Global

July 19, 2021 @ 6:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at global Fintech Circle, which will go public in a $4.5 billion SPAC deal, notes that the promise of decentralized finance (DeFi) is to transform or fundamentally improve financial services by offering greater transparency, security, and community governance by leveraging blockchain or distributed… Read More

July 19, 2021 @ 11:28 am By JD Alois  |  

Prometeo, a large open banking platform based in Uruguay, has announced a new program for startups called Spark. The program enables startups, Fintechs, and small businesses access to its infrastructure of banking connections with APIs, free of charge. Prometeo stated that participants will have access… Read More

July 19, 2021 @ 11:08 am By JD Alois  |  

Zodia Custody Limited, a crypto-focused firm backed by Standard Chartered, is now registered with the UK Financial Conduct Authority as a regulated crypto-asset firm. Standard Chartered partnered with Northern Trust to launch Zodia. Earlier this month, Zodia announced a new wholesale trading platform for crypto-assets…. Read More

July 19, 2021 @ 10:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The National Bank of Ukraine has reportedly added Fintech firm Paysera to the nation’s Register of Payment Systems. After carrying out the necessary technical preparations, Paysera will be providing quicker transfers to and from Ukraine to private clients. Transactions will be supported in hryvnias, Euros,… Read More

July 19, 2021 @ 8:50 am By JD Alois  |  

Clausematch has published a report stating that the Regtech industry is at a tipping point as firms deal with “the ever-increasing regulatory burden and the cost of maintaining compliance.” Clausematch has distributed its ‘”Voice of Regtech” survey. According to the company, the survey was carried… Read More

July 19, 2021 @ 8:05 am By Omar Faridi  |  

TrueLayer, the global Open Banking solution provider, reveals that it has hired technical professionals in Australia in order to expand operations in the APAC region. Tilen Chetty will be joining TrueLayer in Sydney as Product Lead and Dan Gaskin will be working out of the… Read More

July 19, 2021 @ 8:02 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Switzerland-based B2B Proptech firm PriceHubble reveals that it has finalized its $34 million Series B round. PriceHubble’s investment round was oversubscribed and was led by Digital+ Partners, a European growth equity investor. The firm’s round was also joined by Latitude Ventures, the Series B+ sister… Read More

July 19, 2021 @ 12:56 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at European P2P lending platform Bondora reveals that it has been another solid month of growth for recoveries. Bondora, which has seen nearly 170,000 people invest more than €455 million and have reportedly earned €54 million to date, reports that the amount of… Read More

July 18, 2021 @ 11:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Kuflink Group, a platform that connects borrowers with lenders, by providing a steady flow of accessible finance and competitive interest rates, notes that their tech team has worked hard to bring new features. Kuflink‘s management writers in a blog post that together, with users’ feedback,… Read More

July 18, 2021 @ 10:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

UK-based MarketFinance, one of the world’s largest peer-to-peer (P2P) invoice finance platforms, acknowledges that they understand the “stresses” and “frustrations” that small businesses go through on daily basis. Although they cannot fix everything, the company explains that they can provide you the financial “firepower” you… Read More

July 18, 2021 @ 10:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The iwoca SME Expert Index reveals that 1 in 3 brokers “see rising demand for unsecured finance.” As noted in an update shared with CI, more than a third (38%) of brokers submitted “more lending applications for unsecured finance in May compared to the previous… Read More

July 18, 2021 @ 9:53 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Lithuania-based financing platform Debitum recently published their platform statistics update for June 2021. As noted in a blog post by Debitum, the month of June was a relatively calm or quiet month for the platform. However, their team continued working hard to… Read More

July 18, 2021 @ 6:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

European peer-to-peer lending platform Mintos has reportedly changed the status for E-Cash and Dziesiatka on its platform. The Mintos team writes in a blog post: “Along with proceeding with the recovery of funds from E-Cash and Dziesiatka, we are changing the status for both lending… Read More

July 18, 2021 @ 2:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Beginning July 15, 2021, Clover Finance (CLV) is available for trading via Coinbase.com and in the Coinbase Android and iOS apps, the company confirmed in a blog post. Coinbase (COIN:Nasdaq) clients are able to trade, send, receive, or store CLV in the US, with the… Read More

July 18, 2021 @ 11:33 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Kristo Käärmann, Co-founder and CEO of Wise (previously dba TransferWise), which aims to make money work without borders, notes that they’re building the world’s most international account. 1/ @Wise Q2 Mission Update is here. Our team is 2,600 people now. How much progress did we… Read More

July 18, 2021 @ 10:59 am By Omar Faridi  |  

UK-based Fintech firm SplitBill, which enables free instantaneous fund transfers between friends and family members and allows merchants to save in processing fees versus credit cards transactions, reveals that it has now raised £99,370 (of its £150,000 target) from 52 investors via Crowdcube. SplitBill, which… Read More

July 17, 2021 @ 9:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance USD, a major stablecoin issued by crypto exchange Binance, has reached its $10B market cap milestone and has entered the top 10 digital currency rankings, the company confirmed in a blog post on July 15, 2021. Binance USD has already exceeded $11 billion in… Read More

July 17, 2021 @ 8:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at European online lender October has published a blog post on credit risk analysis models including their construction and application. October notes in an update that the Covid-19 health crisis has led to two situations: a rise in the number of new loan… Read More

July 17, 2021 @ 7:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

UK’s leading property finance Fintech LendInvest, which recently became a publicly-traded firm. with shares now trading on the London Stock Exchange’s AIM market, under the ticker symbol “LINV,” has shared 10 notable Buy-to-Let deals from a week in June 2021. The LendInvest team writes in… Read More

July 17, 2021 @ 6:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital investment platform Robo.cash reveals that it performed a survey in order to examine the most common spending habits or patterns among consumers. According to an update from Robo.cash, the “overwhelming” majority of European investors plan to include summer vacation as a major part of… Read More