Tagged: north america

February 8, 2024 @ 5:59 am By Omar Faridi  |  

ChargeAfter, the embedded lending platform for point-of-sale financing announced that Citi Retail Services, one of North America’s largest and most experienced retail payments and credit solution providers, selected ChargeAfter as a technology provider “for its Citi Pay products, including Citi Pay Credit and Citi Pay… Read More

January 23, 2024 @ 11:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Viamericas Corporation, which claims to be a licensed, international remittance company, recently has integrated with 24Xoro in order “to provide additional options for remittance beneficiaries to receive money in Mexico, providing Viamericas customers more options and locations for their remittance recipients to receive their money.”… Read More

November 26, 2023 @ 9:56 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Credifiel reports that the company increased its revenue by 24% in the nine month period ending September 2023 “compared to the same period last year, reaching €32.7 million1, a net profit of €5.7 million.” The company further shares that its loan portfolio “increased by 74%… Read More

November 22, 2023 @ 7:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

BIGG Digital Assets Inc. (CSE: BIGG), owner of Netcoins as well as Netcoins USA (Netcoins.com), the online crypto trading platform that makes it easy for North Americans to buy, sell, and stake cryptocurrency, is pleased to “update investors on its recent trading and platform performance… Read More

November 14, 2023 @ 6:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Accenture (NYSE: ACN) will launch a network of generative AI studios in North America where companies can explore ways to optimize and reinvent their business through the responsible use of generative AI applications. Clients interested in pursuing commercial uses of generative AI “will be able… Read More

November 5, 2023 @ 2:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Adyen (AMS: ADYEN), the global financial technology platform of choice for leading businesses, is pleased to announce its Pay-by-Bank services in North America will launch in early 2024 in partnership with Plaid, the digital finance innovator that makes it easy, safe and reliable for people… Read More

November 5, 2023 @ 12:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Repay Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ: RPAY), a provider of vertically-integrated payment solutions, announced a technology integration with PDI Technologies, Inc., a global firm focused on “delivering powerful solutions and insights that serve as the backbone of the convenience retail and petroleum wholesale ecosystem, to offer embedded… Read More

October 31, 2023 @ 10:23 am By Omar Faridi  |  

DTCC, the post-trade market infrastructure for the global financial services industry, today announced the launch of Trade Reporting Analytics and UTI Exchange as part of its DTCC Report Hub service. Report Hub is a cloud-based pre and post reporting platform that “helps firms manage the… Read More

October 30, 2023 @ 9:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Deserve, a mobile-first credit card issuing platform, announced today the launch of new digital processing capabilities on the Deserve platform that can provide direct connectivity for mobile apps or software development kits to the Mastercard network. Financial Institutions of all sizes, “including credit unions and… Read More

October 26, 2023 @ 6:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Visa Inc. (NYSE: V) announced impactful Instant Savings offers for small businesses (SMBs) across North America, comprised of tools and resources aimed at enabling small businesses to grow and meet the expectations of their customers. Through the Visa SavingsEdge website, eligible Visa Small Business cardholders… Read More

October 24, 2023 @ 11:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

North America is the largest cryptocurrency market, according to Chainalysis. Chainalysis reveals hat the region has “an estimated $1.2 trillion in value received on-chain between July 2022 and June 2023.” That total now “represents 24.4% of global transaction activity during the time period studied.” Most… Read More

October 17, 2023 @ 8:32 am By Omar Faridi  |  

New research has revealed that North America ranks first in the world “for Fintech venture capital funding.” The new study, conducted by the researchers at Tipalti, “analyzed factors such as global fintech adoption rates, searches for Fintech by country and the regions that have the… Read More

October 16, 2023 @ 11:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Latin America has the seventh-largest crypto economy of all regions Chainalysis studies. it is not far behind MENA, Eastern Asia, and Eastern Europe. Its position compared to other regions has “held relatively steady over the last two years.” Latin America shows the highest preference “for… Read More

September 13, 2023 @ 7:53 am By Omar Faridi  |  

EBANX, the payments platform connecting global companies with customers in rising digital markets, is pleased to announce the appointment of Melissa Cherrey Johnson as the new VP of Merchant Success – Americas and Europe. With her extensive experience in the payments industry and a deep… Read More

September 4, 2023 @ 9:39 am By Omar Faridi  |  

BIGG Digital Assets Inc. (CSE: BIGG), owner of Netcoins and Netcoins USA, the online cryptocurrency brokerage that makes it easy for North Americans to buy, sell and stake cryptocurrency, and Blockchain Intelligence Group, a developer of blockchain technology search, risk-scoring and data analytics solutions, is… Read More

August 19, 2023 @ 6:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ecommpay, an international payment service provider and UK and European direct bank card acquirer, now offers local acquiring in the US, enabling UK and EU merchants the ability to expand into North America. Additionally, Ecommpay will offer protection “from fraud-related chargebacks to ensure merchants do… Read More

August 9, 2023 @ 1:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nu officially inaugurated its new office spaces in Mexico City. With a sprawling space of over 5,000 m² in the Polanco neighborhood, Nu provides a workspace “for more than 1,200 Nubankers who work in a hybrid schedule, alternating between weeks of in-person and remote work… Read More

July 30, 2023 @ 11:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Funding Circle (LSE: FCH), which claims to be a leading online lending platform for small business borrowers, recently announced that Kanthi Muthiah has joined the company as U.S. Chief Product Officer. Kanthi, a former FICO, PayPal, and JP Morgan executive, will “support overall product strategy and… Read More

July 21, 2023 @ 9:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Channel Capital Advisors LLP has hired Nate Hartley as its new Head of Origination for the Americas. Established in 2007, Channel is an FCA-regulated alternative investment fund manager (AIFM). It is a recognized funding partner of choice in “the working capital and fintech lending sector,… Read More

July 17, 2023 @ 7:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

A report from FX-as-a-Service pioneer, MillTechFX, has revealed that many corporates in North America are looking to diversify their FX counterparties after the recent banking crisis highlighted the potential risks associated with having only one or two banking partners. The report entitled ‘The MillTechFX North… Read More