Global

June 3, 2021 @ 10:20 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Financial technology leader FIS (NYSE:FIS) and The Venture Center have unveiled the 10 firms chosen to participate in the 2021 FIS Fintech Accelerator program. As mentioned in an update shared with CI: “In its sixth year, the FIS Fintech Accelerator program is focused on identifying… Read More

June 3, 2021 @ 8:25 am By JD Alois  |  

Dutch payments Fintech Recharge.com has expanded its services in the Middle East. Headquartered in Amsterdam, the Fintech specializes in digital gift and prepaid cards for local and global brands like Netflix, Spotify, and Xbox. Recharge is now operating in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and… Read More

June 3, 2021 @ 7:41 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Switzerland-based Fintech firm neon has secured 7 million CHF (appr. $7.78 million) from existing investors and has also launched a crowdfunding round for clients. The neon team notes: “Excessive fees, inflexible opening times, too much bureaucracy and complicated apps. To us, it was clear: it… Read More

June 3, 2021 @ 7:36 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Sentinels, the Dutch company behind an AI-enhanced transaction monitoring system, has secured €5.7 million through a seed funding round. As explained on the company’s website: “Sentinels optimizes your existing anti-money laundering and transaction monitoring processes at the root by generating real-time actionable client insights. Your… Read More

June 2, 2021 @ 11:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Carrousel Digital, the London-headquartered financial boutique, and its partner, Paris-based Marbeuf Conseil et Recherche, the digital security developer, have introduced Moneytak, a system that supports the transfer of funds or documents between two digital objects without needing a connection to a server when the transaction… Read More

June 2, 2021 @ 11:07 pm By JD Alois  |  

LendInvest, a top property finance platform, has announced several changes to its Buy-to-Let (BTL) suite, including the launch of new pay rate products and a repricing of its standard BTL range and Small HMO’s.  According to a note from the company, LendInvest has introduced two… Read More

June 2, 2021 @ 9:52 pm By JD Alois  |  

Payments Fintech Checkout.com has announced the hire of JP Morgan cybersecurity expert Adrian Asher as Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) and head of cloud architecture, according to a note from the company. As shared by the company, Asher led global cybersecurity identity in the cloud for… Read More

June 2, 2021 @ 9:08 pm By JD Alois  |  

Volt, an Australian digital banking service, has partnered with Australian Finance Group Ltd (ASX:AFG) – a large mortgage aggregator. The partnership with Volt is a significant sign of confidence for the emerging Fintech. Simultaneously, Volt has extended its Series E funding round. According to a… Read More

June 2, 2021 @ 4:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently caught up with Paul Barroso, Co-founder & CEO of Atani and Haydeé Barroso, Co-founder & COO at Atani. Paul and Haydeé explained how their platform allows users to access many different crypto exchanges such as Binance, Huobi, Coinbase Pro, among many others. Atani… Read More

June 2, 2021 @ 3:42 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

    Nuvei, a global payment technology provider based in Canada, announced on Wednesday its wholly-owned FCA regulated subsidiary has secured the scheme licenses to continue acquiring and processing Mastercard and Visa payments for merchants who are based in the UK beyond the FCA Temporary… Read More

June 2, 2021 @ 2:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The cryptocurrency market has really been tested during the past few weeks following “a cascade of negative news,” the Coin Metrics team notes in its latest report. The resulting crypto market price crash has also been “a big test” for stablecoins, which are becoming a… Read More

June 2, 2021 @ 10:58 am By JD Alois  |  

INX Limited has announced a partnership with GMO-Z.com Trust Company, Inc. The collaboration aims to offer the world’s first regulated stablecoin backed by the Yen or GYEN and made available to both retail and institutional customers. INX will also be integrating GMO Trust’s USD-backed stablecoin,… Read More

June 2, 2021 @ 10:36 am By JD Alois  |  

The Falkensteiner hotel group and online capital formation platform Finnest are partnering once again to raise capital for the hotel chain. Finnest, based in Austria, is a debt and equity crowdfunding platform that claims to be the largest in the Nordic region following its merger… Read More

June 2, 2021 @ 10:21 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Mark Skehill has reportedly been hired as Enterprise Sales Manager – UK and Western Europe at ECOMMPAY, a global payment service platform and also a direct bank card acquirer with its own Fintech solutions. Mark Skehill has been recruited as part of ongoing growth for… Read More

June 2, 2021 @ 7:57 am By JD Alois  |  

Revolut Business has added Clear Books accounting software integration. New subscribers to the service will receive a  discount off of the software. Revolut states that the integration is part of its Open Banking framework with the functionality embed into the application. Revolut says the booming… Read More

June 2, 2021 @ 7:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

UK-based digital bank Starling has been accredited by the British Business Bank as a lender under the government-backed Recovery Loan Scheme (RLS), which is the successor to the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS). Starling had previously been approved as a lender under the initial… Read More

June 2, 2021 @ 7:42 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Fintech firm Cushon, the pension and savings firm, revealed on Wednesday (June 2, 2021) that it has finalized a funding round of £26 million in order to finance its business expansion and product development, after its acquisition of a master trust pension scheme. Leading Cushon‘s… Read More

June 2, 2021 @ 2:43 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Fraudio, a startup founded by experts from the Dutch payment ecosystem, has reportedly secured  $3.3 million in capital via a seed round. The Fraudio team claims that they’ve spent two years developing a Cloud native, centralized AI and machine learning payment fraud detection solution for… Read More

June 1, 2021 @ 11:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ikigai, an established wealth management and banking app for affluent Millennials, has secured nearly £2 million in capital through a crowdfunding campaign via CrowdCube. The funds raised will be used to accelerate ikigai’s product roadmap and enhance its technology team. The total funds secured equates… Read More

June 1, 2021 @ 10:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

UK-based Fintech firm Wise (formerly doing business as TransferWise) has introduced remittance services in India, as the company looks to expand its operations globally with a new office in Mumbai. This move by London-headquartered Wise has come after the company began supporting Google Pay users… Read More