Tagged: emea

July 9, 2022 @ 5:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Stripe, a financial infrastructure platform for businesses, announced that Revolut will use Stripe “to support payments in the UK and Europe and accelerate its expansion into new markets.” Founded in 2015, Revolut has rapidly “become one of Europe’s great fintech success stories.” After launching in… Read More

May 25, 2022 @ 10:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Global Blockchain Business Council – the international industry association for the blockchain technology ecosystem – has announced a merger with market standards association for the adoption of cryptocurrencies and digital assets, Global Digital Finance (GDF). The merger sees the two organizations “join their respective resources,… Read More

April 6, 2022 @ 3:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Eventus Systems, Inc., an international provider of multi-asset class trade surveillance and market risk solutions, has announced that Nick Wallis has just joined as MD for the Europe, EMEA region – “leading the fast-growing company’s sales efforts in the region.” Wallis has extensive experience “in… Read More

March 27, 2022 @ 11:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Unstoppable Domains, the platform for “user-controlled” digital identity on Web3 with 2 million registered NFT domains, recently announced two key hires to lead the firm’s global expansion efforts in Europe and Asia. Sajjad Rehman joins Unstoppable Domains as its new Head of Europe, “leaving his… Read More

March 22, 2022 @ 10:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

nCino, Inc. (NASDAQ: NCNO), a “pioneer” in Cloud banking and digital transformation solutions for the financial services sector, has solidified its presence in EMEA by opening entities in Spain and France “to advance digital transformation of financial institutions in the region.” The new business entities… Read More

March 16, 2022 @ 7:44 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Trulioo announced that it now provides coverage in Greece and Israel via Trulioo GlobalGateway, the global identity verification platform. With GlobalGateway, organizations operating in these two nations may now “perform identity checks on consumers that support regional Know Your Customer (KYC) and Anti-Money Laundering (AML)… Read More

February 2, 2022 @ 11:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Royal Park Partners, which claims to be one of the leading financial advisors to the Fintech sector, recently announced that it is expanding its leadership team following a year of steady growth. Abhimanyu Toor and John Clark will reportedly join co-founder Aman Behzad as Managing… Read More

January 27, 2022 @ 9:39 am By Omar Faridi  |  

  Citi (NYSE: C) has announced its intent to transform its London head offices, home to its UK and EMEA operations. The refurbishment of the Citi Tower in Canary Wharf will create a new workplace for the future, incorporating the latest tech and the “highest… Read More

December 23, 2021 @ 11:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

WEX (NYSE: WEX), a financial technology service provider,  announced two additions to its executive leadership team: Karen Stroup as Chief Digital Officer, and Carlos Carriedo as Chief Operating Officer, International. Stroup and Carriedo are responsible for overseeing WEX’s operations in Europe, the EMEA and Asia… Read More

December 16, 2021 @ 10:02 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Global Fintech firm MODIFI has announced $145 million in debt financing with existing bank partners Silicon Valley Bank and Solarisbank. The proceeds will be channeled towards addressing rising demand and help more SMEs with trading internationally on MODIFI’s digital platform. The COVID-19 outbreak has “negatively… Read More

December 14, 2021 @ 9:46 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Temenos (SIX: TEMN), the banking software firm, has confirmed that KAF, a diversified financial services conglomerate in Malaysia, has chosen the Temenos Banking Cloud to introduce a digital lending business. KAF will reportedly be using Temenos Banking Services for handling retail loans and Islamic financing… Read More

December 10, 2021 @ 5:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

PAX Technology, a major provider of point-of-sale terminal solutions, is pleased to confirm the appointment of Andrea Zucchiatti as Chief Product and Services Officer for the EMEA region. As mentioned in the announcement, Andrea will leverage his extensive knowledge of the payments sector, his expertise… Read More

October 11, 2021 @ 2:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) has reportedly agreed to a £1 million investment in order to further expand its Multicultural Innovation Lab across Europe, Middle East and other areas. Initially introduced in the US back in 2017, the Lab aims to serve as an accelerator program… Read More

September 29, 2021 @ 10:03 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Eventus Systems, Inc., an international provider of multi-asset class trade surveillance and market risk solutions, reveals that it has made several key appointments in Europe as part of the company’s growth in the region and globally. Bringing considerable experience into the new roles are Ollie… Read More

September 27, 2021 @ 8:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

PAX Technology, a leading payment terminal solutions provider, has unveiled the European launch of the M30 & M50 Android PayPhones (at the payment industry’s Money20/20 event in Holland on 21-23 September 2021). The M-series PayPhones are the “first-ever” smartphones with inbuilt point of sale (PoS)… Read More

February 24, 2021 @ 9:46 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Pulse of Fintech H2’20, a bi-annual report on international Fintech investment developments released by KPMG, notes that global Fintech funding across mergers-and-acquisitions (M&A), private equity (PE) and venture capital (VC) stood at $105 billion across 2,861 different deals in 2020. This was reportedly the third-highest… Read More

August 2, 2020 @ 10:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fintech firm EML Payment Ltd (ASX: EML) aims to significantly reduce plastic consumption by the weight of 56 elephants, 10 humpback whales, 1,250 lions, and the height of 5,000 giraffes across the company’s global portfolio within the next three years. EML’s “Change for Good” Initiative… Read More

June 6, 2020 @ 11:39 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Fintech sector continues to attract significant investments across the Middle East and Europe. However, the world is currently trying to cope with the socio-economic challenges created by the deadly COVID-19 outbreak. Competition in the Fintech space has been increasing steadily, with many new startups… Read More

April 7, 2020 @ 10:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Big Four auditing firm Pricewaterhousecoopers (PwC) reports that the majority of global digital asset fundraising and mergers and acquisitions (M&A) deals last year took place outside of the United States for the very first time. As noted in PwC’s report (released on April 6, 2020),… Read More

April 7, 2016 @ 12:29 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

UBS has appointed Ben Crystal to a new role as Head of Fintech for Europe, Middle East and Africa, to help coordinate the Swiss bank’s coverage of the growing industry for financial technology, reported Reuters. Fintech has emerged as a large and growing sector in… Read More