Global

November 9, 2020 @ 8:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

UK-based digital bank Starling is reportedly planning to secure £200 million (appr. $263 million) in additional capital in order to further expand its business operations. Starling Bank may consider launching an initial public offering (IPO) in the foreseeable future. Starling has hired Rothschild to focus… Read More

November 9, 2020 @ 5:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Qatar’s private sector is now ready to work cooperatively with US-based companies and businesses, according to Qatar Development Bank CEO Abdulaziz Bin Nasser Al Khalifa. As previously reported, the Qatar Development Bank (QDB) offers financial services, banking, and loans to support the development of the… Read More

November 9, 2020 @ 12:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

American Fintech firm Ripple has reportedly chosen the Dubai International Financial Centre as its new regional headquarters. Financial institutions based in over 45 different countries are currently using RippleNet, which is a “decentralized” network for conducting cross-border transactions between different financial services providers. Ripple focuses… Read More

November 9, 2020 @ 12:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Adena Friedman, CEO at Nasdaq, the world’s second-largest stock exchange with a market cap of around $17 trillion, notes that the COVID-19 pandemic is “fundamentally accelerating” the adoption of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions. According to Friedman, the current environment has also led to the increased usage… Read More

November 9, 2020 @ 11:13 am By Omar Faridi  |  

UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak is reportedly planning to overhaul or fundamentally change the nation’s listing regime in order to attract more tech firms to London, according to a recent report from Sky News. Sources familiar with the matter said that Sunak will be working on… Read More

November 9, 2020 @ 10:20 am By JD Alois  |  

Bloomio AG, a holding company of the Bloomio group, has announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued U.S. Patent No. 10,790,976, which is described as a method for recovering cryptographic assets associated with a cryptocurrency wallet. Citing a study by… Read More

November 9, 2020 @ 8:34 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The COVID-19 pandemic has created many different socioeconomic challenges. It has definitely been a really tough year for the travel and tourism industry as most people were forced to cancel their travelling plans and stay at home (to prevent the further spread of the virus)…. Read More

November 9, 2020 @ 8:29 am By JD Alois  |  

Purple Dot, a payment platform for fashion merchandisers that enables consumers to offer to purchase a product at below the retail recommended price, has raised a £1.3 million seed round. The funding was led by Connect Ventures. Other investors participating in the round include AI… Read More

November 9, 2020 @ 7:45 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The transactional value of the US Fintech market is expected to increase at a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8.6% over the forecast period of 2019-2024, according to a new report. The report from Industry Research states that Fintech is beginning to transform the… Read More

November 8, 2020 @ 7:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Standard Chartered (LON:STAN), a UK-based multinational banking and financial services company with over $720 billion in assets, has decided to adopt a hybrid approach to working where it will allow its employees to perform their duties from home and they can also complete tasks from… Read More

November 8, 2020 @ 6:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Funding Circle (LSE: FCH), an SME lender that facilitates loans in both the US and parts of Europe, has acquired £30 million in capital from British Business Investments. British Business Investments operates as a commercial subsidiary of the British Business Bank. Funding Circle plans to… Read More

November 7, 2020 @ 11:43 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Latvia-based peer to peer (P2P) lender Grupeer noted on November 5, 2020, that it would like to inform its users about the different actions it has taken (as a company) to meet its obligations towards platform investors. Grupeer’s management stated in a blog post that… Read More

November 7, 2020 @ 11:09 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Finxact, an established “Core as a Service” banking solution provider, says it’s leading the transition in the US to a model of core banking that leverages the benefits of Cloud along with supporting the ability for banks to choose the best technology providers. According to… Read More

November 7, 2020 @ 7:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Investment platform Fumbi Network, which was founded by Juraj Forgacs in late 2018, has chosen French crypto-asset security firm Ledger as its custody and security solutions provider. As explained by Ledger, Fumbi Network is “a simple and secure service that enables those in the Slovak… Read More

November 7, 2020 @ 7:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

​Brazil’s National Monetary Council (CMN), which is responsible for establishing monetary and credit policies, will be working with Banco Central do Brasil (BCB), the nation’s reserve bank, in order to create guidelines for managing the operation of the “Controlled Tests Environment for Financial and Payment… Read More

November 7, 2020 @ 7:44 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Gen II Fund Services, LLC, an established independent private equity fund administrator, has acquired a new strategic investment. General Atlantic, a global growth equity company, and Hg, a multinational software investor, are leading the latest investment. IHS Markit (NYSE: INFO), a key provider of critical… Read More

November 6, 2020 @ 11:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently connected with Patricia Montesi, Co-Founder and CEO at Qolo, a Fintech firm focused on B2B payments and facilitating cost-effective cross-border transaction processing. Montesi discussed what her company is doing to help businesses with settling payments in a more efficient manner. She also talked… Read More

November 6, 2020 @ 7:53 am By JD Alois  |  

Antler, a global early-stage venture capital firm that seeks to invest in the defining technology companies of tomorrow, has opened an office in Berlin. In the past, Antler has backed a good number of Fintechs. Berlin has emerged as a hot startup ecosystem. Antler notes… Read More

November 6, 2020 @ 7:32 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Switzerland is establishing a Green Fintech Network in order to help the country take advantage of the different opportunities offered by sustainable finance solutions. As stated in the announcement: “The Federal Council sees sustainable finance as a great opportunity for the Swiss financial centre. The… Read More

November 5, 2020 @ 11:33 am By JD Alois  |  

In a blow to a significant Fintech, the US Department of Justice has filed suit in federal court pertaining to Visa’s (NYSE:V) pending $5.3 billion acquisition of Plaid, a top open banking platform. Last January, Visa announced its intent to purchase Plaid. At that time,… Read More