Tagged: europe

August 12, 2021 @ 8:34 am By Omar Faridi  |  

AstroPay, a provider of online payment solutions, has introduced its digital payment service for the European markets, after a period of steady growth for the business which has seen its users and merchants increase significantly. Established in 2009, AstroPay has been offering payment solutions to… Read More

August 12, 2021 @ 8:15 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Tel Aviv-based Shield, an established Regtech firm, reveals that they’re introducing their powerful Alert Transparency capabilities, bringing “unmatched” understanding to compliance alerts and triggers via AI, Natural Language Processing (NLP), and various other backend technologies. As regulatory authorities throughout the world aim… Read More

August 12, 2021 @ 8:10 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Online lender October is currently active in five different European countries and now it’s the turn of the CEO of October Italy Sergio Zocchi to share his views and insights (after the company’s Netherlands and Spain Chief Executives provided comments during interviews). Sergio Zocchi, who… Read More

August 11, 2021 @ 2:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Today, nearly a year and a half since the Coronavirus pandemic began, we have all been forced to adapt to the new environment or the “new normal” in almost every aspect of life. As at any time, there are always “winners” in the economy and… Read More

August 11, 2021 @ 12:03 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Lithuania-based Debitum, a borderless financial platform, is pleased to report that their new product on the market “Easy Invest“ has officially been launched. With this new product, Debitum offers investors the same tools that professional investors have been using for a long time – “a… Read More

August 11, 2021 @ 8:53 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Fintech Kroo notes that they say “money talks,” but how loud does £17.7 million “speak?” After hours of “great conversations” with potential investors, company CEO Andrea De Gottardo is pleased to share her excitement with everyone. Kroo has raised £17.7m through its… Read More

August 11, 2021 @ 8:46 am By Omar Faridi  |  

BBVA and Ant Group (Alibaba affiliate) have entered an agreement to work on the integration of financial services in their platform, Trusple. Based on blockchain or distributed ledger technology (DLT), this network aims “to accelerate the digital transformation and facilitate the financing of international trade… Read More

August 10, 2021 @ 11:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Refinitiv, one of the largest providers of financial markets data and infrastructure globally, reveals that the EPIC Platform from GIACT and World-Check are now together and accessible through a single API. As mentioned in a release, the integration brings together the risk intelligence from World-Check… Read More

August 10, 2021 @ 10:15 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Juniper Research recently published a whitepaper titled, “Cash is No Longer King: How Contactless Payments are Becoming the Norm.” The paper from Juniper Research notes that bricks-and-mortar retailers are now “under pressure” to provide increasingly “frictionless” shopping experiences. Consumers have started expecting quick, secured, and… Read More

August 10, 2021 @ 9:38 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

A glitch in the European Central Bank’s payment system left several Eurozone commercial and central banks far off target Monday afternoon. It is the latest in a long run of issues plaguing the program. The Target system, which is supposed to connect commercial and central… Read More

August 10, 2021 @ 10:35 am By Omar Faridi  |  

James Butterfill, Investment Strategist at London-based CoinShares, a digital asset manager focused on expanding access to the cryptocurrency ecosystem while serving as a “trusted partner” for its clients, notes in a blog post published on Monday (August 9) that for the week ending Agusut 8,… Read More

August 9, 2021 @ 11:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In April 2021, lending firm E-Cash had reportedly informed European P2P lender Mintos of its intentions to begin closing down its business operations. Due to E-Cash having missed “regular settlement payments” to investors for 7 days and a wind-down process that ‘hadn’t yet been evaluated,”… Read More

August 9, 2021 @ 3:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitcoin’s (BTC) usage growth during the last 10 years has been “strong” and “steady,” and on this journey, from its “humble” beginnings, the flagship crypto has progressed through various phases of “differing usage,” according to a new report from CoinShares. Starting as a “worthless geeky… Read More

August 9, 2021 @ 1:49 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

WealthKernel, a Wealthtech solution provider for digital investment services, reveals that the US halal (Islamic) and ethical-focused investment company, Wahed, has now migrated its investment offering to WealthKernel’s “trusted” APIs. Wahed had teamed up with WealthKernel back in 2017 in order to use its white-label… Read More

August 9, 2021 @ 8:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The researchers and analysts at Pitchbook have released updated reports this month covering the global private debt market and the European private capital market. Following a “resilient” 2020, private debt fundraising has remained on a “steady course” during H1 2021, the update from PitchBook reveals… Read More

August 9, 2021 @ 8:52 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Paysme, a Fintech platform for small businesses, has announced its £1 million round via the private capital platform Globacap in order to expand what the company claims is Europe’s very first B2B “Super App.” Paysme is working closely with payment service providers such as Barclays,… Read More

August 9, 2021 @ 1:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

European peer-to-peer lender Bondora reports that its secondary market transactions fell during the month of July 2021. Last month, Bondora continued to see the “downward trend” of fewer transactions taking place on the Secondary Market, the company confirmed while noting that a total of €162,695… Read More

August 8, 2021 @ 7:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Switzerland’s banking software firm Temenos (SIX: TEMN) recently revealed that Australia’s digital banking platform, Alex, has now gone live on the Temenos Banking Cloud. Temenos technology will be used to support Alex’s launch as a licensed banking solution provider, after the acquisition of its Restricted-Authorized… Read More

August 8, 2021 @ 7:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently connected with Yair Benyamini, CEO and Co-Founder of Lendai. Founded during the COVID-19 crisis, the disruptive digital-first lender allows foreign and non-resident investors to buy US properties through an online mortgage approval process that takes around one week. According to Lendai, this is… Read More

August 8, 2021 @ 5:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Croatian peer-to-peer lender Robo.cash has shared its performance update for its loan originations made during H1 2021. The Robo.cash team writes in a blog post that as the first half of this year has now passed, they’re pleased to share with you their most recent… Read More