October 20, 2024 @ 3:50 pm By Michael Wong  |  

MyFO, a Canadian platform catering to family offices and wealth management professionals, has closed its $3.5 million seed funding round, led by Rhino Ventures. The oversubscribed round will help the company scale operations, enhance product offerings, and expand its team as it seeks to meet… Read More

October 20, 2024 @ 2:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nium, the global infrastructure for real-time cross-border payments, is pleased to announce a partnership with Bank Rakyat Indonesia (BRI) in order to offer Indonesian customers with real-time international money transfer capabilities. This collaboration aims to streamline the various cross-border offerings for BRI’s individual and corporate… Read More

October 20, 2024 @ 2:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Hazeltree, a New York-based cloud-based treasury and liquidity management solution for hedge funds and private equity firms, has announced a partnership with Necto API, a fintech  transforming corporate finance and treasury departments by aggregating bank APIs. This will enable Hazeltree to enhance its banking connectivity… Read More

October 20, 2024 @ 12:49 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fintech firm Plaid explained that funding a new financial account should be a frictionless process, where account information is verified “instantly” and transfers are initiated quickly. Financial infrastructure Fintech company Plaid also noted that moving cash balances may be fairly straightforward, transferring investment holdings to… Read More

October 20, 2024 @ 7:48 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Ripple, the provider of digital asset infrastructure, has recently announced a partnership with the International Rescue Committee (IRC), one of the humanitarian organizations helping people affected by crises to survive, recover and rebuild their lives. Ripple and the IRC will now aim to explore how… Read More

October 19, 2024 @ 7:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In today’s business environment, more finance departments are beginning to turn to automation to improve efficiency and job satisfaction. As automation continues to transform financial operations, data suggests that accounts payable (AP) professionals with a “higher degree of automation” are benefiting in their careers as… Read More

October 19, 2024 @ 7:35 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Swift is planning to roll out new AI-enhanced fraud detection for the global payments industry. It will be available in January 2025. The new capability builds on Swift’s existing Payment Controls Service by drawing on pseudonymized data from the billions of transactions that flow over… Read More

October 19, 2024 @ 5:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

PeerBerry’s business partner – real estate developer Lithome – recently revealed that it had repaid investors a EUR 435 000 loan (real estate project “Šilo 23”) and paid their investors EUR 41 648 in total interest payments. In other key updates shared recently in a… Read More

October 19, 2024 @ 4:34 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

This week, XTM launched a Global Workers Payout Program called PayNow. XTM is a provider of payment solutions, including tipping-payout and certified earned wage access (EWA) through QRails AnyDay. The new program empowers temporary workers to open a secure digital bank account to receive earnings,… Read More

October 19, 2024 @ 4:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Investment platform TWINO recently shared the latest performance and activity update highlighting key developments from September. TWINO has provided a detailed overview of what’s been going on as of late on their European investment platform: Key TWINO Platform Stats: 12.29% average interest rate; interest paid… Read More

October 19, 2024 @ 4:23 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Simplismart announced this week a $7 million funding round for its infrastructure, which enables organizations to deploy AI models. The company hopes to position itself as the critical enabler for AI’s transition into mainstream enterprise operations. The Series A funding round was led by Accel,… Read More

October 19, 2024 @ 4:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nubank (NYSE: NU), which claims to be the largest digital financial services platform outside of Asia, announces the expansion of its Working Capital offerings, its first loan solution for business customers. As mentioned in the announcement from Brazil’s Nubank, the volume of loans granted grew by… Read More

October 19, 2024 @ 4:19 pm By Michael Wong  |  

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), in collaboration with the banking sector, announced several measures to support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in their development, upgrade, and transformation. Aimed at enhancing competitiveness and productivity, these initiatives come as SMEs navigate changing market conditions. Since launching… Read More

October 19, 2024 @ 4:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Activity at small and medium-sized businesses fell “marginally” in September, while new work and employment numbers continued to grow, the NatWest SME Growth Tracker has revealed. The NatWest UK SME Business Activity Index – which aims to effectively measure MoM changes in the output of… Read More

October 19, 2024 @ 4:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

A study released recently, How consumer behaviour shapes the digital economy, by Checkout.com, a digital payments firm, has highlighted the consumer buying behavior which is powering the digital economy. The research, carried out across the United Kingdom, US, United Arab Emirates (UAE) and China, reveals… Read More

October 19, 2024 @ 4:15 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

The Financial Technology Association (FTA) this week spoke out against the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) final interpretive rule on BNPL products. FTA president and CEO Penny Lee said the two organizations share the goal of consumer health. However, the CFPB’s results are inadequate. “Millions… Read More

October 19, 2024 @ 10:17 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

DNA Fund, a player in emerging tech and Web3 investments, has acquired Coral Capital Holdings, an investment management firm that has previously managed millions in the DNA founders’ funds. DNA and its founders have invested in or founded projects such as Tether, EOS, Mastercoin, Bancor,… Read More

October 19, 2024 @ 10:14 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

This week Surfshark released Data Leak Checker, a free, online service that lets users monitor the safety of their personal information. Powered by Surfshark Alert, this tool allows users to check if their personal data has been compromised in a data leak by simply entering… Read More

October 19, 2024 @ 10:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Mastercard (NYSE: MA) has officially introduced a range of new open banking-powered tools that put consumers in control of their data, safely and securely. Global payments firm Mastercard is launching Connect Plus, which is said to be data-consent command center, and new enhanced identity and… Read More

October 18, 2024 @ 5:58 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

A recent TransUnion (NYSE: TRU) analysis finds that fraud is said to be costing businesses the equivalent of nearly 7% of revenues. According to the extensive report from TransUnion, three in four business professionals indicated fraud stayed the “same or increased” in the last year;… Read More