Global

September 7, 2022 @ 10:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Creditcare Technology, a multinational consumer finance company, announced that they have partnered with MoneyGram International, Inc., a key player in the evolution of digital P2P payments, in order to expand further into the emerging markets of the Philippines, Vietnam, and, other world regions with Moneygram…. Read More

September 7, 2022 @ 9:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Genesis Global, the low-code application development platform “purpose-built” for financial markets organizations, announced the opening of its new office in Bengaluru, the fintech capital of India and “one of the largest fintech centers in the world.” With software development centers in four continents, Genesis has… Read More

September 7, 2022 @ 3:53 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The metaverse is a virtual shared space “created by the convergence of virtually enhanced physical reality and physically persistent virtual space, including the sum of all virtual worlds, augmented reality, and the Internet,” according to an update from Solactive. The firm further notes that it… Read More

September 7, 2022 @ 1:07 pm By JD Alois  |  

ShiftPixy, Inc. (NASDAQ: PIXY) has announced a plan to “duel list” its shares on digital securities marketplace Upstream, a platform powered by MERJ and Horizon Fintex. ShiftPixy has a current market cap of around $585 million. ShiftPixy has been going through a period of transition… Read More

September 7, 2022 @ 11:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (Cboe: CBOE), a provider of global market infrastructure and tradable products, announced the launch on September 12 of the Cboe One Canada Feed, a new real-time market data solution that “provides high-quality Canadian equities reference quote and trade information.” Through a… Read More

September 7, 2022 @ 10:47 am By JD Alois  |  

British Business Investments, a commercial subsidiary of British Business Bank plc – the UK government’s economic development bank, has announced a €30 million “initial” investment to Atempo Growth’s inaugural venture debt fund. The new fund is expected to target VC-backed businesses in the UK and… Read More

September 7, 2022 @ 10:40 am By JD Alois  |  

SEBA Bank, a Switzerland-based “crypto bank,” is now offering Ethereum staking for institutional investors. The announcement aligns with the MERGE – the event when Ethereum migrates from Proof of Work (PoW) to Proof of Stake (PoS). SEBA Bank is a regulated entity providing compliant access… Read More

September 7, 2022 @ 10:28 am By JD Alois  |  

LANDE, a Latvian Fintech providing investment crowdfunding for farms, has raised €550,000 in pre-Seed funding, according to a statement by the firm. LANDE states that it will use the money to expand its services into Romania while planning entry into other European markets. The round… Read More

September 7, 2022 @ 10:05 am By JD Alois  |  

Leading UK digital bank Starling Bank has added a new feature for its users by enabling “Bulk Payments”. The new service is designed to support payroll, supplier payments or employee expenses and more for firms using Starling business banking. The new service is a subscription-based… Read More

September 7, 2022 @ 8:39 am By JD Alois  |  

21.co, a Switzerland-based crypto platform, has raised $25 million in a funding round led by Marshall Wace. The valuation of 21.co was set at around $2 billion apparently making 21.c0 Switzerland’s largest crypto unicorn. Marshall Wace, regulated by the UK FCA, is a hedge fund partly… Read More

September 7, 2022 @ 8:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

One of Debitum platform business partners, invoice factoring company FLEXIDEA, which operates in Latvia and Poland, has revealed that this summer, private equity fund HELENOS, managed by INPULSE INVESTMENT MANAGER (Brussels-based investment manager, Belgium), “acquired a 14,67% share in the capital of FLEXIDEA.” The acquisition… Read More

September 7, 2022 @ 7:43 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Economic uncertainty, which peaked in the first half of 2022, “challenged investors to reconsider finance instruments in terms of risk-reward ratio,” according to an update from Robo.cash. The analysts at Robo.cash recently commented on “popular” assets and how they have been performing since the beginning… Read More

September 7, 2022 @ 7:41 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Mintos has shared key insights, as part of their monthly publication that summarizes what’s been happening on the platform, including broader market activities. As noted in the update from Mintos, energy prices, inflation, and interest rates “continued to dominate the global investment… Read More

September 7, 2022 @ 1:40 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Mihkel Stamm, Chief Operating Officer at EstateGuru, recently commented on how his team supports a real estate lending platform with a focus on crowdfunding. Mihkel Stamm explained that they “mediate loans secured by real estate to the international investor community across Europe.” On one side are… Read More

September 6, 2022 @ 11:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Calastone, which claims to be one of the largest global funds networks, announced the opening of their regional headquarters in Singapore, “underpinning their aggressive growth strategy to expand product offerings and footprint across the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region.” Calastone claims it has been “disrupting the investment… Read More

September 6, 2022 @ 7:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Aquis Exchange, the pan-European large and mid-cap equities trading arm of Aquis Exchange PLC, is pleased to announce “the launch of its European dark trading venue, the Aquis Matching Pool (AMP) EU.” This marks the expansion of Aquis Exchange’s dark trading service, which was previously… Read More

September 6, 2022 @ 4:22 pm By JD Alois  |  

Villyz, an online investment platform based in Paris, says it has received approval to offer securities across the European Union under ECSPR (European Crowdfunding Service Provider Regulation). The new rules went into effect in November of 2021 allowing issuers to raise up to €5 million… Read More

September 6, 2022 @ 3:44 pm By JD Alois  |  

Top Latin American crypto exchange Bitso is collaborating with Africhange, an African-Canadian remittance platform that aims to enable payments cross-border from Canada to Mexico. According to a corporate statement, Africhange first focused on transfers between Canada and Nigeria – having processed around CAD 70 million…. Read More

September 6, 2022 @ 3:10 pm By JD Alois  |  

Inswitch has partnered with Binance Pay to “improve their fintech solutions and offer Binance Pay to all merchants in Latin America.” Inswitch is an embedded Fintech platform aiming to help financial services provides to quickly provide digital offeerings. Binance Pay, part of Binance, is crypto… Read More

September 6, 2022 @ 12:18 pm By JD Alois  |  

Binance has cut loose competing stablecoins including USDC, USDP (Paxos), and TUSD (TrueUSD). USDC, issued by Circle is the second largest dollar-based stablecoin after USDT (Tether) and may receive the brunt of the change. In a corporate statement, Binance said it would “auto-convert” these stablecoins… Read More