May 25, 2023 @ 2:02 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Builder.ai announces over $250M Series D led by QIA to push new boundaries for its AI powered composable software platform Strong customer tailwinds “continue to push Builder.ai’s vision of empowering everyone to build the software they need for their business or ideas and making it… Read More

May 25, 2023 @ 1:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Visa Inc. (NYSE: V), which claims to be a global leader in digital payments, announced that it plans to open a new global Technology and Product Hub in Poland that will be the first of its kind for Visa in Central and Eastern Europe. The… Read More

May 24, 2023 @ 11:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Venmo introduced the Venmo Teen Account, providing parents and legal guardians the ability to open a Venmo account for their teenagers between the ages of 13 to 17-years-old so they can send and receive money. The Venmo Teen Account also “comes with a Venmo Teen… Read More

May 24, 2023 @ 11:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fifth Third Bancorp (NASDAQ: FITB) is pleased to announce the acquisition of Rize Money, Inc., an embedded payments platform that “provides payment infrastructure and risk management capabilities to fintechs and other technology companies that want to offer innovative financial products through a single application programming… Read More

May 24, 2023 @ 11:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Checkout.com, the global payments service provider, has been granted a Retail Payment Services license from the Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates. This makes Checkout.com the first global payments provider “to be granted an acquiring license in the country, further cementing its position as… Read More

May 24, 2023 @ 10:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Freemarket, a Fintech platform for regulated B2B cross-border payments and currency exchange, announced a growth capital investment from Baird Capital’s Global Private Equity Fund. The investment supports Freemarket’s “continuing fast growth and international expansion, as well as providing a partial cash-out to existing shareholders. Financial… Read More

May 24, 2023 @ 10:40 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has obtained final judgments against HempAmerica and promoter Eleazer Kauderer. According to the SEC, the US District Court for the Southern District of New York has entered a final judgment on default against HempAmerica. Without admitting or denying the… Read More

May 24, 2023 @ 5:41 pm By JD Alois  |  

Superfinanciera Colombia, the financial regulator in Colombia, is pursuing a consultation on Open Banking, according to a recent post. Open Banking, or Open Finance, is a concept for data management in the financial services sector – typically where the consumer controls and owns the data…. Read More

May 24, 2023 @ 3:45 pm By JD Alois  |  

OpenFin has raised $35 million in Series D funding during a difficult environment.  The company did not share the valuation of the funding round. OpenFin said the round was led by Bank of America, with “significant” participation from Pivot Investment Partners and ING Ventures. Additional… Read More

May 24, 2023 @ 3:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

With the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) actively seeking new ways to help small business owners secure financing during the current credit crunch, Biz2Credit and CPA.com have introduced a new SBA 7(a) lending option “to the CPA Business Funding Portal, a cloud-based platform that supports… Read More

May 24, 2023 @ 2:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ozone API and Smart Data Foundry have announced a partnership and the launch of two new products – the Standards Library and Innovation Atlas – which are designed to support and accelerate financial innovation in Open Banking. The Standards Library helps financial institutions and innovators… Read More

May 24, 2023 @ 11:53 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Mulberri, an AI-driven embedded insurance platform, today announced the launch of its Risk Engine, a first of its kind risk assessment offering “for workers compensation underwriters.” The Risk Engine, which is already being “deployed by customers like Paychex’s PEO department, uses machine learning models to… Read More

May 24, 2023 @ 11:47 am By JD Alois  |  

Binance is taking another PR blow as Reuters is reporting that the world’s largest crypto exchange has been commingling investor and company funds. According to the report that was derived from a former company insider, “billions of dollars” and commingling happened on a daily basis…. Read More

May 24, 2023 @ 11:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

HAYVN, a regulated digital asset focused financial institution, announced “strong” HAYVN 20 Cryptocurrency Index Fund returns to investors during Q1 2023, despite increasing volatility in the digital asset market. The index fund for cryptocurrency assets “offering clients a diversified, low cost, and regulated strategy to… Read More

May 24, 2023 @ 11:34 am By JD Alois  |  

The University of Agder’s School of Business and Law Crowdfunding Research Centre has kicked off the European Crowdfunding Market Survey. The survey is being supported by the following entities: Bulgarian Fintech Association (Bulgaria) Bundesverband Crowdfunding eV (Germany) Czech and Slovak Crowdfunding Association (Czech Republic and… Read More

May 24, 2023 @ 11:22 am By JD Alois  |  

The European Commission has adopted a new “Retail Investment Package” that seeks to “empower retail investors.” The new policy is part of the European Union’s ongoing Capital Markets Union action plan. During the past few years, the Commission has been gathering and researching the proposals,… Read More

May 24, 2023 @ 10:51 am By Timothy Li  |  

It was a warm week in New York City, and I found myself flying across the country to attend the preeminent fintech conference Fintech Nexus, previously known as LendIt Fintech. At the heels of a global pandemic, the recovering U.S. economy, and continuing regional banking… Read More

May 24, 2023 @ 9:03 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Global fintech venture capital firm QED Investors announced that it has closed two new funds with combined capital commitments of $925 million. The new capital commitments comprise Fund VIII, “an oversubscribed $650 million early stage fund, and Growth II, a $275 million early growth-stage fund.”… Read More

May 24, 2023 @ 8:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

One in five data and analytics decision-makers cite the inability to process big data and act on it at the speeds needed by operations, businesses and customers as a top challenge in executing their vision, according to an update from TransUnion (NYSE: TRU). To ease… Read More

May 24, 2023 @ 8:53 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Equifax (NYSE: EFX) is continuing its commitment to delivering the industry’s most comprehensive suite of mortgage verification solutions with the launch of Employment Select+, a new offering that “supports lenders and consumers during the critical stages of the loan closing process.” Leveraging the power of… Read More