Tagged: fintech trends

March 18, 2022 @ 4:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Mass Fintech Hub recently revealed the latest efforts to make Massachusetts an international leader in Fintech by forming its first advisory board composed of leaders across the state. The Mass Fintech Hub also announced 2022 events and programs, “including a new Fintech Forum, Career… Read More

March 14, 2022 @ 3:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ebitly and open banking platform Nordigen have joined forces to offer financial information straight onto the program from clients’ bank accounts. Ebitly is a real-time cashflow planning platform, which is focused on giving SMEs access to smart and robust financial management tools. The program’s interface… Read More

March 14, 2022 @ 12:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Dan Keegan, who recently worked as Citigroup’s Head of North American markets, has decided to leave the banking institution to establish an investment fund that is mainly focused on Fintech firms. This, according to a report from WSJ (which reviewed an internal memo). Keegan has… Read More

March 11, 2022 @ 8:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

EBANX, a payments Fintech with an international presence, has introduced a brand new positioning and design. Created in “celebration” of its 10-year anniversary in February, the latest branding “marks the expansion of the company’s global teams located in regions such as Asia, Europe, and the… Read More

March 10, 2022 @ 11:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

UK’s banking app provider Novus has been working cooperatively with Sustainability-as-a-Service provider ecolytiq to offer Novus’ sustainable banking app. All Novus clients in the UK get more transparency on their personal carbon footprint with each payment completed. This way of banking assists clients with better… Read More

March 10, 2022 @ 9:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Fintech ecosystem in Bahrain has matured “on many fronts,” according to a new report. As noted in the update, new developments from government, corporate, and investment stakeholders have “created a more conducive environment for local and international startups to grow and scale from the… Read More

March 10, 2022 @ 3:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Tot, an Italian Fintech banking platform that streamlines administrative and financial management via all-digital tools for self-employed professionals and micro-businesses with up to 10 workers, confirms its market debut in March 2022. Tot mainly specializes in microenterprises, amid rising attention to this industry segment, because… Read More

March 9, 2022 @ 7:10 am By Omar Faridi  |  

BankiFi, the Manchester-headquartered technology firm focused on putting banks at “the heart” of business, has announced that it joined Visa Fintech Partner Connect in Europe – a program that assists Visa`s customers with offering the next-gen of virtual banking solutions. The partner program mainly focuses… Read More

March 8, 2022 @ 10:53 am By Omar Faridi  |  

February has seen “a number of regulatory updates,” as well as more reports of growth within the UK Fintech sector, the team at Banking Circle noted. At Banking Circle, they released their new whitepaper, ‘Payments without Barriers: Focus on Denmark’, examining “the potential from improved… Read More

March 8, 2022 @ 8:14 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Venture capitalists’ enthusiasm or eagerness to invest in Fintech platforms, which ranked as one of the most active industry segments for startup investments in 2021, is showing signs of slowing down. During the last few weeks, a total of 51 Fintech firms secured a total… Read More

March 8, 2022 @ 1:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) has reportedly joined other global financial institutions, consulting and technology companies to accelerate “disruptive” Fintech, Insurtech, Regtech and Deeptech innovations and “empower collaborations.” Via this partnership, Microsoft aims to “contribute to F10’s ecosystem to foster the exchange with FinTech startups around the… Read More

March 7, 2022 @ 10:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

India’s Venture Debt Report 2022, released by Stride Ventures, reveals that the year 2021 saw 111 firms acquiring funds via debt, of which 91 companies were categorized as unique. Bengaluru reportedly saw the highest number of venture debt deals, making up 40% of all such… Read More

March 6, 2022 @ 1:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Zaapi, a mobile app that allows small businesses to establish their digital commerce presence within seconds, has finalized a $4 million seed round. VC investors including GFC, Flourish Ventures, and Partech have led Zaapi’s investment round. Other investors in the funding round reportedly include 1982… Read More

March 5, 2022 @ 11:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Lunar, a Nordic-based Fintech firm, has introduced a solution to allow its business clients to accept and keep track online payments. Lunar’s solution is reportedly built into its business account and aims to address the growing digital commerce client base. Lunar’s business clients using a… Read More

March 5, 2022 @ 7:58 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Qatar Fintech Hub announced that it decided to host the fourth hackathon “to foster innovative ideas in next generation banking” Applications had been open “until 2 March 2022.” As confirmed in the announcement, pitches “take place on 10 March, and winners to be announced by… Read More

March 3, 2022 @ 9:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Tide, which is the United Kingdom’s business financial platform with full-scale operations set to launch in India, has confirmed their plans to support 500,000 female-led companies by 2027. UK based #fintech #Tide commits to incubate 500,000 women-led small businesses in India in next five years,… Read More

March 3, 2022 @ 3:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at UK Fintech Modulr notes that they are pleased to let their clients know that their Faster Payments transaction limit has “increased from £250,000 to £1 million for inbound and outbound payments, in line with the retail payments authority, Pay.UK, which went into… Read More

March 3, 2022 @ 8:25 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) is reportedly moving forward with its embedded finance plans. The investment bank’s collaboration with General Motors (GM) (NYSE: GM). This is the most recent step taken to capitalize on this growing Fintech trend. Goldman Sachs had taken over issuing the General… Read More

March 2, 2022 @ 11:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Wealthtech firm Addepar is pleased to confirm that it has joined the Open Cap Table Coalition, which is a cross-industry group that is focused on enhancing the interoperability, transparency, and portability of “company capitalization data.” Addepar, along with industry professionals from across the tech and… Read More

March 2, 2022 @ 8:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Payhawk, the payment and expense solution with offices in London, Sofia, Berlin, and Barcelona, has secured an additional $100 million in order to extend its Series B round to $215 million. The Fintech firm’s Series B extension was reportedly “raised at a valuation of $1… Read More