May 29, 2025 @ 8:54 am By JD Alois  |  

Vodafone customers may now Pay by Bank in Germany due to a partnership between Tink and Adyen (ADYEN:AMS). Tink is part of Visa (NYSE:V). Pay by Bank is an open banking process that allows for immediate transfers between two banks in a secure environment. Tink… Read More

May 29, 2025 @ 8:47 am By JD Alois  |  

Tribe Payments has announced a partnership with Finmo to offer end-to-end payment and treasury services to banking and Fintech clients across key growth markets, specifically the Asia-Pacific (APAC) and Europe. Tribe’s issuer and acquirer processing platform will be integrated with Finmo’s treasury and financial management… Read More

May 29, 2025 @ 8:38 am By JD Alois  |  

Eunice is entering the stablecoin sector by offering a due diligence and monitoring service. Founded in 2022, Eunice is a B2B AI solutions provider for the digital asset sector. Eunice’s platform supports token classification, risk analysis, and asset disclosure requirements. As the stablecoin sector is… Read More

May 29, 2025 @ 8:30 am By JD Alois  |  

TrueLayer, a UK-based payments firm, is now working in the gaming sector following an agreement with Tebex. According to a company statment, Tebex is utilizing TrueLayer’s services in Germany, France, Spain, Belgium and the UK. TrueLayer offers a “Pay by Bank” network that enables immediate… Read More

May 29, 2025 @ 8:20 am By Omar Faridi  |  

DunPort Capital Management, a private credit manager, and Vertis Capital Partners, a UK-based alternative investment firm focused on asset-backed finance and private credit, announced a partnership. As part of the transaction Vertis will take an initial minority stake in DunPort which is expected to “increase… Read More

May 29, 2025 @ 8:13 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Exodus announces the launch of XO Pay, a service that allows customers to buy and sell cryptocurrency directly within the Exodus Mobile wallet. Developed by Exodus and powered “by Coinme’s Crypto-as-a-Service API platform, XO Pay is the self-custody wallet with native on-ramping.” XO Pay eliminates… Read More

May 29, 2025 @ 8:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

OpenFX, the FX infrastructure company revolutionizing cross-border payments, announced its emergence from stealth with $23 million in funding led by Accel, with participation from NFX, Lightspeed Faction, Castle Island Ventures, Flybridge, Hash3 and strategic fintech investors. This milestone follows the company’s “growth from $0 to… Read More

May 29, 2025 @ 7:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Trading and investing platform, eToro, announces the addition of 12 cryptoassets to the U.S. platform. In addition to Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, and Ethereum, U.S. users now have the option “to invest in: Aave, Cardano, Chainlink, Compound, Dogecoin, Ethereum Classic, Litecoin, Ripple, Stellar, Shiba Inu, Uniswap,… Read More

May 29, 2025 @ 7:49 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Dojo, the UK payments technology provider, announces it has secured an investment of $190 million from Vitruvian Partners, a global growth investment firm. The investment marks the first equity raise in Dojo’s history. The funds enable Dojo to accelerate the company’s growth in the UK… Read More

May 29, 2025 @ 7:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

A quarter of adults in the UK are ‘silent savers’, preferring to keep financial matters private and rarely discussing savings or investments with others, according to research by KPMG UK and the charity National Numeracy. The study of 2,000 UK adults which also found that… Read More

May 28, 2025 @ 11:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

NatWest Group has announced the expansion of NatWest Thrive with a new digital platform designed “to empower the next generation to take control of their financial futures.” NatWest Thrive, which started as a youth club program, now “combines over 30 years of community initiatives –… Read More

May 28, 2025 @ 10:15 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Programmable financial services company Stripe showcased its latest products to accelerate the growth of British businesses, “including a major expansion of its money management capabilities, tools to make it easier to trade internationally, and the world’s first AI foundation model for payments.” UK businesses are… Read More

May 28, 2025 @ 9:49 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Palla, an international payments platform that enables instant cross-border payments for global financial institutions and fintech firms, announced today that it has raised $14.5 million in a Series A funding round. The funding round was led “by Revolution Ventures, with participation from Y Combinator, Ardent,… Read More

May 28, 2025 @ 9:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Conduit, a cross-border payments platform powered by stablecoins, announced it closed a $36 million Series A funding round. The funding round was co-led by Dragonfly and Altos Ventures, “with participation from Sound Ventures, Commerce Ventures, DCG, Circle Ventures (the issuer of the USDC stablecoin) and… Read More

May 28, 2025 @ 9:46 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Block, Inc. announced it will launch bitcoin payments on Square, marking a significant milestone in making bitcoin more “accessible and usable.” Bitcoin payments on Square will be showcased at Bitcoin 2025 in Las Vegas from May 27-29, where attendees can “experience this new feature firsthand… Read More

May 28, 2025 @ 4:13 pm By JD Alois  |  

The SEC’s next Crypto Task Force Roundtable is preparing to tackle DeFi or decentralized finance. Entitled “DeFi and the American Spirit,” SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce says DeFi “exemplifies the promise of crypto, as it allows people to interact without intermediaries.” “I look forward to learning… Read More

May 28, 2025 @ 4:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Financial Technology Association (FTA) has told Senate members not to tax remittances nor include citizenship verification as part of the anticipated reconciliation bill. The FTA said that it was joined by six other associations asking the Senate not to “harm hardworking Americans, including active… Read More

May 28, 2025 @ 3:41 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Division of Economic and Risk Analysis (DERA) has provided an analysis of Reg CF and Reg A as enabled under the JOBS Act of 2012. The SEC has previously provided data on the various online capital formation exemptions, but… Read More

May 28, 2025 @ 3:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Jumio, the firm focused on AI-powered identity intelligence anchored in biometric authentication, automation and data-driven insights, released the 2025 Jumio Online Identity Study. This year’s results paint a stark picture: trust in digital life “is crumbling under the weight of deepfakes, misinformation and cybercrime.” The… Read More

May 28, 2025 @ 12:15 pm By JD Alois  |  

UK-based Fintech Merge has received approval to operate under an Electronic Money Institution (EMI) licence and Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP) granted by the AMF and ACPR in France. Merge states that it is one of the few firms to hold both regulatory approvals. Merge… Read More