June 17, 2024 @ 7:33 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Shift4 (NYSE: FOUR), the enabler of integrated payments and commerce technology, has acquired a majority stake in Vectron Systems AG, one of the largest European suppliers of point-of-sale (POS) systems to the restaurant and hospitality verticals. Based in Germany, Vectron has ~65,000 POS locations “across… Read More

June 17, 2024 @ 7:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Prosper, the savings and investments wealthtech founded by Nick Perrett and Ricky Knox, formerly of Tandem Bank, has reached its £800,000 Crowdcube target before launching to the public. Nick Perrett, Prosper’s CEO said: “We have been overwhelmed by the early show of support in the… Read More

June 17, 2024 @ 6:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Copper.co, one of the industry’s digital asset custodians, announces a strategic partnership with Solv Protocol, a native yield platform that tokenizes and aggregates high quality yields from various sources across the industry. This collaboration leverages Copper‘s custody and collateral management solutions, including its ClearLoop technology,… Read More

June 16, 2024 @ 11:56 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Elavon, one of the largest payment processors, has announced a partnership with BMO, the eighth-largest bank in North America by assets, to provide a comprehensive and innovative payment solutions platform to the bank’s clients in the United States. The partnership allows for “the acceptance, enablement… Read More

June 16, 2024 @ 11:50 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Circle is pleased to announce the expansion of their Web3 Services to support the Solana blockchain. This is a key milestone as they aim to “build a comprehensive and robust platform that empowers businesses and developers to build and launch on-chain apps.” Starting with Programmable… Read More

June 16, 2024 @ 11:48 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Robinhood Markets, Inc. (NASDAQ: HOOD) has partnered with Syracuse University’s D’Aniello Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) in order to bring retirement education workshops to entrepreneurs across the U.S. Robinhood says that they are honored to partner with an organization “helping veterans and veteran… Read More

June 16, 2024 @ 11:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Kani Payments, the global data reconciliation and reporting platform, has been selected by cloud-native issuer processor CLOWD9 as its partner to power its data reporting and reconciliation capabilities. The partnership will address the unique data standardization needs and challenges faced by banks and fintechs and… Read More

June 16, 2024 @ 10:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

N26 recently announced the appointment of Peter Kleinschmidt to the Supervisory Board of N26 AG following its 2024 Annual General Meeting. Peter, an avid investor in startups with a focus “on new and emerging technology, brings decades of experience in the financial services, banking and… Read More

June 16, 2024 @ 5:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Further building on its GenAI focus in the fixed income market, LTX, an AI-powered corporate bond trading platform backed by global Fintech Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc. (NYSE:BR), announced GenAI-powered List Trading functionality. The new feature allows users “to leverage GPT technology to generate and execute… Read More

June 16, 2024 @ 3:59 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Mbanq has announced a strategic partnership with IG Tech Cambodia, a Fintech developer in Southeast Asia, to create IG Finlink Cambodia, with Mbanq holding a majority ownership stake. The alliance signifies Mbanq’s ambitious expansion into the ASEAN banking technology and Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) markets. Initially focusing… Read More

June 16, 2024 @ 3:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Hometree, a residential energy services company, has raised £250m in debt financing from Barclays to help homeowners finance the installation of solar panels, battery storage systems, and heat pumps through a range of lease and loan products. The zero-deposit payment options are uniquely “designed for the… Read More

June 16, 2024 @ 3:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Rapyd, the global fintech firm, recently released its report, “2024 State of Payments: High-Opportunity Industries.” This comprehensive study dives into “the evolving landscape of cross-border payments, focusing on the needs of fast-growing industries such as online gaming, content creation platforms, online travel, marketplaces, and e-commerce.”… Read More

June 16, 2024 @ 3:54 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In Argentina, Worldcoin contributors have been working hard to increase access to important AI tools like World ID, a private digital passport that differentiates humans from bots online. Now, the project is poised to grow in Argentina, “resulting in significant direct investment in the country.”… Read More

June 16, 2024 @ 3:52 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Fhenix, an Israel-based company specializing in Layer 2 blockchain technology that leverages fully homomorphic encryption (FHE), has successfully closed a $15 million Series A funding round. The round was led by Hack VC, with additional investments from Dao5, Amber Group, Primitive, GSR, Collider, and Stake… Read More

June 16, 2024 @ 2:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

BIGG Digital Assets Inc.  an innovator in the digital assets space and owner of Blockchain Intelligence Group, Netcoins, and TerraZero, announces the launch of Operational Simulator Training for Investigators in partnership with WhiteStream Blockchain Intelligence. Blockchain Intelligence Group, in partnership with WhiteStream Blockstream Intelligence, is… Read More

June 16, 2024 @ 6:23 am By Omar Faridi  |  

With U.S. auto insurance rates up 11.2% on average during the past year—and insurers still losing an average of five cents “on every dollar of premium they collect—sky-high premiums do not appear to be leveling off anytime soon.” According to the J.D. Power 2024 U.S…. Read More

June 16, 2024 @ 1:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Nordic Capital, which claims to be one of the most active and experienced investors in Technology & Payments globally, announced that it will join Great Hill Partners, a private equity firm that invests in high-growth, disruptive companies, as an investor in One Inc, a digital… Read More

June 15, 2024 @ 10:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Xero, the global small business platform, released regional and industry data about small business labor productivity. The Xero Small Business Insights (XSBI) report, Small business productivity: Industry and regional trends, is based “on anonymized and aggregated data from more than 240,000 Xero small business customers… Read More

June 15, 2024 @ 10:19 pm By Michael Wong  |  

The Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) has released the first edition of the ‘Practical Guide on Venture Capital and Private Equity in Malaysia’ early this week, aiming to clarify the Malaysian policy landscape for fund managers, service providers, and investors in these sectors. The guide provides… Read More

June 15, 2024 @ 9:12 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Qiro Finance, a Singapore-headquartered decentralized finance (DeFi) startup founded by Akshay Poshatwar and Nishikant Bahalkar, announced a successful $1.2 million funding round to develop a decentralized credit protocol aimed at bridging the significant credit gap in emerging markets. The startup said it is innovating at… Read More