September 5, 2022 @ 5:15 pm By Santiago Alvarado  |  

When you hear “crypto,” where does your mind go? Maybe you picture wealthy tech entrepreneurs or coders working in dark basements. Maybe it makes you think of scams, hacks, memes, or even Elon Musk. These are the stereotypes that mainstream media has ingrained in many… Read More

September 5, 2022 @ 5:03 pm By JD Alois  |  

Robocash Group says that online lending, savings deposits and mobile payments and transfers, are the most promising sectors of Fintech in the Philippines. Robocash is based in Europe but in recent years has expanded in Asia. Robocash Group operates in the Philippines through the online… Read More

September 5, 2022 @ 4:39 pm By JD Alois  |  

Open Banking Europe and Open Banking Exchange have combined to form a single group in pursuit of the benefits of open banking (open finance) technology. According to a statement from the new group, “subject matter experts and advisors to regulators, self-regulated organizations (SROs) and national… Read More

September 5, 2022 @ 4:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Real-time fund transfer service provider InstaPay (in the Philippines) has reportedly processed around 300 million transfers with an aggregate value of about PHP 5.49 trillion during the first seven months of 2022. The average daily volume was reported to be around 1.37 million transactions. InstaPay… Read More

September 5, 2022 @ 2:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Paper, which claims that it is focused on bringing the insurance industry into the 21st century, has secured 101% (£152,615.27) of its £152,000.00 target (at the time of writing) via Crowdcube from 102 investors and has 16 days left in its crowdfunding campaign. Located in… Read More

September 5, 2022 @ 12:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Southeast Asia’s wealth management company StashAway has teamed up with the world’s largest asset manager BlackRock (NYSE: BLK) in order to provide a suite of diversified multi-asset model portfolios. Developed from BlackRock’s analytics and ETFs (exchange-traded-funds), the portfolios will reportedly be managed by StashAway. Via… Read More

September 5, 2022 @ 11:59 am By JD Alois  |  

Niftify has announced the launch of its NFT no code store and marketplace platform following the launch of its NFT marketplace last November. Niftify reports “hundreds” of businesses on their waiting list as it allows anyone to create and operate an NFT store and marketplace… Read More

September 5, 2022 @ 11:36 am By JD Alois  |  

Raftt, has raised a seed round of $5 Million. The funding was led by Aleph VC and Cardumen Capital. Raftt shared that a number of private investors participated in the round, including Ariel Maislos and Benny Schneider, Devtools angel investors; Adi Sharabani, founder of Skycure… Read More

September 5, 2022 @ 10:51 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Center, a software company helping businesses gain visibility into and manage employee spending, recently announced it has “tripled its customer base while retaining 94% of existing customers, doubled the company size year-over-year, and expanded its leadership bench with the addition of Maureen Rhodes, SVP, Customer… Read More

September 5, 2022 @ 8:40 am By Omar Faridi  |  

PropertyLoop, which enables landlords to find tenants, manage their properties & stay “compliant” all in one place, has raised 101% (£1,221,194) of its £1,200,000 target from 129 investors via Seedrs with 23 days left in the firm’s crowdfunding campaign at the time of writing. Located… Read More

September 5, 2022 @ 8:39 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Amazon Web Services (AWS), an Amazon.com company, announced international insurtech bolttech has built a new customer support platform on AWS “to enhance services for more than eight million customers in 30 markets globally.” Singapore-based bolttech “connects insurers, distributors, and customers to make it easier to… Read More

September 5, 2022 @ 2:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

After months of investments tumbling in a downward trend, July seemed “to mark a positive turning point for global markets,” according to an update from PensionBee. In fact, China was “the only leading stock market to fall in value.” This brief rebound had “created speculation… Read More

September 5, 2022 @ 1:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

BXM Link AG has been granted membership confirmation from the Financial Services Standards Association (VQF), a Swiss self-regulatory organization (SRO) officially recognized by FINMA, the Federal Financial Market Supervisory Authority. The VQF membership granted to BXM Link AG, which will be “completely finalized soon after… Read More

September 5, 2022 @ 12:53 am By Omar Faridi  |  

After having a slow month in June, investment and loan origination figures “rebounded and increased steadily by 18.7%,” according to an update from Bondora. This brought both totals to “a solid €15,333,326 in July.” This is encouraging to see at the start of Q3, the… Read More

September 4, 2022 @ 11:58 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Australian businesses have “ambitious” plans for international expansion, as new data from global fintech Airwallex reveals more than two thirds of small-to-medium Aussie businesses (69 per cent) plan “to be operating outside Australia by 2027.” Airwallex’s inaugural Australian Business Growth Index found “a third of… Read More

September 4, 2022 @ 11:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance Australia, the fiat-to-crypto platform for trading cryptocurrencies in Australian Dollars(AUD), announced the appointment of Leigh Travers, former DigitalX CEO and Director, as Chief Executive Officer. Travers has spent the last seven years “playing a pivotal role in building products and growing networks for DigitalX… Read More

September 4, 2022 @ 11:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

StepFunction, a key player in SaaS revenue growth solutions, recently announced a $5M post-seed raise led by Dallas Venture Capital (DVC) along with contributions from Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, Inventus Capital Partners, and Z5 Capital. McKinsey research indicates that SaaS companies that “focus on cross-selling,… Read More

September 4, 2022 @ 11:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Arturo, the Proptech company that delivers intelligent analytics from individual property to portfolio, announced “the appointments of Greg Oslan as chief executive officer and Joe Brown as vice president of sales and service.” Oslan will be “responsible for leading Arturo through a new period of… Read More

September 4, 2022 @ 11:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Autobooks, the Detroit-based small business payment and accounting services platform that’s reportedly used by over 1,000 financial institutions, recently announced that it has been named to Inc. magazine’s Inc. 5000 list for 2022 — landing at No. 258 overall, and #2 in Michigan. The Inc…. Read More

September 4, 2022 @ 10:58 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Mastercard (NYSE: MA) and Ajman Bank have strengthened their commitment to inclusion through a new initiative “designed to expand access to the digital economy.” The Touch Card is “an accessible payment card that will allow blind and partially sighted people to easily facilitate payments and… Read More