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November 4, 2021 @ 7:56 am By Omar Faridi  |  

On November 3, 2021 (at 15:00 UTC), Stellar validators had reportedly voted to upgrade the network to Protocol 18, which adds Automated Market Maker (AMM) functionality to the Stellar protocol. As mentioned in an update shared with CI, this makes Stellar one of the earliest… Read More

November 3, 2021 @ 10:05 pm By JD Alois  |  

Railsbank (Railspay in Australia) and Douugh (ASX: DOU) have partnered to launch a “responsible financial super app.” The app is said to offer an embedded finance experience including bank accounts, payments, cards, money management, stock investing, crypto and more. The app will launch in Australia,… Read More

November 3, 2021 @ 8:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Spanish financial institution CaixaBank has teamed up with B2B2C Insurtech platform bsurance in order to implement and test out embedded life insurance products. The collaboration is reportedly a part of CaixaBank’s open innovation program, Innsomnia. bsurance has been chosen along with seven other startups from… Read More

November 3, 2021 @ 8:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Australia’s first digital bank Volt and one of the nation’s largest mortgage aggregators Australian Finance Group Ltd (ASX:AFG) have introduced a personal finance app ‘Handl. by AFG’, and a white-label home loan product, ‘AFG Home Loans Sparc’, both “powered by Volt’s banking-as-a-service (BaaS) platform,” according… Read More

November 3, 2021 @ 5:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

BBVA, the Spanish multinational banking group, and the Sella Group have reportedly entered into a partnership that is focused on supporting Open finance. Through the partnership, BBVA will be providing its foreign clients, who are willing to operate in Italy and those of the newly… Read More

November 3, 2021 @ 5:27 pm By JD Alois  |  

ADDX (formerly operating as iStox), a digital securities exchange backed by the Singapore Exchange (SGX), has launched its very first product, according to a note from the company. ADDX has listed a crypto fund managed by Trovio Capital Management (TCM). The fund aims to a… Read More

November 3, 2021 @ 4:29 pm By JD Alois  |  

Assembly Payments and CurrencyFair have merged to form Zai. The combination of the two payments firms has just received regulatory approval and is now complete, according to a note from the company. The merger is described as enabling the company to move beyond domestic and… Read More

November 3, 2021 @ 1:16 pm By JD Alois  |  

Neobank Ziglu has topped £6 million on Seedrs after easily surpassing its £1 million initial target. As was previously reported, Ziglu is raising growth capital at a pre-money valuation of £85 million. The EIS qualified offering is selling equity at a per share price of… Read More

November 3, 2021 @ 10:34 am By JD Alois  |  

Last May, Bitmex published a commitment to become a carbon-neutral crypto exchange. As many people know, crypto transactions can utilize a lot of energy due to the need for computing power. At that time, Bitmex said carbon offsetting was its path to mitigating its carbon… Read More

November 3, 2021 @ 10:03 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Holiday shoppers plan to embrace buy now, pay later (BNPL) schemes with both arms this holiday season, the results of a study from GoCardless suggest. Overall, 42 per cent of shoppers plan to use the tool, and that rate rises to 60 per cent for… Read More

November 3, 2021 @ 8:51 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The OLB Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: OLB), a provider of Cloud-powered omnicommerce and payment acceptance solutions for small- and mid-sized merchants and Bitcoin mining firm, announced that it is ready to process Mastercard Bitcoin payments. Merchants utilizing OLB’s OmniSoft business management platform and the firm’s SecurePay… Read More

November 3, 2021 @ 8:43 am By Omar Faridi  |  

UK-based digital bank Starling Bank is launching Bills Manager, in order to help clients with settling their bills in a timely manner and better managing their funds. The new feature, one of the “most requested,” offers clients the option to have a Direct Debit or… Read More

November 3, 2021 @ 8:32 am By Omar Faridi  |  

UK’s digital bank Zopa has appointed Graham Robinson as its new Chief Risk Officer. Graham joins Zopa as it “completes its successful first year as a digital bank and sets its sights on further growth,” according to an update shared with CI. With more than… Read More

November 3, 2021 @ 8:30 am By JD Alois  |  

  Agora, a real estate investment management platform, has raised a $9 million seed round to further develop its software and to expand its activity in the United States. Agora reports that the funding was led by Aleph, with participation from River Park Ventures and… Read More

November 2, 2021 @ 7:25 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

The founder of deVere Group predicts pending central bank interest rate announcements could cause a rise in the price of major cryptocurrencies this week. Nigel Green said the U.S. Federal Reserve, the Bank of England, the Central Bank of Norway, and the Reserve Bank of Australia,… Read More

November 2, 2021 @ 4:12 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Facebook’s recent rebranding to Meta (NASD:FB) provides some interesting lessons for cryptocurrency investors, an industry analyst suggests. Genesis’ head of markets Noelle Acheson said Facebook’s pivot to acting as a metaverse company produced an immediate spike in the value of some metaverse platform tokens. MANA,… Read More

November 2, 2021 @ 2:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ: ACIW), an international provider of real-time virtual payment software and services, has teamed up with Affirm, the payment network that “empowers consumers and helps merchants drive growth.” As mentioned in a release, U.S. merchants using ACI Secure eCommerce are now able to… Read More

November 2, 2021 @ 11:24 am By Omar Faridi  |  

ekko has introduced its eco-friendly debit card, app and ecosystem, which aims to empower clients with making a positive difference in an effort to combat the damaging effects of climate change. When using ekko for everyday or typical activities such as shopping, banking, or settling… Read More

November 2, 2021 @ 8:57 am By JD Alois  |  

Capital on Tap, a UK-based Fintech, has received a £450 million funding facility provided by Atalaya Capital Management, BNP Paribas, and HSBC. Capital on Tap is a finance provider for UK and US-based SMEs. Since 2012, Capital on Tap has provided over £3.5 billion of… Read More

November 2, 2021 @ 8:44 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Paysafe (NYSE:PSFE), a specialized payments platform, announced that it has completed its acquisition of German Fintech firm, viafintech, in an all-cash deal. viafintech, known under the brands of Barzahlen/viacash and viacash, provides bank-independent, payments infrastructure in the DACH region, “allowing a popular alternative to the… Read More