Tagged: europe

May 30, 2023 @ 9:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

UrbanChain announced that it has raised a £5.25m Series A round led by global investment firm Eurazeo through its venture expertise dedicated to the Climate and Smart City space. Launched in 2017, the Manchester headquartered energy technology company “runs the a peer-to-peer (P2P) energy exchange… Read More

May 30, 2023 @ 4:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

More than half of the surveyed investors pay attention to ESG policies when choosing a P2P platform, according to an update shared by Robo.cash. Almost one in four invest in “green” platforms, the team at Robocash reveals. Robo.cash conducted a survey “among European P2P investors… Read More

May 30, 2023 @ 11:33 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Euro Coin, or EUROC, launched on Ethereum in 2022 in order “to provide businesses and developers with a fully reserved, euro-backed stablecoin they can trust.” Euro Coin helps unlock new opportunities “for global commerce, faster and more efficient FX, and greater access to the euro… Read More

May 30, 2023 @ 10:52 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Smart Pension, which claims to be one of the UK’s leading workplace pension providers, announces the appointment of Eve Read, Senior Director of Strategic Delivery, to the new industry coalition, the Pension Equity Group. Today marks the launch of the Pensions Equity Group (‘PEG’), a… Read More

May 30, 2023 @ 8:53 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Mintos have shared the latest updates on what their platform developers have been working. Mintos reveals recent improvements, feature developments, and “share the innovative solutions powering their platform.” This month, Mintos reportedly spoke to one of their engineers, Artis, a full-stack developer who started at… Read More

May 29, 2023 @ 1:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The British Business Bank announced a Call for Proposals as part of the launch of the government’s Long-term Investment for Technology and Science (LIFTS) initiative. It seeks proposals from industry “for the establishment of new funds or investment structures to crowd in UK institutional investment,… Read More

May 28, 2023 @ 10:58 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

PensionBee, an online pension provider, has made it possible for more savers to move their pensions quickly and efficiently with the adoption of an additional transfer service. ViaNova is “an industry working group that sets consistent open standards across fund providers, pension providers and platforms… Read More

May 28, 2023 @ 9:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

NatWest Group has announced that, from today, it aims to provide an additional £1 billion in lending to the UK Manufacturing sector by the end of 2030, aiming “to stimulate growth in the sector and help manufacturers invest in cleaner, more efficient forms of energy… Read More

May 28, 2023 @ 12:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In response to the rapid emergence of new and powerful generative AI tools, on Thursday, UNESCO held the first global meeting of Ministers of Education “to explore the immediate as well as far-reaching opportunities, challenges and risks that AI applications pose to education systems.” Over… Read More

May 27, 2023 @ 8:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

JCB International Co., Ltd., the international operations subsidiary of JCB Co., Ltd.,  announced its partnership with global financial technology company SumUp, “to enable acceptance of JCB Cards across SumUp’s European merchant network.” With the return of international travel, the collaboration will “provide new opportunities of… Read More

May 27, 2023 @ 7:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Qred, which claims to be one of Europe’s fastest-growing companies, has been granted a full bank license by the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority (SFSA). Using its proprietary AI-powered financing platform, Qred has since inception in 2015 “issued over 100,000 loans to small businesses in the… Read More

May 27, 2023 @ 7:22 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 reportedly… Read More

May 26, 2023 @ 8:23 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Cowbell, the provider of cyber insurance for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), announced it is bolstering its underwriting capabilities with new additions to its UK and US teams. Claud Bilbao joins “as UK Director of Underwriting, reporting to Simon Hughes, General Manager for UK operations.”… Read More

May 26, 2023 @ 2:04 am By Omar Faridi  |  

SC Ventures, Standard Chartered’s (LON: STAN) innovation, fintech investment and ventures arm, has exited its stake in Metaco SA, a Swiss-based tech firm offering critical software infrastructure that enables institutions to issue, secure, manage and trade digital assets. SC Ventures was “one of the early… Read More

May 25, 2023 @ 11:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Atom bank has announced it will appoint Lee Rochford as its new Chairman, subject to full regulatory approval. He will replace Bridget Rosewell when she “steps down in September, having held the role for five years and overseen a critical period of Atom’s growth.” Lee… Read More

May 25, 2023 @ 10:53 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Klarna, the global payments network and shopping destination, has today launched the UK’s first voluntary credit ‘opt out’, an additional tool in the Klarna app to help consumers save time, money and worry. The new feature will “help consumers achieve their financial goals by providing… Read More

May 25, 2023 @ 10:51 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Mollie, one of the fastest growing financial services providers in Europe, today launched its in-person payments solution, Mollie Terminal. Initially available in Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands, the launch “marks a pivotal move for Mollie, further strengthening its unified commerce payments proposition.” Mollie Terminal “adds… Read More

May 25, 2023 @ 8:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

TMX Group Limited and Clearstream Banking S.A., the international central securities depository of Deutsche Börse Group, announced plans to launch a new, automated Canadian Collateral Management Service, or CCMS. Together, TMX Group and Clearstream are working “to leverage the combined strength of their complementary services… Read More

May 25, 2023 @ 8:45 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Anne Boden, the founder of Starling Bank – a top UK digital bank, is to step aside as CEO on 30 June. Boden will remain on the Board as a non-executive director. John Mountain, Starling’s COO, will take over as interim CEO to lead the… Read More

May 25, 2023 @ 1:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Visa Inc. (NYSE: V), which claims to be a global leader in digital payments, announced that it plans to open a new global Technology and Product Hub in Poland that will be the first of its kind for Visa in Central and Eastern Europe. The… Read More