Tagged: Business Expansion

February 22, 2023 @ 11:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ALMIS International is pleased to announce that GB Bank, which was awarded their full banking license in August 2022, have chosen “to add additional ALMIS International products as it continues to drive forward its ambitious growth plans.” Having already trusted ALMIS International for their ALM… Read More

February 22, 2023 @ 8:06 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Socotra announces a major drive into the European insurance markets, with an initial focus on the UK, DACH, France, and others, “following strong growth in 2022, including a 71% revenue increase, a 75% growth in customers, and a 117% YoY increase in policies managed on… Read More

February 21, 2023 @ 8:06 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Berlin-based Pliant claims it is looking back at a very successful year 2022. While entering seven additional European markets, it also “recorded a sixfold growth of its customer portfolio.” With the closing of this Series A investment round, the company is “now setting itself up… Read More

February 20, 2023 @ 9:36 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Elliptic, the global firm focused on crypto-asset risk management, announced that it has expanded its global leadership team with the appointment of Barry Chubrik as Chief Financial Officer, and Sophie Froment as Chief People Officer. Chubrik will join Elliptic’s growing US team “based out of… Read More

February 16, 2023 @ 9:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

  Airwallex has announced senior appointments to its global leadership team “as the global payments and financial platform focuses on its expansion into 2023.” Justin Yek has “commenced in the newly created role of Head of Strategic Finance and Corporate Development following more than 10… Read More

February 16, 2023 @ 1:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Adyen (AMS: ADYEN), the global financial technology platform of “choice” for businesses, announces that it has broadened its partnership with FREE NOW, Europe’s mobility platform, “to offer card issuing for mobility.” This financial services addition “builds on Adyen and FREE NOW’s long-standing relationship, which previously… Read More

February 14, 2023 @ 11:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Financial technology company Saldo Bank UAB, formerly Saldo Finance UAB, has announced “the launch of banking operations in Lithuania in February 2023.” Having built regulatory readiness after obtaining a specialized bank license from the European Central Bank, Saldo Bank will “introduce term deposits and continue… Read More

February 14, 2023 @ 10:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Atlantic Money announced the completion of its pan-European launch. The service is now officially “available across 29 countries and allows users to send up to £/€1mn for a fixed fee of £/€3.” The completion of the EU launch “comes hot on the heels of its… Read More

February 14, 2023 @ 9:01 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Nordic fintech company Lunar, which is a modern alternative to traditional banks, raises 35 million EUR “to invest in and develop the business and reach profitability even faster.” Founder and CEO of Lunar Group, Ken Villum Klausen, says: “The capital markets that we and… Read More

February 13, 2023 @ 6:20 am By Omar Faridi  |  

London-based, green Fintech ekko is gearing up for a year of “sustained growth.” The company revealed “a series of unique product updates, and has opened up its service to employers, banks and payment providers for the first time.” These announcements come ahead of “the imminent… Read More

February 5, 2023 @ 7:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Klarpay AG marks a “significant” expansion of its international payment offering with the launch of 13 new currency IBAN accounts. This addition “enables digital companies, including online merchants, ad networks, marketplaces, and influencers, to collect and disburse payments in AED, AUD, CAD, DKK, HKD, HUF,… Read More

February 4, 2023 @ 10:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Paxos, the “comprehensively” regulated blockchain and tokenization infrastructure platform, announced it is launching “an engineering research & development center of security and cryptography excellence in Israel.” Paxos plans “to expand its Israel engineering center with senior, staff and principal engineers with specialized skills in enterprise-grade… Read More

February 2, 2023 @ 8:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital bank Zopa has raised £75 million ($93m) in order “to drive its next phase of growth, supporting its vision to become Britain’s best bank.” The deal cements and markedly “enhances Zopa bank’s Unicorn status, and was led by existing investors.” The proceeds from the… Read More

February 1, 2023 @ 9:33 am By Omar Faridi  |  

ViewTrade, the force that powers fintech, announced extensive client growth over the course of 2022 as the firm continues to expand, “now serving financial services firms in 26 countries.” Culminating in the launch of a carrying broker services offering in December, 2022 was a year… Read More

January 29, 2023 @ 3:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Global Processing Services (GPS), a global payments technology platform, announced the appointment of Jim McCarthy as Executive Vice President – Global Head of Sales and Product, and Kevin Fox as the company’s new Chief Revenue Officer. In this newly created role, Jim will “lead GPS’… Read More

January 27, 2023 @ 5:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Hawk AI, Germany’s provider of anti-money laundering (AML) and fraud prevention technology for banks and payment companies, announced $17M in Series B financing “to accelerate product development and global expansion.” The investment round was “led by Sands Capital from Washington D.C., with participation from new… Read More

January 27, 2023 @ 10:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

DailyPay has announced it has secured $260 million of capital to fuel growth domestically, expand internationally and further invest in product innovation. DailyPay is a Fintech that enables employees to access their earnings in real-time. The funding is “divided between revolving credit facility capacity provided… Read More

January 24, 2023 @ 9:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Paysafe (NYSE: PSFE), a payments platform, announced its expansion into the new Ohio online sports-betting market after entering the Maryland iGaming space in Q4 2022. Paysafe is now “powering play safely for a range of sportsbooks in the Midwestern state by providing their players with… Read More

January 24, 2023 @ 10:06 am By Omar Faridi  |  

BIGG Digital Assets Inc. (CSE: BIGG), owner of Netcoins, the online cryptocurrency brokerage that makes it easy for North Americans to buy, sell, and understand cryptocurrency, and Blockchain Intelligence Group, a developer of blockchain technology search, risk-scoring and data analytics solutions, is pleased “to report… Read More

January 22, 2023 @ 11:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

wefox, which claims to be one of the world’s leading Insurtechs, has appointed Rene Besenbäck as Head of Sales in Austria, with immediate effect. Rene Besenbäck will be “responsible for delivering sales for wefox Austria and working closely with the Head of Country, Rainer Vogelmann,… Read More