January 9, 2022 @ 9:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Zego says that 2021 was a year for “the books” at the firm. They’ve reflected on some of the main achievements that have taken place at Zego over the past year. These include their Series C round of fundraising, strategic partnerships, as… Read More

January 9, 2022 @ 7:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

Doug Ellenoff of Ellenoff, Grossman and Schole Shares Insight into Booming SPAC Market. Special purpose Acquisition Companies or SPACs had a blowout year in 2021.  While the financing vehicle has been around for decades, in recent years SPACs have rocketed in popularity. SPACs are an… Read More

January 9, 2022 @ 3:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Security Token Market (STM) has published their Real Estate Report for December 2021. STM writes in a blog post that December’s edition of the real estate report has an updated structure and they’ve also shared their analysis. Previously, this report primarily focused… Read More

January 9, 2022 @ 1:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Kendra Pecan, Senior Marketing Project Manager at Airbase, has explained how marketing departments may budget with the Fintech firm’s spend management platform. Kendra notes that as a project manager, many of the challenges for her “came around the planning aspect of the role.” She often… Read More

January 9, 2022 @ 7:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Last week, Petal, a credit card startup that issues cards in partnership with WebBank, announced a Series D funding round of $140 million led by Tarsadia Investments. In a blog post, Petal shared that new and existing investors in the round included Valar Ventures, CUNA… Read More

January 9, 2022 @ 1:09 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Tommy Nicholas, CEO at Alloy, which specializes in identity verification APIs that make KYC/AML “effective and simple,” says that he loves Fintech. Nicholas writes in a blog post that he believes the wide availability of “digital-first” consumer/SMB financial services helps “drive fees down, increases access… Read More

January 8, 2022 @ 10:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Anchorage Digital, the first federally chartered digital asset bank that announced a Series D funding round of $350 million in December 2021, notes that as they look back at the developments from last year, “one pattern emerges: there’s a bright path ahead and they’re proud… Read More

January 8, 2022 @ 8:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at UK Fintech Modulr has done some research in order to find out what “makes paying passengers leave, and what makes them come back.” As noted in a blog post by Modulr, digital transformation has “been on the collective agenda for years.” It’s… Read More

January 8, 2022 @ 8:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at EstateGuru, an online investment marketplace that matches borrowers to investors with secured debt securities, notes that Investment Strategies is the next “evolution” of Auto Invest, which it replaces. EstateGuru wrote in an update that they’ve now “removed the €250 minimum limit for… Read More

January 8, 2022 @ 12:56 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ION Markets, an international provider of trading solutions for capital markets, has upgraded its connectivity in order to support Trumid’s Attributed Trading, a disclosed dealer-to-client negotiation protocol, via the ION Credit solution. Trumid is a Fintech firm and electronic bond trading platform, “building differentiated trading… Read More

January 8, 2022 @ 12:51 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Itai Damti, CEO at Unit, a financial services company that helps tech firms build financial features into their products (accounts, cards, payments, lending), notes that 2021 was a great year for Unit, thanks to their clients, team, partners, and investors. In the “demanding” day-to-day of… Read More

January 8, 2022 @ 10:56 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Great Hill Partners, a private equity company that’s focused on investing in high-growth, disruptive firms, recently announced the promotions of Craig Byrnes to MD and Chris Govey to Principal. Mark Taber, MD at Great Hill Partners, stated: “We are thrilled to recognize the well-deserved promotions… Read More

January 7, 2022 @ 6:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Blockchain.com, a leading block explorer, crypto wallet, and trading platform, says that 2021 witnessed a “fourth” major bull cycle for Bitcoin (BTC) and other crypto-assets. Historically, in the years that followed the previous large bull markets, we’ve seen “a struggle to hold gains… Read More

January 7, 2022 @ 6:03 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Railsbank APAC Marketing Manager Darren Thang has taken a look at how property buyers are about to get an enhanced experience. Thang writes in a blog post that increasingly, nonbank firms are “warming to the idea of embedded finance experiences, offering banking-like services that provide… Read More

January 7, 2022 @ 6:01 pm By JD Alois  |  

The UK Parliament has created a cross-party group of MPs and Lords for “Crypto and Digital Assets.” The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) aims to act as a forum for parliamentarians, policymakers and the UK crypto sector to discuss policy and regulation of the industry. According… Read More

January 7, 2022 @ 4:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

A recent survey highlights a “clear divide” between high-income and emerging economies in “attitudes” toward artificial intelligence (AI), with “optimism” considerably higher in emerging economies. Those in emerging economies noted that they are “more familiar with AI tools and products than those in developed economies.”… Read More

January 7, 2022 @ 3:15 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has appointed Raphael Auer as the Head of Innovation Hub Eurosystem Centre. Auer is presently a principal economist in the Innovation and the Digital Economy division of the BIS’s Monetary and Economic Department. He has “contributed extensively to BIS… Read More

January 7, 2022 @ 10:40 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Ned Barker, who has considerable experience in the payments sector, notes in a blog post published by UK-based cross-border payments Fintech CurrencyCloud that remittances are one of the “single most powerful financial forces in existence today, with workers sending hundreds of billions of dollars to their… Read More

January 7, 2022 @ 10:15 am By JD Alois  |  

Codat has announced a product partnership with Moody’s Analytics. Codat offers an API for small business data and Moody’s (NYSE: MCO) is a top provider of analytical tools. According to a release, Codat’s API will be integrated into Moody’s Analytics CreditLens solution and is designed… Read More

January 7, 2022 @ 10:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Jack Wilson, ex-FCA advisor and TrueLayer’s Head of Public Policy, notes that he’s responsible for coordinating how the firm “influences” public policy (government and regulators) to ensure the appropriate conditions for the company’s growth across the United Kingdom, European Union, internationally. A lot of the… Read More