out through Seedrs. Located… Read More

December 5, 2022 @ 10:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Keyrock, digital asset market maker, raised $72 million in its Series B funding round from investors “including Ripple, SIX Fintech Ventures and Middlegame Ventures.” Keyrock plans to use the funding from its investment round “to invest further into infrastructure development, scalability tools, as well as… Read More

December 5, 2022 @ 7:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

HYPR, the Passwordless Company, announced a $25 million Series C1 led by Advent International “through Advent Tech, the firm’s dedicated global technology fund.” The investment round brings HYPR’s total funds “raised to $97 million and includes participation from existing investors including .406 Ventures, RRE Ventures,… Read More

December 5, 2022 @ 4:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Ledger notes that NFTs are ushering in “an artistic renaissance that has barely begun to play itself out, changing how art, music and, more broadly, culture is digitally generated, owned and exchanged forever.” As the platform to secure and manage NFTs, Ledger… Read More

December 5, 2022 @ 1:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

C6 Bank corporate customers have one more option “to receive payments in their businesses: Pix Cobrança.” With the free resource, it is possible “to issue personalized QR codes and manage payments in a simplified way through the app.” Monisi Costa, head of products for legal… Read More

December 5, 2022 @ 11:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

New research from Trulioo, a global digital identity verification platform, “shows that 87% of online marketplace leaders view identity verification as critical to protecting consumers and building trust during unpredictable times.” Those respondents also overwhelmingly “see identity verification as more than just a single step… Read More

December 5, 2022 @ 11:21 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Governing Council of the European Central Bank has reportedly decided to reschedule the launch of the Eurosystem Collateral Management System (ECMS) from 20 November 2023 to 8 April 2024. This decision was “taken to mitigate the impact of the rescheduled launch of T2, the… Read More

December 5, 2022 @ 9:24 am By JD Alois  |  

Shojin, a UK-based, FCA-regulated real estate investment platform, is out with a note indicating investors are seeking out alternative assets as a method to mitigate a floundering economy. Shojin states that a recent survey of UK investors shows risk mitigation is at the top of… Read More