January 15, 2023 @ 8:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

SentBe, Korea’s fintech company, announced the official launch of its international money transfer service in the U.S., “a significant move in the company’s global expansion.” Customers, including migrant workers in the U.S., can now “send U.S. dollars to more than 50 countries with greater ease… Read More

January 15, 2023 @ 7:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Despite continued inflation and the potential of a recession, 67% of Americans plan to spend either the same or more in 2023 as they did in 2022 “on retail purchases” according to a new survey commissioned by DailyPay and Dollar Tree and conducted online by… Read More

January 15, 2023 @ 7:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Jumio, the provider of end-to-end identity proofing, risk assessment and eKYC/AML compliance solutions, announced its partnership with GetGo, which claims to be the largest car-sharing service in Singapore, “to create an ecosystem where mobility is shared and sustainable for all.” GetGo prides itself on an… Read More

January 15, 2023 @ 3:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Cowbell, the provider of cyber insurance for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), has released a new whitepaper, “Modeling Catastrophic Cyber Events”, which lays out a path to model catastrophic cyber events in the SME market. Cowbell’s goal is “to help SMEs prevent and recover from… Read More

January 15, 2023 @ 3:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CUBE, which claims to be a global leader in Automated Regulatory Intelligence (ARI),  announced its acquisition of The Hub, a RegTech firm providing highly innovative artificial intelligence solutions for capturing and monitoring unstructured data across the regulatory internet. As global regulations continue to rapidly evolve,… Read More

January 14, 2023 @ 10:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Huobi, which claims to be one of the world’s leading virtual asset exchanges, has announced a partnership with Solaris, in order “to deliver a crypto-to-fiat debit card that will enable Huobi users to spend digital assets at the point-of-sale globally.” The Visa-approved program will be… Read More

January 14, 2023 @ 8:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

tZERO is pleased to announce the appointment of William Andreozzi as the new Chief Technology Officer. William brings “a wealth of experience and knowledge in the field of digital asset trading and blockchain technology to the company.” With over 30 years of experience in the… Read More

January 14, 2023 @ 7:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

London-based Fintech Detected has secured £2.5m in its financing round fundraise, including investment from Thomson Reuters Ventures, Love Ventures and powerful industry angels. KYB (Know Your Business process) is “notoriously” slow, manual, and unfit for purpose. However, Detected creates “a detailed and accurate profile of… Read More

January 14, 2023 @ 7:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

American Express (NYSE: AXP) announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Nipendo, a company used by global businesses “to automate and streamline business-to-business (B2B) payments processes.” The transaction is American Express’ latest strategic step “toward its goal of creating a leading end-to-end… Read More

January 14, 2023 @ 7:15 pm By JD Alois  |  

Crowdfund Better, a securities crowdfunding education provider, has announced a new Crowdfund Better Certified Advisor program. According to a release, this is the first crowdfunding certification program for small business advisors aiming to assist firms raise capital online. Crowdfund Better notes that online capital formation… Read More

January 14, 2023 @ 6:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

EBANX, a payments fintech helping global companies grow in Latin America and other world regions, announced the appointment of Fabio Scopeta as its new Chief Product & Technology Officer (CPTO), “to lead EBANX’s Product and Technology divisions globally.” With more than 25 years of experience,… Read More

January 14, 2023 @ 6:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Securities Services business of BNP Paribas, a global multi-asset servicing specialist with EUR 10.8 trillion in assets under custody and EUR 2.3 trillion in assets under administration, has expanded its strategic partnership with SimCorp, a provider of SaaS investment management solutions, in order “to… Read More

January 14, 2023 @ 1:53 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Apex Group Ltd., a global financial services provider, announced the acquisition of Pacific Fund Systems (PFS), a global fund administration software business, from co-founders and Pollen Street Capital. This acquisition “follows Apex Group’s longstanding partnership with PFS through the use of PFS-PAXUS and will expand… Read More

January 14, 2023 @ 9:40 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published its peer review on authorization of payment institutions and e-money institutions under the revised Payment Services Directive (PSD2). The review generally found “increased transparency and consistency of the information required in the authorization process.” However, it also “identified significant… Read More

January 14, 2023 @ 9:39 am By Omar Faridi  |  

actyv.ai, a Singapore-headquartered, category creator in the enterprise SaaS with embedded B2B BNPL and insurance space, has raised a total of $12 million “as part of Pre-Series A funding round from 1Digi Ventures, Singapore, the family office of Raghunath Subramanian, Founder and Global CEO of… Read More

January 13, 2023 @ 4:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

PayQuicker, an innovative financial technology “leader” in the global payouts market, announced the addition of Nazuk Jain as Head of Product. In this role, Jain will “continue to build out PayQuicker’s product team, and lead new initiatives in PayQuicker’s growing toolkit of payouts-as-a-service products.” As… Read More

January 13, 2023 @ 4:37 pm By JD Alois  |  

It has not been that long since Nexo decided to exit the US market, but in recent days the offices of Nexo have been raided in Bulgaria according to multiple reports. While based in London, Nexo is affiliated with a former member of the Bulgarian… Read More

January 13, 2023 @ 3:48 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Stax Payments, the “all-in-one” payment technology provider, announced the appointment of John Kristel to interim Chief Executive Officer of the company, “succeeding outgoing founders Suneera Madhani and Sal Rehmetullah.” Kristel currently “serves as an operating partner with Greater Sum Ventures, Stax’s control investor, guiding growth… Read More

January 13, 2023 @ 3:33 pm By JD Alois  |  

Seedrs, one of the largest securities crowdfunding platforms in the world after it combined with Republic, has published a report on investment activity on its platform.  The Republic deal closed during Q4, and Seedrs is now poised to provide investment opportunities across Europe, under ECSPR… Read More

January 13, 2023 @ 2:48 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Kyckr, the corporate KYC company providing businesses with legally-authoritative real-time data on prospective and existing customers and suppliers, has been acquired by Australian tech-entrepreneur and WiseTech Global Limited founder Richard White “through his personal investment vehicle RealWise KYK AV Pty Ltd.” Kyckr provides companies “with… Read More