January 24, 2023 @ 10:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance Pay, a cryptocurrency payment service powered by Binance, announced its partnership with DT One, a B2B micropayments platform. DT One is powering cross-border transfers of mobile top-ups, data bundles, gaming pins, and gift cards. This partnership will “enable more than 90 million Binance users… Read More

January 24, 2023 @ 10:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

The New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) has issued updated guidance for firms engaged in the crypt or “virtual asset” sector. NYDFS created a path for regulating digital asset firms fairly early on in the emergence of crypto. The announcement issued yesterday aims… Read More

January 24, 2023 @ 9:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Paysafe (NYSE: PSFE), a payments platform, announced its expansion into the new Ohio online sports-betting market after entering the Maryland iGaming space in Q4 2022. Paysafe is now “powering play safely for a range of sportsbooks in the Midwestern state by providing their players with… Read More

January 24, 2023 @ 9:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

PhonePe, one of India’s largest Fintech platforms, announced it has raised $350 million in funding from General Atlantic, a global growth equity firm, at a pre-money valuation of $12 billion. Marquee Global and Indian investors are also participating in the investment round. The investment marks… Read More

January 24, 2023 @ 9:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ascendant, an international provider of cross-border business payment solutions and a financial technology company, announced that Battery Ventures, a global, technology-focused investment firm, has agreed “to make a significant investment in the company.” Once closed, the new investment will “make Battery Ventures the primary investor… Read More

January 24, 2023 @ 6:56 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital wealth manager Moneyfarm announced that it has appointed Dame Jayne-Anne Gadhia as Chair. Dame Jayne-Anne Gadhia, DBE, CVO, FRSE, “brings considerable experience to the role.  She is the Founder and Executive Chair of fintech Snoop and was the CEO of Virgin Money from 2007… Read More

January 24, 2023 @ 6:53 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

FV Bank, the U.S. licensed global digital bank that offers a vertically-integrated suite of traditional and digital asset banking and custody services to Fintech and blockchain firms, has announced “the launch of their cross-border foreign exchange (FX) payments service for its U.S. and international account… Read More

January 24, 2023 @ 3:03 pm By JD Alois  |  

In November 2021, pan-European crowdfunding rules became actionable after approval by the European Union in 2020. Under the new rules, or European Crowdfunding Service Providers Regulation (ECSPR), a platform may raise up to €5 million from investors in all member states. This opens up investment… Read More

January 24, 2023 @ 12:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

BNY Mellon (NYSE: BK) and Fiserv (NASDAQ: FISV), a global provider of payments and financial services technology, have joined forces “to deliver additional capabilities for real-time foreign exchange (FX) rate quotes for payments from U.S. financial institutions.” Using innovative application programming interface (API) connectivity, financial… Read More

January 24, 2023 @ 11:47 am By JD Alois  |  

Wefunder, one of the largest securities crowdfunding platforms in the US, has received regulatory approval to operate in the European Union. Wefunder is the first Funding Portal to cross the Atlantic and gain approval to provide online capital formation services. Wefunder has been sharing its… Read More

January 24, 2023 @ 11:10 am By JD Alois  |  

Female-founded Fintech Twinco Capital has announced a $12 million funding round led by Quona Capital. The funding provided both debt and equity capital. Working Capital, as well as existing investors Mundi Ventures and Finch Capital, participated in the round, with Zubi Capital providing the venture… Read More

January 24, 2023 @ 10:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Milestone Group, the global provider of Oversight and Backup NAV solutions to the investment management industry, has announced that the UK’s largest independent Authorised Corporate Director (ACD), Link Fund Solutions, will “adopt its pControl™ Oversight platform.”: pControl™ Oversight will “allow Link Fund Solutions (LFS) to… Read More

January 24, 2023 @ 10:42 am By JD Alois  |  

LendInvest (LSE:LINV) has announced a partnership with the British Business Bank to aid in the building of more homes, financed by HSBC, according to a note from the Fintech. LendInvest states that HSBC will provide £100 million for LendInvest’s development finance program. The project is… Read More

January 24, 2023 @ 10:24 am By JD Alois  |  

Creditspring is reporting an increase in demand which they are attributing to the rapid increase in the cost of living, which is expected to continue in 2023. Creditsrping said that during the last 12 months, 260,000 borrowers sought credit on the platform, with “members” increasing… Read More

January 24, 2023 @ 10:06 am By Omar Faridi  |  

BIGG Digital Assets Inc. (CSE: BIGG), owner of Netcoins, the online cryptocurrency brokerage that makes it easy for North Americans to buy, sell, and understand cryptocurrency, and Blockchain Intelligence Group, a developer of blockchain technology search, risk-scoring and data analytics solutions, is pleased “to report… Read More

January 24, 2023 @ 9:04 am By Omar Faridi  |  

SCRYPT Digital, the Swiss-regulated company offering a single point of access into digital assets for institutions, has been chosen by Kiln, the tech provider behind the first enterprise-grade liquid staking protocol, in order “to provide a seamless on/off-ramping service for its treasury.” The partnership will… Read More

January 24, 2023 @ 8:03 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at ThinCats are pleased to announce that they provided £302 million of funding to businesses in 2022. In total, ThinCats has “lent more than £1.3bn to businesses across the UK while assets under management stand at a record £675m.” Despite a challenging economic… Read More

January 24, 2023 @ 8:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Metro Bank has launched a digital car loan product under the RateSetter brand to enter the sizeable and growing vehicle financing UK market. The loans are hire purchase loans “for used cars and are currently available through motor brokers using market-leading RateSetter technology.” CarFinance 247… Read More

January 24, 2023 @ 7:54 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Okredo, an open data platform that merges open data, open banking, and credit bureau functionalities, aims to give SMEs in the UK a competitive advantage by “offering access to the most recent data about other UK businesses.” Okredo will start by “introducing business linkages reports,… Read More

January 23, 2023 @ 11:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nova Credit UK, a wholly owned subsidiary of Nova Credit, has received the requisite scope of permissions in order “to provide credit references in the UK from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).” Through its Nova Passport technology, the firm intends “to make it easier, faster… Read More