Global

July 6, 2022 @ 6:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Cellebrite DI Ltd. (NASDAQ: CLBT), which claims to be a leader in Digital Intelligence (DI) solutions for the public and private sectors, and Chainalysis, the blockchain data platform, have launched a partnership to “enable customers to easily identify and assess criminal activity involving cryptocurrency during… Read More

July 6, 2022 @ 4:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Paytrail and Mastercard’s (NYSE: MA) partnership via Aiia, an Open Banking platform, is now supporting over 1 million open banking payments every month. Paytrail and Aiia have reportedly been working together since 2019, as they focus on supporting Open Banking enabled payments via digital commerce… Read More

July 6, 2022 @ 3:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Amber Group, a global digital asset platform, has announced the appointment of Benjamin Bai as its Chief Legal Officer. An industry veteran, Benjamin joins from Ant Group where he “served as its Vice President and Chief Intellectual Property (IP) and International Litigation Counsel.” Benjamin joins… Read More

July 6, 2022 @ 2:39 pm By JD Alois  |  

eToro, a modern spin on investing and trading that merges both digital assets and traditional securities, has axed its SPAC deal, according to a statement issued by the company. At the same time, Calculistech is reporting that their headcount is being slashed by 100 employees… Read More

July 6, 2022 @ 12:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

As part of Amazon Egypt’s ongoing commitment to improve its shopping experience and offer clients in the country with flexible and affordable payment options, Amazon Egypt (amazon.eg) is offering installment plans via valU, the Buy-Now, Pay-Later (BNPL) lifestyle-enabling Fintech in MENA, a subsidiary of EFG… Read More

July 6, 2022 @ 11:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

BKN301 – a Fintech creating payment services and Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) solutions – has acquired €15 million via its Series A round. This, after finalizing the first seed round a few months back. The investment round includes key investors and brings the firm’s valuation to €63… Read More

July 6, 2022 @ 10:27 am By JD Alois  |  

Raul Malmstein, the Former head of Estonia’s financial regulator, will open a new office in Estonia for SG Veteris, a crypto firm.  He is the former chairman of the Management Board of the Estonian Financial Supervision Authority (EFSA), a position he held for eight years…. Read More

July 6, 2022 @ 9:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Italy’s payments Fintech Nexi NEXII.MI and Greece’s Alpha ACBr.AT bank revealed on Monday (July 4, 2022) that they intend to invest €100 million (appr. $104.55 million) within the next 5 years in the Greek digital payments sector. In 2021, Nexi agreed to acquire Alpha Bank’s… Read More

July 6, 2022 @ 9:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

ThinCats, which claims to be the “leading” alternative finance provider to SMEs, recently  announced the appointment of Richard Newman, Senior Director, Transaction Management to manage its Midlands transaction team. Richard reportedly has over 20 years of corporate finance experience occupying senior roles at HSBC, RBS… Read More

July 6, 2022 @ 8:41 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Robo.cash noted that they will continue updating clients on the work of platform originators in 2022. RC Riga Singapore started the year confidently, “having significantly increased its loan portfolio.” Here are some key points shared by the Robocash team: 78% of loans… Read More

July 6, 2022 @ 8:38 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Last year, October had carried out a survey among their community of lenders in order to gain insights into the topics they were “eager to learn more about.” One topic came back repeatedly: their platform statistics. To answer your questions related to stats, October is… Read More

July 6, 2022 @ 7:58 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Leo Varadkar TD, recently visited Ballycoolin in north Dublin in order to establish the 11 remote working hubs that have been launched as part of Bank of Ireland’s hybrid working model. These hubs are being worked… Read More

July 5, 2022 @ 11:56 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CACEIS is a major player in the fast-evolving asset servicing sector and “aims to broaden its offering on digital assets with services that meet clients’ growing demand.” Accordingly, CACEIS signed an agreement with Taurus, a Swiss company that claims to be a European market leader… Read More

July 5, 2022 @ 5:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Online payments platform, Payset, is utilizing bank accounts from Banking Circle to offer fast, “low-cost” global payments. Providing customers with multi-currency accounts, pre-paid cards and currency exchange services, Payset helps businesses “hold, exchange and move money around the world quickly, effortlessly, and affordably.” Working with… Read More

July 5, 2022 @ 4:57 pm By JD Alois  |  

MiCA, Markets in Crypto Assets legislation, is still being digested by industry insiders. The goal is to provide a regulated path for digital asset innovation – sufficient protections to guard against abuse but still empowering industry participants to create new products and services within a… Read More

July 5, 2022 @ 2:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Floan, a budgeting tool that aims to help people travel, by “offering point of sale finance” for flights, has raised 115% (£92,280) of its £80,010 target (at the time of writing) from 68 investors with 24 days left in the firm’s crowdfunding campaign, carried out… Read More

July 5, 2022 @ 11:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Talenom Plc has reportedly agreed to acquire the platform business Nomo in an asset deal. Nomo operates from Barcelona, Spain, and its business operations “cover the entire country.” Nomo offers its customers “a comprehensive digital platform for accounting and financial and tax planning.” The platform… Read More

July 5, 2022 @ 10:29 am By JD Alois  |  

Novi, the Facebook – Meta (NASDAQ:META)  project to launch a digital wallet, is shutting down. According to the Novi website, the Novi App and Novi on WhatsApp (another Meta firm) will cease operations on September 1, 2022, blocking all access to any existing accounts. Novi, along… Read More

July 5, 2022 @ 10:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Payments platform Wirex has announced the launch of Wirex Credit which is described as offering competitive interest rates and no origination fee for crypto-backed loans. Wirex states that users may borrow up to $100,000 in stablecoins, with a loan to value (LTV) of up to… Read More

July 5, 2022 @ 9:40 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Goodvest, which is on a mission to build a “sustainable” investment platform committed to fight climate change: 100% personalized & transparent, has secured 187% (€468,760) of its €250,000 target from 379 investors through its crowdfunding campaign, carried out via Crowdcube. There are now 8 days… Read More