May 17, 2023 @ 4:54 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Addepar Research team leverages the power of Addepar’s unique, anonymized and aggregated data set “to help investors make smarter decisions, offer better advice and improve portfolio performance.” Research reports and insights are available to Addepar clients – leading firms in the investment and wealth… Read More

May 17, 2023 @ 4:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CertiK, the New York-based blockchain security company, and Alibaba Cloud, the digital technology and intelligence backbone of Alibaba Group, announced the signing of a partnership to provide blockchain security services to cloud-based Web3 projects. Web3 developers can now “accelerate their development process and secure their… Read More

May 17, 2023 @ 4:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

corfinancial, a provider of specialist software and services to the financial services sector, announces the implementation of its Central Securities Depositories Regulation (CSDR) software, SureVu, at Man Group, a global active investment management firm with $144.7 billion of AUM (as of 31st March 2023). SureVu… Read More

May 17, 2023 @ 12:36 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Global private equity platform Moonfare has hit a strategic milestone with the final close of its second core portfolio, Moonfare Core Portfolio II (Core II), which surpassed its fundraising target, propelling a proprietary Moonfare portfolio beyond the €100m mark for the first time. Moonfare CEO… Read More

May 17, 2023 @ 12:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Zimpler, a fintech company providing seamless and secure account-to-account (A2A) payment solutions, announced the launch of instant cross-border payouts. The feature will allow Zimpler’s customers “to instantly send Euros to all 20 Eurozone countries through SEPA (Single Euro Payments Area), with no hidden fees or… Read More

May 17, 2023 @ 11:35 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Pagaya Technologies LTD. (NASDAQ: PGY), a global technology company delivering artificial intelligence infrastructure for the financial ecosystem, announced a partnership with a group of alternative investment firms – Angelo Gordon, ATLAS SP Partners, and Värde Partners – to provide funding for a multi-billion dollar credit… Read More

May 17, 2023 @ 10:47 am By JD Alois  |  

CapitalRise, a specialist prime property finance company, has provided £7.4 million for a loan to develop two detached properties totaling 17,490 sq. ft on a private 15-acre plot of land in affluent Marlow. CapitalRise adds that the property will include leisure facilities such as a… Read More

May 17, 2023 @ 9:32 am By JD Alois  |  

wefox, a Germany-based Insurtech, has raised $110 million in Series D funding along with a $55 million revolving credit facility from Barclays and JP Morgan. The equity capital was raised at a valuation of $4.5 billion. wefox described the funding as buttressing its business model… Read More

May 17, 2023 @ 9:22 am By JD Alois  |  

On Monday, Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) revealed that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has finally responded to its request for rulemaking on digital assets. That answer was as anticipated as the Commission declined to pursue new rules. Last month, Paul Grewal, the Chief Legal Officer of… Read More

May 17, 2023 @ 8:32 am By Omar Faridi  |  

SIX, the global financial information provider, and FlexTrade Systems, a global firm focused on multi-asset execution and order management systems, have announced the integration and availability, as of now, of global real-time market pricing and reference data from SIX, into the Spark cloud-based EMS solution…. Read More

May 17, 2023 @ 8:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Standard Chartered (LON: STAN) and one of the “largest” merchant acquirers, Worldpay from FIS, have announced a strategic partnership “to expand the market coverage of, and enable new capabilities on, Straight2Bank Pay, the Bank’s one-stop digital collections gateway for merchants.” This global partnership is considered… Read More

May 17, 2023 @ 8:24 am By Omar Faridi  |  

LHV Bank, a provider of banking services to fintechs and SME lending solutions for UK businesses, announces the extension of its maximum loan size to £5 million, enabling further support for UK SMEs aiming to grow. LHV Bank’s Manchester-based SME lending team “offers commercial mortgages… Read More

May 17, 2023 @ 8:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Smart, the London-headquartered fintech transforming the global retirement savings market, today announces it has closed its $95m Series E funding in a round led by Aquiline Capital Partners LLC, a private investment firm based in New York and London. Existing investors participating in the investment… Read More

May 17, 2023 @ 8:20 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Stearns Bank N.A. has partnered with Sardine, a provider of risk management and compliance solutions, to enhance Stearns Bank’s fintech program. This collaboration marks a “first-of-its-kind” approach in community banking “to provide an all-in-one risk management and compliance platform for sponsored programs to address evolving… Read More

May 17, 2023 @ 8:18 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Jack Henry (Nasdaq: JKHY) announced that it is operationally ready to support the launch of the Federal Reserve’s real-time payments network, the FedNowSM Service. Jack Henry has actively “participated in the development of the newest network, expected to launch in July 2023.” More than 20… Read More

May 17, 2023 @ 6:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution Malaysia (C4IR Malaysia) was officially launched by the Prime Minister of Malaysia, Anwar Ibrahim, and the President of the World Economic Forum, Børge Brende. C4IR Malaysia will “play a crucial role in driving the advancement of the digital… Read More

May 16, 2023 @ 11:01 pm By JD Alois  |  

CryptoUK, a UK-based advocacy group supporting digital asset innovation, has slammed comments made by the UK Treasury Committee that has been reviewing the crypto industry in the country. CryptoUK criticized the statement that denigrated digital asset markets, with the Committee describing crypto as follows: “Unbacked… Read More

May 16, 2023 @ 10:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Tipalti, the global payables automation platform, announced today it has raised $150 million in incremental growth financing from JPMorgan Chase Bank and Hercules Capital, Inc. (NYSE: HTGC). Coming on the heels of a $270 million Series F in 2021 “that brought the company’s total funding… Read More

May 16, 2023 @ 10:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

DelfinGroup reports that the company increased its revenue by 46% in the first quarter of 2023, reaching €11.1 million compared to the same period last year. Furthermore, the company’s profit before taxes “increased by 16% to reach 1.8 million euros.” The company further shares “that… Read More

May 16, 2023 @ 10:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Debitum partners from Poland and UK – financing company Flexidea Polska and Triple Dragon – have released 3 new ABS programs. Debitum is “a digital debt marketplace that aggregates business loans from SMEs across Europe for diversified investment.” Debitum enables investors “to access an alternative… Read More