Tagged: stockholm

April 17, 2024 @ 10:18 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Brite Payments, an enabler of instant bank payments, announced that Luke Trayfoot has joined the company as Chief Commercial Officer (CCO), leading the Stockholm-headquartered fintech’s commercial efforts. The appointment of the former PayPal and Mangopay executive signifies “a new phase in Brite’s journey as it… Read More

October 27, 2023 @ 7:58 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Sygnum, the digital asset bank, announces an innovative new private debt asset token with Float, a Stockholm-based Capital-as-a-Service company. Fasanara Capital, one of Europe’s largest credit funds in Fintech, is acting “as senior lender.” New asset token offering “gives clients direct access to a unique… Read More

September 8, 2023 @ 12:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Treyd, the Stockholm-headquartered Fintech that pays suppliers upfront on behalf of growing retail businesses, announces the completion of a $12 million (£9 million) extension of its March 2022 Series A funding. The extension funding brings the total investment in Treyd to $25 million (£20m). The… Read More

May 15, 2023 @ 11:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

P.F.C. (Personal Finance Co.), a Stockholm-based fintech, announced that its customers can now take out personal loans directly in the app, extending the range of financial services it provides on Mambu’s cloud banking platform. Mambu’s rapid deployment capability enabled P.F.C. “to configure the personal loan… Read More

May 3, 2023 @ 8:24 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bits Technology, the Stockholm-based startup that focuses on business and customer identity, announces a new €4 million seed funding raise that will help the company further its mission of reshaping how future fintech products are built. Bits will use the funds from the investment round… Read More

April 20, 2023 @ 8:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Charm Solutions, a Fintech startup with offices in San Francisco, Stockholm, and Wilmington, Delaware, has announced that it secured a $3.5M seed funding round led by BootstrapLabs. Charm is “developing a trusted AI-powered SMB Credit Advisor service that leverages self-learning AI to help institutional lenders… Read More

February 27, 2023 @ 11:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Doconomy, the climate technology startup helping banks, brands, and consumers to better understand and reduce their environmental impact – has acquired Stockholm-based financial wellbeing fintech Dreams Technology. This marks the “first” deal of its kind “to bridge the unique intersection of behavioural economics and climate… Read More

July 11, 2022 @ 1:51 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Brite Payments is set to significantly enhance monthly paid subscriptions with the launch of its recurring payments service. The Stockholm-based company claims it is set “to improve consumer convenience for subscription-based online businesses with its innovative, customer-first payment technology, as well as providing significant advantages… Read More

May 13, 2022 @ 6:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Scila and Athens Exchange Group co-operates to offer a SaaS solution based on Scila Surveillance “for both Buy and Sell side members of the Athens exchange.” Piraeus Securities S.A. is reportedly “the first customer of the new service to go-live.” The Scila Surveillance software is… Read More

April 24, 2022 @ 9:34 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Dreams, the financial wellbeing platform and “leader” in engagement banking solutions, recently announced the appointment of Russell Prince-Wright, Jason Curtis and Peter Hedlund, to join Dreams’ senior management team “as Regional Directors and drive the company’s B2B expansion.” Collectively, Russell, Jason and Peter “bring more… Read More

February 13, 2022 @ 12:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Klarna, an international retail bank, payments and shopping platform, recently noted that six out of ten or 60% of credit card users don’t know how much interest they are actually being charged. This, according to the latest YouGov research that was commissioned by Fintech firm… Read More

February 3, 2022 @ 9:04 am By Omar Faridi  |  

TrueLayer, which is one of Europe’s Open Banking platforms, has announced its expanding operations into Sweden with the appointment of ex- Adyen executive Karl Hagner as its Country Manager. An experienced commercial manager, with a sharp focus on payments in digital commerce, Stockholm’s Karl will… Read More

February 3, 2022 @ 8:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Proprietary straight-through processing (STP) payments platform Billhop – which provides businesses process and capital efficiencies based on credit card infrastructure –  has acquired €10.5 million in capital, via a round led by EQT Ventures along with contributions from Element Ventures (currently awaiting SFSA approval). The… Read More

November 11, 2021 @ 7:53 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Scila AB, the Stockholm-headquartered independent provider of trade surveillance, anti-money laundering and risk management tech, has established a new regional office in Singapore “covering the Asia-Pacific region.” As mentioned in a release, Scila has worked cooperatively with clients in the APAC region since 2009, and… Read More

November 6, 2021 @ 2:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Quartr, which is the app that gives investors on-the-go access to company details, has secured $4.5 million via a seed round from prominent investors. The firm’s investment round has reportedly been led by The Öhman Group with established investors such as Michael Batnick, Ben Carlson,… Read More

October 21, 2021 @ 9:13 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Swedish Fintech firm Dreams has appointed Stefan Krafft as its new VP of B2B Marketing to support the next phase of international expansion Dreams, the financial wellbeing platform and leader in engagement banking solutions, notes in a release shared with CI that Krafft will focus… Read More

October 8, 2021 @ 12:54 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

FreedomPay, a consumer-focused commerce platform, has performed an integration with Klarna, the international retail bank, payments and shopping service. Beginning today (October 7, 2021), FreedomPay’s US merchants may provide Klarna’s interest-free payment services at checkout in-store, which should help with boosting sales and “bringing added… Read More

September 29, 2021 @ 10:03 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Eventus Systems, Inc., an international provider of multi-asset class trade surveillance and market risk solutions, reveals that it has made several key appointments in Europe as part of the company’s growth in the region and globally. Bringing considerable experience into the new roles are Ollie… Read More

August 24, 2021 @ 7:38 am By Omar Faridi  |  

It’s been almost a year since Briqpay unveiled the launch of its B2B checkout solution together with the closing of a €606K pre-seed round. On Tuesday (August 24, 2021), Briqpay announced the closing of a €2M seed round that has been co-led by partners from… Read More

November 16, 2020 @ 9:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Trade finance Fintech firm Mitigram, which serves as a global platform for funding and hedging against trading risks, recently celebrated five years since its launch. Mitigram claims that it’s the first major digital market network for corporates, traders and financial institutions. Established in 2015, the… Read More