Tagged: marketplaces

March 20, 2024 @ 7:58 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Figure Technologies announces the launch of Figure Markets, the first step in a vision to create an “everything marketplace”– a single platform where investors can trade a range of blockchain-native assets from crypto to stocks to alternative investments. Figure Markets has secured over $60 million… Read More

March 12, 2024 @ 11:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Pacaso, the technology-enabled real estate marketplace that helps people buy, co-own, and sell a vacation home, unveils ‘Rosemary Shores’, signifying the company’s expansion into the vibrant seaside community of Rosemary Beach, Florida. The home also marks Pacaso‘s collaboration home “with a design partner, luxury interiors… Read More

February 13, 2024 @ 12:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Finastra, a provider of financial software applications and marketplaces, and Tesselate, a consultancy, have announced the launch of an end-to-end pre-packaged service for faster and easier online trade finance. Tegula Trade Finance as a Service, powered by Finastra Trade Innovation and Corporate Channels, enables US… Read More

February 7, 2024 @ 6:36 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

B2B payments platform Sprinque announces a partnership with Mangopay, a modular and flexible payment infrastructure provider for marketplaces and platforms. The collaboration enables merchants and marketplaces “to take advantage of holistic and customisable payments infrastructures and terms, allowing them to grow revenues by tapping into… Read More

January 12, 2024 @ 2:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Pacaso, the technology-enabled real estate marketplace that helps people buy, co-own, and sell a vacation home, announces its operational expansion into Paris, marking the company’s inaugural entry into the vibrant French real estate landscape. With the introduction of Paris, Pacaso marks its “expansion into 40… Read More

December 20, 2023 @ 7:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

SwissFortress, an enabler of decentralized wallet solutions, has announced an integration with qiibee, the blockchain-based B2B marketplace for customer loyalty. The integration, which stems from qiibee’s partnership with Miles & More, the loyalty programme of the Lufthansa Group, “adds SwissFortress’s technology powered by MatterFi, to… Read More

December 1, 2023 @ 4:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CME Group, which claims to be one of the world’s leading derivatives marketplaces,  announced that open interest in its deeply liquid U.S. Treasury futures “set a new record of 21,428,757 contracts on November 24.” This year, the notional value of open interest “in CME Group… Read More

November 26, 2023 @ 12:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Mangopay, a platform-specific payment infrastructure provider, today announces that it has been selected by Maisons du Monde, a home decor and furniture retailer, to offer seamless payment experiences to its marketplace customers. The integration of Mangopay’s modular payment infrastructure “marks a significant step forward in… Read More

November 7, 2023 @ 9:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

PeerBerry’s business partner – real estate developer SIB Group – has reportedly repaid investors a €200 000 loan (real estate project “Lini namai”) and paid €41,076 in interest to our investors. PeerBerry enters its seventh year of operations “with a record amount of funded loans… Read More

October 29, 2023 @ 11:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Onfido, the global firm focused on automated identity verification, announced a partnership with Job&Talent, a marketplace headquartered in Spain, for essential work. Together, they will automate remote identity verification “for new candidate onboarding, eliminating the need for in-branch visits.” Onfido’s technology helps Job&Talent accelerate customer… Read More

October 22, 2023 @ 2:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Finastra, a global provider of financial software applications and marketplaces, is partnering with ELCY, a specialist in e-commerce solutions for the processing of international trade finance, to provide a trade finance solution for corporates. The Corporate Trade Finance Portal from Finastra and ELCY will “enable… Read More

October 16, 2023 @ 11:03 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

PeerBerry’s business partner – real estate developer Lithome – repaid investors a EUR 320 000 (real estate project “City Stories”, funding of the first construction stage) loan and paid EUR 30,406 in interest. PeerBerry closed one more record month – in September, PeerBerry investors funded… Read More

October 10, 2023 @ 3:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Following the success in decarbonizing the fashion industry, HeavyFinance reveals that the co-founder of pre-loved clothes marketplace Vinted, Mantas Mikuckas, invests 1M Euros in order to support the green transformation of agriculture. As noted in the update, debt capital will be “deployed to small and… Read More

September 29, 2023 @ 8:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

One more business partner, Smartcredito from Spain, joins the PeerBerry platform. Smartcredito will offer PeerBerry investors investments “in short-term loans with a 10% annual return.” Loans provided by Smartcredito to PeerBerry investors “include a buyback and a group guarantee.” Smartcredito (legal name Arena Finance Spain… Read More

September 24, 2023 @ 3:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Pacaso, the technology-enabled real estate marketplace that helps people buy and co-own a luxury second home, released its 2023 marketplace resale report. Pacaso homes have historical resale gains “from the time of the ownership interest purchase to the time of reselling of more than 10%.”… Read More

September 23, 2023 @ 6:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

During August 2023, Debitum says that it continued to implement the platform’s long-term development plan. Last month: the change in ownership of Debitum was announced (expect more details soon). As noted in the update from Debitum, Ukrainian asset management was “restructured and announced new investment… Read More

September 23, 2023 @ 6:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In 19 months of the war (since February 24, 2022), PeerBerry business partners Aventus Group and Gofingo Group have, in total, “repaid PeerBerry investors €45.52 million or 90.64% of the total outstanding war-affected obligations.” Compared to other war-affected platforms, PeerBerry claims that it is the… Read More

September 15, 2023 @ 12:11 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at TWINO is pleased to announce the expansion of TWINO Group lending operations into the Philippines, in a continued partnership with VIA SMS Group under the VAMO brand. Thus, VAMO Philippines securities are now “available for investments on TWINO platform allowing you to… Read More

September 6, 2023 @ 7:54 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Veridas, a Spanish technology company specializing in digital identity and biometrics,  announces its Voice Biometrics Solution is now “available on the Genesys AppFoundry, a marketplace of solutions offering a curated selection of applications and integrations that elevate customer and employee experiences.” With Veridas Voice Biometrics,… Read More

September 1, 2023 @ 8:52 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Estateguru has implemented several changes to their credit policy, with the aim of strengthening their portfolio and elevating their investors’ experience on the platform. As noted in a blog post, Estateguru made various modifications to their existing credit policy, with the goal of enhancing their… Read More