Global

July 15, 2021 @ 11:08 am By JD Alois  |  

The United Kingdom has long been a top global Fintech hub – a title it is keen to maintain. The combination of a pretty supportive policy environment, a market economy, and a risk-taking entrepreneurial class, has fueled a Fintech boom. More recently, Brexit has challenged… Read More

July 15, 2021 @ 10:42 am By JD Alois  |  

The Dutch Alternative Credit Instrument (DACI) is poised to provide access to capital for SMEs in the Netherlands. According to a post by the European Investment Fund (EIF), DACI is being launched by the Dutch National Promotional Bank Invest-NL and the Ministry of Economic Affairs… Read More

July 15, 2021 @ 10:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Ledgermatic, the treasury, finance and custody solution, reveals that it’s now live and “compatible for the Algorand ecosystem.” Businesses that use the Algorand network, hold Algo’s and use native ASA tokens are able to “leverage Ledgermatic as their custodian and back-office finance solution with a… Read More

July 15, 2021 @ 9:46 am By JD Alois  |  

Once again, leading Fintech investment bank FT Partners has played a key role in an outsized funding round in the Revolut transaction. As was reported earlier today, Revolut raised $800 million at a whopping $33 billion valuation. The funding was led by SoftBank – Tiger… Read More

July 15, 2021 @ 9:23 am By Omar Faridi  |  

CertiK reports that it has finalized a Series B funding round, raising more than $37 million in capital. The CertiK Family of investors continues to grow with backing from Coatue Management, Shunwei Capital, and Coinbase Ventures. As mentioned in an update shared with CI: “We… Read More

July 15, 2021 @ 9:18 am By JD Alois  |  

Eurora Solutions, an Estonian firm that offers an AI/ML service for cross-border transactions, has raised a $3 million seed round, according to a note from the firm. The seed round was led by Change Ventures which was joined by angels including the founders of Printify,… Read More

July 15, 2021 @ 8:33 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Boubyan Bank has introduced a mobile-only, Sharia-compliant banking solution in the United Kingdom. The platform will aim to address the requirements of individuals residing in the Middle East who may have international banking needs. As noted in the announcement, Nomo will be providing a new… Read More

July 15, 2021 @ 8:01 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Brian Barnes, the Founder and CEO at M1 Finance, notes that he’s pleased to confirm the company’s $150 million Series E round, led by Softbank’s Vision Fund 2 along with participation from existing investors. M1 Finance‘s latest investment round brings the company’s valuation to $1.45… Read More

July 15, 2021 @ 8:00 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Data released this week by TradingPlatforms.com shows the growing influence of digital commerce in Europe. The research authors defined digital commerce as all consumer transactions made via the Internet directly relating to online shopping for products and services, with payments made through providers like PayPal… Read More

July 15, 2021 @ 7:54 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Prominent digital bank Revolut has finalized a massive $800 million round that now values the loss-making Fintech at $33 billion. Revolut‘s latest investment round brings on board two key investors, the SoftBank Vision Fund 2 and Tiger Global Management. The capital injection will be channeled… Read More

July 15, 2021 @ 1:00 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

One in nine adults in the United Kingdom could make their first cryptocurrency purchase over the next year, data from UK money app Ziglu suggests. Should they all take the plunge that would mean 21 percent of UK adults would own some digital currency. Of… Read More

July 14, 2021 @ 8:49 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Multi-chain DeFi products ecosystem Persistence today launched the mainnet for pSTAKE, its liquid staking solution. In the first phase Cosmos will be supported with such networks as Solana, Polkadot and Ethereum being added later on. pSTAKE is designed to unlock the liquidity of staked assets…. Read More

July 14, 2021 @ 7:58 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Banks still have a long way to go in the quest to automate identity verification, research from biometric authentication services provider iProov shows. Research conducted with 20 or the largest retail US banks revealed overly complicated online onboarding processes which failed to capitalize on opportunities… Read More

July 14, 2021 @ 6:54 pm By Priyanka Pani  |  

Phantom, a multi-chain crypto wallet, has raised $9 million in Series A funding led by Andreessen Horowitz  (A16z).  Variant Fund, Jump Capital, DeFi Alliance, and Solana Foundation also participated in the round along with Garry Tan, an early Coinbase investor and other angel investors from Compound, dYdX, Audius, Lolli, and Ethereum Foundation. Phantom plans to use… Read More

July 14, 2021 @ 5:23 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

The use of alternative financing methods has grown during the pandemic and will continue to do so through at least 2023, data from BlockArabia.com suggests. Globally, alternative financing is expected to grow by 20 per cent to hit $8.9 billion in 2023. The bulk of… Read More

July 14, 2021 @ 2:36 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Marqeta (NASDAQ: MQ), the global modern card issuing platform, and Payfare (TSX: PAY), a Fintech firm focused on offering instant payout and digital banking services for contract professionals, have formed a new partnership in order to expand the reach of Payfare’s platform to the fast-evolving… Read More

July 14, 2021 @ 1:54 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has settled charges against UK company Blotics, the operator of Coinschedule.com, a site that promoted digital securities offerings. Blotics was determined to have violated the anti-touting provisions of the federal securities laws by failing to disclose the compensation it… Read More

July 14, 2021 @ 11:24 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Skrill, which is part of specialized payments firm Paysafe (NYSE: PSFE), reveals that it has  added 20 other virtual currencies to its digital wallet for its clients to purchase and sell. As mentioned in a release shared with Crowdfund Insider, the new additions bring the… Read More

July 14, 2021 @ 9:59 am By JD Alois  |  

The Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF) has launched its next survey on the Fintech industry. According to CCAF, the research entity has kicked off the Global COVID-19 #Fintech Market and Industry Resilience Study. More recently, CCAF published its Global Alternative Finance Benchmarking Report outlining… Read More

July 14, 2021 @ 9:17 am By JD Alois  |  

Clausematch, a UK-based Regtech serving global markets, has been selected as the winner of the Innovate Finance Pitch360. Innovate Finance is a Fintech industry group that advocates on behalf of innovation in financial services. According to a note from Clausematch, over 2000 votes were tallied across… Read More