Tagged: spain

January 24, 2023 @ 11:10 am By JD Alois  |  

Female-founded Fintech Twinco Capital has announced a $12 million funding round led by Quona Capital. The funding provided both debt and equity capital. Working Capital, as well as existing investors Mundi Ventures and Finch Capital, participated in the round, with Zubi Capital providing the venture… Read More

January 17, 2023 @ 8:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Divilo, a Spain-based fintech providing B2B financial services, and ThetaRay, a leading provider of AI-powered transaction monitoring technology, announced they will “collaborate to protect Divilo’s growing services against money laundering, sanctions violations, and other financial crimes.” Through the agreement, ThetaRay will “provide Divilo its SONAR… Read More

January 12, 2023 @ 9:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Bondora notes that 2022 ended strong “with impressive numbers across [their] portfolios.” December reportedly had “the highest loan originations and investment figures, over €1M in recoveries, and more.” In December, 1,500 new investors joined Bondora. Investors have “earned more than €88M in… Read More

January 5, 2023 @ 11:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Coinmotion, a Finland-based cryptocurrency service provider, has obtained confirmation from the Bank of Spain as “a valid provider of virtual currency exchange services for fiat currency and custody of electronic wallets with the registration number D741.” This means that Coinmotion “reinforces its presence in the… Read More

December 21, 2022 @ 11:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Investment figures and origination numbers dipped “slightly” in November, according to an update from Bondora. Investors added just shy of €14M to their accounts, Bondora revealed. And a total of just over €14M was “originated in loans across all [their] active markets.” Although they decreased,… Read More

December 14, 2022 @ 11:46 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Banco Santander (NYSE: SAN) has opened new tech hubs in Malaga, Spain and in Warsaw, Poland to support business units. Together, they will “employ some 1,400 professionals with backgrounds in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM), who will contribute to the bank’s digital and business… Read More

December 8, 2022 @ 11:36 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

As the colder weather settled in, Bondora platform originations and investment figures are also “cooling.” With “a 6.4% decline in loan originations, as well as a 5.8% decline in investments.” Spain, however, continues “to increase its origination standing.” There was also “a substantial increase in… Read More

November 29, 2022 @ 11:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In October, Bondora reveals it “saw favorable increases in investments and originations. Originations exceeded €15M, and investments €14M.” This puts Bondora on track “for a good Q4 in 2022.” Spanish originations “exceeded 1M once again.” In contrast to September, investments “for all products increased in… Read More

November 23, 2022 @ 7:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The international remittances company, Tempo France and the Spanish company Elsa Care Technologies (Elsa.care) have launched money transfers to the Philippines. Clients are now able “to send money through the Elsa.care’s app to the recipients’ bank accounts in this country.” The integrator of the technical… Read More

November 11, 2022 @ 7:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

European investment platform Bondora reveals that October made solid gains in the origination and investment front. Especially when considering “the declines from September.” Investment funding via Bondora “increased by 21.3% to over €14M.” And loan originations “exceeded €15M.” Secondary Market activity “increased once again, and… Read More

November 9, 2022 @ 9:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CaixaBank Research, the Research Service of CaixaBank, has launched its “Real-Time Economics” website, which is described as “the most complete initiative of its kind in the world, offering quality information practically in real time on the country’s economic reality.” The company’s Research Service is “making… Read More

September 29, 2022 @ 8:13 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Younited, the instant credit provider in Europe, provides European households – in France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, and Germany – with financing solutions “for projects and purchases up to 50,000 euros.” This milestone is the “best proof” of the relevance of Younited’s offer to its customers:… Read More

September 26, 2022 @ 9:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Allurity has acquired Spanish multinational Aiuken, as “an important step in its journey to becoming Europe’s leading cybersecurity provider.” Aiuken brings an entire SOC platform “spanning three continents, as well as its Cloud Security and SOC-as-a-Service platforms.” This deal takes Allurity one step closer “to… Read More

September 24, 2022 @ 6:54 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bizum has arrived at N26. The online bank has announced that all customers with a Spanish IBAN can now “send, receive and request money through the popular mobile payments solution.” In addition, the online bank’s app will “incorporate the Bizum functionality to pay at partner… Read More

September 19, 2022 @ 8:29 am By Omar Faridi  |  

In August 2022, more than €80M in returns have reportedly been paid out to Bondora investors since they were founded. Bondora is focused on helping “to empower people to take charge and set themselves up for success with their financial futures.” Loan origination and investments… Read More

September 10, 2022 @ 8:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Easy Payment & Finance, which claims to be a leading financial payment and technology enabler in Spain, announced it has chosen digital payments platform, Carta Worldwide, a subsidiary of Mogo Inc. (NASDAQ:MOGO), to support its new card offering. Easy EP is reportedly among Spain’s major… Read More

September 6, 2022 @ 8:16 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Easy4Cloud, which conducts operations in Italy, the United Kingdom, Spain and the US, digitizing different business areas and simplifying their management, has selected Fabrick to expand its offer and introduce BancheinCloud, a Business Intelligence platform for the aggregated management of Current Accounts through which personal,… Read More

September 5, 2022 @ 12:53 am By Omar Faridi  |  

After having a slow month in June, investment and loan origination figures “rebounded and increased steadily by 18.7%,” according to an update from Bondora. This brought both totals to “a solid €15,333,326 in July.” This is encouraging to see at the start of Q3, the… Read More

August 21, 2022 @ 8:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

After a slow June, Bondora‘s collection and recovery figures “rebounded as anticipated.” Bondora further noted that “the number of recovered loans, as well as the total cash recovered, increased.” The total recovered cash also “climbed to exceed €1 million once again.” The count of loans… Read More

August 17, 2022 @ 11:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

viafintech GmbH, part of the leading specialized payments platform, Paysafe (NYSE: PSFE), recently announced a partnership with Pecunpay “to launch a new cash deposit and withdrawal network in Spain.” Pecunpay, a brand from e-money institution Pecunia Cards EDE, “specializes in innovative e-payment and e-money processing… Read More