July 18, 2022 @ 1:11 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Blend (NYSE:BLND) recently welcomed Naman Khan to their leadership team At Blend, they believe the key to digital transformation in the financial services industry is the ability “to build personalized human connections with customers, and at the center of this is breakthrough… Read More

July 18, 2022 @ 12:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bluevine, which claims to be the leading provider of “holistic” banking solutions designed for small businesses, recently announced a new brand identity, “reflecting the company’s next era of its commitment to grow and evolve its services alongside the changing needs of small business owners.” Bluevine’s… Read More

July 18, 2022 @ 12:20 pm By JD Alois  |  

Huobi Global has announced a partnership with Fintech Capitual to provide “account individualization” in Brazil. Huobi is a prominent crypto exchange operating in 160 different countries reporting tens of millions of users. Capitual is a Brazilian payments gateway and “hybrid digital bank” that takes a… Read More

July 18, 2022 @ 12:07 pm By JD Alois  |  

The UK government has issued a proposal to provide guidance to fast-growing artificial intelligence (AI) technology. The proposal will impact financial services as well as other industries. The government has also published an AI Action Plan with a mission to “maintain the UK’s position as a… Read More

July 18, 2022 @ 11:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Google Pay with Adyen enables shoppers “to securely pay online and in-person using the cards stored in the Google account.” The integration is described as being “secure (supporting 3DS), ubiquitous (multiple currencies across many countries) and effortless.” Adyen has partnered with Google “for quite some… Read More

July 18, 2022 @ 9:34 am By Omar Faridi  |  

In a world where everything is available on demand, being paid once every month is “an increasingly outdated way of doing things for many,” according to an update from Fintech firm Modulr. Leveraging the “unique” pay link between employer and employee to empower workers to… Read More

July 18, 2022 @ 9:14 am By JD Alois  |  

Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) has beaten analyst estimates reporting Q2 2022 earnings per share of $7.73. At the same time, Goldman raised its dividend to $2.50 a share, a whopping 25% increase over previous amount. The price of Goldman shares increased in pre-market trading. David Solomon,… Read More

July 18, 2022 @ 8:35 am By Omar Faridi  |  

For those interested in how Go & Grow works, Bondora recently shared information about what makes it successful (mainly its portfolio distribution). Bondora has provided details on how the claims added to Go & Grow are distributed, the most common ratings, the “most popular” goal… Read More

July 18, 2022 @ 8:32 am By Omar Faridi  |  

This month PeerBerry repaid more than EUR 1.4 million of “war-affected” loans. As confirmed in a blog post, PeerBerry business partners are “repaying EUR 1,2 million of war-affected Ukrainian and Russian short-term loans.” An additional amount of “up to EUR 200 000 of war-affected real… Read More

July 17, 2022 @ 11:15 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

New research from Bank of London and The Middle East (BLME) reveals pandemic restrictions had “little impact” on real estate investment from Gulf Corporation Council (GCC) countries into the UK. Based on in-depth interviews with experts from real estate services companies holding more than £60… Read More

July 17, 2022 @ 10:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

MetaMask, which is ConsenSys’ mobile app and browser extension wallet, recently celebrated its 6th anniversary. MetaMask has “achieved 6 digit growth in Monthly Active Users (MAUs) since its inception.” The fast growth of the last two years can be “attributed to the frenzy of interest… Read More

July 17, 2022 @ 10:23 pm By JD Alois  |  

SquareBook, a digital auction platform for equity capital raising, is aiming to raise £300,000 on Seedrs. According to the offering page, SquareBook is offering equity at a pre-money valuation of £24.9 million.  The security offering is EIS qualified and approved for the Seedrs Secondary Market…. Read More

July 17, 2022 @ 10:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CoinShares (Nasdaq First North Growth Market: CS; US OTCQX: CNSRF), which claims to be Europe’s largest digital asset investment firm with $1.5 billion in AUM, has announced the listing of their physically-backed staked Algorand ETP on Germany’s primary market Xetra. CoinShares Physical Staked Algorand (Ticker:… Read More

July 17, 2022 @ 10:07 pm By JD Alois  |  

Russia has enacted legislation that will effectively ban crypto payments according to multiple reports. The legislation was signed into law on July 14th and reportedly takes effect within ten days. At the beginning of 2022, the Bank of Russia issued statements relaying concerns regarding crypto:… Read More

July 17, 2022 @ 9:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

SAP Fioneer, which claims to be a leading global provider of financial services software solutions and platforms, recently announced the launch of a new vertical product strategy that significantly “reshapes its offering to customers.” Adopting a vertical approach, three platforms will “provide IT solutions tailored… Read More

July 17, 2022 @ 9:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CleverTap, which claims to be the modern, “integrated” retention cloud, announced it has partnered with Unocoin, India’s first crypto exchange, in order “to optimize, accelerate their user engagement, and provide a seamless omnichannel customer experience.” Through this collaboration, and by integrating CleverTap’s solution into its… Read More

July 17, 2022 @ 9:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Capchase, a provider of non-dilutive capital, has “agreed more than $400 million in additional debt financing backed by i80 Group and an international banking group.” The financing will be used “to provide thousands of SaaS startups in the US and Europe with funding.” In less… Read More

July 17, 2022 @ 8:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

WebBank recently announced that it has committed to invest up to $250 million in the obligations of a securitization structure supported by Avant that are “secured by credit card receivables.” The investment will be used “to meet the continuing demand and growth of the Avant®… Read More

July 17, 2022 @ 7:46 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Deci, the deep learning company harnessing AI to solve the AI efficiency gap, recently announced it has raised $25 million in a Series B funding round “led by global software investor Insight Partners, with participation from existing investors Square Peg, Emerge, Jibe Ventures, and Fort… Read More

July 17, 2022 @ 6:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Incode Technologies, a key player focused on identity verification and authentication for global enterprises, recently announced the expansion of its Serbian development center “to accelerate development of its privacy-centric approach to authenticating identities worldwide.” Incode’s steady growth rate is fueled by its latest cycle of… Read More