November 30, 2022 @ 7:01 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Sabre Corporation (NASDAQ: SABR) a software and technology provider that powers the global travel industry, and Conferma Pay, a global fintech firm that specializes in payment technology, announced a new partnership with Mastercard in orrder “to accelerate the use of virtual cards for business-to-business (B2B)… Read More

November 30, 2022 @ 4:47 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has published a report on money laundering from fentanyl and synthetic opioids. The report was co-led by the US and Canada and offers recommendations for countering the illicit drug trade. FATF is a global organization that aims to encourage… Read More

November 30, 2022 @ 4:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Brightwell, an Atlanta-based global payments technology company, announced that inCruises, an “exclusive” travel membership program serving 100 million partners worldwide that gives people expanded access to travel experiences, has integrated Brightwell’s ReadyRemit* platform, “powered by Brightwell’s international payment partners, to offer cross-border payments to its… Read More

November 30, 2022 @ 4:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

Rialto Markets, a broker-dealer that specializes in online capital formation, has announced a partnership with Rubicon Carbon, LLC. Rialto will serve as the tech provider for the issuance of the assets. According to a note from the firm, the partners will launch market-based products for… Read More

November 30, 2022 @ 3:36 pm By JD Alois  |  

Kraken, the third largest crypto exchange according to Coinmarketcap, has decided to reduce its workforce by 1100 employees representing approximately 30% of its headcount. The reduction in employees was revealed in a blog post today by Kraken CEO and co-founder Jesse Powell. Powell said the… Read More

November 30, 2022 @ 11:53 am By JD Alois  |  

Binance recently announced the creation of an “Industry Recovery Fund” following the collapse of FTX and the collateral damage it has caused to the cryptocurrency industry. Several other platforms have indicated they have been impacted by the bankruptcy of FTX, and several have shut down… Read More

November 30, 2022 @ 11:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bread Financial Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: BFH), a “tech-forward” financial services company that provides simple, flexible payment, lending and saving solutions, announced a new relationship with Versatile Credit Inc., a provider of innovative solutions “linking bank lenders with consumers applying for credit in retail stores.” Through… Read More

November 30, 2022 @ 10:47 am By JD Alois  |  

  The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee (SBCFAC), has posted two letters advising the Commission on key policy goals that impact capital formation, especially for smaller – private firms. The Committee is the creation of the SEC Small Business… Read More

November 30, 2022 @ 10:36 am By JD Alois  |  

The European Central Bank (ECB) has published a blog post that predicts the demise of Bitcoin – the world’s most popular cryptocurrency. Authored by Ulrich Bindseil and Jürgen Schaaf, entitled “Bitcoin’s Last Stand,” the article claims that Bitcoin is in its “last gasp before the… Read More

November 30, 2022 @ 9:05 am By JD Alois  |  

Apple Pay, the Fintech service offered by the eponymous tech firm Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL), is growing at a rapid pace, according to a report compiled by Salesforce. Asking the question of which payment type saw the fastest adoption in 2022, Apple Pay delivered a whopping 63%… Read More

November 30, 2022 @ 8:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Extending their joint strategic commitment to modernize and enhance shareholder voting in the French market, Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE: BR) and SLIB, a software editor for electronic voting and securities services based in France,  announced “the go-live of their joint end-to-end global voting solution.”… Read More

November 30, 2022 @ 8:15 am By Omar Faridi  |  

AvidXchange (Nasdaq: AVDX), a provider of accounts payable (AP) automation software and payment solutions for middle market businesses and their suppliers, announced the launch of cross-border payments (CBP). The embedded payment experience will be “available first to Oracle NetSuite customers and accessible in AvidXchange’s newly… Read More

November 30, 2022 @ 8:13 am By Omar Faridi  |  

ClearBank, which claims to be the largest next-generation clearing and embedded banking platform in the UK, and ThetaRay, provider of AI-powered transaction monitoring technology, announced they will “collaborate in cloud-native anti-money laundering (AML) monitoring to protect ClearBank against financial crime with ThetaRay’s robust and industry-leading… Read More

November 29, 2022 @ 11:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In October, Bondora reveals it “saw favorable increases in investments and originations. Originations exceeded €15M, and investments €14M.” This puts Bondora on track “for a good Q4 in 2022.” Spanish originations “exceeded 1M once again.” In contrast to September, investments “for all products increased in… Read More

November 29, 2022 @ 11:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

UK’s online pension provider, PensionBee (which has reached £3 billion in assets under administration), has partnered with specialist communication charity, Speakers Trust, in order “to help unlock greater confidence in the workplace when public speaking, by utilizing essential communication techniques.” The two organizations have “collaborated… Read More

November 29, 2022 @ 10:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ChainUp Group, a global blockchain technology solutions provider, announced the launch of the IPFS Infrastructure Flagship Fund I (the Fund) by its subsidiary Bedrock Trust Pte Ltd, a Singapore-based and licensed asset and wealth management firm. Bedrock Trust will “be the manager of the Fund,… Read More

November 29, 2022 @ 9:25 pm By JD Alois  |  

Singapore-based finbots.ai has signed its first customer in Mongolia, a neobank called M-Bank. finbots.ai is an Accel-funded Fintech that provides B2B software as a service (SaaS). finbots.ai’s  utilizes artificial intelligence (AI) to provide a credit modelling solution that aims to enable M bank to rapidly… Read More

November 29, 2022 @ 9:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Credifiel, which claims to be one of the largest Mexican payroll lending companies specializing in loans for government employees whose loan repayments are deducted directly from their salaries, has “launched a cashback offer.” For a limited time, you can “earn a cashback for investments in… Read More

November 29, 2022 @ 8:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

A microfinance company, A Credit, launched by Aventus Group in the Republic of Kazakhstan in February 2022, joins the PeerBerry platform. A Credit will “offer PeerBerry investors investments in short-term loans with an 11.5% annual return.” A Credit loans offered to PeerBerry investors “include a… Read More

November 29, 2022 @ 7:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

FinTech Australia has appointed Rachel Hopping as “its first Head of Strategic Partnerships, joining the team from share trading and superannuation Fintech Superhero.” The new role will primarily “engage with FinTech Australia’s 400 corporate partners, which include Visa, Mastercard and AWS.” Starting in 2019, the… Read More