Tagged: europe

January 20, 2025 @ 7:56 am By Omar Faridi  |  

PitchBook noted in a new research report that if they had to pick just one word to accurately summarize European private equity (PE) in 2024, it would actually be “recovery.” According to the update from PitchBook, annual private equity deal value increased 35.4% year over… Read More

January 19, 2025 @ 10:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

JCB, Japan’s international payment brand, and DOJO, a London-based payment technology provider, announced a partnership to enhance JCB’s card acceptance across London and the rest of the UK. JCB Cardmembers can now experience a seamless payment experience across the UK thanks to this collaboration, while… Read More

January 19, 2025 @ 2:11 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Crypto.com has become the first major global crypto asset service provider to announce securing an in-principle MiCA license. Eric Anziani, President and COO, Crypto.com said: “We have always been fully supportive of MiCA and strongly believe it will bring clarity, transparency, and establish a more… Read More

January 19, 2025 @ 10:15 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Italy’s largest bank has embraced Bitcoin, which may be considered a key milestone in financial evolution. In a significant development for crypto adoption, Intesa Sanpaolo, Italy’s largest banking group, has recently acquired 11 BTC worth €1 million, marking the first instance of an Italian bank… Read More

January 16, 2025 @ 9:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

European investment platform Bondora noted recently that the year 2024 ended with growth. According to a blog post by Bondora, December marked another month of sustainable increases, with loans issued by Bondora AS, part of the Bondora Group, increasing by “11.2% month-on-month, reaching a total… Read More

January 16, 2025 @ 8:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Ares Management Corporation (NYSE: ARES), a global alternative investment manager, announced today the final closing of its sixth commingled European direct lending fund, Ares Capital Europe VI. With total commitments of €17.1 billion, the Fund closed above its €15 billion target and reached its hard… Read More

January 16, 2025 @ 8:15 am By Omar Faridi  |  

DARAG Group, a legacy acquirer with a focus on the European and UK market, and wefox Insurance AG, the Liechtenstein-domiciled insurance carrier of wefox Group, announced the transfer of a run-off “portfolio including Motor Damage and Third Party Liability, Private Liability and Property business across… Read More

January 15, 2025 @ 8:05 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Analysis of Bank of Ireland customer behavior between 14 and 24 December has shown “record” Christmas digital banking usage. On Thursday, 19 Dec 2024, close to 1.6 million digital banking logins were recorded across Bank of Ireland’s iOS and Android mobile apps, “as well as… Read More

January 15, 2025 @ 8:04 am By Omar Faridi  |  

CaixaBank has exceeded 250,000 instant bill collection transactions for companies via the SEPA Request To Pay system. The bank, which in June 2023 became the first in Europe to be approved to operate with this system, has now “activated the first commercial service created under… Read More

January 14, 2025 @ 12:03 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Smartfin, a growth equity investor in European B2B technology companies, has reportedly closed its third growth fund at its €250 million target. This fund marks a key milestone for the firm, with an introductory participation of the European Investment Fund (EIF) through its ESCALAR program… Read More

January 14, 2025 @ 7:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

TrueLayer, Europe’s open banking payments network, announces a partnership with payments orchestration platform BR-DGE, to bring Pay by Bank to enterprise businesses across the globe. BR-DGE is a key player focused on payment orchestration, working with enterprise businesses, across sectors such as transport, travel, igaming,… Read More

January 11, 2025 @ 6:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Six years after its market launch, Trade Republic has reportedly doubled its customer base to 8 million. Collectively, these customers manage assets worth 100 billion euro, making Trade Republic the “largest broker” in Europe and strengthening its position as the savings platform. The introduction of… Read More

January 11, 2025 @ 6:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Lemonway, a European payment institution, announces the launch of Online Onboarding, a solution designed to streamline the merchant onboarding process for marketplaces. As explained in the update, online onboarding eliminates the need for marketplaces to manage new customer onboarding, allowing them “to focus on business… Read More

January 10, 2025 @ 9:31 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Klarna, the AI-powered global payment network and shopping assistant, is strengthening its partnership with Zalando, Europe’s online multi-brand fashion destination, by introducing Klarna’s ‘Pay in 3’ option in Germany, Austria, the Netherlands, Poland, and Denmark. This latest expansion builds on last year’s official launch in… Read More

January 9, 2025 @ 12:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bullish Group, one of the providers of digital asset market infrastructure and information services, announced that its German digital asset trading business received crypto-asset custody, proprietary trading, and principal brokerage licenses from the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) on December 20, 2024. This development… Read More

January 8, 2025 @ 11:13 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Estateguru noted that the crowdfunding sector, which gained growth momentum worldwide during the COVID-19 pandemic, has opened up opportunities for the public to invest their free capital and boosted the expansion of small and medium-sized businesses. Estateguru pointed out that over the past 10 years,… Read More

January 7, 2025 @ 8:32 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Last year, PeerBerry investors were paid €11.8 million in interest, of which over €1.2 million was paid to investors in December. Since PeerBerry platform’s inception, its investors have reportedly earned a total of “€39.19 million in interest.” PeerBerry’s portfolio (the total amount invested) amounted to… Read More

January 6, 2025 @ 12:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

​The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s financial markets regulator and supervisor, is launching the first selection procedure for the Consolidated Tape Provider (CTP) for bonds. Entities interested to apply are encouraged to register and submit their requests in order to participate in… Read More

January 6, 2025 @ 9:29 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Amsterdam headquartered Ver.iD has reportedly finalized a $2 million angel round for its digital identity verification SaaS platform. Amsterdam‘s VeriD, a digital identity verification SaaS platform that has been founded in 2022 by Robert Van Altena, confirmed that it raised €2 million in funding to… Read More

January 6, 2025 @ 1:18 am By Omar Faridi  |  

HighRadius announced that it has been awarded an exclusive patent by the United States Patent and Trademark Office for a Machine Learning (ML)-based system and method for correcting image data. By addressing the limitations of optical character recognition (OCR) engines, the new approach significantly “reduces… Read More