Tagged: netherlands

November 23, 2022 @ 12:57 pm By JD Alois  |  

Invesdor Group and Oneplanetcrowd have announced the merger of the two online investment platforms, contingent upon regulatory approval. Details of the transaction were not provided. Invesdor (Finland) is one of the larger European securities crowdfunding platforms. The company has an established presence in the Scandinavian… Read More

November 14, 2022 @ 10:35 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Adyen (AMS: ADYEN), the global financial technology platform of “choice” for large businesses, announced that Instacart, the grocery technology company in North America, “has selected the company as an additional payments processing partner.” As part of the new partnership, Instacart will “leverage Adyen functionality, including… Read More

October 31, 2022 @ 7:51 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Adyen (AMS: ADYEN)  has broadened its offering by taking live two new embedded financial products – Capital and Accounts – which are now “available to platform and marketplace businesses in the US and Europe via Adyen’s single integration.” Adyen, the global financial technology platform of… Read More

October 13, 2022 @ 9:30 am By JD Alois  |  

Global economic reality is impacting everyone and everything. Sky-high inflation, interest rates rising, the war in Ukraine, and more, are hobbling economic activity. Fintech is not immune to this fact and a report distributed today by Finch Capital states that Fintech is entering a period… Read More

October 12, 2022 @ 10:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

During times of unprecedented inflation in the Eurozone, bunq, which claims to be the second largest neobank in the EU, has observed a cross-country trend of younger European consumers being severely impacted by the ongoing cost-of-living crisis. The neobank’s clients in different European Union nations… Read More

October 12, 2022 @ 9:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Bondora is pleased to announce that borrowers in the Netherlands can now access their online and convenient financial services. By expanding to more countries, Bondora claims it can “help empower more people to live the lives they want with less financial stress.”… Read More

October 10, 2022 @ 8:54 am By JD Alois  |  

Recharge.com, a European payments company, has announced the launch of a global marketplace for people to purchase branded gift cards in a push to become the leading branded payments company in the world. Recharge.com was founded in 2010 and is based in Amsterdam. Recharge highlights… Read More

October 8, 2022 @ 6:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bizcuit provides invoice financing to Rabobank clients in their need for flexible liquidity. These services are for those who need money quickly to meet their payment obligations in the short term, want to take advantage of a purchasing option with their supplier, or because they… Read More

October 5, 2022 @ 11:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ABN AMRO is introducing ID & pay, the app that “replaces cumbersome onboarding and payment processes with a single online identification and payment functionality within the bank’s own secure environment.” In a pilot partnership, the bank and Swapfiets are “working together to offer new and… Read More

October 5, 2022 @ 8:11 am By JD Alois  |  

British Patient Capital states that it has pledged €25 million to Finch Capital’s Europe Fund III. The Fund is now closed. Finch Capital is the UK and Netherlands-based VC firm. This Fund will focus on European Fintech firms that are deemed to have solid growth… Read More

October 4, 2022 @ 8:46 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

If you’re a professional at a financial institution and you want to learn more about biodiversity (related to sustainability), then you may consider an e-learning program that “teaches you the biodiversity basics.” The Biodiversity Working Group has “developed an e-learning tool on the biodiversity basics… Read More

September 30, 2022 @ 9:29 am By JD Alois  |  

Payments provider PayU has distributed a survey that queried US consumers that claims there is a big opportunity for international merchants to capitalize on US consumer demand not being met domestically. According to PayU: 48% of Americans who have bought online from retailers based abroad… Read More

September 29, 2022 @ 5:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Mollie is pleased to introduce a new product to help their customers drive growth: Mollie Capital. Described as a fast and flexible way for their customers to access funding, Capital’s launch also signifies their “move into financial services.” Mollie Capital is “a… Read More

September 25, 2022 @ 11:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at digital asset firm Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) reveals that they’ve registered with the Dutch Central Bank (De Nederlandsche Bank — DNB) as a crypto service provider. This registration will “allow Coinbase to offer our full suite of retail, institutional, and ecosystem products to customers… Read More

September 10, 2022 @ 5:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

TerraPay, a global payments infrastructure company, has announced its partnership with Zai, the global financial technology company delivering embedded finance orchestration solutions. Together, TerraPay and Zai aim “to strengthen and unify the global payments ecosystem in Australia, by offering a seamless cross border payments experience… Read More

September 2, 2022 @ 2:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Adyen (AMS: ADYEN), the financial technology platform of “choice” for leading businesses,  announced that Pet Supplies Plus, the franchisor and operator of pet-specialty stores in North America, has selected the platform “to power its payments online and in-store for its approximate 230 corporate locations and… Read More

August 26, 2022 @ 9:35 am By JD Alois  |  

Lendahand, a Netherlands-based, mission-driven securities crowdfunding platform, has been approved to offer investments across the EU under the European Crowdfunding Service Providers Regulation (ECSPR). Lendahand notes that it is the first Dutch platform to receive approval, and as far as we are aware, it is… Read More

August 17, 2022 @ 9:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Tikkie app, launched in 2016 to make payments easier, recently added a new functionality. ‘Groepie’ is a smart feature that “allows multiple users to track and settle costs incurred as a group, greatly simplifying group payments made through Tikkie.” The new feature “is quick… Read More

August 16, 2022 @ 10:25 am By JD Alois  |  

Symbid, one of the earliest European investment crowdfunding platforms, has been acquired by a relatively new provider SeedBlink, according to a company statement. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. SeedBlink did share that they approached around 30 different firms before deciding on acquiring… Read More

August 12, 2022 @ 7:16 pm By JD Alois  |  

Earlier this week, the US Department of Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), sanctioned crypto mixer Tornado Cash. OFAC claims that Tornado has been utilized by North Korea and its “malicious cyber activities and money-laundering of stolen virtual currency.” Interestingly, Tornado received some support… Read More