May 20, 2025 @ 7:41 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The European Investment Fund (EIF), part of the European Investment Bank (EIB) Group, has signed an agreement with BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions to provide a portfolio guarantee of up to €200 million. Supported by the InvestEU program, this initiative aims to enhance access to business… Read More

May 20, 2025 @ 7:40 am By Omar Faridi  |  

MeaWallet, a digital payments enabler specializing in card tokenization, proudly announces its support for Central Cooperative Bank in launching Click to Pay push provisioning functionality for its customers. This feature will enhance the digital payments experience “for users by enabling seamless card enrolment into Click… Read More

May 20, 2025 @ 7:38 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Experian, the money platform, has revealed the transformative impact ReFi powered loans are having on UK consumers. As of May 2025, ReFi technology has “enabled the lending of over £70 million in debt consolidation loans.” Since becoming part of the Experian credit comparison marketplace in… Read More

May 20, 2025 @ 5:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Finastra, a global provider of financial software applications, and funds advised by Apax Partners LLP, a private equity advisory firm, announced that they have entered into an agreement under which Finastra “intends to sell its Treasury and Capital Markets (TCM) business unit to an affiliate… Read More

May 19, 2025 @ 10:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

UK’s digital bank Monzo has launched a new feature that empowers customers to cancel bank transfers almost instantly if they spot an error. This development, aimed at addressing a problem costing Brits an estimated £825 million annually, is set to redefine how users manage their… Read More

May 19, 2025 @ 10:51 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

EV payment specialist Paythru has partnered with global fintech Adyen to co-develop a next-generation, omni-channel payments platform for EV charging. The collaboration aims to address the problem of inconsistent EV charging payments – where EV drivers “face different payment methods at different charge points –… Read More

May 19, 2025 @ 10:45 pm By JD Alois  |  

This evening, the Senate Stablecoin Bill, the Genius Act, or The Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins (S 1582), garnered sufficient votes on a cloture motion to proceed in the Senate. Previously, on May 8th, the bill failed to gain the needed votes to end debate… Read More

May 19, 2025 @ 10:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In a move aimed at expanding investment opportunities for retirement plan participants, Empower is announcing a program that will pave the way for private market investments to be included within defined contribution retirement plans. Empower has reportedly aligned “with private investments fund managers and custodians,… Read More

May 19, 2025 @ 5:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Global insurtech bolttech announced its partnership with Sumitomo Corporation, one of Japan’s largest trading houses. The two companies will enter a joint venture to “deliver technology-enabled embedded solutions to distribution partners” across a number of markets in Asia. The technology-enabled embedded solutions will enable distribution partners… Read More

May 19, 2025 @ 5:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Confluence Technologies, Inc., a tech solutions provider for regulatory, analytics, and investor communications solutions for the investment management industry, announced that Allspring Global Investments has selected its Style Analytics solution for “enhanced transparency and improved competitive intelligence analysis for factor-based portfolio insights.” An independent global… Read More

May 19, 2025 @ 5:31 pm By JD Alois  |  

Circle has undergone several iterations during its existence (remember SeedInvest?), but its position in the stablecoin sector looks like a winner. Today, Circle is the second-largest stablecoin issuer in the dollar market with USDC, after Tether (USDT). However, Tether has received some criticism due to… Read More

May 19, 2025 @ 1:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

DailyPay, a worktech company and a leading provider of On-Demand Pay (also known as earned wage access), marks another regulatory achievement as Indiana becomes the latest state to sign into law legislation regarding the product. Indiana’s HEA 1125 codifies the industry’s best practices “into law,… Read More

May 19, 2025 @ 10:12 am By JD Alois  |  

Two resolutions impacting the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) have been signed into law by President Donald Trump. The CFPB has been a controversial agency since its inception. A pet project of certain left-wing policymakers, the Trump administration has effectively crippled the agency and its… Read More

May 19, 2025 @ 9:53 am By JD Alois  |  

Folk2Folk, a peer-to-peer lender that claims title of being the largest in the UK, having facilitated over £764 million in loans since inception, says it is experiencing a “surge” in transfers to its Innovative Finance ISA (IFISA). Folk2Folk reports almost £77 million of investment into… Read More

May 19, 2025 @ 8:41 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Global digital payment solutions provider Checkout.com has entered a strategic partnership with du Pay, one of the UAE’s fintech platforms focused on advancing financial inclusion and accessibility. This collab enables du Pay to leverage Checkout.com’s robust and scalable payments infrastructure to deliver “high performance payments and… Read More

May 19, 2025 @ 8:39 am By JD Alois  |  

Bitstamp, a crypto exchange that claims to be the longest-running in the world, has gained a Crypto Asset Service Provider (CASP) license. The license means the company can operate under the EU’s Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulation. The Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF)… Read More

May 19, 2025 @ 7:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Fifth Third Bancorp (NASDAQ: FITB), a U.S. regional bank headquartered in Cincinnati, is increasing its focus on cryptocurrency and digital assets, leveraging five years of exploration to expand its offerings. With over $200 billion in assets and primary oversight from the Office of the Comptroller… Read More

May 19, 2025 @ 7:22 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Infosys (NYSE: INFY) has announced an expansion of its strategic collaboration with DNB Bank ASA  (DNB), Norway’s largest bank, to accelerate its digital transformation. The collaboration will leverage Infosys’ services, solutions, and platforms, including the Infosys Finacle platform, to accelerate their IT modernization journey, improve… Read More

May 19, 2025 @ 7:15 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Nuvei, the Canadian fintech company, announces its membership in the European Payments Initiative (EPI), reportedly becoming one of the payment services providers to enable ecommerce businesses to accept Wero, EPI’s digital wallet, in their online checkouts. Wero facilitates instant account-to-account (A2A) transfers using SEPA Instant… Read More

May 19, 2025 @ 7:14 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Shojin has reportedly structured and funded our first Sharia compliant real estate investment for a residential development in Greater Manchester. They will continue to cater for global investors “seeking Sharia compliant opportunities in the UK market, particularly as real estate is one of the UK’s… Read More