Tagged: europe

October 30, 2022 @ 11:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

nCino, Inc. (NASDAQ: NCNO), which claims to be a pioneer in cloud banking and digital transformation solutions for the global financial services industry, announced its partnership with Ashman Bank, a new entrant bank with plans “to transform the banking experience for UK property SMEs, a… Read More

October 30, 2022 @ 11:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Embedded finance integrator AAZZUR and alternative asset manager Channel Capital have formed “an embedded lending partnership.” The multi-faceted partnership will “see AAZZUR supporting Channel’s digital SME lending strategy.” Channel has invested significantly in “developing proprietary systems using APIs, Open Banking and cloud-based technologies to provide… Read More

October 30, 2022 @ 4:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

As the financiers of two-thirds of the European economy, banks “bear an important responsibility to propose real solutions to mitigate climate change.” This partnership between Swedbank and eAgronom with regard to issuing sustainability-linked loans and leasing will have “a significant impact, as agriculture is one… Read More

October 29, 2022 @ 11:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

European investment platform Lightyear has rolled out voting alongside in-app communication, “giving shareholders and publicly traded companies a seamless way to engage with each other.” This feature is “a first for many countries around Europe, where this level of ownership and transparency is lacking for… Read More

October 28, 2022 @ 7:42 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Raisin, which claims to be the global leader for the savings and investment market, has announced the migration of its UK platform ClearBank, the “enabler of secure accounts, real-time clearing, and embedded banking for financial institutions.” ClearBank will “underpin the FSCS protected account Raisin UK… Read More

October 27, 2022 @ 8:33 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Juni is pleased to share that they have secured their Electronic Money Institution (EMI) license from Swedish regulator Finansinspektionen. This is “a first step to enable [them] to issue e-money in Sweden and in time, across Europe.” According to the firm, this… Read More

October 26, 2022 @ 11:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

YuLife, the tech-driven financial services brand on a mission to inspire life, announced that it is launching in the United States. Founded in London in 2016, YuLife claims it “achieved rapid traction in the UK insurance market through its flagship product, group life insurance.” The… Read More

October 26, 2022 @ 11:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Refinitiv, an LSEG business, announced the launch of a secure, personalized, and seamless global digital onboarding solution to help firms enhance their approach to onboarding clients. The recent shift towards online commercial activity has led to an increase in digital and contactless payments, forcing companies… Read More

October 26, 2022 @ 7:56 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Fintech firm Wise (LSE:WISE) is reportedly planning to introduce its Assets investing service across Europe after acquiring an operational license in Estonia. Presently available in the United Kingdom, Assets allows clients to hold cash in their multi-currency accounts in various asset classes, while also being… Read More

October 26, 2022 @ 7:51 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Klarna Kosma, Klarna‘s financial technology platform for banks, Fintechs, and innovative retailers, announced that its partnership with Krea, a digital loans platform for Small and Medium-sized businesses (SMEs) in Sweden “has helped Swedish SMEs receive on average 15% larger loan offers, at a 4% lower… Read More

October 25, 2022 @ 3:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Following a cyberattack that hit 7-Eleven at the beginning of August 2022, which initially took the chain’s payment and checkout systems out of operation, “a new mobile card payment solution was quickly rolled out in less than a day” through a collaboration with Nets and… Read More

October 24, 2022 @ 11:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Danish Fintech startup, Ztlment, claims it is the “first” in Europe to gain a license that “lets it operate fully regulated payments on top of blockchain.” The company has “raised €1.3 million in pre-seed funding from venture funds specializing in fintech.” The startup’s smart contract… Read More

October 23, 2022 @ 11:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Swiss Fintech startup vestr has structured an oversubscribed financing round, “combining a traditional equity investment with a non-dilutive component.” Led by Elevator Ventures, the venture capital arm of Vienna-based Raiffeisen Bank International (RBI), the investment round “combines the resources of high-profile family offices in Switzerland,… Read More

October 23, 2022 @ 12:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Diebold Nixdorf (NYSE: DBD), a key player in automating, digitizing and transforming the way people bank and shop, and Featurespace, a firm focused on enterprise financial crime prevention, announced that the companies are partnering “to integrate its highly specialized, fraud prevention technology into Diebold Nixdorf’s… Read More

October 22, 2022 @ 7:01 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Open banking payments platform, Token and Payment Service Provider (PSP), Computop Paygate, have joined forces “to answer the growing demand for Open Banking payments in Europe.” Using Token’s Open Banking connectivity and platform, Computop “enables account-to-account (A2A) payments for eCommerce merchants, whitelabel partners and resellers… Read More

October 22, 2022 @ 3:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Global Fintech Capital on Tap has secured a $110 million corporate revolving credit facility with Atalaya Capital Management “to provide small businesses in the US and UK with a central hub to manage all aspects of their business finances.” Since launching in 2012, Capital on… Read More

October 22, 2022 @ 2:56 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The agreement between Danske Bank and the consortium of banks behind Vipps to merge MobilePay and Vipps has been “approved by all relevant authorities, including the EU Commission.” The parties expect “to complete the transaction during the fourth quarter of 2022.” The merger was “announced… Read More

October 22, 2022 @ 2:49 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

UK-based challenger bank Atom has appointed Andrew Marshall as the company’s chief financial officer. He will be replacing Atom co-founder David McCarthy whose departure was first reported  in September of this year. Marshall has reportedly worked at Atom for the past six years, holding several… Read More

October 21, 2022 @ 6:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

NatWest Group plc has entered into a partnership with the Vodeno Group (comprising of Vodeno Limited and its subsidiaries) which will see the creation of a Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) business in the UK. This strategic partnership will “enable businesses to embed financial services products such as… Read More

October 21, 2022 @ 1:01 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Relai, the Swiss bitcoin app, announces its partnership with Checkout.com, the global payments provider. The move reportedly makes Relai the “first and only” bitcoin company “to offer instant transactions through a wallet that’s entirely owned by the customer.” The partnership “means that Relai users will… Read More