Tagged: europe

September 30, 2024 @ 8:40 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Scila AB, the Stockholm-based independent provider of trade surveillance, risk management and anti-money laundering (AML) technology has announced that Erste Group, a European financial institution, has implemented Scila Surveillance. Scila Surveillance is a trade surveillance cloud-powered solution meant for comprehensive monitoring of trading activities across… Read More

September 29, 2024 @ 5:46 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Global Fintech Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE: BR)  announced that Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (SEB) is leveraging Broadridge’s international post-trade processing solution to simplify and streamline its securities business across international and domestic markets. SEB is an established, long-standing user of Broadridge‘s front and middle… Read More

September 28, 2024 @ 10:39 am By Omar Faridi  |  

CaixaBank launches Smartphone TPV, a solution designed for businesses, professionals and the self-employed of any size and sector, enabling them to easily accept card payments of any amount from mobile devices, “without the need for an additional device, as was previously necessary.” It is the… Read More

September 28, 2024 @ 10:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

OakNorth, the digital bank for entrepreneurs, by entrepreneurs, has provided a £40m NAV Revolving Credit Facility (RCF) to returning customer, Literacy Capital. Founded in 2017 by Paul and Richard Pindar, Literacy is “a closed-end investment company focused on investing in and supporting growing UK businesses and… Read More

September 28, 2024 @ 10:32 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Santander (NYSE: SAN) has added new benefits for the entrepreneurs, startups, scaleups and SMEs that form part of its Santander X global platform that helps companies in 11 countries grow through the stages of their life cycle — “from launching a project to scaling a… Read More

September 27, 2024 @ 9:41 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Klarna, the AI-powered global payments network, and shopping assistant, will launch its flexible payment methods on Adyen’s (ADYEN:AMS) physical payment terminals across Europe, North America, and Australia. Adyen, which claims to be the financial technology platform of choice for businesses, is the first global PSP to… Read More

September 27, 2024 @ 9:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Multitude Bank p.l.c., a core subsidiary of the Nordic-born listed Fintech, Multitude Group, offers digital lending and online banking services to consumers and SMEs across Europe. The Bank has now partnered with Salt Edge, an open banking platform, with “a goal to enable instant loan… Read More

September 26, 2024 @ 7:56 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitpanda and Blockpit are teaming up again to offer Italian Bitpanda users discounted licences and expert advice to help you stay on top of regulation. Using Blockpit can help you understand how “to save when doing your crypto taxes.” Bitpanda has shared key insights in… Read More

September 26, 2024 @ 7:53 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The European Investment Bank (EIB) is providing €220 million in financing to Nexi Group, Europe’s largest PayTech company, to support innovation in the digital payments sector. The agreement was announced in Milano “by EIB Vice-President Gelsomina Vigliotti and Nexi Group CFO Bernardo Mingrone.” Nexi will… Read More

September 25, 2024 @ 7:44 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Viva.com, a European payments Fintech, has expanded its strategic partnership with Alipay+, a suite of cross-border mobile payments and digitalization technology solutions, to enable European merchants to accept direct payments from 15 e-wallets. Alipay+ and Viva.com partnership allows global tourists, mostly from Asia, to pay in… Read More

September 25, 2024 @ 7:20 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Lithuanian national development institution ILTE started investing in agricultural loans on HeavyFinance. It is planned to reach 2 million Eur of investments by the end of the year. Investments in loans are being “made under the Aviete Crowdfunding Loans facility.” ILTE will invest up to… Read More

September 24, 2024 @ 9:44 am By JD Alois  |  

SeedBlink, a European securities crowdfunding platform, has launched a new service called Raise Hub. According to a note from the firm, Raise Hub is designed to streamline the process for European startups on their funding journey. Raise Hub provides information on various financing options, access… Read More

September 24, 2024 @ 8:03 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Kraken announced the closing of the Coin Meester B.V. (BCM) acquisition, which is said to be a key element in their European growth strategy. With the acquisition of BCM, one of the Netherlands’ oldest registered crypto brokers, Kraken have expanded their Dutch footprint and enhanced… Read More

September 23, 2024 @ 8:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Solaris, Europe’s embedded finance platform has taken the difficult decision to discontinue major parts of its Electronic Money Institution business (formerly known as Contis). Solaris is reshaping into a stronger, “more resilient and agile organization that leads the market with innovative financial solutions.” As part… Read More

September 21, 2024 @ 9:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

At Crowdcube, they claim to be committed to helping businesses raise money. Crowdcube says that they have been doing it for over 13 years and “have worked with more than 1,300 businesses to raise nearly £2 billion.” Crowdcube further noted that their success is driven… Read More

September 19, 2024 @ 9:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Taurus is pleased to announce a strategic partnership with the Qatar Financial Centre (QFC) Authority as part of the QFC Digital Assets Lab. This strategic collaboration reinforces Taurus’ commitment “to better serving banks and financial institutions across Qatar and the Middle East, delivering tailored digital… Read More

September 19, 2024 @ 11:28 am By JD Alois  |  

Last week at the Digital Commonwealth’s Mansion House Summit Series, Tom Kiddle, co-founder of Palisade – a digital asset custody firm, spoke about his opinion on MiCA. Palisade is a regulated firm based in France. The European Union has approved MiCA, or Markets in Crypto Assets regulation. MiCA aims… Read More

September 19, 2024 @ 9:06 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Zumo, the B2B digital assets infrastructure, has launched a new out-of-box feature that enables crypto-asset service providers (CASPs) active in the European Union (EU) to comply with the upcoming sustainability requirements of the Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulation. MiCA was introduced to implement “uniform EU… Read More

September 17, 2024 @ 6:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Savr, a Fintech based in Sweden, has secured additional financial investment from Incore Invest, a European investment firm focusing on growth-stage investments, further deepening their ongoing partnership. The strategic investment from Incore Invest “will drive Savr’s latest offering to now include equities, alongside mutual funds… Read More

September 16, 2024 @ 12:13 pm By JD Alois  |  

As previously reported, Financement Participatif France (FPF), the French crowdfunding association, and France Fintech merged in June of this year. Last month, EuroCrowd, the pan-European advocacy group for online capital formation, posted an Op-Ed questioning the impact of this move on the emerging securities crowdfunding industry. EuroCrowd has long… Read More