Global

August 7, 2022 @ 11:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

IDnow, a European identity proofing and digital identity provider, has arranged a new debt facility from funds and accounts managed by BlackRock that “provides up to €60 million in financing.” The debt facility will “enable IDnow to leverage its existing market-leading identity platform.” The company… Read More

August 7, 2022 @ 10:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

BigPay, a Capital A venture firm, recently revealed that it has added 38 new countries to its global remittance services network. This reportedly includes England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales in the UK, and 34 nations across Europe, including France, Germany, Italy, Belgium, and Spain…. Read More

August 6, 2022 @ 10:02 pm By JD Alois  |  

AxiaFunder, one of the few litigation financing platforms that enables smaller investors access to a unique asset class, is reporting that its first AxiaFunder Housing Disrepair (HDR) £300,000 investment portfolio is progressing well. AxiaFunder, a platform aimed at sophisticated and high-net-worth individuals, provides funding to… Read More

August 6, 2022 @ 7:32 pm By JD Alois  |  

Estateguru, an Estonia-based Fintech that offers a marketplace for investors to back secured loans, recently reported its Q2 numbers, and they were pretty solid. According to a blog post, Estateguru saw its assets under management (AUM) rise to a portfolio of €268 million while attracting… Read More

August 6, 2022 @ 3:01 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Sonovate, the provider of embedded finance and payment solutions for the contingent workforce, announced a partnership with Demica, the trade finance Fintech firm, in order to streamline its reporting processes so it may support business customers across the globe. Under the terms of the partnership,… Read More

August 6, 2022 @ 2:31 pm By JD Alois  |  

Neobank Revolut is on a crypto hiring spree, according to a report by Bloomberg. While many firms, and Fintechs specifically, a cutting headcount or slowing things down, Revolut appears to be bucking the trend. Recently, Robinhood revealed it was slashing employee headcount by 23% –… Read More

August 5, 2022 @ 6:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Talon Cyber Security, the “secure” enterprise browser provider, recently announced $100 million in Series A funding, led by Evolution Equity Partners, “with participation from Ballistic Ventures, CrowdStrike’s Falcon Fund, Merlin Ventures, SYN Ventures and previous investors CrowdStrike co-founder and CEO George Kurtz, Lightspeed Venture Partners,… Read More

August 5, 2022 @ 8:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Wirex, a crypto and payments ecosystem, has expanded the Wirex Credit program to new regions and “developed additional features.” Their crypto-back credit lines “are now available to UK users and has added WXT as a token to be used as collateral.” Having launched last month… Read More

August 4, 2022 @ 11:49 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Alloy, which claims to be the leading Identity Decisioning Platform for banks and fintech companies, announced its global expansion. Alloy’s platform for fraud and risk decisions is “available in 40 countries across North America, EMEA, LATAM, and APAC.” Alloy claims it already “has an established… Read More

August 4, 2022 @ 11:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitso, the cryptocurrency platform in Latin America with over 5 million users, and Everest, the “first” licensed crypto custodian offering stablecoins, announced their partnership to provide Everest users “with the ability to receive cross-border transactions from the US, Europe, and Singapore into Mexico.” The Mexico-US… Read More

August 4, 2022 @ 9:36 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Splitit (ASX:SPT) announced that letus has selected Splitit to bring its Installments-as-a-Service to its Cloud payment platform “for the property rental market, allowing tenants to pay expenses in several interest-free installments on their credit card.” The collaboration “brings a new payment option to letus’s Cloud… Read More

August 4, 2022 @ 2:54 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

MEXC Global, a digital asset and cryptocurrency trading platform based in Estonia, has introduced the MX/USDT perpetual trading pair and supports 1-20x buying power “for long and short two-way trades, and this will significantly contribute to expansion of MX Futures and bring the MEXC ecosystem… Read More

August 4, 2022 @ 2:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Paystand, the provider of blockchain-enabled accounts receivable and B2B payments, announced the acquisition of Yaydoo, a firm focused on accounts payable, cash flow management, and liquidity solutions in Mexico and LATAM. The deal represents “one of the biggest technology unions in Mexico and LATAM and… Read More

August 4, 2022 @ 2:37 pm By JD Alois  |  

Yapily, an Open Banking service provider, has launched a new service – Yapily Virtual Accounts. According a company statement, Yapily Virtual Accounts enables merchants and payment service providers (PSPs) to create multiple accounts gain more control over flow of funds while collecting payments, initiating instant… Read More

August 4, 2022 @ 9:53 am By JD Alois  |  

  Robocash Group, an operator of online lending and investment platforms, has announced that Natalya Ischenko is the new Chief Executive Officer and Ivan Adamovich is now Chief Financial Officer. Sergey Sedov, who founded and led the company will remain as Chairman of the Board…. Read More

August 4, 2022 @ 9:25 am By JD Alois  |  

An inquiry into the UK crypto industry has been announced by the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for the UK Crypto and Digital Assets sector. The inquiry aims to focus on the UK’s approach to regulating crypto, the potential of Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs),… Read More

August 4, 2022 @ 9:01 am By Omar Faridi  |  

MercadoLibre, Inc. (Nasdaq: MELI), which claims to be Latin America’s leading e-commerce technology company, reported financial results “for the quarter ended June 30, 2022.” The company hosted an earnings video as well as a conference call and audio webcast “for any questions that investors may… Read More

August 4, 2022 @ 8:54 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance, which claims to be the world’s leading blockchain ecosystem behind the largest cryptocurrency exchange, recently announced the appointment of its Co-Founder Yi He “as the new head of its venture capital (VC) arm and incubator, Binance Labs.” Binance CEO CZ (Changpeng Zhao) stated: “As… Read More

August 3, 2022 @ 11:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Sygnum Bank announces that it has expanded its bank-grade staking offering with Cardano (ADA), the eighth-largest protocol by market cap (at the time of writing). Clients can “conveniently and securely stake Cardano through Sygnum’s institutional-grade banking platform to generate staking rewards.” Cardano (ADA) joins Sygnum’s… Read More

August 3, 2022 @ 7:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

American Express (NYSE: AXP), the Small Business Card issuer in the U.S., has announced American Express Global Pay – a digital solution that enables U.S. businesses to securely “make domestic and international business-to-business (B2B) payments.” Through this new digital solution, business customers can “send payments… Read More