Tagged: fintech trends

May 25, 2023 @ 8:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Accel-backed finbots.ai, a Singapore headquartered B2B SaaS FinTech announced signing Sathapana Bank—Cambodia’s commercial bank—as their latest client. With this, finbots.ai’s client case “has extended to 9 countries across APAC and MEA markets.” Sathapana Bank claims it is “one of the leading commercial banks in Cambodia… Read More

May 24, 2023 @ 11:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Checkout.com, the global payments service provider, has been granted a Retail Payment Services license from the Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates. This makes Checkout.com the first global payments provider “to be granted an acquiring license in the country, further cementing its position as… Read More

May 24, 2023 @ 10:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Freemarket, a Fintech platform for regulated B2B cross-border payments and currency exchange, announced a growth capital investment from Baird Capital’s Global Private Equity Fund. The investment supports Freemarket’s “continuing fast growth and international expansion, as well as providing a partial cash-out to existing shareholders. Financial… Read More

May 24, 2023 @ 9:03 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Global fintech venture capital firm QED Investors announced that it has closed two new funds with combined capital commitments of $925 million. The new capital commitments comprise Fund VIII, “an oversubscribed $650 million early stage fund, and Growth II, a $275 million early growth-stage fund.”… Read More

May 24, 2023 @ 1:18 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Brite Payments, one of Sweden’s fastest growing fintechs and a leader in instant bank payments, announced its Brite Instant Payments Network (IPN). Brite IPN is a proprietary network “that leverages the capabilities of open banking to give merchants and businesses a complete, out-of-the-box instant payments… Read More

May 23, 2023 @ 7:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

HoYoverse, the game publisher that created Genshin Impact and Honkai Impact and Coda Payments, the provider of cross-border content monetization solutions including Codashop, have partnered “to offer a series of Honkai: Star Rail vouchers as part of the game’s sensational launch in April.” Game fans… Read More

May 23, 2023 @ 12:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Kiwi, a fintech dedicated to helping consumers build credit history and improve financial literacy, announced that it has closed a $75 million credit facility and $4.5 million pre-series A funding round. The debt financing was “provided by i80 Group an investment firm that specializes in… Read More

May 23, 2023 @ 6:21 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Frost, the “innovative” personal finance app, has announced the expansion of its automated provider switching tool ‘Save Assist’ to include broadband switching services. The announcement comes in response “to the recent 17.3% broadband price hike in April, as reported by Money Saving Expert, leaving consumers… Read More

May 23, 2023 @ 1:19 am By Omar Faridi  |  

In one more step to increase security for customers, Nubank (NYSE: NU) announces two new tools: the Reporting Channel, which allows “the reporting of fraud or attempted fraud involving the company, and the Me Roubaram (I was robbed) feature, a site that Nubank customers can… Read More

May 22, 2023 @ 11:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Topps Tiles, the UK’s tile specialist founded in 1963, is a “household name” with over 300 stores nationwide. The well-known retailer always aims “to provide an inspirational shopping experience and an unrivalled product range, coupled with exceptional convenience — a philosophy that crosses over onto… Read More

May 22, 2023 @ 11:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Klarna, the AI powered global payments network and shopping destination, has joined forces with Airbnb in a “first-of-its-kind” partnership to provide guests in the US and Canada with flexible payment options when booking their next stay. With Klarna’s seamless, sustainable and flexible payment solutions, “booking… Read More

May 22, 2023 @ 10:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Blend (NYSE:BLND) says they have always believed that their customers are “best positioned” to win in a downturn when “leveraging technology that helps save costs, grow market share, and innovate faster.” Today they are seeing this “play out in practice with their… Read More

May 22, 2023 @ 5:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

PayTabs, MEASA’s payment solutions provider, today announced a strategic partnership with FlapKap, MENA’s revenue-based financing platform. The collaboration between the two firms aims “to support new and existing PayTabs entrepreneurs, webpreneurs and small and medium e-commerce businesses (SMEs) based in the UAE to obtain a… Read More

May 22, 2023 @ 12:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Modak, a fintech company for teens and families in the US, has partnered with digital identity company Yoti to “enhance safety features for teens on its platform.” Since launching in December 2022, 25,000 teens “have signed up for Modak using Yoti’s facial age estimation technology.”… Read More

May 22, 2023 @ 8:05 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Starling Bank customers can now organize their salary payments across their account. The new feature, called ‘Split payment’, allows customers “to decide how much of an inbound payment, such as their salary, to put away and where, including their saving Spaces, joint accounts, additional accounts… Read More

May 21, 2023 @ 10:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Repay Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ: RPAY), a provider of vertically-integrated payment solutions, announced its integration with Q2’s Digital Banking Platform, via the Q2 Partner Accelerator Program. Q2 Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: QTWO) is “a provider of digital transformation solutions for banking and lending.” As part of the… Read More

May 21, 2023 @ 4:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

TS Imagine, the global, cross-asset class provider of trading, portfolio, and risk management solutions for financial institutions, announces the appointment of Simarjit (Sim) Johal to Head of Asia Pacific (APAC), reporting to Rob Flatley, Chief Executive Officer. Sim will reportedly “join TS Imagine’s Executive Leadership… Read More

May 21, 2023 @ 10:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

With more than 90% of countries exploring, developing and implementing Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) as a way to increase financial inclusion and lower the cost and risk of domestic and cross-border payment processes, Ripple is announcing the Ripple CBDC Platform, which is described as… Read More

May 21, 2023 @ 6:31 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Amount, a fintech powering banking technology for consumer and small business account opening, loan origination and financing, announces the appointments of Kevin Trilli as Chief Product Officer and Raj Kolluri as Chief Technology Officer. Kevin Trilli, who “brings over 27 years of industry expertise, joins… Read More

May 20, 2023 @ 12:48 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Paymob, the financial services enabler in the Middle East, North Africa, and Pakistan (MENAP), announces that it has secured Saudi Arabia’s Payment Technical Services Provider (PTSP) certification, making it fully operational in the Kingdom. The PTSP certification, “issued by Saudi Payments is a significant operational… Read More