Tagged: fintech

January 13, 2020 @ 6:22 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Plaid, a U.S.-based fintech startup, announced on Monday it has been acquired by Visa. The companies both revealed that Visa will pay total purchase consideration of $5.3 billion through the acquisition. Founded in 2012, Plaid stated it is focused on enabling “innovation and democratizing” financial… Read More

January 13, 2020 @ 7:51 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

UK-based digital banking group Starling Bank announced on Monday it supercharging its bank accounts for businesses and sole traders with a range of new features, which includes unsecured loans of up to £250,000, an increase in its overdraft limits from £10,000 to £150,000, more competitive… Read More

January 12, 2020 @ 10:42 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

UK-based digital banking group Monzo celebrated the new year by sharing the successes of the past twelve months. The fintech revealed it started last January with just over a million customers, and now, over 3.6 million people bank with its platform. The company has since… Read More

January 9, 2020 @ 11:01 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Standard Chartered, a UK-based multinational banking and financial services company with $688 billion in assets, announced on Thursday its strategic investment into Linklogis, a Chinese supply chain financing platform, to enhance its joint supply chain ecosystem proposition and provide suppliers with access to affordable and… Read More

January 9, 2020 @ 3:04 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Chinese fintech Pintec Technology Holdings Limited (PINTEC) announced on Thursday it has formed a new partnership with comprehensive financial service platform West Guarantee. Pintec reported that through the partnership, it and West Guarantee will carry out in-depth collaboration in both technology and financial service areas… Read More

January 9, 2020 @ 7:43 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

AlgoTrader AG, a Swiss platform services provider for fully-integrated and automated quantitative trading and trade execution, for both traditional and digital assets, announced on Wednesday it secured CHF 3.7 million through its Series A funding round, which was led by an undisclosed global Tier 1… Read More

January 8, 2020 @ 10:04 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Northmill, a Fintech based in Sweden, announced on Tuesday the launch of its savings accounts with deposit insurance, called Rebilla Reserve. This news comes just a few months after the company received its banking license from the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority (SFSA or Finansinspektionen). While… Read More

January 8, 2020 @ 7:56 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Digital payments service Square recently announced its instant transfer fees will be 1.5% per transfer. Square reported that as of January 7, 2020, the rate for instant and same-day transfers from a user’s Square balance to their bank account is changing to 1.5% per transfer…. Read More

January 7, 2020 @ 2:47 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

 Securrency, a global financial services technology infrastructure and products company, announced on Tuesday it secured $17.65 million through its Series A funding round, which was led by WisdomTree with participation from the Abu Dhabi Investment Office (ADIO), Monex Group, Inc., RRE Ventures, Strawberry Creek Ventures,… Read More

January 7, 2020 @ 1:06 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

KogoPAY, a UK-based fintech startup, completed its equity crowdfunding round on Crowdcube with more than £200,000 in funding secured. The company offered its 281 Crowdcube investors with 2.01% in equity at a £10 million pre-money valuation. Founded in 2018, KogoPAY describes itself as a fintech… Read More

January 7, 2020 @ 9:03 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

HighRadius, a U.S.-based fintech enterprise Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) company specializing in integrated receivables, announced on Tuesday it secured $125 million through its Series B funding round, which was led by ICONIQ Capital with participation from existing investors Susquehanna Growth Equity and Citi Ventures. Founded in 2006, HighRadius claims… Read More

January 6, 2020 @ 7:42 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Australian SME challenger bank Judo Bank has formed a partnership with InfraRisk Pty Ltd., a supplier of credit management solutions and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Pintec Technology Holdings Limited, to support its lending business with a smart and highly efficient cloud-based SaaS solution. Judo Bank… Read More

January 2, 2020 @ 10:05 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Nayax, a U.S.-based fintech that is developing solutions for the machine industry, has reportedly secured $60 million through its latest investment round. The funding notably brings the company’s valuation to $400 million. Founded in 2005, Nayax revealed its cashless payments, telemetry, management, and BI solutions… Read More

January 2, 2020 @ 8:55 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Omnio, a UK-based fintech that offers banking and payment services for businesses, has reportedly secured €15 Million through its latest private placement funding round. The company offered 23,077 shares at a rate of €650 per offer share through the round. Founded in 2018, Omnio claims… Read More

December 31, 2019 @ 12:24 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

UK-digital challenger bank Monzo announced this week an update about the U.S. Beta launch. The banking startup revealed that from August until November it ran small, in-person community events in San Francisco, NYC, Las Vegas, and LA. the company then gave 1,000 users early access… Read More

December 30, 2019 @ 10:40 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Germany-based global provider of digital payments and commerce solutions Wirecard recently announced it has teamed up with Singapore currency exchange platform FXchange to provide outbound and inbound travelers in Singapore with digital payment options. Wirecard reported that the duo will be launching multi-currency Visa cards and a… Read More

December 30, 2019 @ 8:23 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Chinese fintech Pintec Technology Holdings Limited (PINTEC) recently announced it has formed an agreement with China Unicom to enable China Unicom’s payment platform Unicompay to offer handset financing services to its base of subscribers. According to Pintec, the digital handset financing solution allows customers to… Read More

December 27, 2019 @ 9:28 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Euronet Worldwide (NASDAQ: EEFT), a global fintech solutions and payments provider, recently announced it has teamed up with Visa to fuel and sustain the growth of fintech companies in the Asia Pacific region. According to Euronet, the partnership utilizes Euronet’s Digital Integrated Payment Cloud (DIPC)… Read More

December 23, 2019 @ 2:58 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

WorldRemit, a UK based Fintech in the digital money transfer sector, announced on Monday its insights into factors that will affect global mobile money in 2020. The company’s insights revealed the following: Device usage in the developing world will continue to grow, driving access to… Read More

December 23, 2019 @ 2:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

With the new year just around the corner, U.S. fintech Robinhood shared the growth and successes its platform experienced in 2019. The company revealed in a blog post: “As we get ready to close out 2019, first and foremost we want to say thank you… Read More