Global

August 4, 2021 @ 9:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Only a few weeks after finalizing its Series A-2 funding round of almost $3.8 million from 10 different investors, Insurtech Synchrono Group Inc., which offers services under a trademarked brand called SynchronoSure, is introducing another product, company Chief Executive and Chair Steve Hartmank reveals. In… Read More

August 4, 2021 @ 9:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Localize has closed on a $25 million Series C funding round, according to a note from the Proptech firm. The funding round was led by Pitango Growth with Mizrahi-Tefahot and existing investors joining in. As part of the funding round Pitango co-founder and Managing Partners,… Read More

August 4, 2021 @ 8:59 am By JD Alois  |  

Financial risk management platform Feedzai has acquired Revelock a biometric ID platform. Revelock technology will be immediately integrated into the core Feedzai platform with historical behavioral biometric intelligence available.  Feedzai claims the purchase has created the world’s largest AI-powered financial risk management platform calling the… Read More

August 4, 2021 @ 8:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Digital Asset Management reports that it is now live on Crowdcube as the first Gibraltar registered firm to crowdfund. The firm’s management told Crowdfund Insider: “During the first few days of being live in Dam’s community, the company has raised over 1,000,000… Read More

August 4, 2021 @ 8:24 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Dedicated Prime property lender CapitalRise announced the advancement of a £9.2 million senior loan for the refinancing and development of two freehold Georgian townhouses based in Bloomsbury, London “with a GDV of £14 million.” As mentioned in a release shared with CI, the loan will… Read More

August 4, 2021 @ 8:19 am By Omar Faridi  |  

A completely digital economy has “always been on the horizon” and now, thanks to the Covid-19 outbreak, that horizon has been “brought to the forefront” of business operations, the team at UK-based Fintech Modulr writes in a blog post. Before the Coronavirus crisis, cashless payments… Read More

August 3, 2021 @ 10:36 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ABN Amro (AMS: ABN), a Dutch bank with headquarters in Amsterdam and currently the third-largest bank in the Netherlands, will be offering clients a sustainability discount on mortgage interest rates for energy-efficient homes. ABN Amro‘s management noted that they will be using the EU’s Energy Label… Read More

August 3, 2021 @ 10:33 pm By JD Alois  |  

FinTech Australia, the leading association advocating on behalf of innovation in financial services in Australia, is looking for a new Chief Executive Officer. The hunt for new leadership was predicated by the decision of former CEO Rebecca Schot-Guppy to exit the group to take a… Read More

August 3, 2021 @ 6:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital bank Revolut, which offers a financial Super App with 16 million clients globally, reveals that it has simplified cross-border transactions between the US and Mexico with the introduction of its US-Mexico remittance corridor. With this launch, Revolut clients in the US and Mexico are… Read More

August 3, 2021 @ 9:16 am By JD Alois  |  

CrowdProperty recently returned to Seedrs to raise growth capital once again. This time, the Proptech raised over £1.8 million from 793 investors. The offering was initial pegged at a target of £800,000. Investors purchased equity at a pre-money valuation of £29.4 million. The offering was… Read More

August 3, 2021 @ 8:24 am By Omar Faridi  |  

London’s Element Ventures, a B2B Fintech-focused VC company, has established a $130 million fund with support from prominent investors. Launched by experienced financial services professionals Stephen Gibson and Michael McFadgen, and joined by Spencer Lake, who is HSBC’s ex- Vice Chairperson of Global Banking and… Read More

August 3, 2021 @ 8:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Molo Finance reveals that it has formed an intermediary partnership with Tenet Group, which is one of the largest financial advisor support groups in the United Kingdom. This partnership will see Tenet provide Molo’s products to its advisers and client base, increasing their reach in… Read More

August 3, 2021 @ 8:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Payments Fintech Rapyd has raised $300 million in Series E funding according to a note from the company. Rapyd recently acquired European payments firm Valitor for $100 mill to expand its services. The funding was led by Target Global along with participation from existing investors: General… Read More

August 2, 2021 @ 11:59 pm By JD Alois  |  

GenoCrowd, a partnership between Raiffeisenbank im Hochtaunus and CrowdDesk, has announced its first securities offering for a property project in Leipzig. GenoCrowd GmbH, a 100% subsidiary of CrowdDesk GmbH. Both GenoCrowd GmbH and CrowdDesk GmbH are companies that are independent of Raiffeisenbank im Hochtaunus eG…. Read More

August 2, 2021 @ 9:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Singapore-based DBS Bank Ltd (SGX:D05), a multinational banking and financial services corporation with over $330 billion in assets, and Temasek have entered into an agreement to introduce a $500 million growth or early-stage debt financing platform, known as EvolutionX Debt Capital. Based in Singapore, EvolutionX… Read More

August 2, 2021 @ 9:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Cairo-headquartered CreditFins, a credit card management service provider, has acquired an undisclosed amount of capital via a pre-seed round. CreditFins’ investment round has been led by Flat6Labs, AUC Angels, TA Telecom Holding, along with contributions from other technology-focused angel investors. CreditFins has also graduated from… Read More

August 2, 2021 @ 6:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitfinex Derivatives is offering a derivatives platform that is accessible via Bitfinex, a digital token trading platform. As mentioned in a release shared with CI, Bitfinex Derivatives has introduced a perpetual contract for Solana (SOLF0:USTF0). Solana (SOLF0:USTF0) “went live on 26/07/21 at 15:00 PM CET,”… Read More

August 2, 2021 @ 8:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Capital on Tap, a UK-headquartered Fintech firm, reveals that it has introduced its small business credit card in the US markets. There’s been a lot of demand for such products, the company claims. Since April 2021, there have been more than 28,000 businesses that have… Read More

August 2, 2021 @ 8:38 am By JD Alois  |  

Facevalue, a Netherlands-based factoring platform, has launched services across Europe for SMEs. Facevalue is a Dutch Fintech startup that offers working capital solutions and specializes in global accounts receivable and payable finance. Prior to the launch of its SME solution, Face value has been serving… Read More

August 2, 2021 @ 8:21 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Big Exchange, which is an impact investing platform & a money management app, with a marketplace for fairer products coming, has secured ££283,916 of its £150,000 target from 242 investors through Crowdcube (at the time of writing). The Big Exchange team notes that they… Read More