April 8, 2025 @ 6:43 am By Omar Faridi  |  

After a rollout on Transit, SEPTA is expanding contactless payment options to Regional Rail starting on Friday, April 4. This means customers on all modes – trains, buses, subways, and trolleys – can easily “tap on using their credit or debit card, or mobile wallet.”… Read More

April 8, 2025 @ 5:41 am By Omar Faridi  |  

FNZ, the global end-to-end technology platform serving wealth and asset management businesses, announces it secured $500 million in new equity funding. The company has secured the equity funding from its “long-term institutional investors who remain closely aligned with FNZ’s strategy and ambitions.” The new capital… Read More

April 8, 2025 @ 1:01 am By Omar Faridi  |  

French fintech startup Pennylane has secured €75 million ($83 million) in a funding round that doubles its valuation to €2 billion, signaling strong investor confidence in its cloud-based accounting platform. The investment round was reportedly led by Sequoia Capital, along with participation from Alphabet’s CapitalG,… Read More

April 7, 2025 @ 11:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital bank Monzo has made a strategic move into the home insurance market, launching a contents insurance product designed to capitalize on growing consumer demand for seamless, app-based financial services. This initiative marks Monzo as one of the first UK digital banks to offer such… Read More

April 7, 2025 @ 11:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital bank Revolut has reportedly achieved significant milestones that underscore its steady growth and strategic vision. Revolut has surpassed one million retail customers in Switzerland, cementing its position as a digital banking solution in the European country. Revolut is also setting its sights on a… Read More

April 7, 2025 @ 10:03 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Alkami Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALKT), a cloud-based digital banking solutions provider for financial institutions in the U.S., unveiled key updates focused on enhancing its digital sales and services platform. The Alkami Digital Sales & Service Platform will allow financial institutions to onboard, engage, and “grow… Read More

April 7, 2025 @ 9:59 pm By Michael Wong  |  

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) released statistics for the second quarter of 2024 on stored value facility (SVF) schemes, showing continued growth in both usage and transaction value. By the end of Q2 2024, the total number of SVF accounts in use reached 75.36… Read More

April 7, 2025 @ 9:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The INX Digital Company, Inc. announces that it has entered into an arrangement agreement with OpenDeal Inc., a company better known as Republic, in connection with a transaction that values the company’s equity at up to $60 million (assuming the Rollover Share Limit is achieved)…. Read More

April 7, 2025 @ 6:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nearly three-quarters of financial technology startups fail within their first three years due to preventable regulatory compliance issues, according to a new industry report. The research study, released by Los Angeles-based Hare Strategy Group, analyzed five years of data from over 400 fintech ventures and… Read More

April 7, 2025 @ 4:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

As the highly-anticipated US presidential election draws nearer, 49% of American retail investors are planning to or have already “adjusted” their investment portfolios based on what they think will happen. This, according to an extensive update shared by investing and trading platform eToro. According to… Read More

April 7, 2025 @ 3:15 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Affirm (NASDAQ: AFRM), the payment network that empowers consumers and drives growth for merchants, announced that it has signed a partnership with Revolve Group, Inc. (NYSE: RVLV), the fashion retailer for Millennial and Generation Z consumers. Shoppers in the U.S. will soon be able to… Read More

April 7, 2025 @ 3:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Chime, the San Francisco-based consumer fintech and one of the largest digital-only financial services providers in the U.S., has reportedly postponed its initial public offering (IPO), originally slated for 2025. The decision, highlighted in a CNBC report, comes as Silicon Valley grapples with plunging valuations… Read More

April 7, 2025 @ 12:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

Innovate Finance, an association that advocates on behalf of the Fintech industry in the UK, has issued a statement calling on the UK government to create a National Anti-Fraud Centre to battle the financial fraud crisis. The cost of payments fraud is said to be… Read More

April 7, 2025 @ 11:41 am By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Crypto Task Force, created by interim SEC Chairman Mark Uyeda, has revealed its agenda for its next Crypto Roundtable. Led by SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce, the Task Force aims to work with industry participants and other insiders to chart a… Read More

April 7, 2025 @ 11:19 am By Omar Faridi  |  

FIS (NYSE: FIS), a global enabler of financial technology, announced that its Premium Payback solution has been chosen to power the real-time rewards redemption process for Bilt. Launched in 2021, Bilt is the enabler of a payments and commerce network that transforms housing and neighborhood… Read More

April 7, 2025 @ 11:08 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The financial services sector is witnessing a key shift as artificial intelligence (AI) adoption accelerates, prompting innovative responses from industry professionals. Canapi Ventures, a fintech investment firm, has launched its inaugural Generative AI Council to bridge the gap between AI founders and the complex financial… Read More

April 7, 2025 @ 10:18 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Elliptic, the global enabler of digital assets decisioning, is pleased to announce the integration with the layer 1 blockchain MANTRA into its suite of screening and investigation compliance solutions. The integration connects blockchains into a unified financial network that is monitored in real time, enabling… Read More

April 7, 2025 @ 8:44 am By JD Alois  |  

Last week, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a statement on stablecoins declaring they are not securities and thus not regulated by the agency. The SEC, Division of Corporate Finance, said that as long as the stablecoin is tied to the dollar and does… Read More

April 7, 2025 @ 8:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Digital asset platform Fasset has partnered with Dinari to tokenize $1 billion of US equities, which are available to investors, according to a company statement. Fasset is a Dubai-based blockchain firm. Dinari, through its blockchain-based tokenization technology, aims to enable investing in anything from anywhere…. Read More

April 7, 2025 @ 7:14 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital assets firm OKX has noted that regulatory compliance is a top priority for them. As the crypto industry evolves, OKX claims that they “remain committed to meeting and exceeding regulatory standards.” They work closely and on an “ongoing basis with regulators to ensure their… Read More