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Bitcoin Adoption: Relai Builds with Checkout.com to Provide Instant BTC Purchases

Relai, the Swiss bitcoin app, announces its partnership with Checkout.com, the global payments provider. The move reportedly makes Relai the “first and only” bitcoin company “to offer instant transactions through a wallet that’s entirely owned by the customer.” The partnership “means that Relai users will… Read More

UK Fintech GoHenry Secures $55M for European Expansion

GoHenry, the UK-headquartered provider of a pre-paid debit card and financial education app for kids, has secured $55 million in capital in order to fund its move into new markets. GoHenry has raised growth capital on a crowdfunding platform, pursuing multiple funding rounds on Crowdcube,… Read More

European Fintech bunq Enhances Budgeting Features

During times of unprecedented inflation in the Eurozone, bunq, which claims to be the second largest neobank in the EU, has observed a cross-country trend of younger European consumers being severely impacted by the ongoing cost-of-living crisis. The neobank’s clients in different European Union nations… Read More

Smart Money App Plum Secures £5M in Debt Financing

Smart money app Plum is reportedly launching its third crowdfunding round after acquiring £5 million in debt financing from Silicon Valley Bank. Plum previously conducted a public campaign on Crowdcube that managed to acquire $8 million in additional capital along with a $24 million Series… Read More

Fintech Chip Introduces Prize Savings Account

Chip, the saving and investing app on a mission to build wealth for our generation, has introduced the Prize Savings Account – the “first” Fintech to offer a savings account of this type. The account will give users the opportunity to win a Grand Prize… Read More

Lightyear, an Accounts Payable Automation Software App, Introduces Advanced Reporting Engine

Lightyear, the Purchasing and Accounts Payable automation software app, recently announced the launch of an improved Advanced Reporting engine. The Advanced Reporting engine has redesigned the Archive from the ground up, offering a more seamless user interface (UI) that enable accounting and finance teams to… Read More

Bank of New Zealand Introduces SoftPOS App

Bank of New Zealand (BNZ) has introduced BNZ Pay, which is described as a mobile app for retailers that transforms an Android device into a contactless payment terminal. Created with assistance from Visa and Quest Payment Systems, BNZ Pay is being rolled out with no… Read More

UK Fintech Modulr Teams Up with Nebeus, the European Crypto Payments App

Nebeus, the European cryptocurrency app, has announced a partnership with Modulr, the embedded payments platform, “to augment its offering with accounts, real-time payments and Visa cards.” This move makes Nebeus one of the first European companies “to leverage Modulr’s one-stop card issuing solution across the… Read More

Tikkie Introduces New ‘Groepie’ Features for Settling Group Spending

The Tikkie app, launched in 2016 to make payments easier, recently added a new functionality. ‘Groepie’ is a smart feature that “allows multiple users to track and settle costs incurred as a group, greatly simplifying group payments made through Tikkie.” The new feature “is quick… Read More

ING Tests Out Carbon Tracking App from Fintech Cogo

ING will be trialing a carbon footprint tracking app offered by Fintech firm Cogo with 350,000 mobile clients. The Footprint Insight feature is being made available to clients who currently use the bank’s Insight function, which groups their income and expenditure by spending category. Footprint… Read More

BNPL: FIntech Tabby Acquires $150M Credit Facility

Tabby, which is MENA’s payments and shopping app, has acquired $150 million in debt financing from Atalaya Capital Management and existing investor Partners for Growth (PFG). Based in New York, this facility “marks Atalaya Capital Management’s first deal in the MENA region.” In addition, San… Read More

Goparity, an Impact Finance App, Secures €1,502,116 via Crowdcube

Goparity, an impact finance app empowering citizens and companies “to use their money for good,” has secured 125% (€1,521,419) of its €1,200,000 target from 692 investors at the time of writing via Crowdcube with 16 days left in the firm’s crowdfunding campaign. Goparity reports a… Read More

CommBank Clients May View Personalized Carbon Footprint

In an Australian banking first, retail CommBank customers will be able “to view their personalized carbon footprint within the CommBank app from early August.” The rollout to all CommBank retail customers “follows a pilot launched in October 2021, which allowed over 250,000 customers to view… Read More

London’s Social Investing App Shares Acquires $40M for European Expansion Efforts

London-headquartered social and community-focused investing app Shares is looking to expand operations in European markets and also move into crypto after securing $40 million via a Series B round that was led by Valar Ventures. The investment round, which brings Shares’ total funding to $90… Read More

Financial Super App Emma Introduces Commission-Free Stock Trading

Emma, the financial super app, recently announced the launch of its commission-free stock trading to over 1 million customers in the United Kingdom, after successfully “testing with more than 30,000 users who registered on the waiting list.” Emma customers currently “use the app to see… Read More

Lumio, a Fintech App for Growing Wealth on Autopilot, Secures £311,000 via Crowdccube

Lumio, which is focused on building a “hyper-personalized” finance app for people to grow their money on autopilot, has secured 155% (£311,594) of its £200,000 target via Crowdcube from 457 investors (at the time of writing) with 7 days left in the sale. Lumio reports… Read More

Wealth Wizards Implements Financial Wellbeing App for Royal London

Wealth Wizards has implemented a “consumer-led” financial wellbeing app for Royal London in order to help over 1.5 million new and existing workplace pension clients with their finances. Royal London has reportedly configured the Turo Wellbeing app to create a series of personalized journeys to… Read More

GoHenry Announces Acquisition of France’s Teen Banking Fintech Pixpay

The team at GoHenry notes that it has been 10 years since they launched operations in the United Kingdom, and they now have more than two million members in the UK and US. They recently launched their in-app Money Missions “to make financial education fun… Read More

Fintech Revolut Introduces Crypto “Earn and Learn” Education Courses

Revolut, the international financial “Super App” with over 18 million customers worldwide, is taking yet another solid step towards its goal of bringing clients the best financial products and services to manage their finances. Revolut’s “Learn & Earn” courses have been developed to assist clients… Read More

Fintech Chip Enhances Savings Experience with TrueLayer Payments

TrueLayer, which claims to be Europe’s “leading” Open Banking platform, and wealth-building app Chip, recently announced their collaboration, “delivering an improved customer experience through dramatically faster account payments.” Chip offers a variety of options “to make saving effortless through an approach that’s tailored to each… Read More

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