Tagged: fintech trends

July 31, 2022 @ 7:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Razer Merchant Services (RMS), the B2B arm of Razer Fintech, has partnered with Atome, which claims to be Asia’s leading Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) brand, to “enable flexible deferred payment acceptance during checkout at online and offline RMS merchants.” Starbucks is among the first… Read More

July 30, 2022 @ 6:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Computer Services, Inc., a provider of end-to-end fintech and Regtech solutions, announced that Virginia-based Movement Bank has “selected its NuPoint® core platform to provide customers with integrated, reliable core banking services.” Movement Bank, with locations in Virginia and the Carolinas, “focuses on serving communities that… Read More

July 30, 2022 @ 4:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fintech startup Lightyear, which launched in the UK in 2021 and in 19 European countries in July 2022, has “expanded its product suite with the launch of Price Alerts, a highly requested feature by customers.” Lightyear, founded by early Wise alumni Martin Sokk and Mihkel… Read More

July 30, 2022 @ 10:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Financial technology provider Worldpay from FIS is extending its partnership with dispute technology provider, Chargebacks911, by launching “an enhanced range of Disputes Deflector products.” These products will “provide merchants with a broader range of solutions to help reduce chargebacks, lower costs and combat fraud.” Chargebacks… Read More

July 30, 2022 @ 10:15 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Rapyd, the global Fintech platform, is teaming up with Rakuten Viber, which claims to be a worldwide leader in private and secure messaging and voice-based communication, to introduce in-app payment transactions to the Viber app. Rapyd will integrate its licensed financial technology offerings “directly into… Read More

July 29, 2022 @ 9:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Dbank, a Pakistan-based Fintech company established by two ex- Google professionals, has acquired $17.6 million via a seed round that has been co-led by Sequoia Southeast Asia and Kleiner Perkins. Brazil’s virtual banking platform Nubank, RTP Global, Rayn and business partner Askari Bank also took… Read More

July 29, 2022 @ 2:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Lokyata, a company focused on delivering products that digitize, automate, and scale lenders’ credit decisions, has released a number of platform enhancements “to help lenders further automate loan decisioning to save time, minimize manual work, standardize processes, and improve underwriting performance.” The company “sees particular… Read More

July 29, 2022 @ 8:05 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Paysend, the UK-headquartered Fintech with more than 7 million customers, announced a partnership with Damane Cash, a payments institution and subsidiary of Bank of Africa, to “enable money transfers to Morocco.” With features like low fixed fees, upfront exchange rates, faster transfer speeds and the… Read More

July 28, 2022 @ 10:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fairown, a green Fintech company, announces the launch of its platform in Poland, “marking the expansion into Central Europe.” The company that enables the circular economy by helping banks, brands, and retailers offer products as a service is “bringing its offer to the Polish market… Read More

July 28, 2022 @ 7:51 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Fintech Wales, the not-for-profit membership organization for the Fintech and Financial Services industry in Wales, has opened the applications process “for the third season of its accelerator program, the Fintech Wales Foundry.” The closing date “for applications is 19th August 2022.” The 12-week, no equity… Read More

July 27, 2022 @ 9:56 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and Google Cloud have jointly launched the Point Carbon Zero Program “to drive the innovation, incubation and scaling of climate FinTech solutions in Asia.” The Program is “a collaboration under MAS’ Project Greenprint and seeks to use climate FinTech… Read More

July 27, 2022 @ 8:16 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Klarna Kosma, which is Klarna‘s financial technology platform for banking institutions, Fintech firms and retailers, announced its working relationship with Airbank, a digital financial management platform for companies. Klarna Kosma’s Open Banking platform offers Airbank with access to the largest international network of banks, considerably… Read More

July 26, 2022 @ 5:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nationwide has invested in a rent-to-own start-up “helping first-time buyers unable to access typical mortgages get a home by saving a slice of their rent to build the deposit.” The investment in Kettel Homes forms “part of Britain’s biggest building society’s efforts to help its… Read More

July 26, 2022 @ 3:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Cardless, a financial technology firm, announced a new agreement with American Express (NYSE:AXP). The agreement “empowers some of the country’s most celebrated brands – including travel providers and retailers – to seamlessly launch digital-first cards leveraging the Cardless platform, backed by benefits, offers, and security… Read More

July 26, 2022 @ 2:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fonoa have raised $60 million in order to expand their global tax solutions. Investors in the Series B investment round led by Coatue “include Dawn Capital, Index Ventures, OMERS Ventures, FJ Labs, Moving Capital.” The funding, which comes just six months after a $20m Series… Read More

July 26, 2022 @ 8:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

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

July 25, 2022 @ 10:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ablr, a Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) platform, recently revealed that it has now gone live in Malaysia. At present, the company has a network of more than 30 different brands in Malaysia and Singapore, which span around 250 merchant points. First-time consumers may download… Read More

July 25, 2022 @ 9:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Adyen (AMS: ADYEN), the global financial technology platform of “choice” for leading businesses, and Etsy, which operates two-sided online marketplaces that connect millions of passionate and creative buyers and sellers around the world, announced that Adyen has “enabled ten million Etsy buyer donations to the… Read More

July 25, 2022 @ 6:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Airwallex, which claims to be a leading global Fintech platform, announced the launch of its Airwallex Online Payments App on Shopify. The Airwallex Online Payments App is “a payment gateway plugin that merchants can integrate on their online store to accept payments from their global… Read More

July 24, 2022 @ 2:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Integrating Youtility’s platform enables Pockit clients to compare and save on household subscriptions helping to save hundreds of pounds every year. The current cost-of-living crisis is expected to get worse throughout this year, especially in October when energy bills are set to increase by as… Read More