Tagged: europe

April 25, 2022 @ 9:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

UK based Greg Rowe Limited, which has designed and manufactured multi-functional kitchen taps for 50+ years, including the “unique” four-in-one QETTLE, has upgraded its contact center and payment security technology “to handle an increase in call and payment volumes to the company’s customer service team.”… Read More

April 25, 2022 @ 6:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Payments as a service provider, Answer Pay, has reportedly made key appointments to bolster its plans “to support the growth of Request to Pay across Europe.” Following on from the recent award of grant funding from the UK government’s Department for International Trade and its… Read More

April 25, 2022 @ 10:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

LHV Group will reportedly be making an investment worth €1 million in the Estonian financial tech company Modular Technologies OÜ, trademark ‘Tuum’. The firm is developing a new generation banking platform that “offers the core system also to LHV UK Limited, a subsidiary of LHV… Read More

April 25, 2022 @ 12:42 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Every banking platform has an “important” duty to combat financial crime, and N26 claims that it is “no different.” As a fully-regulated bank, this is “not just a responsibility, but a legal requirement for [them] to do so,” the N26 team noted in a blog… Read More

April 24, 2022 @ 11:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Britannia Financial Group, a global financial services group with head offices in London, is pleased to confirm the acquisition of Alphaplate Ltd, a proprietary tech firm “specializing in cryptocurrency trading.” Alphaplate was established in 2017 and is “a systematic, quantitative market-maker predominately on top tier… Read More

April 24, 2022 @ 9:34 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Dreams, the financial wellbeing platform and “leader” in engagement banking solutions, recently announced the appointment of Russell Prince-Wright, Jason Curtis and Peter Hedlund, to join Dreams’ senior management team “as Regional Directors and drive the company’s B2B expansion.” Collectively, Russell, Jason and Peter “bring more… Read More

April 23, 2022 @ 2:49 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fintech firm Lightyear, which launched in the UK last year, recently announced the addition of new features: limit orders, auto conversions and exportable activity statements. Lightyear has also “formally appointed two of its seed investors as advisors, Wander Rutgers and Joe Cross.” Lightyear, founded by… Read More

April 22, 2022 @ 2:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

hoolah, which claims to be Asia’s leading omnichannel ‘Buy Now Pay Later’ (BNPL) platform, recently announced its partnership with Primer, the “first” no-code automation platform for payments and commerce, “allowing merchants in Singapore, Malaysia, and Hong Kong to integrate hoolah’s BNPL solution, while providing consumers… Read More

April 22, 2022 @ 9:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Neobank MyInvestor has reportedly reached €2 billion in volume, which “doubles the 1 billion euros registered in March 2021, consolidating its position as the largest Spanish fintech by volume.” Now serving more than 110,000 customers, MyInvestor also has “an investment balance (funds, plans and portfolios)… Read More

April 21, 2022 @ 8:46 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Wayflyer, the revenue-based financing and growth platform for digital commerce merchants, recently confirmed a series of new hires across its offices based in Europe and the United States. Several key appointments have reportedly been made in the Talent team. Ciara Smyth has joined the firm… Read More

April 21, 2022 @ 11:02 am By Omar Faridi  |  

  In the face of this “tsunami” of branch closures, plans are progressing on a pilot which will see high street “champions” and community branch innovators, Newcastle Building Society, team up with global player in cash automation, GLORY, and shared banking Fintech, OneBanks Hub, in… Read More

April 21, 2022 @ 9:25 am By JD Alois  |  

European unicorn Qonto has easily topped its crowdfunding goal utilizing Crowdcube. Qonto is a Payment Institution regulated, approved and supervised by the French Autorité de Contrôle Prudentiel et de Résolution (ACPR). Qonto, a company that has already raised €486 million in Series D funding, stated earlier… Read More

April 21, 2022 @ 8:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Qualco UK, which delivers panel management solutions and analytics that are focused on debt resolution, has reportedly gone live with new solutions leveraging Open Banking tech. Having teamed up with Ecospend and Themis Global, Qualco UK is providing account-to-account payment options, under a white label… Read More

April 21, 2022 @ 8:24 am By Omar Faridi  |  

European lender Bondora notes that if you are looking to invest while you’re on the move, then they have an app just for that. The investment platform is introducing the Go & Grow app by Bondora. With the app, users have all they need at… Read More

April 20, 2022 @ 10:29 am By Omar Faridi  |  

UniCredit, which claims to be one of the major pan-European banks, has renewed the partnership with Worldline [Euronext: WLN], an international “leader” in payment services, for the Open Banking Third Party Provider (TPP) service. The partnership with Worldline allows UniCredit customers “to connect their accounts… Read More

April 20, 2022 @ 8:31 am By Omar Faridi  |  

UK-based specialist lender Shawbrook Bank is reportedly using Open Banking tech from ClearScore in order to determine the creditworthiness of potential clients and offering a discount on loans for those who decide to share their data. Via ClearScore, Shawbrook aims to begin integrating Open Banking… Read More

April 20, 2022 @ 8:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Paysend, the UK-based fintech with over 6.5 million customers, recently announced that it has opened its Americas headquarters in Miami. As mentioned in an update shared with CI, the move embraces Miami’s reputation “as America’s new Fintech capital, with a growing community of venture capital… Read More

April 20, 2022 @ 8:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

French Fintech Kard has introduced a range of virtual banking services that allows families to gain a better understanding of exactly where they spend their funds. These new features show Kard users the actual name of each brand, the corresponding logo or icon and the… Read More

April 20, 2022 @ 12:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

If you’re an Indian exporter, then you may need to care about the European market, according to an update from Razorpay. The European Union is reportedly India’s second-largest destination for exports and is India’s third-largest trading partner, “accounting for €62.8 billion worth of trade in… Read More

April 19, 2022 @ 3:01 am By Omar Faridi  |  

PeerBerry’s business partner – real estate developer Lithome – successfully “closed the real estate project ‘Aurea Home’ in the center of Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania.” The real estate loan of EUR 1 million, “plus an interest rate of EUR 91 647 (total amount of… Read More