October 24, 2023 @ 10:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Jumio, the provider of automated, end-to-end identity verification, risk assessment and compliance solutions, today unveiled at Money20/20 USA Jumio 360° Fraud Analytics, its new fraud-fighting technology that uses AI-driven predictive analytics to identify fraud patterns with more sophistication and accuracy than ever before. According to… Read More

October 24, 2023 @ 10:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ingenico, the payment acceptance solutions provider, joins forces with Jifiti, the Fintech focused on white-labeled embedded lending, in a new  alliance. This partnership empowers merchants to “offer financing options, provided by accredited financial institutions and enabled by Jifiti, through Ingenico’s innovative cloud-based Payments Platform as… Read More

October 24, 2023 @ 10:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Creditly Corp., dba Credit Genie, a digital personal finance platform that has served more than one million Americans, announced the successful completion of an additional funding round, securing $10 million in capital, “bringing its total financing to $21 million.” The funding via the investment round… Read More

October 24, 2023 @ 10:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently caught up with Bundeep Singh Rangar, the CEO of Fineqia, a digital asset business that builds and targets investments in early and growth-stage technology companies that will be a part of the next generation of the Internet. Publicly listed in Canada (CSE: FNQ)… Read More

October 24, 2023 @ 9:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Greenlight Financial Technology, Inc., the fintech company on a mission to help parents raise financially smart kids, announced that it has formed a Credit Union Service Organization, Greenlight Financial CUSO, in order “to better serve and support credit unions, their members, and families nationwide.” Through… Read More

October 24, 2023 @ 5:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nubank (NYSE:NU), which claims to be one of the world’s largest digital financial services platforms, announces a new curation of exclusive benefits for its Ultravioleta customers. In addition to the black credit card offering 1% cashback, users will have access to constantly evolving solutions, “focused… Read More

October 24, 2023 @ 5:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Highnote announces the expansion of their debit, prepaid, and fleet issuing card platform to power consumer credit card products. Designed and developed by Highnote’s payments veterans, the expanded platform offers a comprehensive range of credit capabilities – “from technology that facilitates underwriting, repayment and loan… Read More

October 24, 2023 @ 3:17 pm By Nick Morgan  |  

On the latest episode of Capital Ideas, an interview series hosted by Nick Morgan and Dara Albright of Investor Choice Advocates Network (ICAN), Omi Bell, the CEO of Black Girl Ventures, shed light on the critical challenges faced by black and brown female entrepreneurs in… Read More

October 24, 2023 @ 2:19 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Luxembourg Stock Exchange (LuxSE) has listed the “first digital native security” or “digital native note (DNN)” to be admitted to trade in the European Union. As was reported earlier today, R3 worked with the World Bank to issue the security on its Corda blockchain…. Read More

October 24, 2023 @ 1:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Following the announcement of Ireland as our MiCA entity location, Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) are pleased to announce that they are strengthening our presence in Benelux and the Nordics, a key market for Coinbase. This move underscores Coinbase‘s increased commitment to continental Europe. Elke Karskens will reportedly… Read More

October 24, 2023 @ 10:45 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Revolut, the financial super app with more than 35 million customers worldwide, added stocks of 70+ European-listed companies to its investment offering across the European Economic Area (EEA). Investment services in the EEA are “provided by Revolut Securities Europe UAB.” With Revolut, investments in European-listed… Read More

October 24, 2023 @ 10:01 am By JD Alois  |  

R3, an enterprise-focused permissed blockchain provider, is reporting that its Corda technology has enabled the first digital bond issuance on Euroclear’s International Central Securities Depository (ICSD). The SSA, or “supranational, sovereign and agency bond,” was issued by the World Bank, with Citi (an investor in… Read More

October 24, 2023 @ 9:46 am By JD Alois  |  

Orbital has received approval from the Gibraltar Financial Services Commission (GFSC) to operate as an Electronic Money Issuer (EMI) and a Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) Provider. Orbital has offices in London, Gibraltar, and Tallinn. Gibraltar has long been known as an enabler for digital asset… Read More

October 24, 2023 @ 9:29 am By Omar Faridi  |  

International insurtech bolttech announced its partnership with Three Sweden, an innovative telecommunications service provider based in Sweden, in order “to offer comprehensive device protection solutions to customers both online and in-store.” This strengthens bolttech’s existing collaboration “with CK Hutchison Holdings (CKHH), building on other key… Read More

October 24, 2023 @ 8:34 am By JD Alois  |  

It was more a question of when. Today, Seedrs has issued a statement today that it has been approved under ECSPR – European Crowdfunding Services Provider regulation – to facilitate online capital formation across the EU. Owned by US-based Fintech Republic, Seedrs is already one… Read More

October 24, 2023 @ 7:34 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Allica Bank claims that it is “exposing” a “hidden” £7.5 billion a year savings penalty on the country’s hard-pressed SMEs – and is calling “on the wider banking industry to give SMEs a better deal.” While the cost-of-living crisis has led to significant pressure on… Read More

October 24, 2023 @ 7:31 am By Omar Faridi  |  

TAB, the real estate finance and investment house set to have a £500m loan book in 2024, has completed a private securitisation facility with NatWest and Atalaya Capital Management of “up to £300m to support TAB’s lending products.” Both funding partners support TAB’s commitment to… Read More

October 24, 2023 @ 7:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

UK law firms have cited macroeconomic volatility as their greatest concern, but this has not impacted growth ambitions, with 100% and 93% of Top 100 firms expecting to increase revenue and profits respectively in the next year (by an average of 9.3% for revenue and… Read More

October 23, 2023 @ 10:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The scale of Christmas / holiday spending cutbacks due to the cost of living is highlighted in new research from KPMG UK – which shows consumer intention “to cut back on buying gifts, groceries and socializing.” Over 2600 UK consumers were surveyed for KPMG –… Read More

October 23, 2023 @ 10:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nucleus Financial Platforms, one of the UK’s independent adviser platform groups, explains the impact of today’s inflation figures “on triple lock calculations for state pensions from April 2024 and calls for a sensible discussion around the future of the triple lock and the state pension… Read More