February 13, 2023 @ 6:20 am By Omar Faridi  |  

London-based, green Fintech ekko is gearing up for a year of “sustained growth.” The company revealed “a series of unique product updates, and has opened up its service to employers, banks and payment providers for the first time.” These announcements come ahead of “the imminent… Read More

February 12, 2023 @ 10:03 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

SMBC has announced the launch in March 2023 of “Olive,” an all-in-one card “that combines a Sumitomo Mitsui Banking account, credit, debit, and point payments.” SMBC, or Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, is a global financial services firm based in Japan. SMBC has been active in… Read More

February 12, 2023 @ 9:58 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

BANXA Holdings Inc. (TSXV:BNXA), the on-and-off ramp solution for Web3, announced an integration with ConsenSys’ self-custody Web3 wallet, MetaMask, “to simplify on-and-off ramping fiat to crypto.” On top of global users being able to purchase crypto via standard methods such as credit cards and Apple… Read More

February 12, 2023 @ 9:01 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Uppsala Security, a provider of security tools and services for Crypto AML/CTF, Transaction Risk Management, Regulatory Compliance, and Transaction Tracking, announced that it has signed a Virtual Asset Customization (Consignment) contract with Korea Digital Asset (KODA). Through this contract, KODA’s virtual asset consignment system “will… Read More

February 12, 2023 @ 8:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nu Colombia, Nubank’s (NYSE: NU) subsidiary in the country, announces that Catalina Breton, who has served as General Manager for the past 4 years, will be “stepping down from her role in the upcoming weeks to focus on personal projects.” Breton will be working “with… Read More

February 12, 2023 @ 7:54 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Tazapay, a fintech company specializing in cross-border payments, announced that it has raised $16.9 million in its Series A funding round. Sequoia Capital Southeast Asia led the investment round, “with EscapeVelocity (escp.vc), PayPal Alumni Fund, as well as renowned angel investor Gokul Rajaram joining as… Read More

February 12, 2023 @ 7:11 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Brunei Darussalam Central Bank (BDCB) and Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) reaffirmed the close ties between the two authorities “at the fourth BDCB-MAS Bilateral Roundtable, and discussed new areas of collaboration.” At the Roundtable, BDCB Managing Director, Rokiah Bakar and MAS Managing Director, Ravi… Read More

February 12, 2023 @ 6:49 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Cowbell, the provider of cyber insurance for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), announced a partnership with Millennial Shift Technologies, a custom branded e-trading platform suite. The partnership will deliver Cowbell’s cyber insurance programs, Cowbell Prime 100 and 250, on Millennial Shift’s e-trading broker platform, mFactor…. Read More

February 12, 2023 @ 6:48 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bungii, the “fast-growing” platform for big and bulky last-mile delivery, announced it has adopted workforce payments platform Branch in order “to streamline the payments experience for its growing network of drivers. Drivers that sign up with Bungii will onboard with Branch to receive fast, easy… Read More

February 12, 2023 @ 6:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Crowdfund Insider recently connected with Mike Taormina, Alluvial’s Co-Founder Chief Operating Officer. As COO of Alluvial, he works with industry professionals to build Liquid Collective, an enterprise-grade liquid staking standard. Alluvial is the software development company supporting the implementation of the Liquid Collective protocol. Alluvial… Read More

February 12, 2023 @ 6:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

MONIX Co., Ltd., a Bangkok-based AI-powered digital lending platform, announced that the company has secured US$20 million in the first close of its pre-IPO fundraising. The investment round was “led by the mothership SCBX and a new investor Lombard Asia, a Southeast Asia’s growth-focused private… Read More

February 12, 2023 @ 12:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Qudian Inc. (NYSE: QD), a consumer-oriented technology company in China, today announced that the company has “regained compliance with the New York Stock Exchange’s (NYSE) continued listing standard for share prices as confirmed by a notification letter from the NYSE on February 1, 2023.” On… Read More

February 12, 2023 @ 12:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

To provide clients with better access to innovative portfolio analytics and alternative data driven quantitative insights, global Fintech Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:BR) announced a strategic partnership with analytics solution provider, Point Focal. This collaboration will “bring Point Focal’s insights to NYFIX, Broadridge’s order-routing network… Read More

February 11, 2023 @ 3:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

2023 starts where 2022 ended, with a “strong wave” of loan originations and investments. Investors added a total of €17,087,257 to their accounts, according to an update from Bondora. And loan originations also launched into the new year “with an impressive €17,137,703.” In January, 2,179… Read More

February 11, 2023 @ 12:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

October has been providing financing to Qonto, Europe’s financial management company, for almost two years now. Integrated directly via API with the Qonto platform, October “analyzes customer requests in a few clicks to provide them with an instant loan offer.” With over 40,000 active retail… Read More

February 11, 2023 @ 11:56 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Carbon credit transaction network Carbonplace has raised $45 million in “a strategic round of investment and formed its own entity.” Carbonplace, which “connects buyers and sellers of carbon credits through their banks, secured the seed funding from the financial institutions which founded the fintech: BBVA,… Read More

February 11, 2023 @ 10:23 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Investment platform Robocash has announced that new rates “will apply to loans from 91 days to 3 years.” As most businesses of Robocash Group have currently achieved self-sustaining state, they are reportedly “reducing interest rates on several loan terms and do not plan to increase… Read More

February 11, 2023 @ 10:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

February has started with “great news” from Debitum‘s UK Loan originator, the company Triple Dragon. Two new A+ ABS programs are added to Debitum. Both programs are “on increased interest rate – by 1% p.a. compared to the regular rate.” 1st ABS program details: Total… Read More

February 11, 2023 @ 10:13 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Banking and payments conglomerate Fidelity National Information Services Inc (NYSE: FIS) is reportedly planning to break up its operations, which will involve undoing a $43 billion acquisition it finalized a few years back. This, according to sources familiar with the matter (and cited by Reuters)…. Read More

February 10, 2023 @ 6:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

US Fintech Alloy has launched in the UK, strengthening its presence in EMEA “with key senior hires and office space in London.” Alloy‘s Identity Decisioning Platform “helps banks and fintech companies to make smarter and faster decisions about the risk profile of each customer, and… Read More