Tagged: fintech adoption

April 25, 2024 @ 7:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Offline payments, Square’s no-connection-required solution to deliver continuous commerce connectivity, is now available to Square sellers using every hardware device, and in every country. Whether in a remote location or facing a technology disruption, now nearly every Square seller can continue “to operate business-as-usual and… Read More

April 23, 2024 @ 10:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Trustly announces a pledge to boost growth for businesses across Europe. In a major move to enhance the checkout experience “for millions of people,” the payments tech firm unveils the new Trustly Growth Guarantee. They are offering clients – current and new – a fresh… Read More

April 22, 2024 @ 10:02 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Workplace savings programs should be simple and streamlined, both for employers to manage and for employees to monitor and contribute to their financial growth, according to an update shared by Rippling. That’s why Rippling says it is pleased to announce a new integration with Wealthsimple… Read More

April 19, 2024 @ 4:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Marqeta (NASDAQ: MQ), the global modern card issuing platform enabling some of the world’s most innovative embedded finance solutions, announced its new partner Rain, a financial wellness benefits provider that helps companies give employees greater control over their finances. Marqeta will power the Rain Card,… Read More

April 18, 2024 @ 11:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

HighRadius, the provider of Autonomous Finance software for Order-to-Cash, Treasury, and Record-to-Report, announced the launch of their B2B payments platform to improve payment processes across 100+ payment methods globally. The comprehensive B2B payments platform “encompasses a trio of essential products: Payment Gateway, Surcharge Management, and… Read More

April 18, 2024 @ 11:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

iCapital, the global fintech platform driving access to alternative investments for the wealth management industry, announced the launch of iCapital Marketplace, a one-stop-shop connecting wealth managers and advisors “with a broad menu of alternative investment opportunities across private equity, private debt, infrastructure, real assets and… Read More

April 17, 2024 @ 6:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nium, the global enabler of real-time, cross-border payments, announced that it is now registered as a Financial Services Provider in New Zealand. This pivotal step marks Nium’s entry into the dynamic financial landscape of New Zealand and reinforces its commitment “to delivering innovative financial solutions… Read More

April 17, 2024 @ 11:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Mambu, a cloud banking platform, and Leeds Building Society, the fifth largest building society in the UK, have entered a strategic partnership to help Leeds modernize its core banking system. By using Mambu, underpinned by Amazon Web Services (AWS), Leeds Building Society will have “an… Read More

April 15, 2024 @ 7:58 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CBInsights has explored an emerging set of technologies including cybersecurity and Fintech-focused solutions impacting automotive R&D, manufacturing, sales, vehicle use, and the aftermarket. As noted in the CBInsights report, advancements in AI are “changing the way automakers design, build, sell, and repair vehicles.” Large language… Read More

April 15, 2024 @ 10:36 am By Omar Faridi  |  

dLocal, the cross-border payment platform, is announcing its partnership with payroll and payments platform Papaya Global. The new partnership sees the two platforms join forces to “enable companies to easily handle workforce payments globally, including across emerging markets.” The partnership between dLocal and Papaya Global… Read More

April 14, 2024 @ 4:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Backbase, the Engagement Banking Platform provider, announces the renewal and expansion of its partnership with Navy Federal Credit Union, which is reportedly the world’s largest credit union with more than 13 million members and $171 billion in assets, serving U.S. veterans, retired service members and… Read More

April 11, 2024 @ 9:53 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), a division of First Citizens Bank, along with lending partner Trinity Capital Inc., announced that it has provided a $125 million warehouse facility to fintech infrastructure startup, Parafin. Parafin helps companies, such “as marketplaces, vertical SaaS, and payment processors, launch and… Read More

April 6, 2024 @ 12:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

UK Fintech Wise (LSE:WISE) has shared its newest partnership with Swan, a European firm focused on embedded finance. Swan enables companies across Europe to easily “embed banking features such as accounts, cards, and payments into their own product.” However, one thing was missing “from their offer;… Read More

April 6, 2024 @ 12:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Pitchbook is reporting mixed fintech performance as public fintech companies delivered mixed returns in Q1 2024. Pitchbook notes in a report that when “compared to the S&P 500’s 10.2% return and Nasdaq’s 9.1% return for the quarter, the neobanks, brokers, and crypto cohort was the… Read More

April 5, 2024 @ 8:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Klarna, the AI-powered global payments network and shopping assistant, today announced in an industry-first, the launch of a new online initiative – Wikipink – aimed at setting new standards for transparency and responsibility in the credit and lending industry. Amid growing scrutiny over the practices… Read More

April 4, 2024 @ 9:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

As the fintech landscape in Singapore continues to expand and evolve, the need for an updated, comprehensive registry has never been clearer, according to an update shared with CI. As stated in the announcement, the upcoming launch of the SFA FinTech Ecosystem Registry in June… Read More

April 4, 2024 @ 10:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Informative Research, a technology platform that delivers data-driven solutions to the lending community, announced the integration of Veri-Tax, the service provider focused on delivering the fast verifications into its proprietary Verification Platform. The integration merges Informative Research’s platform with Veri-Tax’s verification services so lenders can… Read More

April 1, 2024 @ 8:48 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The United Kingdom is currently the sixth largest economy globally and the UK tech startup ecosystem ranks third in terms of funding raised in the first quarter of 2024, after the US and China, according to a new report. Tracxn, a global SaaS-based market intelligence… Read More

March 31, 2024 @ 6:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Ten emerging technology companies have been selected to participate in the 2024 FinTech Innovation Lab New York, a 12-week program founded and run by Accenture and the Partnership Fund for New York City that helps early- and growth-stage fintechs accelerate product and business development through… Read More

March 26, 2024 @ 11:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

2023 was a challenging year for the Irish FinTech market, with investments and transactions reaching $60.83 million across 11 deals; this was a significant decrease (94 percent) compared to last year, where investments and transactions totaled over $1 billion across 22 deals, according to the… Read More