Global

November 16, 2022 @ 9:05 am By JD Alois  |  

In partnership with the Abu Dhabi Investment Office (ADIO), OurCrowd has announced the launch of a global artificial intelligence (AI) hub.  Based at Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM)  Hub71, the AI hub has been named Integrated Data Intelligence Ltd (IDI) and will develop easily adoptable… Read More

November 16, 2022 @ 8:24 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Banked Ltd, the London-based Fintech company building a next-gen global payment network, announced that it has raised over $15 million in a Series A extension round, “led by global software investor Insight Partners.” The investment round was “supported by Citi and National Australia Bank Ventures,… Read More

November 16, 2022 @ 8:18 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Atom bank and Phoebus Software Limited (PSL) have reportedly signed a new 3-year contract. The digital bank which streamlined the mortgage market by introducing the use of mobile apps in order to support its lending processes, has been a Phoebus user since Atom Bank’s official… Read More

November 15, 2022 @ 10:50 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

NAB Now Pay Later is now live and “available for the 52,000 customers who pre-registered.” In a move to give Australians more control of their money, customers can now “apply for and use the bank’s new instalment payments product in their NAB app.” Customers can… Read More

November 15, 2022 @ 9:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Brightwell, an Atlanta-based global payments technology company, announced a new cross-border payments solution, Brightwell’s ReadyRemit, powered by The Bancorp Bank, N.A., and Mastercard’s Cross-Border Services. ReadyRemit allows fintechs, businesses and program managers “to increase revenue and loyalty by offering a user-friendly, cross-border payments solution that… Read More

November 15, 2022 @ 4:03 pm By JD Alois  |  

Apple Pay, the very popular digital wallet offering from Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL), is now available via Circle, according to a blog post. Circle stated that eligible businesses who build with Circle can now accept Apple Pay. This includes both in-App payments as well as using a… Read More

November 15, 2022 @ 10:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Molo Finance are pleased “to introduce a ‘Savings Booster’ feature across all of our buy-to-let products.” Current market volatility in the UK has “resulted in landlords facing the highest mortgage interest rates in over a decade.” Recognizing the challenges they face, the… Read More

November 15, 2022 @ 9:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Genesis Global, the low-code application development platform purpose-built for financial markets organizations, announced partnerships “with Chenoa Information Systems, Flylance, Future Workforce, Luxoft, a DXC Technology Company, Velocity Investment Solutions and Wissen Technology.” Each firm has “a specialty in financial services and, with expertise in process… Read More

November 15, 2022 @ 9:19 am By JD Alois  |  

An initial filing pertaining to the Chapter 11 filing for FTX and affiliated firms has surfaced today. Filed yesterday by new leadership at FTX to manage the bankruptcy proceedings, the document notes there are over 100,000 creditors with claims – a number that can balloon… Read More

November 15, 2022 @ 8:32 am By Omar Faridi  |  

LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group) and Mizuho Financial Group, Inc., one of Japan’s leading global financial institutions, announced an agreement “to collaborate in providing sustainability solutions to the bank’s corporate clients.” The agreement will enable Mizuho “to strengthen its offering to customers by combining LSEG’s… Read More

November 15, 2022 @ 8:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

UK BaaS (Banking as a Service) fintech firm Griffin and global FS OS (Financial Services Operating System) 11:FS Foundry announced a new partnership “to help businesses actualise the benefits of embedded finance – the process of building new fintech products and embedding financial services directly… Read More

November 14, 2022 @ 11:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ComplyAdvantage, a global data technology company transforming financial crime risk detection, announces a training program “designed to help compliance teams navigate potential threats when onboarding customers.” Financial institutions must legally “vet new clients for money laundering, terrorist financing, sanctions evasion, and corruption before providing access… Read More

November 14, 2022 @ 9:45 pm By JD Alois  |  

BTC Markets CEO Caroline Bowler has distributed a public statement on the FTX bankruptcy and its impact on the overall digital asset industry. BTC Markets is an Australian exchange that says it has set the industry standard for compliance in Australia. Last month, it announced… Read More

November 14, 2022 @ 9:23 pm By JD Alois  |  

ADDX, a Singapore-regulated digital assets exchange for private securities, has received an additional $20 million in new capital as part of a “pre-Series B” funding round. The money came from both existing and new investors – notably, Korea’s largest banking group – KB Financial Group… Read More

November 14, 2022 @ 8:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nubank (NYSE: NU) announced to all its eligible customers the possibility of “opening an account with a debit card for those under 18 years of age.” The novelty, which passed through an initial phase of testing which started in June and has already “registered a… Read More

November 14, 2022 @ 6:24 pm By JD Alois  |  

Chengpeng “CZ” Zhou, the founder and CEO of Binance, announced a new “Industry Recovery Fund” following the collapse of FTX and the affiliated collateral damage that has harmed numerous crypto firms. Revealed via Twitter, CZ stated: To reduce further cascading negative effects of FTX, Binance… Read More

November 14, 2022 @ 3:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Just over a year after the start of the vehicle financing operation, C6 Bank launches the C6 Auto Financial Protection Insurance. Offered in partnership with Fairfax Seguros (FF Seguros) and also known as credit life, the product “guarantees that the financing assumed by the vehicle… Read More

November 14, 2022 @ 10:51 am By JD Alois  |  

Wise (LSE:WISE) has partnered with Deel on a new service that aims to make payroll processing far simpler and faster. Deel has been a Wise Platform partner since 2019. Deel is a company that enables the hiring and payments services for companies hiring international employees… Read More

November 14, 2022 @ 10:35 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Adyen (AMS: ADYEN), the global financial technology platform of “choice” for large businesses, announced that Instacart, the grocery technology company in North America, “has selected the company as an additional payments processing partner.” As part of the new partnership, Instacart will “leverage Adyen functionality, including… Read More

November 14, 2022 @ 9:24 am By JD Alois  |  

OpenSea, the largest NFT marketplace, announced via Twitter and a blog post, that it would enforce creator fees on all existing collections. UPDATE: We will continue to enforce creator fees on all existing collections.🧵⬇️ — OpenSea (@opensea) November 9, 2022   OpenSea reported that “in… Read More