March 26, 2023 @ 1:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Solidatus, a data management solution that empowers organizations to connect and visualize their data relationships, and Corlytics, a supplier of regulatory risk intelligence that combines innovative technology with deep legal and industry expertise, have announced a new partnership. That partnership will “empower users who are… Read More

March 26, 2023 @ 1:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Checkout.com, the global payments solutions provider, and Mastercard announced that they will make Mastercard Send available to more Checkout.com customers in the Asia Pacific region, starting in Australia and Hong Kong SAR later this year. The Send service – which “powers real-time payments1 for consumers, gig… Read More

March 26, 2023 @ 1:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fusion Bank, a virtual bank strategically invested in by Tencent Holdings Limited, announces the launch of Business Banking Services “to provide flexible and convenient Internet Banking services to local small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), empowering them to expand their businesses.” SMEs can now “submit Fusion… Read More

March 26, 2023 @ 12:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Brightflag, the AI-powered legal operations platform, announced the findings from their 2023 Legal Operations Compensation Survey. The annual survey captures data “to help legal operations professionals, General Counsel, and HR leaders to better understand fair market compensation and trends for the legal operations function.” The… Read More

March 26, 2023 @ 7:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Pundi X is now registered with FINTRAC as the Money Service Business in Canada. This registration enables Pundi X “to conduct virtual currency and payment service provider businesses in the country, and marks an important milestone in the company’s expansion efforts.” Zac Cheah, CEO and… Read More

March 26, 2023 @ 7:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

CLA (CliftonLarsonAllen LLP), which claims to be the eighth largest professional services firm in the United States, and KlariVis, a visually interactive dashboard and analytics solution for the financial services industry, announced a new nationwide strategic relationship “to support community banks and their ability to… Read More

March 25, 2023 @ 4:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Cross River Bank, a technology infrastructure provider that offers embedded financial solutions, announced a new partnership with U.K. based Pay.com. This partnership will “enhance and expand Pay.com’s automated payment platform into the U.S. and drive additional growth opportunities.” Gilles Gade, Founder, President and CEO of… Read More

March 25, 2023 @ 4:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), the global financial centre in the MENA and South Asia region, officially announced the launch of its venture building programme, ‘DIFC Launchpad’. The initiative seeks to develop a strong venture building model “that promotes the growth of innovative start-ups and… Read More

March 25, 2023 @ 10:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

InvestEngine, a platform that partners ETFs with investing techniques— giving users the skills & technology needed to grow their wealth, has raised 104% (£1,306,813) of its £1,250,000 fundraising target via Crowdcube from 378 investors (at the time of writing) with 20 days left in the… Read More

March 25, 2023 @ 9:35 am By Omar Faridi  |  

MeridianLink, Inc. (NYSE: MLNK), a provider of modern software platforms for financial institutions and consumer reporting agencies, announced that FedChoice Federal Credit Union is live on MeridianLink Insight, the business intelligence component of the company’s multi-product platform, MeridianLink One. The credit union is already live… Read More

March 25, 2023 @ 8:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Maybank introduced Malaysia’s integrated automobile financing solution for Electric Vehicle (EV) and Hybrid customers “covering various aspects of owning an EV or Hybrid vehicle including holistic financing solutions, insurance and takaful coverage as well as EV charging privileges.” This is in line “with the Group’s… Read More

March 25, 2023 @ 7:48 am By Omar Faridi  |  

J.P. Morgan (NYSE: JPM) will begin piloting biometrics-based payments with select retailers in the U.S. This is the first pilot solution to launch from J.P. Morgan Payments’ new Commerce Solutions suite of products, “dedicated to helping merchants adapt to the rapidly evolving payments landscape.” Its… Read More

March 25, 2023 @ 7:45 am By Omar Faridi  |  

MetaMask Institutional, the web3 wallet for organizations developed by ConsenSys, and the first multi-custodial institutional web3 offering on the market, launched its institutional staking marketplace in partnership with Allnodes, Blockdaemon, and Kiln. The marketplace will also “leverage ConsenSys’ own technology with ConsenSys Staking (formerly Codefi… Read More

March 25, 2023 @ 7:40 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Berlin-based Fintech Raisin has raised €60 million in a series E funding round, from existing and new investors. The global savings and investment specialist recently “exceeded 1 million customers, for which a total of €850 million in interest has been generated since founding the… Read More

March 24, 2023 @ 5:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The economy took a wild ride in 2022, and with interest rates continuing to rise, inflation expected to remain relatively high and household savings dwindling, 2023 could be “just as challenging,” according to an update from TrueAccord. As consumers battle high inflation and interest rates… Read More

March 24, 2023 @ 5:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Consilience, a Private market SaaS provider enabling tokenization of Real Assets making private equity easy to access, has raised 79% (£319,235) of its £400,002 target from 44 investors (at the time of writing) via Seedrs with 28 days left in the firm’s crowdfunding campaign. Located… Read More

March 24, 2023 @ 5:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

TYB is now available on the Shopify App Store, making it the “first” end-to-end Web3 community-powered loyalty solution available to Shopify’s merchants through an Avalanche-based platform. The app allows Shopify merchants “to implement TYB’s community-integrated-commerce tools to directly connect with and reward fans for taking… Read More

March 24, 2023 @ 5:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Crypto-asset firm Tether claims it has approximately $1.6 billion in excess reserves in order to fully back the issuance of its USDT stablecoin. Tether expects to record a $700 million profit in this latest March 2023 quarter, which will be taking its total excess reserves… Read More

March 24, 2023 @ 11:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

On a mission to “revolutionize” the way companies collect payments in Latin America, Toku, the platform optimizing collections for subscription companies, announced that it has raised USD $7 million. The investment round was “led by North American venture capital firm F-Prime Capital, accompanied by Wollef,… Read More

March 24, 2023 @ 10:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

High interest rates, persistent inflation, and the denominator effect hit private real estate hard in 2022. This, as private real estate funds “raised $128.6 billion across 267 vehicles, down 28.4% from the $179.6 billion raised by 549 funds in 2021,” according to an update by… Read More