March 24, 2022 @ 12:22 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Bank of Mum and Dad United or BOMADU is the newest entry into the neobank sector of Fintech in the UK.According to a release, BOMADU is targeting first-time buyers overcome the home deposit challenge. BOMADU is currently raising seed funding on Seedrs, its first… Read More

March 24, 2022 @ 12:13 pm By JD Alois  |  

UK-based GoCardless, a direct bank payment solution, has announced a fraud prevention tool – Verified Mandates. The new feature is said to combine the Account Information Services (AIS) capabilities of open banking with direct debit to stop fraud before it happens. GoCardless describes its services… Read More

March 24, 2022 @ 12:02 pm By JD Alois  |  

VNX, launched in Liechtenstein in 2022 and registered with the Financial Market Authority (FMA) registered platform for investment in tokenized precious metals, claims title as Europe’s first regulated platform for assets like gold. The first product from VNX is VNX Gold, leveraging Ethereum, representing an… Read More

March 24, 2022 @ 11:43 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Stripe, an international payments company, recently confirmed the launch of Stripe Tax in Singapore. This feature should assist businesses operating in Singapore to automatically determine and collect consumption tax, better referred to as goods and services tax (GST), in the Southeast Asia-based country, as well… Read More

March 24, 2022 @ 11:38 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Facteus today announced a $10 million funding round led by Curql Fund, the investment arm for more than 75 credit unions across the U.S. The company will use the funds to support the growth of its Quantamatics platform, continued product innovation, and expansion into new industry… Read More

March 24, 2022 @ 11:18 am By JD Alois  |  

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) says it has received inquiries from derivatives clearing organizations (DCO) or potential DCO applicants seeking to offer clearing of margined products directly to participants, such that participants would not clear through a futures commission merchant intermediary a non-intermediated model… Read More

March 24, 2022 @ 10:38 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The digital asset and cryptocurrency trading platform MEXC Global has announced an ecosystem fund of $150 million, along with Bybit, in order to support the ecosystem growth of Fetch.ai, a Cambridge-based AI lab building an open-access “decentralized” machine learning network for smart infrastructure. Known as… Read More

March 24, 2022 @ 9:14 am By JD Alois  |  

Financement Participatif France (FPF), the French crowdfunding association, has announced the appointment of a new President. According to FPF, Damien Guermonprez has been selected as the new President of the organization. He is currently Executive Chairman of Lemonway. Mathilde Iclanzan has been appointed as Vice President… Read More

March 24, 2022 @ 8:59 am By JD Alois  |  

Raisin, a European digital bank and savings Fintech, has distributed a report on the European savings market claiming deposit inflows have “fallen off a cliff” after record increases. The analysis provided by Raisin indicates that the savers from the eurozone are saving money at a… Read More

March 24, 2022 @ 8:33 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Croatian lender Robo.cash notes that as a result of the FRS rate increase, they are now raising interest rates “on all types of loans.” As noted in the update from Robocash, the new rates “will range from 10% to 13%.” The updated detailed breakdown by… Read More

March 24, 2022 @ 8:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

According to research commissioned by Payments Bank, Banking Circle, big bank de-risking is “significantly hampering the efforts of many financial institutions to deliver services that empower financial inclusion.” The primary cause appears to be “the risk-averse strategies adopted in response to the financial crisis of… Read More

March 24, 2022 @ 12:56 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Currencycloud, the Fintech firm that is focused on simplifying business in a multi-currency world, has introduced Weekend FX, offering customers with the ability to provide competitive FX rates 24/7, “even after the markets close on a Friday evening.” As noted by Currencycloud: “Gone are the… Read More

March 23, 2022 @ 11:51 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Around the world, 66% of major institutional investors are more worried now than two years ago about extreme events disrupting their investment strategies—and 64% believe investors need to completely re-think how they approach portfolio construction. Those are among the key findings of Nuveen’s second annual EQuilibrium… Read More

March 23, 2022 @ 10:54 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Finaro, the cross-border payment provider and licensed bank supporting international commerce via simple payments, has announced an expansion of its management team to take advantage of the fast digital commerce growth in three of the fastest-growing e-commerce regions of Europe. Ruben Frimand Nielsen is reportedly… Read More

March 23, 2022 @ 8:51 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

SEB is reportedly going to use TreasurUp’s automated foreign exchange hedging module for their Commercial Banking customers. SEB and TreasurUp will also work jointly “on integrating the platform with the clients’ ERPs, enabling full automation of FX risk hedging.” James Prasad, Head of FX Business… Read More

March 23, 2022 @ 7:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Thinking Capital, Canada’s Fintech provider of credit and insights to small businesses and a member of the Purpose Unlimited family of companies today announced its new name: Driven, by Purpose. The name <<Driven, by Purpose>> “celebrates the drive and the generative energy of small businesses… Read More

March 23, 2022 @ 6:28 pm By JD Alois  |  

The North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) is scrutinizing peer-to-peer lending. NASAA is the association and lobbying group that represents state and provincial regulators in North America. NASAA has issued a proposal on P2P lending and is seeking public comment on the Statement of Policy… Read More

March 23, 2022 @ 6:09 pm By JD Alois  |  

Investment crowdfunding platform Birchal has surpassed $100 million in financing (as of March 17, 2022), according to an email from the company. As the largest crowdfunding provider in Australia, Birchal is the first to top this amount. As of March 2022, Birchal claims to be… Read More

March 23, 2022 @ 5:11 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

TokenEx, a cloud tokenization provider, today announced it has raised $100 million in Series B funding from K1 Investment Management, an investment firm focused on high-growth enterprise software companies globally. The company will use the new funding to invest further in its product, customer service, and… Read More

March 23, 2022 @ 2:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Oppenheimer & Co. Inc., an investment bank, wealth manager, and a subsidiary of Oppenheimer Holdings (NYSE: OPY) – has announced the launch of the Investor Gateway, an interconnected and “intuitive” wealth management tech platform. As mentioned in the update, Oppenheimer completed the buildout of the… Read More