Tagged: brussels

September 15, 2026 @ 1:05 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Brussels fintech Chift has closed a €10.5 million Series A round to expand the software “plumbing” that links Europe’s fragmented financial tools — and to make that plumbing usable by artificial intelligence as well as by traditional applications. The financing was led by BlackFin Capital… Read More

December 15, 2022 @ 9:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Recently, in Brussels, it was announced that the Government of Viet Nam will pursue an ambitious national effort under a Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP) in order to ramp up renewable energy and “accelerate the phasing down of fossil fuels, alongside investment in transition-aligned jobs… Read More

September 7, 2022 @ 8:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

One of Debitum platform business partners, invoice factoring company FLEXIDEA, which operates in Latvia and Poland, has revealed that this summer, private equity fund HELENOS, managed by INPULSE INVESTMENT MANAGER (Brussels-based investment manager, Belgium), “acquired a 14,67% share in the capital of FLEXIDEA.” The acquisition… Read More

March 29, 2022 @ 7:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Sygno, the provider of Automated Machine Learning (AutoML) transaction monitoring models, has reportedly joined the recent cohort of scale-ups that will enter the ING Labs 2022 Program. During the 2022 program, Sygno will aim to bring its tech stack into ING’s transaction monitoring environment and… Read More

November 15, 2020 @ 10:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Brussels-based KBC Group N.V. (EBR:KBC), a universal multichannel bank-insurer that’s focused on private clients and SMEs in Belgium, Ireland, Central Europe and Southeast Asia, is planning to adopt a digital-first distribution model – which would put a new AI-enabled virtual customer assistant at the center… Read More

October 30, 2020 @ 8:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Brussels-headquartered Keyrock, a digital asset market maker, has secured €4.3 million in capital through an investment round that was co-led by MiddleGame Ventures and SIX Fintech Ventures, which is a CHF 50 Million corporate VC fund that invests in global early-stage startups. Volta Ventures, Seeder… Read More

June 15, 2020 @ 1:06 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Brussels-based Fintech firm iBanFirst has secured €21 million in capital through a Series C round, which was led by Elaia and Bpifrance Large Venture. The funds raised will be used to expand iBanFirst’s financial services platform for SMEs. The company mainly focuses on supporting B2B… Read More

March 11, 2020 @ 10:11 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Nexo Standards, a Brussels-based nonprofit organization for global payments, announced on Tuesday it has named Saudi Payments its latest Principal Member and the first in the association’s history from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.  According to Nexo Standards, Saudi Payments is a wholly-owned subsidiary of… Read More

March 11, 2020 @ 9:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Neotas, a company that develops due diligence solutions for financial service providers, has reportedly been chosen from 350 other firms to take part in ING’s Fintech accelerator, which will be held in Brussels. The multinational banking institution operates ING Labs Brussels (previously called Fintech Village),… Read More

June 28, 2018 @ 9:23 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Thursday Oracle announced it has formed a partnership with B-Hive Europe to launch a fintech innovation program in Brussels. The company reported that Brussels was chosen as its European fintech hub because of its centralized location and the presence of leading institutions of the… Read More

March 22, 2016 @ 4:39 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Following the devastating terrorist attack on Brussels on Tuesday morning, GoFundMe announced the launch of a crowdfunding campaign to help the victims. According to various reports, the attacks occurred at Brussels Zaventem Airport and the Maelbeek metro station, killing at least 34 people. Terrorist group ISIS has… Read More

June 4, 2014 @ 4:50 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

The Crowdsourcing Week (CSW) Summit in Brussels may be sold out, but now crowdfunding platform MyMicroInvest will present a live crowdfunding round and anyone from anywhere can participate! This event will kick off June 5th, 9:50 a.m. Brussels local time. The session will present two… Read More