October 5, 2023 @ 10:53 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Toronto-based fintech Clearco announced the completion of multiple actions to recapitalize its business and solidify its position as the leading provider of growth capital to e-commerce businesses. The transactions include “a $60M equity raise from existing investors and a new asset-backed financing facility, which provides… Read More

October 5, 2023 @ 10:49 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued an order directed at Elon Musk, seeking to compel the world’s wealthiest entrepreneur to “comply with an investigative subpoena calling for his appearance for testimony.” Musk, who acquired Twitter, now named X, has become a target for… Read More

October 5, 2023 @ 10:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Lendbuzz, a financial technology company, that uses alternative data, machine learning, and deep neural networks to provide auto loans for a wide spectrum of borrowers announces today that they raised $345 million in a combination of $45 million in equity funding and $300 million in… Read More

October 5, 2023 @ 10:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Vyzer, a digital wealth management platform, has successfully raised a Seed round of $6.3 million from leading VCs, angel investors, and family offices including iAngels, Guy Gamzu, MonetaVC, Jonathan Kolber and Rafi Gidron. Leveraging AI technology, Vyzer transforms data “into potent wealth-building strategies and grants… Read More

October 5, 2023 @ 10:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fiserv, Inc. (NYSE: FI), a global provider of payments and financial services technology solutions, has expanded its longstanding relationship with Swift by joining the Swift Partner Program as a Platform Partner. As a Partner, Fiserv will “enable connectivity to Swift APIs and enhance support for… Read More

October 5, 2023 @ 10:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Hong Kong’s push towards blockchain enabled Web3 innovation received strong tailwind through a new fund that CMCC Global launched this week. CMCC Global, one of Asia’s earliest venture capital investors “to entirely focus on blockchain technology and Web3 innovation, announced the launch of a venture… Read More

October 5, 2023 @ 6:08 pm By JD Alois  |  

Invesdor, a securities crowdfunding platform approved to operate across the European Union, is touting a recent successful funding round that was listed on Oneplanetcrowd but saw solid participation across Invesdor’s home base. Oneplanetcrowd, an impact funding platform that focuses on green securities offerings, was acquired… Read More

October 5, 2023 @ 3:54 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Eaglebrook Advisors, Inc., one of the largest SEC-registered crypto separately managed account (SMA) platforms, and institutional crypto platform Anchorage Digital announced a partnership providing financial advisors with streamlined access to crypto SMAs. The partnership provides financial advisors “with secure and regulated access to digital assets… Read More

October 5, 2023 @ 12:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

Block (NYSE:SQ), the parent company of Square, may be slashing its employee headcount, according to Job Community Blind. In recent days, a posting was made inquiring about layoffs as a Block recruiter was apparently let go – leaving an aspiring hire in the lurch. Other… Read More

October 5, 2023 @ 11:34 am By Howard Marks  |  

There’s no question that by allowing entrepreneurs to raise capital from a broad investor base, Regulation Crowdfunding (Reg CF) has transformed the landscape of small business financing. But recently, some in the industry, including several prominent crowdfunding platforms, have started to question exactly how broad… Read More

October 5, 2023 @ 11:16 am By JD Alois  |  

  Chase and Bank of America are the big losers when it comes to providing a savings rate for their account holders. Currently both Chase and B of A offer a interest rate on their savings account of a measly 0.01% (APY). What do you… Read More

October 5, 2023 @ 10:25 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Brite Payments, a firm focused on instant bank payments, announced a $60 million funding round led by specialist B2B software investor Dawn Capital and joined by Headline and existing investor Incore. Brite leverages open banking to offer businesses easy-to-integrate, instant account-to-account (A2A) payments and payouts…. Read More

October 5, 2023 @ 9:58 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The UK’s smallest companies could generate £77.3bn of extra revenue and create 885,000 new jobs if they “all digitalized at the rate of the top 20% of tech adopters.” This is according to new research from Xero, the global small business platform, and economics consultant,… Read More

October 5, 2023 @ 9:53 am By Omar Faridi  |  

wefox, which claims tobe one of the leading insurtech firms, has been appointed as affinity insurance partner by WINDTRE, Italy’s telecommunications business. The company has launched its own insurance agency, WINDTRE Assicurazioni, “to provide insurance directly to its customers.” wefox will provide “a range of… Read More

October 5, 2023 @ 9:46 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Berlin-based online bank N26 has launched its new full-funnel, multi-channel global brand campaign, ‘This is how I bank’. The campaign showcases how N26’s innovative and customer-centric approach “to banking gives everyone the confidence and freedom to bank where, when, and exactly how they want to.”… Read More

October 5, 2023 @ 9:42 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital bank Revolut has reportedly made a deal with primary backer SoftBank on a change to the latter’s shareholding, a strategic move that will clear away a significant barrier in the fintech firm’s pursuit of a UK banking license. The Bank of England’s Prudential Regulation… Read More

October 5, 2023 @ 6:58 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Building upon its passwordless authentication expertise, HYPR announced the unified solution for securing the modern identity lifecycle, providing organizations with complete confidence that an individual is who they claim to be at all times. The new solution reportedly “combines the strongest modern authentication capabilities with… Read More

October 5, 2023 @ 12:01 am By JD Alois  |  

The British Business Bank has announced a new fund for Scotland. The Investment Fund for Scotland will include £150 million in funding to assist smaller firms. The fund will provide loans from £25,000 to £2 million and equity investments up to £5 million. This is… Read More

October 4, 2023 @ 11:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

SquareBook, the auction technology platform for equity capital raises, has acquired 101% (£507,320) of its £500,000 target from 153 investors (at the time of writing) via Seedrs with 2 days left in the firm’s crowdfunding campaign. Located in Edinburgh, United Kingdom, SquareBook operates in the… Read More

October 4, 2023 @ 10:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Virtual cards, also known as temporary cards, are defined by the researchers at Juniper Research as “randomly generated and generally temporary card number linked to a payment account, used to process payments in lieu of genuine payment details.” A virtual card is “a payment tool… Read More