Global

September 10, 2022 @ 4:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Revolut, the global financial super app with over 20 million retail customers, has launched Revolut Pay – a new secure online checkout feature which “allows UK and EEA merchants to present ‘Revolut Pay’ as a payment method across product, cart, and checkout pages.” Revolut Pay… Read More

September 10, 2022 @ 3:11 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Amaka and Square have extended their partnership “to launch the Square point of sale integration with Sage Accounting.” This follows the successful rollout of “a range of Square accounting automation solutions available globally.” Pedram Afshar, CEO at Amaka, said: “We’re proud to be working with… Read More

September 10, 2022 @ 3:01 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Broadway, a provider of high-performance front-office solutions, announced it has partnered with MarketAxess Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: MKTX), the operator of an electronic trading platform for fixed-income securities, and the provider of market data and post-trade services for the global fixed-income markets, “to build and support… Read More

September 9, 2022 @ 7:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Neo has announced a new partnership with Simplex by Nuvei, an EU-licensed financial institution that “empowers its vast network of partners to accept the widest range of payment methods.” This partnership will “provide users around the world with seamless onramps and offramps to NEO, GAS,… Read More

September 9, 2022 @ 6:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ: ACIW), which claims to be the global leader in mission-critical, real-time payments software, will enable GOLDPoint Systems, a loan management software provider, “to digitalize its bill payments and enhance the entire customer experience with seamless transaction flow.” The ACI Speedpay solution “serves… Read More

September 9, 2022 @ 11:51 am By JD Alois  |  

Leading Asian bank DBS is entering the metaverse to demonstrate how the virtual realm may be utilized for good. In partnership with The Sandbox, a subsidiary of Aninoca Brands, DBS will launch DBS BetterWorld. DBS is a Singapore-based bank that operates in 18 different markets… Read More

September 9, 2022 @ 10:13 am By Omar Faridi  |  

OneSpan (NASDAQ: OSPN), the digital agreements security company, announced a significant expansion of its OneSpan Cloud Authentication service with BankID. BankID first launched with OneSpan in September 2021 and has already “reached a multi-million user milestone that is expected to continue growing as BankID’s technology… Read More

September 9, 2022 @ 9:09 am By JD Alois  |  

Huobi Group has received a license to operate a digital asset exchange in the British Virgin Islands (BVI). The approval came from the BVI Financial Services Commission (FSC) and was awarded to Huobi subsidiary Brtuomi Worldwide Limited (BWL). On April 16th, 2021, BWL was approved… Read More

September 9, 2022 @ 7:51 am By Omar Faridi  |  

FNZ, the global wealth management platform, announced that it has agreed to acquire DIAMOS AG, the specialized Wealthtech provider for the asset and wealth management industry, “to further enhance its global wealth management platform.” The acquisition will “strengthen FNZ’s global client proposition adding advanced product… Read More

September 9, 2022 @ 7:49 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Funding Circle, which claims to be the United Kingdom’s largest small business loan platform, has announced its results for the six months “ended 30 June 2022.” As noted in an update shared with CI, Funding Circle delivered “a financial performance ahead of expectations, finishing the… Read More

September 8, 2022 @ 11:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

IDF Eurasia, a lending company specializing in consumer loans, has reportedly introduced a new cashback campaign. For a limited time, users are able to “earn a cashback of up to 2% for investments in IDF Eurasia Notes.” For IDF Eurasia’s entity MFO FintechFinance LLP, you… Read More

September 8, 2022 @ 10:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

After July’s green candles, August 2022 resumed a downward trend for crypto-assets across the board, the team at Kraken noted in a new report. Bitcoin, Ethereum and the rest of the crypto market “saw negative returns for the month.” Prices of BTC (-14%) and ETH… Read More

September 8, 2022 @ 10:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Investment platform PeerBerry reported that it will be listing CashXpress loans from the Philippines again. CashXpress will reportedly “offer double guaranteed 180 days term loans with a 12% ROI.” PeerBerry pointed out that you may review “the term and the loan type of CashXpress loans,… Read More

September 8, 2022 @ 5:58 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Mesh Payments, the insight-driven finance automation platform, recently announced $60 million in new financing, “bringing the total amount raised to $123 million.” Alpha Wave leads the equity round “with participation from existing investors, including Tiger Global, TLV Partners, Entreé Capital, and Meron Capital.” The proceeds… Read More

September 8, 2022 @ 1:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CryptoKitties was arguably the first project to bring NFTs into the mainstream, the team at Juniper Research noted in a comprehensive report. Launched in 2017, CryptoKitties featured an on-chain game “enabling users to breed digital cats together to produce new cats of differing rarity and… Read More

September 8, 2022 @ 10:06 am By JD Alois  |  

Regtech SteelEye, a London-based firm, has raised a $21 million Series B round led by Ten Coves Capital, according to the firm. Other investors in the round include; Fidelity International Strategic Ventures, Illuminate Financial, Beacon Equity Partners, and apparently “a large family office.” In total,… Read More

September 8, 2022 @ 8:53 am By JD Alois  |  

The European Central Bank (ECB) announced an interest rate increase of 75 basis points – matching the US Federal Reserves’ last bump – as it targets a 2% rate of inflation. The rate increase was the largest ever in the history of the ECB. The… Read More

September 8, 2022 @ 7:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at digital asset firm Gemini notes that they’re pleased to announce support for Binance USD (BUSD). BUSD is now “available for deposits and custody on Gemini.” Trading for BUSD will follow, “opening first on [their] API/FIX and ActiveTrader applications for the USD trading… Read More

September 8, 2022 @ 7:48 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Venture capital (VC) funding slid more deeply in AI & ML than in software overall in Q2, “falling 27.8% quarter-over-quarter (QoQ) compared to 21.6% for IT more generally.” according to an update from Pitchbook. Both deal value and deal count “fell to their lowest levels… Read More

September 8, 2022 @ 7:42 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Kudo Insurance, which claims to be a “revolutionary” motor insurer founded by Peter Graham, insurance veteran and former CEO of esure, has raised 71% (£462,020) of its  £650,000 target from 130 investors (at the time of writing) with 27 days left in the firm’s crowdfunding campaign,… Read More