April 28, 2023 @ 1:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Giddy, the self-custody smart wallet that connects crypto holders to DeFi earning opportunities, has raised $6.9 million in a fresh round of funding. The capital raised from the investment round will be used “to further Giddy’s mission of bringing easy crypto DeFi adoption to the… Read More

April 28, 2023 @ 1:03 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

TapPay, which is one of the top 100 fintech companies selected by KPMG, has officially enabled Tap to Pay on iPhone in the TapPay iOS app for merchants in Taiwan. Tap to Pay on iPhone “accepts all forms of contactless payments, including Apple Pay, contactless… Read More

April 28, 2023 @ 9:56 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Celerant Technology, the retail software solution provider, announced a partnership with Sezzle Inc. (ASX: SZL), a provider of consumer financing solutions. Retailers can now add Sezzle Pay “to their Celerant eCommerce website to offer the convenience of ‘buy now, pay later’ with 0% APR and… Read More

April 28, 2023 @ 9:52 am By JD Alois  |  

UK Fintech Paysend has announced the creation of a European hub located in Dublin. The goal is to expand its services in the European Union in a post Brexit world. Paysend was recently approved for an E-money license (EMI) by the Central Bank of Ireland…. Read More

April 28, 2023 @ 8:46 am By JD Alois  |  

Eurocrowd has revealed a new “national hub” for the Italian crowdfunding market offering an Italian-language website dedicated to the national ecosystem. Eurocrowd is the advocacy group for the European securities crowdfunding market, having worked with regulators and public officials for years to improve online capital… Read More

April 28, 2023 @ 8:29 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Nubank (NYSE: NU), which claims to be one of the largest digital financial services platforms in the world, reportedly reached the milestone of 80 million customers in Latin America “in the first week of April 2023, where it maintains operations in Brazil, Mexico and Colombia.”… Read More

April 28, 2023 @ 8:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitpanda are pleased to announce that Raiffeisenlandesbank NÖ-Wien, which forms part of Austria’s major banking group, has become the first major traditional bank in the European Union “to move into digital assets through a planned collaboration with Bitpanda Technology Solutions.” Since launching their digital Investment-as-a-Service… Read More

April 28, 2023 @ 8:24 am By Omar Faridi  |  

TransferMate, the provider of B2B payments infrastructure as a service, has been granted authorization as an Electronic Money Institution (EMI) by the Central Bank of Ireland. Acquiring EMI authorization allows TransferMate “to offer an extended service to their customers and partners.” It means customers can… Read More

April 28, 2023 @ 8:18 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Wayhome, the Gradual Homeownership provider, announced that they have closed a Series A equity funding round of £8 million. The firm’s investment round was reportedly led “by existing investors Allianz X (Stripe, WeLab, CLARK), Augmentum Fintech (interactive investor, Tide, Zopa) and new funders Volution, Love… Read More

April 27, 2023 @ 10:15 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

FinanZero, the online credit marketplace in Brazil, recently announced that it has raised USD 1.5 million in a funding round. The proceeds from the investment round will be “used towards strengthening FinanZero’s position in the market through product development, specifically developing new online financing products… Read More

April 27, 2023 @ 10:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Together with its partners, AntChain recently unveiled a series of new Web3 initiatives, including an open-source project featuring its cross-chain technology and AntChain OpenLab, to support Web3 developer community at the 2023 Ant Group Digital Technologies Developer Conference. Web3 is commonly “known as a more… Read More

April 27, 2023 @ 5:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Continuing to build its footprint as a leading global acquirer, global financial technology firm FIS (NYSE: FIS) has announced its Worldpay merchant business will be “expanding its payment processing capabilities into the United Arab Emirates (UAE) this year.” Worldpay has “secured a category II payment… Read More

April 27, 2023 @ 4:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

NEXT Insurance, a digital insurtech company transforming small business insurance, today announced the launch and availability of the Certificate of Insurance (COI) Analyzer – an innovative, new offering “for small business owners to generate free, instant, custom-made COIs to show valid insurance coverage to potential… Read More

April 27, 2023 @ 4:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Figure Technologies Inc., a firm focused on transforming financial services through the power of blockchain technology, announced “the close of a HELOC (home equity line of credit) securitization underwritten by Jefferies, Goldman Sachs, and J.P. Morgan.” The FIGRE 2023-HE1 asset-backed securities (ABS) offering “was comprised… Read More

April 27, 2023 @ 4:11 pm By JD Alois  |  

Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN)  has posted a 73-page response to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Wells Notice which indicates a high likelihood of an enforcement action by the commission. Last month, Coinbase revealed it was in receipt of the Wells Notice while taking a defiant stance against… Read More

April 27, 2023 @ 3:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Majesco, a global player focused on supporting cloud insurance platform software for insurance business transformation, announced a new digital payment offering for Majesco Claims for P&C customers. This new “out-of-the-box” integration with One Inc ClaimsPay reportedly “offers fast and secure digital claims payments through the… Read More

April 27, 2023 @ 3:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Axoni, a provider of data synchronization technology and financial market infrastructure, announced “the close of a $20 million equity financing round led by EJF Ventures, with participation from Laurion Capital Management, Communitas Capital, and existing investors. Axoni has raised more than $110 million since inception.”… Read More

April 27, 2023 @ 12:52 pm By JD Alois  |  

Irish Fintech Accelerated Payments has announced the laung of a trade finance product called AP Trade Finance (APTF). Accelerated Payments is a digital working capital platform with offices in Dublin, London, Toronto, and Florida. The company offers access to credit due to the strength of… Read More

April 27, 2023 @ 12:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Strike, which claims to be one of the world’s leading digital payments platforms built on Bitcoin’s Lightning Network, announced the expansion of “Send Globally” to Guatemala, bringing its cross-border payment service to Latin America. In 2022, Latin America and the Caribbean “received more than $140… Read More

April 27, 2023 @ 11:14 am By JD Alois  |  

  Tokeny, a Luxembourg-based tokenization platform, has revealed a partnership with Artory to “unlock the  $1.7 trillion art market through the market tokenization, enabling greater access and liquidity to the asset class. Fine art is said to have outperformed the S&P 500 for over 20… Read More