Global

October 29, 2022 @ 11:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

With inflation hovering at a 40-year high, “managing day to day cash flow has become the primary reason for small business applications for finance,” according to iwoca’s latest SME Expert Index. The survey of brokers has “revealed that managing cash flow is the most common… Read More

October 29, 2022 @ 11:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

European investment platform Lightyear has rolled out voting alongside in-app communication, “giving shareholders and publicly traded companies a seamless way to engage with each other.” This feature is “a first for many countries around Europe, where this level of ownership and transparency is lacking for… Read More

October 28, 2022 @ 4:10 pm By JD Alois  |  

With the advent of a new Prime Minister in the UK, expectations are high that Rishi Sunak will chart a determined path to enable Fintech innovation, including in the digital assets ecosystem. In the past few days, a new Financial Services and Markets bill was… Read More

October 28, 2022 @ 1:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

SWIFT and MonetaGo have achieved an important milestone in the global fight against fraud and duplicate financing, “with the live launch of the Trade Financing Validation Service provided by MonetaGo over the global SWIFT network.” This is “the first third party service, in trade, available… Read More

October 28, 2022 @ 11:34 am By JD Alois  |  

Mercuryo, a payments Fintech, is boosting its crypto services by integrating with Fireblocks. Fireblocks is a leading digital asset infrastructure firm that powers the transfer, storing, and issuing of digital assets. Serving over 1500 financial institutions, Fireblocks enables exchanges, lending desks, custodians, banks, trading desks,… Read More

October 28, 2022 @ 11:21 am By JD Alois  |  

The UK Parliament has moved on a new Financial Services and Markets Bill that incorporates language aiming to provide a path to regulated crypto-assets (digital assets). The comprehensive bill, which is 335 pages long, addresses “Digital Settlement Assets” which may, or may not be via… Read More

October 28, 2022 @ 7:42 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Raisin, which claims to be the global leader for the savings and investment market, has announced the migration of its UK platform ClearBank, the “enabler of secure accounts, real-time clearing, and embedded banking for financial institutions.” ClearBank will “underpin the FSCS protected account Raisin UK… Read More

October 27, 2022 @ 9:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Upside, a Web3 focused Investment Decentralized Autonomous Organisation (DAO), announced it has raised $5 million in capital “to deploy in support of the best Web3 startups, with a focus on Australia.” To that end, Upside DAO is also “announcing the first recipients of its investment… Read More

October 27, 2022 @ 12:28 pm By JD Alois  |  

A Zopa-led coalition of Fintechs has joined to “combat the UK cost-of-living crisis.” Announced today, ten new members have been added to The 2025 Fintech Pledge or Pledge2025.org. The pledge, launched in September 2022, aims to drive 10 million consumer actions by 2025 that build… Read More

October 27, 2022 @ 9:36 am By JD Alois  |  

In a seismic shift of consolidation, StartEngine has announced the acquisition of SeedInvest. While exact terms were not immediately available, StartEngine stated that Circle (owner of SeedInvest) will become a minority shareholder of StartEngine. StartEngine is one of the largest investment crowdfunding platforms in the… Read More

October 27, 2022 @ 9:10 am By JD Alois  |  

-Retail Investors May Be Banned from Using Leverage in Crypto Trading -Banks Allowed to Issue Stablecoins The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has proposed new initiatives aimed at mitigating risk to consumers in regard to crypto trading. At the same time, MAS has proposed new… Read More

October 27, 2022 @ 8:53 am By JD Alois  |  

The British Business Bank has posted an updated list that includes new companies backed by the Future Fund, one of several schemes enacted to provide assistance to firms harmed by the COVID-19 health crisis. Created in 2014, The British Business Bank is the UK government’s… Read More

October 27, 2022 @ 8:35 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Tymit CEO, Martin Magnone, recently commented on the announcement of the Fintech firm’s series A funding round. Martin Magnone noted that when his brother, Nicolas Magnone Ballefin and he founded Tymit, they had “a simple vision in mind: [they] wanted to create a credit card… Read More

October 27, 2022 @ 8:33 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Juni is pleased to share that they have secured their Electronic Money Institution (EMI) license from Swedish regulator Finansinspektionen. This is “a first step to enable [them] to issue e-money in Sweden and in time, across Europe.” According to the firm, this… Read More

October 27, 2022 @ 4:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Digital bank Starling Bank will be the official principal partner for Southampton FC Women for the 2022-2023 season. According to a note from the bank, starting Sunday, October 30th, Starling will sponsor the team with a match against Sunderland AFC Ladies. Starling’s logo will be… Read More

October 26, 2022 @ 11:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

YuLife, the tech-driven financial services brand on a mission to inspire life, announced that it is launching in the United States. Founded in London in 2016, YuLife claims it “achieved rapid traction in the UK insurance market through its flagship product, group life insurance.” The… Read More

October 26, 2022 @ 11:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Refinitiv, an LSEG business, announced the launch of a secure, personalized, and seamless global digital onboarding solution to help firms enhance their approach to onboarding clients. The recent shift towards online commercial activity has led to an increase in digital and contactless payments, forcing companies… Read More

October 26, 2022 @ 10:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Capco, a Wipro company and global technology and management consultancy, and Plaid, an industry leader powering the digital financial ecosystem, announced a new alliance. The alliance will “combine Plaid’s leading open finance solutions with Capco’s domain and data analytics expertise to help financial institutions unlock… Read More

October 26, 2022 @ 3:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

BNPL firm Zip Co (ASX: ZIP) announced the availability of Zip Card, issued by WebBank, the newest buy now, pay later product “offered through its portfolio.” As consumers look for BNPL options in brick-and-mortar retail, the Zip Card “extends the ‘Pay-in-4*’ functionality offline in a… Read More

October 26, 2022 @ 11:30 am By JD Alois  |  

Zenus Bank, a digital-only bank that is regulated in Puerto Rico, is on a mission to provide access to US banking accounts to individuals all over the world. To further this ambition, Zenus has partnered with Finxact, part of Fiserv, to leverage its core banking… Read More