November 23, 2022 @ 9:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Coconut notes that starting a self-employed business is “easier than ever, but the finance tools available haven’t improved for decades.” New laws mean 4m+ UK taxpayers will “have to do 5x more tax returns.” Coconut’s accounting software is “helping accountants get their sole traders &… Read More

November 23, 2022 @ 9:22 am By JD Alois  |  

Sam Bankman-Fried, the disgraced former CEO and founder of FTX, has been spending recent days apologizing for his mismanagement of the firm on Twitter. Yesterday, an apparent email distributed by Bankman-Fried was shared on the internet, credited to Coindesk. In the email, Bankman-Fried apologized once… Read More

November 23, 2022 @ 9:03 am By JD Alois  |  

Wise (LON:WISE) has been integrated into the digital banking firm in Hong Kong ZA Bank. According to a note from ZA bank, the partnership between the two firms is the first bank in Hong Kong to provide money transfers with no exchange rate mark up…. Read More

November 23, 2022 @ 8:09 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Venture capital (VC) pre-money valuations remained robust through Q3 2022, as bearish macroeconomic outlooks spread across Europe,” the team at Pitchbook noted. Pitchbook also mentioned that “the drop off in public market capitalizations has not filtered into the VC ecosystem, with the valuations of VC-backed… Read More

November 23, 2022 @ 8:01 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Hydr, which creates software to enable invoice finance at scale for SMEs, optimizing cash flow, fueling growth, has secured 95% (£332,826) of its £350,001 target via Seedrs with 29 days left in the firm’s crowdfunding campaign (with 31 investors so far making contributions to the… Read More

November 23, 2022 @ 7:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Juniper Research defines embedded finance as: “Any use case where financial services, such as banking, insurance or lending, is integrated into non-financial user experiences.” User experiences in this sense will “commonly mean eCommerce checkouts, for example, where payment options are embedded to avoid having to… Read More

November 23, 2022 @ 7:52 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital lender and non-bank challenger MONEYME Limited (ASX: MME) has surpassed $3 billion in originations since inception, “after 4x growth in FY22 driven primarily by the success of its auto finance product Autopay.” This includes the $1.1 billion in originations by SocietyOne “prior to the… Read More

November 23, 2022 @ 7:43 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Curve.Finance, which claims to be one of the largest DEXs and automated market makers (AMM), deploys on Celo, which is described as “the leading carbon-negative, EVM-compatible layer-1 blockchain, using fast, scalable proof-of-stake consensus.” The launch is “a collaboration among the Celo Foundation, Curve, Stake DAO,… Read More

November 22, 2022 @ 11:58 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is worried about investment apps that are designed to encourage trading. The regulator issued a statement and report yesterday, warning securities trading firms that offer apps to review the design of these services that are crafted to boost trading leveraging… Read More

November 22, 2022 @ 11:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

On  November 9, 2022, Bondora had their latest live Q&A session for 2022. It’s become somewhat of a tradition that connects clients, Bondora’s investors, “directly to Pärtel Tomberg, the CEO and Founder of Bondora.” Bondora‘s CEO has shared more about how the platform is doing… Read More

November 22, 2022 @ 11:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Interest is both “the cost of borrowing money for a borrower and the compensation of lending money for a lender,” the team at October notes in a recent update. As a lending platform, October explains they are “right in the middle and connect borrowers to… Read More

November 22, 2022 @ 10:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Propel Holdings Inc. (TSX: PRL), a Fintech company dedicated to credit inclusion, announced that it has entered the Canadian market with its new brand, Fora CreditTM (Fora) – “a convenient online credit solution for underserved Canadian consumers.” Nearly 25 per cent of Canadians “are either… Read More

November 22, 2022 @ 10:54 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Low carbon building practices, crucial to achieving greenhouse gas emissions targets, “attracted record levels of venture capital funding in 2022 with investment levels soaring to $2.2bn.” Venture capital raised by companies involved in green building design, building materials procurement and lower carbon construction methods “has… Read More

November 22, 2022 @ 7:01 pm By JD Alois  |  

Currencycloud has partnered with Quid Global to help power the company’s digital wallet, which will support the firm’s international expansion. Quid Global, launched in the UK in 2020 and now with offices in London, US, Switzerland, and Ireland, Quid aims to be the one-stop digital… Read More

November 22, 2022 @ 5:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Engage People, which claims to be the only loyalty network that enables program members to pay with points directly at checkout, commissioned a newly released survey from The Wise Marketer titled “2022 Rewards Redemption Survey: US Consumer Attitudes and Preferences.” The report “examines consumers’ attitudes… Read More

November 22, 2022 @ 4:12 pm By JD Alois  |  

Sequoia, one of the most prominent VC firms in the world, has apologized to its backers for the investment they made in FTX. As was previously reported, once the wheels fell off of FTX, Sequoia wrote its investment down to zero – a potential $150… Read More

November 22, 2022 @ 3:34 pm By JD Alois  |  

PayZen, a healthcare Fintech, reports that it has raised $20 million in equity capital alongside $200 million in a credit facility. Payzen’s mission is to help patients pay for healthcare at “any stage in the patient’s journey.” The service was created due to the increase… Read More

November 22, 2022 @ 11:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

UK’s professional services firm Evelyn Partners revealed “a significant move to strengthen its Forensic Services team with the appointment of Annabel Kerley FCA as Head of Fraud and Financial Crime.” As a Partner specializing in investigations Annabel will “build and grow Evelyn Partners’ Forensic Services… Read More

November 22, 2022 @ 10:14 am By JD Alois  |  

Aggregate crypto market value has dipped below $800 million, according to CoinMarketCap – the first time since the beginning of 2021. At one point in 2021, crypto markets were hovering around $3 trillion and thus have endured a spectacular decline in value. At one point… Read More

November 22, 2022 @ 9:51 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Mintos is pleased to confirm that they’ve reached a new milestone of 500 000 registered users on their investment platform. Over the course of 2022, Mintos claims it experienced “a steady growth in registrations, with an average of 4372 users joining each… Read More