February 6, 2022 @ 3:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Four managers working at Germany’s digital bank N26 are reportedly being investigated by public prosecutors regarding suspicions about (allegedly) fraudulent client accounts, the Handelsblatt newspaper confirmed on Friday (February 4, 2022). Criminals or bad actors have been suspected of opening a fairly large number of… Read More

February 6, 2022 @ 2:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Upside, which is focused on empowering a new type of retail investor, “one who is connected, informed, confident and intentional,” has secured 76% (£1,530,827) of its £2,000,004 target via Seedrs from 97 investors with 24 days left in the firm’s crowdfunding campaign. Located in London,… Read More

February 6, 2022 @ 1:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

DiPocket, a corporate disbursements and payment solutions provider, is enhancing customer access to Faster Payments via its partnership with technology-first payments bank, Banking Circle. Utilizing Banking Circle Virtual IBAN for both company and client fund accounts, DiPocket will offer its clients with access to Faster… Read More

February 6, 2022 @ 1:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Earlier this week, payments platform Modulr announced a partnership with Ripple, which claims to be the leader in enterprise blockchain and crypto solutions, in order to enable payments into the UK and Europe. Trust Payments, the international unified payments group, is reportedly the first customer… Read More

February 6, 2022 @ 11:48 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Amount, a banking tech provider offering account opening, loan origination and BNPL financing solutions, recently confirmed the acquisition of Linear Financial Technologies, the SMB loan and account origination platform. Linear’s solution set is “complementary to Amount’s retail banking and BNPL solutions for consumer loans,” according… Read More

February 5, 2022 @ 9:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bank of Baroda, one of India’s largest banking institutions, had been looking to boost efficiencies, implement the latest digital technology and provide a more connected customer experience. With these objectives in mind, it chose NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR), an international enterprise tech provider, and its… Read More

February 5, 2022 @ 5:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

HM Treasury, which is the UK government’s economic and finance ministry (maintaining control over public spending, setting the direction of the nation’s economic policy and working to achieve strong and sustainable economic growth), announced that they have begun the search for a new Chairperson of… Read More

February 5, 2022 @ 4:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

BlueVine recently announced that it increased the size of its BlueVine Line of Credit warehouse debt facility with Atalaya by two new lenders, “both advised by 20 Gates Management, and increasing the committed amount to $150M, with the ability to upsize the facility to $300M.”… Read More

February 5, 2022 @ 4:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

EBANX, a payments Fintech with an international presence, announced the appointment of Paula Bellizia as the Brazilian unicorn’s partner and president of Global Payments. She will be responsible for leading the Fintech company’s international teams of Sales, Marketing, Operations and Expansion, presently located across the… Read More

February 5, 2022 @ 12:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Cross River Bank, a tech-driven financial services organization that offers core infrastructure and embedded financial solutions, recently announced that it will be powering PayTile, a Fintech firm that provides location-based payments via their app. PayTile is reportedly one of the first ever peer-to-peer (P2P) payment… Read More

February 5, 2022 @ 12:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Liquid Group and all of its operating subsidiaries including Quoine Corporation (Cryptocurrency Exchange Business Kanto Finance Bureau Director No. 00002) and Quoine Pte. in Singapore are reportedly being acquired by FTX Trading Ltd. The acquisition is “expected to close in March 2022, subject to customary… Read More

February 5, 2022 @ 12:26 pm By JD Alois  |  

Yesterday, the US Department of Treasury issued a statement on illicit activity in the “high-value art market.” More specifically, activities that include money laundering and terrorist financing risks. The study found that while there is some evidence of money laundering risk in the high-value art… Read More

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

London-headquartered Fintech Fiat Republic recently announced that it has acquired $3.5 million in seed funding from EU tech investors Speedinvest, Seedcamp, and Credo. The startup, which is building a compliance-first, e-money-regulated banking and payments API, is looking to “drastically reduce the time and cost of… Read More

February 4, 2022 @ 10:03 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Swiftline, a digital commerce SaaS firm, has announced its launch as an integrated data and tech platform which will support e-commerce sellers with optimization strategies, business-building solutions, and access to growth capital. Led by an experienced team of digital commerce and Fintech professionals, Swiftline plans… Read More

February 4, 2022 @ 8:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Trovata, the Fintech firm focused on automating cash workflows via multi-bank API data aggregation for corporate finance and treasury teams, recently announced a distribution agreement with Capital One (NYSE: COF). In connection with the partnership, Capital One will “market and refer Trovata’s cash management platform… Read More

February 4, 2022 @ 7:14 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

The latest State of Insurance Fraud Technology from the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud shows some changing patterns over the past two years. The fifth iteration of the report, its results are based on the results of a 20-question survey answered by 80 members representing a… Read More

February 4, 2022 @ 3:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

LemonEdge, a modern, low-code accounting platform supporting the private capital industry, has finalized a $4 million round, which was led by Blackstone Innovation Investments along with contributions from existing investors Sidekick Partners, Lauren Iaslovits (co-founder of Investran and a pioneer of private capital market tech)… Read More

February 4, 2022 @ 3:43 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Barclays today announced Rainmaking, a corporate venture builder, will help it launch a new suite of initiatives targeted at fintech founders across the globe to help grow and develop their companies. The first to launch is the Rise Start-Up Academy, a virtual digital skills-building accelerator… Read More

February 4, 2022 @ 3:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Tribal, a B2B payments and financing platform for emerging markets, has secured $60M in Series B funding led by SoftBank Latin America Fund. Coinbase Ventures also participated in the investment round, which included contributions from existing investors BECO Capital, QED Investors, and Rising Tide. In… Read More

February 4, 2022 @ 3:20 pm By Martin Cheek  |  

The role that cryptocurrency plays in money laundering is hotly debated. Some say that the anonymity afforded by currencies like Bitcoin makes it easier for criminals to shift funds undetected, while others argue that the blockchain and it’s unchangeable, publicly visible ledger actually provide far… Read More