Global

July 28, 2022 @ 10:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

TrueLayer, which claims to be Europe’s leading open banking platform, announced the availability of TrueLayer Payments for WooCommerce plugin, “enabling ecommerce SMBs to seamlessly add instant, secure account-to-account payments to their website.” Luxury watch retailer BQ Watches is one of “the first businesses to implement… Read More

July 28, 2022 @ 10:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fairown, a green Fintech company, announces the launch of its platform in Poland, “marking the expansion into Central Europe.” The company that enables the circular economy by helping banks, brands, and retailers offer products as a service is “bringing its offer to the Polish market… Read More

July 28, 2022 @ 9:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), the post-trade market infrastructure for the global financial services industry, announced its subsidiary, The Depository Trust Company (DTC), has “connected its automated ClaimConnect solution to the claims processing platform offered by financial software provider Kingfield Corporation.” The partnership… Read More

July 28, 2022 @ 12:21 pm By JD Alois  |  

What is a digital asset? Well, that depends on who you ask. These questions become important when it comes to things like tax treatment, securities law, ownership,  etc. The UK Law Commission is out with proposed changes for the treatment of digital assets, including NFTs… Read More

July 28, 2022 @ 9:40 am By JD Alois  |  

Quasar Finance, a Cosmos-based DeFi project, has raised $6 million from big-name blockchain VCs including Polychain Capital, Blockchain Capital, Figment Capital, Lightshift Capital, and Galileo. Quasar CEO and co-founder Valentin Pletnev aims to make digital assets “simple, accessible and secure, while utilizing the Cosmos platform’s… Read More

July 28, 2022 @ 8:14 am By JD Alois  |  

Zodia Markets, a crypto exchanger and brokerage catering to institutional investors, has been registered as a crypto platform with the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and officially launched its crypto trading business. In the UK, a crypto exchange must be registered with the FCA to… Read More

July 28, 2022 @ 7:56 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Genesis Global, the low-code application development platform purpose-built for financial markets organizations, announced $20 million in new investments from Bank of America, BNY Mellon and Citi. These strategic investments “follow the firm’s $200 million Series C funding announced in February.” Stephen Murphy, CEO of Genesis,… Read More

July 28, 2022 @ 7:51 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Fintech Wales, the not-for-profit membership organization for the Fintech and Financial Services industry in Wales, has opened the applications process “for the third season of its accelerator program, the Fintech Wales Foundry.” The closing date “for applications is 19th August 2022.” The 12-week, no equity… Read More

July 27, 2022 @ 10:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Financial technology firm FIS (NYSE: FIS) is continuing to broaden its global merchant services footprint, announcing that its Worldpay from FIS merchant solutions are available in the fast0growing South Korean markets. Worldpay from FIS has teamed up with Seoul’s TossPayments, which is a South Korea… Read More

July 27, 2022 @ 10:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

BBVA has implemented a comprehensive cloud-based solution that “simplifies the process of sending and validating information, providing carbon footprint indicators and emission reduction tracking figures.” It is a platform that will “enable active, data-driven management of its sustainability policies.” Sustainability is one of the transforming… Read More

July 27, 2022 @ 2:51 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In an Australian banking first, retail CommBank customers will be able “to view their personalized carbon footprint within the CommBank app from early August.” The rollout to all CommBank retail customers “follows a pilot launched in October 2021, which allowed over 250,000 customers to view… Read More

July 27, 2022 @ 12:56 pm By JD Alois  |  

Bitso, a Latin American crypto exchange, has facilitated the transfer of Argentian football (soccer) player to São Paulo FC’ Bitso states that this is the first such transfer to take place with midfielder Giuliano Galoppo signing with the São Paulo club, completed with crypto, and… Read More

July 27, 2022 @ 10:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

As from today, all Austrian and Spanish government debt securities cleared by LCH SA’s RepoClear service are “available for settlement through Clearstream Banking AG.” The two new markets “complement the existing proposition for Belgian, French and German government debt.” RepoClear clearing members can now “choose… Read More

July 27, 2022 @ 8:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Santander Corporate and Investment Banking (Santander CIB) and SAP Spain reached an strategic partnership with the aim “to boost digitalization across Global Transaction Banking services by co-innovating in solutions around the concept of invisible banking, improving client-to-bank connectivity, providing financial tools to help its clients… Read More

July 27, 2022 @ 8:24 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Virgin Money has announced it is set “to enter the buy now, pay later market later this year, with its market-leading product, Virgin Money Slyce.” This will allow customers “to enjoy the benefits of a traditional buy now, pay later product in a simple, safe… Read More

July 27, 2022 @ 8:16 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Klarna Kosma, which is Klarna‘s financial technology platform for banking institutions, Fintech firms and retailers, announced its working relationship with Airbank, a digital financial management platform for companies. Klarna Kosma’s Open Banking platform offers Airbank with access to the largest international network of banks, considerably… Read More

July 26, 2022 @ 11:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

GBST has extended its technology partnership with Novia Financial, its “longest-standing” UK client. Following a contract renewal, GBST will “continue to provide Novia’s core technology system via its award-winning Composer platform.” The agreement “extends the long-term relationship, which began in 2008 when Novia first launched… Read More

July 26, 2022 @ 10:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Mastercard  (NYSE: MA) announced that Ellen Jackowski will join the company as Chief Sustainability Officer “starting July 25, 2022.” In this role, she will be “instrumental in further integrating Mastercard’s Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) strategy into the organization.” Mike Froman, vice chairman and president… Read More

July 26, 2022 @ 5:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nationwide has invested in a rent-to-own start-up “helping first-time buyers unable to access typical mortgages get a home by saving a slice of their rent to build the deposit.” The investment in Kettel Homes forms “part of Britain’s biggest building society’s efforts to help its… Read More

July 26, 2022 @ 2:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fonoa have raised $60 million in order to expand their global tax solutions. Investors in the Series B investment round led by Coatue “include Dawn Capital, Index Ventures, OMERS Ventures, FJ Labs, Moving Capital.” The funding, which comes just six months after a $20m Series… Read More