Tagged: europe

March 4, 2024 @ 11:12 pm By JD Alois  |  

EuroCrowd, the pan-European assocation that represents investment crowdfunding platforms across the continent, has announced a partnership with InnovUP,  or the Italian Innovation & Startup Ecosystem association. According to a note from EuroCrowd, the partnership means that EuroCrowd will help represent Italian platforms. This is said… Read More

March 4, 2024 @ 7:25 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Businesses continued their positive start to the new year, Lloyds Bank’s latest Business Barometer has found. The Barometer – which measures businesses’ overall confidence “by assessing their trading prospects and optimism for the economy – found that while overall confidence dipped slightly to 42%, businesses… Read More

March 4, 2024 @ 7:23 am By Omar Faridi  |  

FullCircl, a UK-based SaaS platform that removes the regulatory and verification roadblocks to drive revenue growth, is excited to announce the launch of its first white label orchestration platform through W2 by FullCircl to help regulated businesses onboard more customers and meet regulatory requirements. It’s… Read More

March 3, 2024 @ 11:50 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Currencycloud, the Fintech firm focused on simplifying business processes in a multi-currency environment, has teamed up with UK-headquartered Fintech company, TangoPay to improve its remittance service for its UK-based expat clients. This enhancement will be achieved by introducing real-time competitive foreign exchange (FX) rates along… Read More

March 3, 2024 @ 9:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

SIX is partnering with Clearstream in order for the Connexor service of SIX to become a D7 Digital Market Partner to process and distribute reference data of financial instruments. D7 is Deutsche Börse’s digital post-trade platform for digitizing financial instruments, which allows for the issuance… Read More

March 3, 2024 @ 7:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ClearBank, the enabler of secure accounts, real-time clearing and embedded banking for financial institutions, announced that Emma Hagan has been appointed CEO of ClearBank UK, and will take up the role following regulatory approval. Hagan brings a wealth of banking experience “to the role, having… Read More

March 1, 2024 @ 3:58 am By Omar Faridi  |  

allpay cards, an entity in card manufacturing, announces its collaboration with SPICA, an industry participant focused on the production of high-performance recycled and virgin PVC material. As the “only” card manufacturers in the UK with this set-up, this partnership “marks a significant stride toward fostering… Read More

March 1, 2024 @ 2:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Portofino Technologies, one of the cryptocurrency market makers, announces its successful registration as a cryptoasset firm with the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), enabling the business to trade cryptocurrencies with institutional investors in the UK. Since its inception, Portofino Technologies, a crypto-native high frequency trading firm,… Read More

February 29, 2024 @ 9:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Yapily, a provider of open banking solutions, is announcing its partnership with Uncapped, a Fintech providing working capital funding to scaling brands, retailers, and merchants across the UK, EU, and US. This collaboration significantly bolsters progress in “the financial lending sector and democratises access to… Read More

February 28, 2024 @ 9:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Smart Pension, one of the UK’s workplace pension providers, and Wahed, an Islamic digital investment platform, have launched a new diversified workplace pension, the Halal Workplace Pension. The collaboration meets the unmet demand for modern, Shariah-compliant workplace pensions from Muslim employers and “among the UK’s… Read More

February 28, 2024 @ 9:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Vencora UK Ltd announced the settlement of its public tender offer for all publicly held registered shares of CREALOGIX Holding AG with “a nominal value of CHF 8.00 each. The Offer was completed successfully on February 21, 2024.” The acquisition of CREALOGIX “is expected to… Read More

February 28, 2024 @ 8:05 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Klarpay, a Swiss financial institution, has launched a new service called Entrepreneur Accounts, a tailored financial solution designed exclusively for Business Founders, UBOs, and Senior Management members who already hold accounts with Klarpay. Recognizing the intrinsic link between entrepreneurs and their businesses, Klarpay is committed… Read More

February 28, 2024 @ 8:01 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Temenos (SIX: TEMN) announced that Šiaulių Bankas, which claims to be the largest independently-owned bank in Lithuania with over €4 billion in assets, has selected Temenos to modernize its core banking platform. Šiaulių Bankas will migrate its retail and corporate banking “including trade finance to… Read More

February 27, 2024 @ 8:05 am By Omar Faridi  |  

iwoca, which claims to be one of Europe’s largest SME lenders, announces a partnership with business account provider Countingup to make business finance available to almost 10,000 of Countingup’s users at the touch of a button. Building on Countingup’s suite of built-in finance, accounting and… Read More

February 27, 2024 @ 8:03 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The partnership between SaveLend Group and NordIX began in June 2022, focusing on consumer credits distributed within Sweden. Initially, NordIX invested about MSEK 50, and this amount “has more than doubled since the partnership began.” Now, the collaboration is set “to grow further, extending to… Read More

February 27, 2024 @ 8:02 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The European Council reportedly adopted a regulation that will make instant payments fully available in euro to consumers and businesses in the EU and in EEA countries. The new rules will improve the strategic autonomy of the European economic and financial sector as they will… Read More

February 27, 2024 @ 8:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Saldo Bank, which is starting its operations in Sweden, offers an interest rate of as much as 5% for a year’s deposit. Jarkko Mäensivu, the CEO of Saldo Bank, said: “We want to increase fairness in fixed-term deposits.” The digital neobank with a Finnish background,… Read More

February 26, 2024 @ 10:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Archax, which claims to be the only UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)-regulated digital asset exchange, broker, and custodian, has recently announced the introduction of its Stablecoin Yield Service. This service reportedly enables individuals with assets in stablecoins (or crypto-assets that are supposed to be pegged… Read More

February 26, 2024 @ 2:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Intapp (NASDAQ: INTA), a global provider of AI-powered software for professionals in advisory, legal, and capital markets firms, announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire delphai, a Berlin-based AI software company specializing in applied AI for firmographic data automation, structuring, and intelligence. The… Read More

February 26, 2024 @ 8:29 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Adyen (ADYEN:AMS), the financial technology platform of choice for leading companies, and Billie, the B2B payments innovator, join forces to let Adyen’s customers enable B2B Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) payments services. By partnering up with Billie, Adyen reportedly “helps merchants and their business customers… Read More