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

March 26, 2024 @ 10:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ahlan App, the Bahraini loyalty programme, reports that it has successfully raised $3 million at a valuation of $15 million in its first investment round, which has been fully subscribed to and led by Hope Ventures. The investment round was said to be “joined by… Read More

March 26, 2024 @ 10:54 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

SmartSearch, a UK provider of digital compliance and anti-money laundering (AML) software, has today announced it has signed an agreement to receive a significant equity investment from Triple Private Equity. With its investment, Triple will now take “a majority share in the business and will… Read More

March 26, 2024 @ 6:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Alibaba’s Ant Group has reportedly committed another SGD 200 million investment into ANEXT Bank, which is its wholly-owned subsidiary and SME digital bank. This, according to media reports from March 25, 2024. As reported by DealStreetAsia, the digital finance and technology firm had previously committed… Read More

March 26, 2024 @ 6:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Betterment, the largest independent digital financial advisor, announced that Betterment for Advisors, its RIA custody division, is adding thousands of mutual funds to its custom portfolio construction menu for the first time. This launch coincides with the 100th anniversary of the mutual fund and provides… Read More

March 26, 2024 @ 4:44 pm By JD Alois  |  

Republicans on the House Financial Services Committee and the House Committee on Agriculture are demanding that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) clarify whether Ether (ETH—Ethereum) is a security or something else. In recent years, the SEC has publicly stated ETH is not a security…. Read More

March 26, 2024 @ 4:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Euroclear and IZNES announce that Euroclear will acquire a stake in IZNES, a pan-European funds marketplace based on blockchain technology. The transaction will be subject “to customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals. Financial terms will not be disclosed.” Established in 2017, IZNES is a regulated… Read More

March 26, 2024 @ 4:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ZestyAI, the provider of climate and property risk analytics solutions powered by artificial intelligence (AI), unveiled its newest solution “to address the driver of insurance losses – roof claims.” ZestyAI’s Roof Age is a new solution “that pinpoints the age of a roof using data… Read More

March 26, 2024 @ 3:37 pm By JD Alois  |  

Earlier today, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) revealed an enforcement action against KuCoin, one of the largest crypto exchanges in the world. While KuCoin is based outside the US and apparently does not provide services to US users, the CFTC claims that the technology… Read More

March 26, 2024 @ 3:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned thirteen entities and two individuals for operating in the financial services and technology sectors of the Russian Federation economy “including persons developing or offering services in virtual assets that enable the evasion of… Read More

March 26, 2024 @ 3:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Peruvian Fintech company Leasy has reportedly completed a $28 million Series A round in equity and debt. The investment round is said to have been led by Magma Partners with Entangle Group, DeBa Ventures, Noa Capital, and Grupo CAPEM, also making contributions along with various… Read More

March 26, 2024 @ 3:05 pm By JD Alois  |  

KuCoin has been hit with charges alleging the operation of an unlicensed crypto or digital asset derivatives exchange. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) filed the civil enforcement action in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York. The CFTC charged Mek… Read More

March 26, 2024 @ 2:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Riskified (NYSE:RSKD), a firm focused on fraud prevention and risk intelligence,  unveiled Chargeback Challenges and What You Can Do About Them: Global Insights 2024, a survey conducted in partnership with Paladin Fraud of over 300 ecommerce chargeback managers worldwide to “explore how the rising rates… Read More

March 26, 2024 @ 12:26 pm By JD Alois  |  

Mintos, a European marketplace for debt capital, is launching a securities offering on Crowdcube. Mintos, based in Latvia, previously pursued an online funding round back in 2020 when it topped a goal of €1 million in around 15 minutes, eventually raising €5.3 million within the… Read More

March 26, 2024 @ 12:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

British Patient Capital is providing an update on its Future Fund program. The entity reports that funds dedicated to early-stage “deeptech” and “life sciences companies” stating that it has invested £111.4 million into 16 companies, alongside £724 million of third-party capital investment since August 2023…. Read More

March 26, 2024 @ 8:54 am By Omar Faridi  |  

NatWest Group has announced a new package of targeted lending and support for UK social housing, aimed at supporting local housing authorities and homeowners alike in the face of ongoing economic pressures. Through a new ambition of £5billion of lending (New funding gross of repayments… Read More

March 26, 2024 @ 8:52 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The world’s 1,229 unicorn companies, which are businesses valued at $1 billion or more, have been closely examined in an extensive update shared by CBInsights. CBInsights has looked at every billion-dollar startup around the globe and profiled the fastest-growing unicorn markets in the fast-evolving digital… Read More

March 26, 2024 @ 8:49 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Danske Bank signs a multiyear agreement with Amazon Web Services (AWS). As part of our Forward’ 28 strategy, they are offering customers new digital solutions, more self-service options, and easy and quick access to daily banking needs, while becoming a more efficient bank.” Additional investments… Read More

March 26, 2024 @ 4:04 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Soft Space, the fintech-as-a-service company, has announced a capital alliance with its long-standing partner, GMO Financial Gate, Inc., which claims to be one of Japan’s largest payment processing companies. This investment from GMO-FG comes before Soft Space’s planned Series C funding round, combining their strengths… Read More

March 25, 2024 @ 11:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Mastercard (NYSE: MA) released a whitepaper on the state of remittances, also known as cross-border payments, in Latin America. Remittances play a key role in strengthening financial inclusion in the region, boosting economies, and alleviating poverty –often “serving as an essential source of income for… Read More