Global

September 23, 2021 @ 8:50 am By JD Alois  |  

Temenos (SIX: TEMN) has announced a new partnership with Aion Bank and Vodeno to deliver Banking as a Service (BaaS) in Europe. Temenos is a banking software provider. Aion is a licensed bank and Vodeno is a cloud service aiding financial services firms. The company… Read More

September 23, 2021 @ 8:36 am By JD Alois  |  

Mastercard has announced the launch of Strive UK a project designed to assist micro and smaller firms adapt to the ongoing digital transformation. An initiative created by the Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth, the program aims to empower SMEs in the UK to succeed in… Read More

September 23, 2021 @ 7:58 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Finastra has introduced Total Lending Home, a Cloud-powered platform for deploying and managing the Total Lending suite of solutions. Lending products offered via the Total Lending Home portal reportedly include Fusion LaserPro, Fusion DepositPro, Fusion Compliance Reporter and ProSign Online, with more lending solutions to… Read More

September 23, 2021 @ 7:56 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Spicehaus says they are pleased to confirm the 10th investment of the Spicehaus Swiss Venture Fund. Fidentity offers automatic online identification of customers (KYC). The software can automatically match a live image or “selfie” with “the corresponding identification document.” Unlike other solutions in the market,… Read More

September 22, 2021 @ 11:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Qomply, an established transaction reporting company, and Euronext, the pan-European market infrastructure provider, have confirmed a connectivity partnership that aims to provide an enhanced transaction reporting service for industry participants. By connecting services, Qomply and Euronext will offer customers with a simple and straightforward solution… Read More

September 22, 2021 @ 11:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

WLPayments has introduced its Zero Code Payments as a Service platform. The launch of the new platform has come with a containerized architecture, a server-agnostic approach, along with the integration of microservices. The result of adding these features is an adaptive and fully customizable payment… Read More

September 22, 2021 @ 11:14 pm By JD Alois  |  

Incomlend, a global invoice financing marketplace and cross-border trade facilitator, has announced a new invoice financing program for a pan-European metal trading firm. Founded in Singapore and with offices around the world, Incomlend connects SMEs globally with communities of investors. This enables them to buy… Read More

September 22, 2021 @ 11:04 pm By JD Alois  |  

Equiduct, a retail securities exchange, is now offering Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) and Exchange Traded Products (ETPs) trading on Apex – Equiduct’s on-exchange Best Execution service with zero trading fees for retail brokers. Equiduct is a market segment of Börse Berlin. Equiduct states that ETFs… Read More

September 22, 2021 @ 10:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

“Alisa”, the voice assistant from Russian tech firm Yandex, is now available for Russia’s VTB Bank (MCX: VTBR). She’ll be able to inform consumers about the products, tariffs and the banking platform’s services. She can also go over loan applications and offer advice or suggestion… Read More

September 22, 2021 @ 10:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

HCL Technologies, a global tech firm, has agreed to a multi-year application services transformation partnership with Lendico, which is a brand of ING Germany, in order to deliver application and engineering services to help it create a digital platform that makes business banking faster and… Read More

September 22, 2021 @ 8:09 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Akoin, a digital ecosystem and cryptocurrency developed by global artist and Akon to improve social opportunities and access for African entrepreneurs, is now listing on the cryptocurrency exchange BitMart. The listing with BitMart provides access for Akoin within the United States from people who want… Read More

September 22, 2021 @ 10:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Antler, an early-stage VC, has announced its inaugural portfolio of investments for Antler Berlin. Launched in 2017 in Singapore, Antler holds a mission to enable and invest in the world’s most exceptional people building the defining companies of tomorrow. Antler reports that it received almost… Read More

September 22, 2021 @ 8:24 am By JD Alois  |  

LendInvest plc (LSE: LINV), a top UK-based property finance platform, has sold a £100 million buy to let portfolio to JP Morgan. In January 2021 LendInvest completed the creation of a Separate Account Mandate with JP Morgan with a total capacity of £625 million. This… Read More

September 22, 2021 @ 7:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Nium and Weavr revealed on Monday (September 20, 2021) that they’ve formed a strategic partnership that should make Nium’s BaaS (Banking-as-a-Service) API suite accessible to Weavr’s clients. The BaaS solutions from Nium should allow them develop, deploy and run embedded banking services. Weavr aims to… Read More

September 22, 2021 @ 7:35 am By Omar Faridi  |  

James Butterfill, Investment Strategist at London-based CoinShares, a digital asset manager focused on expanding access to the cryptocurrency ecosystem while serving as a “trusted partner” for its clients, notes in a blog post published on Monday (September 20) that for the week ending September 17,… Read More

September 21, 2021 @ 11:44 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Etherisc, an open-source, decentralized insurance protocol, and ecosystem, together with the Blockchain Competence Center Mittweida (BCCM) at Mittweida University of Applied Sciences, today announced the launch of a joint project to develop a blockchain-based insurance prototype. This project aims to provide refined alternatives to traditional… Read More

September 21, 2021 @ 8:18 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Prophecy DeFi has appointed Peng Zhong to its advisory committee, effective immediately. The CEO of DeFi software provider Tendermint, Zhong leads a team that builds applications to improve the usability, accessibility, and safety of blockchain for developers and end-users. Tendermint is a core contributor to… Read More

September 21, 2021 @ 6:27 pm By JD Alois  |  

As was previously reported, JP Morgan (NYSE:JPM) launched its digital bank in the UK today. Chase, the largest consumer bank in the US, is now available in digital form for UK consumers. According to a company statement, users may go to chase.co.uk, and register and… Read More

September 21, 2021 @ 6:01 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

QNTMPAY, the official digital banking partner of McLaren F1, is working with global embedded finance platform Railsbank to support upcoming product and services launches in the UK. The companies made the announcement at today’s Money20/20 event. Railsbank is supporting QNTMPAY, to launch in the UK, with… Read More

September 21, 2021 @ 12:01 pm By JD Alois  |  

Ransomware attacks have become quite prevalent with nefarious actors targeting domestic firms, frequently demanding ransom in crypto. Today, the US Department of Treasury has announced a group of actions designed to mitigate ransomware activity including designating crypto exchange SUEX OTC as a “complicit financial service”… Read More