Global

July 3, 2022 @ 7:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Transact365, a UK-headquartered payments platform supporting merchants across the world, has recorded 300% YoY growth during its third year of European business operations. Established in 2017, Transact365 provides an international payments solution platform for merchants in major industries. With head offices in London, Transact365 currently… Read More

July 3, 2022 @ 1:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Finastra recently unveiled its embedded consumer lending solution, “enabling access to traditional regulated lending options for consumers at point-of-sale (POS).” Financial institutions, distributors and merchants will “benefit from a platform that makes it easy for their customers to access lending options.” For end consumers, Finastra… Read More

July 3, 2022 @ 10:19 am By Omar Faridi  |  

ShareRing’s purpose is to remove “friction” throughout the world, and digital identities is a vehicle that can “help accomplish this.” Tim Bos, CEO at ShareRing, stated: “Over the years, there’s been a trend for large companies to host more and more data about you in… Read More

July 2, 2022 @ 7:48 pm By JD Alois  |  

Ruja Ignatova, founder of OneCoin and sometimes referenced as the Cryptoqueen, is in the news again – this time for joining a very exclusive club – the FBI’s Most Wanted List. Ignatova is accused of having defrauded investors out of $4 billion via her company… Read More

July 2, 2022 @ 4:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Bank of London, which claims to be the first “purpose-built” global clearing, agency and transaction bank, has partnered with SAP Fioneer, an international provider of financial services software solutions and platforms, in order “to transform and simplify global clearing and transaction banking.” The Bank… Read More

July 2, 2022 @ 2:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Proptech startup Properti has successfully closed a second seed financing round of 6 million Swiss francs. With the fresh capital, Properti is accelerating its growth in Switzerland and “further expanding its proprietary tech platform.” In addition to lead investor Serpentine Ventures, the startup also “convinced… Read More

July 2, 2022 @ 1:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Qenta, Inc., a financial services and infrastructure platform with innovative tech and a proprietary “enterprise-grade” blockchain, the Qenta Operating System, has unveiled an enhanced and integrated suite of financial solutions. With a focus on Latin America, Asia Pacific, and Europe, Qenta provides tokenized assets, multi… Read More

July 2, 2022 @ 10:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Fetch.ai, a Cambridge-based artificial intelligence lab building an open-access “decentralized” machine learning network for smart infrastructure, has released DabbaFlow, the “first of its kind” end-to-end encrypted file-sharing platform. Advanced data-sharing and privacy-preserving technologies are “ushering in a new era of data monetization,” the developers claim…. Read More

July 2, 2022 @ 9:13 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Westpac has announced that it will roll-out new technology which will “enable small businesses to accept payments from customers via their compatible Android mobile.” Westpac Tap on Phone leverages Airpay TAP technology from Australian payment technology provider Quest Payment Systems. It is being trialed with… Read More

July 2, 2022 @ 8:14 am By Jairo Riveros  |  

Cryptocurrency is gaining traction with investors, businesses, and even Uncle Sam this year. Despite being around for over a decade, the global cryptocurrency market is now worth over $1 trillion. At the end of February, the 24-hour average trading volume of all cryptocurrencies across the… Read More

July 1, 2022 @ 4:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Atlantic Money has secured a license as a payment institution through the National Bank of Belgium (NBB) which will “enable the business to provide its services across the European Union.” The announcement precedes an expected launch in Europe later this summer, “meaning that EU residents… Read More

July 1, 2022 @ 4:10 pm By JD Alois  |  

  Multiple reports are indicating that Fintech lender and digital bank Klarna will be raising new capital at a $6.5 billion valuation. This is a huge haircut from its last valuation which saw the firm raise money at a whopping $45.6 billion. It was reported… Read More

July 1, 2022 @ 3:49 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Denario, the payment platform built for SMEs, recently secured €1.8 million in seed capital and is introducing a product that will support European firms with paying each other directly without being required to log into their banking accounts. Pohlmann, Co-founder and CEO of Denario, said:… Read More

July 1, 2022 @ 8:52 am By JD Alois  |  

GoCardless has announced its intent to acquire Nordigen an open banking data provider. The deal is expected to close later this summing. The terms of the acquisition were not revealed. GoCardless is based in the UK with offices around the world. Nordigen is regulated in… Read More

July 1, 2022 @ 8:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Societe Generale – FORGE, a “fully” integrated subsidiary of Societe Generale, providing issuers and investors with end-to-end services to issue, invest and manage digital-native security tokens registered on public blockchains, has selected METACO, a provider of digital asset management technology and infrastructure, “to orchestrate its… Read More

June 30, 2022 @ 11:15 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

4Trans, a Fintech specializing in financial products for supply chain and logistics companies, has secured an €18 million investment from backers “including Atmos, Tera Ventures, and Lighthouse.” Impact investment fund management firm based in the UK, Advance Global Capital “has also extended a revolving credit… Read More

June 30, 2022 @ 7:12 pm By JD Alois  |  

The European Union has agreed on crypto-asset regulation under the Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA) legislation. According to tweets distributed by Member of European Parliament (MEP) Stefan Berger, Europe will be the first continent with crypto asset regulation as the European Parliament, European Commission and… Read More

June 30, 2022 @ 12:23 pm By JD Alois  |  

Largest CFTC Enforcement Action Ever Involving Bitcoin. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has announced its largest enforcement action regarding Bitcoin ever. According to the CFTC, charges have been filed in a case involving a South African individual, Cornelius Johannes Steynberg, and his organizations involving… Read More

June 30, 2022 @ 11:32 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Linnworks, a UK-headquartered digital commerce tech firm, has announced a partnership with the global ‘leader” in commerce technology and payments Payoneer (NASDAQ: PAYO) to “simplify cross-border and B2B transactions for their customers.” The partnership will “provide retailers with integrated options to receive funds and make… Read More

June 30, 2022 @ 11:29 am By JD Alois  |  

Zilch, a UK based buy now – pay later (BNPL) provider has extended Series C by $50 million now raising $160 million now valued at around $2 billion. Zilch claims to be the fastest-growing Fintech Unicorn in Europe. In total, ZIlch has raised $460 million… Read More