Tagged: spain

December 20, 2024 @ 11:01 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Securitize announced it has obtained approval by the Spanish National Securities Market Commission (CNMV) as an Investment Firm, registering Securitize Europe Brokerage and Markets, S.A. in order to operate as a Sociedad de Valores (broker dealer), providing services for blockchain-based financial assets, including acting as… Read More

November 19, 2024 @ 11:34 am By JD Alois  |  

The European Union approved the Instant Payments Regulation (IPR) this past March. The goal is to accelerate the rollout of instant payments in Europe and cover credit transfers denominated in Euros within the EU. Payment Service Providers (PSPs) that enable transfers shall also offer the… Read More

November 17, 2024 @ 6:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CaixaBank Private Banking is launching a new service, “unique” in Spain, that reportedly aims to combine “agility” in portfolio construction with “maximum” personalization in advisory. CaixaBank Private Banking presented its service, Advisory GPS (Global Portfolio Strategy), which is said to bring together agility and efficiency… Read More

November 8, 2024 @ 5:56 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Marosa 2024 S.L., a provider of VAT compliance and invoicing solutions, announced it secured a €12 million investment from Aquiline, a private investment firm specializing in financial services and tech. This funding represents Marosa’s “external” capital raise and will help accelerate its growth strategy, expand… Read More

November 7, 2024 @ 8:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Aventus Home is part of Aventus Group’s international business. Aventus Homes’ primary activities reportedly include the following: constructing, selling, and renting luxury villas in one of the most prestigious European places in Spain – Marbella. The value of Aventus Group’s properties in Spain currently is… Read More

November 3, 2024 @ 4:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Crypto.com announced recently the acquisition of a SEC registered broker-dealer and member of FINRA and SIPC, Watchdog Capital, LLC. This strategic acquisition should now enable Crypto.com’s new subsidiary to offer equities and equity options (among other things) to “eligible traders in the U.S.” Kris Marszalek,… Read More

October 31, 2024 @ 6:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Regulated businesses across Spain that need a Sepblac-compliant identity verification procedure for KYC can achieve this with an “easy” to integrate solution offering a streamlined user experience. Entrust, a firm focused on “trusted” payments, identities, and data security, today announced its Onfido Real Identity Platform… Read More

October 23, 2024 @ 7:32 am By Omar Faridi  |  

European digital banking platform CaixaBank consolidates its position in mobile banking and partners with Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) to enhance customer experience. CaixaBank closed the first months of the year with 4.4 million customers with cards linked to mobile devices, figures that are “on the rise,” with… Read More

October 21, 2024 @ 4:14 pm By JD Alois  |  

Spanish bank Santander showed up to ring the closing bell at the New York Stock Exchange today to celebrate the launch of Openbank by Santander. Openbank is a digital-only bank powered by Santander. The company explains: Openbank, a division of Santander Bank, N.A., combines Santander’s… Read More

September 16, 2024 @ 11:43 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Spanish entrepreneurial ecosystem is experiencing significant growth in the adoption and development of advanced technologies, with a particular “focus on software platforms, artificial intelligence (AI) and analytics.” This is the key takeaway from the fifth edition of the research study ‘Analysis of a next… Read More

August 5, 2024 @ 10:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has acquired BOSLAN, a provider of management services for large infrastructure projects, headquartered in Bilbao, Spain. With BOSLAN, Accenture will reinvent “how clients engineer and execute net-zero infrastructure projects.” By applying artificial intelligence (AI) and other digital technologies “to asset lifecycle management,… Read More

July 30, 2024 @ 12:24 pm By JD Alois  |  

Mintos continues to roll out the benefit of a higher interest rate for parked cash. Today, Mintos is announcing that Spanish customers may now access a liquid money market fund managed by Blackrock. The Mintos Smart Cash is a money market fund that is described… Read More

June 18, 2024 @ 8:53 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Dineo Crédito, Spanish microlender part of the international retail leader Cash Converters group, has entered a partnership with Mambu, the cloud banking platform. The move will see Dineo Crédito migrate from its in-house core system to Mambu, where it plans to “launch innovative lending products… Read More

June 15, 2024 @ 5:03 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

European Blockchain Sandbox Brickken, a Barcelona-based startup that tokenizes real-world assets, has been selected to participate in the European Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technologies (DLT) Regulatory Sandbox. This regulatory sandbox will provide legal certainty for decentralized technological solutions, including blockchain, by identifying deployment obstacles from… Read More

June 10, 2024 @ 11:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

A survey of more than 21,000 people in Spain, the “first of its kind” to give a voice to Worldcoin users, shows just how “important” digital proof of humanness has “become in the country—and the extent to which people recognize the value provided by World… Read More

June 6, 2024 @ 10:04 am By JD Alois  |  

European payments platform Mangopay has announced partnerships with several Spanish firms, including Webel, Filmo, and Kuarere. Mangopay states that collaborating with these three Spanish firms will increase its presence in sectors such as media, entertainment, and home delivery services. Filmo is a B2B2C platform that aims… Read More

May 23, 2024 @ 8:40 am By Omar Faridi  |  

After years at the forefront of projects and research based on artificial intelligence (AI), BBVA takes a “decisive step” in the use of generative AI in its main markets. On the one hand, it has prioritized “around 100 projects that will be developed with different… Read More

May 20, 2024 @ 9:05 am By Omar Faridi  |  

A new report by EUROCROWD titled “Crowdfunding’s Role in Catalyzing Local and Rural Development in Spain” in collaboration with the Universidad Camilo José Cela, UAM Universidad Autonoma de Madrid Centro de Investigación sobre Justicia Administrativa, and Simbiosis HUB, “delves into the extensive impact of crowdfunding… Read More

May 3, 2024 @ 8:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Outpayce, which was launched last year to evolve Amadeus’ travel payments business, has been granted an eMoney institution (EMI) license by the Bank of Spain. As a licensed eMoney issuer, Outpayce will be able “to provide regulated payment services in Spain such as accepting customer… Read More

April 26, 2024 @ 11:41 am By Omar Faridi  |  

CaixaBank has reportedly become the first Spanish bank to adhere to the Pegasus Guidelines, the first voluntary climate-aligned finance framework for the aviation sector, “designed to help banks independently measure and disclose the emissions intensity and/or climate alignment of their aviation lending portfolios compared to… Read More