Global

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

May 5, 2022 @ 3:56 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) is out with a report warning about the interconnected risks of the global financial industry. As if we didn’t need something else to cause concern, DTCC says the nature of these risks continues to evolve occurring with greater… Read More

May 5, 2022 @ 10:53 am By JD Alois  |  

COVID, war, inflation, rising interest rates … the global economy is being hammered from multiple directions right now. After years of calm sailing, a global pandemic marked a dramatic change in markets that have endured a growing list of geopolitical and economic challenges. Like all… Read More

May 5, 2022 @ 10:30 am By JD Alois  |  

Binance, the largest crypto exchange in the world, is now registered with the French Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) as a digital asset service provider (DASP). According to the AMF, Binance France is registered to offer: Digital assets custody Purchase/sale of digital assets for legal… Read More

May 5, 2022 @ 10:14 am By JD Alois  |  

BPC will help Mexican company Up Sí Vale by providing end-to-end payment services, according to a statement by the company. Up Sí Vale is a prepaid card issuer serving over 4 million customers throughout Mexico.  Up Sí Vale offers a range of prepaid “all-in-one” services… Read More

May 5, 2022 @ 9:24 am By JD Alois  |  

Keewe, a French Fintech in the eco sector, has raised €1.25 million for its mission to support SMEs and carbon reduction. The capital infusion cam from “selected business angels,” including Guillaume Amblard, (also Ledger, Lendable) and former head of trading and quantitative research at BNP… Read More

May 5, 2022 @ 9:10 am By JD Alois  |  

The Bank of England, Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), has announced a 25 basis point increase bringing its Bank Rate to 1%. According to a statement by the BoE, the MPC voted by 6-3 to increase Bank Rate by 0.25 percentage points. Those members in the… Read More

May 5, 2022 @ 7:53 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Scalapay, a European Buy Now – Pay Later provider, has announced a $27 million investment from Poste Italiane, which is Italy’s largest service infrastructure network and claims to be one of the largest payment card issuers in Europe, in a Series B extension. Scalapay is… Read More

May 5, 2022 @ 7:52 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Citi (NYSE: C) has announced the launch of Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) Instant Payments in Europe, “further increasing the bank’s global Instant Payments offering.” The launch will provide clients with the ability “to pay to and receive from 36 SEPA countries instantly.” The offering… Read More