Global

June 25, 2021 @ 9:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

eRemit Singapore, a digital remittance service platform that’s supported by Merchantrade Asia and QALA Tech, has teamed up with Hong Leong Assurance Singapore (HLAS) in order to provide a new insurance scheme for migrant workers based in Singapore. The eRemit Singapore’s Salary Protector Scheme has… Read More

June 25, 2021 @ 8:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Prove, which offers an innovative way of proving identity by requiring only a phone number, reveals that it has integrated TransUnion’s TruValidate identity verification solution into its product offering so that it can offer a new, instant, digital identity service in Hong Kong. The launch… Read More

June 25, 2021 @ 4:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Riverside Company, a multinational private investor that’s focused on the smaller end of the middle market, announced recently that it has acquired a controlling stake in Cryptomathic, a Danish provider of high-end hardware agnostic secure server solutions. Cryptomathic provides solutions to various industry sectors, … Read More

June 25, 2021 @ 1:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Marketware International reveals that it has formed a strategic alliance with Orion Advisor Solutions in order to offer banking institutions, broker-dealers, and various enterprise-level institutions access to Orion’s innovative technologies. Marketware currently operates as a global enterprise offering “customized” retail financial products and solutions. Marketware… Read More

June 25, 2021 @ 1:22 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Metropolitan Police have seized £114 million in crypto – said to be the largest seizure in the UK and perhaps the largest globally. According to a statement by authorities, the seizure was carried out by detectives from the Met’s Economic Crime Command on the… Read More

June 25, 2021 @ 10:51 am By JD Alois  |  

A plenary of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), under the German Presidency of Dr. Marcus Pleyer took place this past week. The meeting provided several updates on key regulatory items including standards set for “Virtual Asset Service Providers” or VASPs. According to a statement… Read More

June 25, 2021 @ 10:31 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Senior management professionals from Fintech giants such as Grab, PayPal, and Stripe have all come together to establish an angel investment network that will aim to channel funds towards early-stage ventures based in Southeast Asia. Established with assistance from Saison Capital and Finantier, the Fintech… Read More

June 25, 2021 @ 9:36 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Chainalysis, a leading blockchain analysis firm, is pleased to confirm that they’ve acquired $100 million in capital via a Series E round that was led by Coatue, bringing the company’s valuation to $4.2 billion. Previous investors Benchmark, Accel, Addition, Dragoneer, Durable Capital… Read More

June 25, 2021 @ 7:59 am By JD Alois  |  

Gotrade, a trading app, has raised $7 million in a seed funding round led by LocalGlobe with participation from Social Leverage, Y Combinator, Picus Capital, and Raptor Group as well as angels associated with GoCardless (Matt Robinson), Skyscanner (Carlos Gonzalez-Cadenas), Deutsche Bank (Frank Strauss), and… Read More

June 25, 2021 @ 7:36 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Germany-based Fintech firms Raisin and Deposit Solutions have reportedly decided to merge their operations in order to establish a new company in the business-to-consumer or B2C savings sector. Deposit Solutions currently operates deposit marketplaces for more than 150 partners, such as large institutions including Deutsche… Read More

June 25, 2021 @ 7:32 am By Omar Faridi  |  

UK-based ClearScore, a free-of-cost credit scoring service and marketplace, has acquired $200 million in capital from Invus Opportunities. Invus Opportunities, the global equity investor, has committed to a considerable, “long term investment” in ClearScore, the UK’s leading credit marketplace, according to a release. The funds… Read More

June 25, 2021 @ 7:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Security Token Market (STM), which is focused on supporting the fast-evolving blockchain-based security tokens sector, has released their monthly market report from May 2021. Published on June 24, 2021, the report from STM notes that they’ve provided a truncated market report which… Read More

June 25, 2021 @ 1:08 am By Omar Faridi  |  

After an extensive and thorough selection process, Hometrack, an established provider of insight and intelligence to the United Kingdom’s mortgage sector, has decided to work with Moneyhub, an Open Finance data, intelligence, and payments service for customer-focused firms. Moneyhub will be serving as Hometrack’s preferred… Read More

June 24, 2021 @ 4:04 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Consumer software platform Atom Finance this week announced a $28 million Series B funding round led by the SoftBank Latin America Fund with participation from existing investors General Catalyst and Base Partners. The funding will be directed to partnership and subscriber growth, staffing, and opening… Read More

June 24, 2021 @ 2:49 pm By JD Alois  |  

Sorbet has announced a $21 million seed round – said to be the largest seed round ever for a Fintech in Israel. Sorbet said that funding of $6 million was announced in April and the round was subsequently extended garnering the additional $15 million. Simultaneously,… Read More

June 24, 2021 @ 2:12 pm By JD Alois  |  

Wirex, a digital payments platform, says it will pay people up to 16% on their crypto and fiat funds. Wirex made the claim in a release announcing the launch of its new service “X-Accounts” created in partnership with Fireblocks. While the 16% promotion is pretty… Read More

June 24, 2021 @ 11:39 am By JD Alois  |  

Wahed Inc., an Islamic Fintech firm, has announced the appointment of Umer Suleman as General Manager of UK operations. According to a note from the company, his responsibilities will include overseeing Wahed Invest’s growth strategy and solidifying the firm’s position as a top provider of… Read More

June 24, 2021 @ 10:11 am By JD Alois  |  

Digital Assets AG, a Swiss-based blockchain firm supporting the issuance of tokenized financial instruments, says its tokenized stock infrastructure will move to the Solana blockchain. Simultaneously, the company said it will launch the first free-floating security tokens allowing the compliant transfer of tokenized stocks on… Read More

June 24, 2021 @ 8:42 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Currencycloud, the Fintech firm that aims to simply and streamline business in a multi-currency environment, has introduced its Bold Academy – which is described as a knowledge-sharing program for Series A-funded startups or early-stage ventures. The Bold Academy has been launched along with an update… Read More

June 24, 2021 @ 8:02 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Visa (NYSE: V) will be acquiring European Open Banking Fintech Tink for €1.8 billion. The acquisition should help with filling a Plaid-shaped hole in Visa’s existing portfolio after a $5.4 billion deal to acquire the financial data-sharing firm was unsuccessful (following pushback from regulatory authorities)…. Read More