Global

October 14, 2021 @ 9:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Tipalti, an international payables automation firm, has unveiled its latest innovations – which includes the integration of its current Procurement and Payables service and a corporate payment card at Illuminate, its inaugural user conference, in order to assist high-velocity firms with controlling costs and enhancing… Read More

October 14, 2021 @ 8:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Creditspring, a subscription loan provider, has introduced Step, which is a new credit builder product that assists members with enhancing their credit score without dealing the risk of acquiring additional debt. With new Creditspring research confirming that more than a quarter (28%) of 18-34-year-olds are… Read More

October 14, 2021 @ 8:08 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital bank Zopa has confirmed the appointment of Helen Beurier as its first Chief People Officer. With more than 25 years of professional experience across some of the largest FMCG, retail, and pharma household names, Helen brings “a wealth of experience to the digital bank… Read More

October 14, 2021 @ 7:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

SumUp, the London-headquartered payments service provider with more than 2,800 employees across three continents, confirms its acquisition of Fivestars, which is one of America’s largest two-sided local commerce networks that “combines a marketing platform with integrated payments.” SumUp has reportedly paid $317 million for the… Read More

October 14, 2021 @ 4:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Wiserfunding, a UK-based provider of credit risk assessment for SME lenders, has partnered with CrediLinq.Ai, a Singapore-based, AI credit platform. According to a company release, the partnership will seek to provide automated, fast, and credit risk assessment to Southeast Asian SMEs. The companies point to… Read More

October 13, 2021 @ 6:37 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

As our world becomes more purpose-driven, ethically aligned companies will want to bank with an institution that shares their values. Remagine wants to be that bank, co-founder Sebastian Dienst said. Based in Berlin, Remagine’s goal is to reshape financial services through founder-friendly and tech-driven financial… Read More

October 13, 2021 @ 3:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently connected with Stefany Rojas, Head of Business Development at Kahuna, a blockchain-based social media network that will aim to engage celebrities with their fans in a democratized manner. It’s worth noting that most blockchain-enabled social media projects such as Voice and Steemit have… Read More

October 13, 2021 @ 10:54 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) has introduced a new solution, which enables firms with frequent payments to consumers to offer their beneficiaries with the option to choose how they “want to be paid.” Called Recipient Select, the solution from Bank of America aims to address… Read More

October 13, 2021 @ 9:33 am By JD Alois  |  

Antler, a global VC firm active in the Fintech sector,  has closed over $300 in funding, according to a note from the company. Investors in the funds include Schroders, Vækstfonden, and Phoenix Group. Antler is committed to investing at the pre-seed stage, with the firm now… Read More

October 13, 2021 @ 9:19 am By JD Alois  |  

Temenos (SIX: TEMN) and Green Dot (NYSE: GDOT) are working together to power a digital banking service. Green Dot will use the Temenos Banking Cloud as its platform of choice to power its banking platform services (BaaS) partners. This will enable it to embed financial… Read More

October 13, 2021 @ 8:39 am By JD Alois  |  

Global Processing Services (GPS), a payments Fintech that works with many top firms like Revolut, Starling Bank, Curve, and more, has raised over $300 million according to a release. Investors include Advent International and Viking Global Investors who will gain control of the company. The… Read More

October 13, 2021 @ 8:18 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Billtrust (NASDAQ: BTRS), a B2B accounts receivable (AR) automation and integrated payments provider, has acquired iController, a B2B provider of intelligent solutions for collections management, “for $58 million, financed with cash on hand.” Established in 2007, Belgium-headquartered iController’s software-as-a-service (SaaS) product offering supports ” a… Read More

October 13, 2021 @ 8:15 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Lunar, the financial services firm that provides Nordic consumers and businesses a new way to bank and make payments, announces the acquisition of Paylike in order to make online payments simpler and faster for digital commerce businesses and consumers. Being able to take payments and… Read More

October 13, 2021 @ 7:52 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Celsius Network, the international digital currency earning and borrowing platform, reveals that it has finalized a $400 million investment that was led by WestCap, a growth equity company, as well as Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ), a global investment group. The transaction… Read More

October 13, 2021 @ 6:17 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Finacity, a provider of capital markets receivable funding, announced this week it has successfully completed the facilitation of a new consumer loan funding program for Express Credit Group’s Botswana specialty finance operations. The new facility will purchase loans from Express Credit through a newly created… Read More

October 12, 2021 @ 9:25 pm By JD Alois  |  

Fintech Founders has published a survey in collaboration with the UK Department for International Trade (DIT). Once again the group notes there is significant optimism for the Fintech industry while calling for more government support in a rapidly changing and dynamic market. Originally called the… Read More

October 12, 2021 @ 8:35 pm By JD Alois  |  

Earlier this year, CrowdProperty announced an expansion into Australia. The property investment marketplace said the model that they have proven in the UK is a perfect fit for the Australian market. Today, CrowdProperty Australia is reporting that it has raised $1.5 million to expand its… Read More

October 12, 2021 @ 4:01 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Planixs, the provider of real-time, intraday cash, collateral and liquidity management services, has revealed that its Realiti software suite has been chosen by Nord/LB as the bank “embarks on a digital transformation project to overhaul its treasury operations.” NORD/LB Norddeutsche Landesbank is reportedly one of… Read More

October 12, 2021 @ 3:46 pm By Douglas Horn  |  

The 17-hour outage has exposed a critical design flaw and grossly exaggerated TPS claims.   On September 14 at 12:38 PM UTC, Solana announced that it had encountered a denial-of-service [DoS] disruption caused by a surge in transaction loads, reaching as high as 400,000 attempted… Read More

October 12, 2021 @ 3:11 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Tinkoff Bank has been added to the Bank of Russia’s list of 13 systemically important lenders, the institution said this week. They said the decision was based on such factors as higher than average business growth and an extensive customer base. The move comes days… Read More