Global

May 9, 2022 @ 8:10 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Rapyd, an international Fintech-as-a-service platform, announced the launch of Virtual Accounts, a vital product “empowering businesses to expand globally while supporting local payments.” This new product offering enables organizations anywhere “to securely and reliably accept local bank transfers across over 40 countries in more than… Read More

May 8, 2022 @ 11:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Czech company DoDo Group, “specialists” in last-mile B2B logistics tech, recently announced a €60 million Series B round led by EC Investments and J&T Capital. The funds will be used “to further develop DoDo’s data-driven logistics platform and drive the group’s expansion into Western and… Read More

May 8, 2022 @ 11:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Hetz Ventures, one of Israel’s seed-stage venture capital funds, recently announced the closing of its third fund of $123 million. The new fund, Hetz III, brings the firm’s total assets under management to nearly $300 million, and like its previous fund, “was heavily oversubscribed.” Hetz… Read More

May 8, 2022 @ 11:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

DraftKings Inc. (Nasdaq: DKNG) has partnered with Metabilia, a memorabilia and NFT company operating at the forefront of physical and digital collectibles, which will “become the latest NFT supplier on DraftKings Marketplace.” The collaboration introduces “Membership NFTs” for fans “to chronicle the careers of top… Read More

May 8, 2022 @ 6:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Moved by the “plight” of Ukrainian refugees and “inspired” by the efforts of colleagues in Poland, VikingCloud, (previously dba Sysnet), a provider of cybersecurity and compliance solutions, has “joined forces with UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency.” VikingCloud has pledged “to match donations made via the… Read More

May 8, 2022 @ 4:46 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Luxembourg Stock Exchange (LuxSE) and the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in order “to strengthen their cooperation and promote joint initiatives to advance financing for gender equality and women’s… Read More

May 8, 2022 @ 4:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CleverTap, which claims to be one of the leading retention Clouds, recently added to its core leadership team “with the appointment of Honey Bajaj as SVP & Global Chief of Consumer Experience.” In this position, Bajaj will be expected to “pioneer CleverTap’s extensive program to… Read More

May 8, 2022 @ 12:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Lendermarket, which claims to be one of Europe’s fastest growing P2P investment platforms, recently announced that it is becoming “a multi-lender platform after signing an agreement with Credory, an Estonian SME-financing company.” The partnership “enables Lendermarket to appeal to investors looking for lower-risk loans and… Read More

May 8, 2022 @ 12:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Payer recently announced that Dominik Belloin, one of its board members, has been appointed as the new Chairman of the Board. Dominik Belloin “succeeds Annika Javestad, who served in the role during the development phase.” The appointment now “awaits the approval of the FSA.” Payer… Read More

May 8, 2022 @ 11:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Humanity 2.0 is a non-profit organization “tackling obstacles to humanity’s socio-economic and cultural development through leadership, media, and technology.” This global project is chaired by Father Philip Larrey, Dean of Philosophy “at the Pope’s University (Pontifical Lateran University) in Vatican City.” Sensorium is “a global… Read More

May 7, 2022 @ 3:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

HSBC (NYSE: HSBC) has appointed Vivek Ramachandran as Head of Global Trade and Receivables Finance (GTRF), “with immediate effect.” The appointment is reportedly a return to HSBC for Vivek, who had first joined HSBC back in 2015 as the firm’s Global Head of Product and… Read More

May 7, 2022 @ 2:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

GoCardless, which claims to be a leader in direct bank payment solutions, has announced the appointment of Paul Stoddart as President. Stoddart joins from Mastercard where he “was President of its New Payment Platforms, Executive Chairman of Vocalink and a Member of the Mastercard Management… Read More

May 7, 2022 @ 1:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Synpulse, the international management consultancy to global financial service providers, is pleased to confirm its partnership with Fintech incubator F10. Synpulse will reportedly be investing  the equivalent of 1% of its yearly revenue into the startup accelerator F10, as part of the investment round in… Read More

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

SaaScada, the Cloud native Core banking platform provider, recently announced it has secured £2.5 million in seed funding “from over ten investors – including leading figures from the banking and private investment sectors.” The SaaScada Cloud native platform “allows Fintechs and challenger banks to launch… Read More

May 6, 2022 @ 11:35 am By JD Alois  |  

Brickowner, a property investment platform, has revamped with a new and improved offering for its investors. Launched in 2017, Brickowner says it wants to enable investments in minutes – not weeks. The Proptech provides a full-stack service for developers, fund managers as well as property investors…. Read More

May 6, 2022 @ 10:06 am By JD Alois  |  

Bitcoin, once pitched as a non-correlated asset to more traditional markets appears to be chasing the NYSE and NASDAQ lower. Public markets tanked yesterday, as the Dow lost over 1,000 points, and the NASDAQ Composite dumped almost 5%, becoming the single worst day for markets… Read More

May 6, 2022 @ 9:09 am By JD Alois  |  

Maydan Capital, a marketplace for vetted private securities offerings, has completed its first successful financing round for Netherlands-based Fairnance. UK-based Maydan Capital is an equity-focused private placement platform for early-stage and growth companies. The platform connects retail, accredited, and sophisticated investors directly to vetted equity… Read More

May 6, 2022 @ 8:09 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The small business lending market has has reportedly returned to pre-pandemic levels of activity. This, according to nearly a third of brokers (30%) surveyed in iwoca’s latest SME Expert Index. And nearly another third (31%) believe the market will “return within 6 months, based on… Read More

May 5, 2022 @ 11:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Transact365, a UK-headquartered global payments platform powering merchants in emerging markets, has appointed David Lambert as its new Chief Executive Officer. An original co-founder and former Commercial Director at Transact365, Lambert will be responsible for overseeing the Fintech firm’s expanding merchant client base and card… Read More

May 5, 2022 @ 10:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Metro Bank is reportedly one of the signatory companies “pledging support for the National Literacy Trust’s Vision for Literacy Business Pledge.” Poor adult literacy skills mean that one in seven adults in England “have the reading skills of a nine to eleven year old.” Poor… Read More