February 28, 2023 @ 8:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

FinTech Alliance has announced its fourth annual Investment Series, “with signups now open for FinTechs and investors to take part. ” The annual series has “included key partners like Augmentum FinTech, White & Case, Mountside Ventures, Albion VC and PwC” The Investment Series is nationwide and… Read More

February 28, 2023 @ 8:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Floki is now officially partnered with one of the biggest lending protocols on the BNB chain, Venus Protocol. Venus claims it is “the leading lending and borrowing protocol on the BNB chain as well as the second biggest DeFi protocol on the chain after top… Read More

February 28, 2023 @ 8:06 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Circles.house has secured 137% (€206,810) of its €150,000 fundraising target from 291 investors via Crowdcube at the time of writing. This convertible offer from Spain ends today (February 28, 2023). As explained in the update, rather than investing and immediately receiving shares, in this round… Read More

February 28, 2023 @ 8:03 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Pagos, a payment intelligence company that empowers businesses to optimize their digital payment infrastructure and maximize revenue, lower payments costs, and reduce fraud,  announced an oversubscribed $34 million Series A investment led by Arbor Ventures, a global fintech-focused venture firm. Additional participating investors “include Point… Read More

February 27, 2023 @ 11:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Doconomy, the climate technology startup helping banks, brands, and consumers to better understand and reduce their environmental impact – has acquired Stockholm-based financial wellbeing fintech Dreams Technology. This marks the “first” deal of its kind “to bridge the unique intersection of behavioural economics and climate… Read More

February 27, 2023 @ 10:53 pm By JD Alois  |  

Robinhood (NASDAQ:HOOD) received a subpoena from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) this past December, according to the firm’s 10-K that was filed today. According to the document, the SEC’s request arrived following the collapse of FTX: “And in December 2022, shortly after FTX filed for… Read More

February 27, 2023 @ 10:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Northern Ireland (NI) Office Minister of State Steve Baker has announced £18.9 million investment in NI’s cyber security industry at Queen’s University Belfast’s (QUB) Centre for Secure Information Technologies (CSIT). This includes £11 million funding from the New Deal for NI. The investment will “see… Read More

February 27, 2023 @ 10:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Pidgin, a secure real-time payments platform built for the future of payments, announced that Community Bankers’ Bank (CBB), is “extending the platform to its network of independent community banks in the Fifth Federal Reserve District and contiguous states.” CBB selected Pidgin to “provide its community… Read More

February 27, 2023 @ 10:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Adyen (AMS: ADYEN), the global financial technology platform of “choice” for leading businesses, is partnering with Buildertrend, the construction project management solution, to broaden its suite of financial capabilities. By using Adyen for Platforms, Buildertrend will “have access to Adyen’s innovative technology – such as… Read More

February 27, 2023 @ 10:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Western Union (NYSE:WU)  and Beforepay (ASX: B4P) announced a first-of-its-kind collaboration, allowing consumers “to boost their cross-border money transfers by accessing reliable, ethical and affordable short-term lending.” Consumers can ‘Send Now, Pay Later’ by “borrowing up to AUD 2000 through Beforepay’s wage-advance product on Western… Read More

February 27, 2023 @ 10:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Klarna, the global firm focused on the generational shift away from credit cards, announced strong momentum in the US, “with a 71% YoY increase in GMV, while improving credit loss rates by 37%.” Now with 34 million consumers in the US, the market has “become… Read More

February 27, 2023 @ 10:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Earnix, the provider of intelligent cloud-based real-time rating, dynamic pricing and product personalization solutions for insurers and banks, announced the appointment of Mike Keller, Board Member at Guidewire and Encova Insurance, and Scott Fitzgerald, Chief Marketing Officer at Intapp, to its newly-formed advisory board. The… Read More

February 27, 2023 @ 10:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Astra, the automation platform for money movement, announced the success of its Instant Payment solution leveraging the Visa Direct network. Through a strategic partnership with Cross River Bank, a technology infrastructure provider that offers embedded financial solutions, Astra provides first-of-its-kind infrastructure “that enables fintech developers… Read More

February 27, 2023 @ 10:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Pundi X is pleased to announces its latest partnership with Binance Pay. This partnership will bring Binance Pay, Binance’s payment service, to Pundi X’s XPOS devices, “enabling thousands of merchants across 30 countries to accept payments in cryptocurrencies more easily.” Binance Pay, “backed by Binance,… Read More

February 27, 2023 @ 5:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Law firms face “a ton of challenges,” according to an update from Embroker. Lawyers are focused on “ensuring their clients get the best possible outcome for their cases, requiring their full attention and dedication to justice.” Unfortunately, that isn’t all that lawyers “have to deal… Read More

February 27, 2023 @ 4:42 pm By JD Alois  |  

Kiavi, an online mortgage lender, has securitized $209 million in real estate loans, according to a company statement. This is the 12th securitiztion that Kiavi has completed and the second securitization this month. In total, Kiavi reports that  the company’s total issuance in notes now… Read More

February 27, 2023 @ 4:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Conflux Network, a permissionless Layer 1 blockchain connecting decentralized economies across borders and protocols, has teamed up with Alchemy Pay for easy fiat on-ramp to its ecosystem. The on-ramp payment solution “enables users to purchase crypto via local fiat currencies, which will take Conflux’s ecosystem… Read More

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

Despite signs of slowing inflation, a majority of working Americans (62%) feel anxious about their current financial situation, according to new Harris Poll research commissioned by BPC’s Funding our Future Coalition and DailyPay among “over 1,300 employed Americans.” This anxiety is “heightened among women (69%).”… Read More

February 27, 2023 @ 3:41 pm By JD Alois  |  

AngelList continues to build out its ecosystem. Originally, AngelList started as a path for private firms to raise capital online from qualified investors. Over time, more features and functionality have been added, driving more value and making the platform stickier for its customers. Not too… Read More

February 27, 2023 @ 12:28 pm By JD Alois  |  

Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) has announced via Twitter that it will cease trading in Binance USD (BUSD) on March 13, 2023. We regularly monitor the assets on our exchange to ensure they meet our listing standards. Based on our most recent reviews, Coinbase will suspend trading for Binance… Read More