Tagged: finance

August 17, 2022 @ 3:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Established in 2010, Mindbanque’s consultants use their industry experience and understanding of the finance sector “to offer guidance and insight to shape business strategy and manage business transformation projects, using strengths across operations, compliance, integration and project management.” The acquisition of Mindbanque will “allow SkySparc… Read More

August 4, 2022 @ 9:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Brex, the company “reimagining finance” for growing businesses, recently announced the appointment of Doug Adamic as its Chief Revenue Officer. Doug will “lead revenue and growth strategy for Brex as the company expands into financial software with Brex Empower and grows its global offerings for… Read More

July 5, 2022 @ 2:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Floan, a budgeting tool that aims to help people travel, by “offering point of sale finance” for flights, has raised 115% (£92,280) of its £80,010 target (at the time of writing) from 68 investors with 24 days left in the firm’s crowdfunding campaign, carried out… Read More

June 23, 2022 @ 1:44 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Italian banking group Sella has reportedly introduced an acceleration program focused on helping startups who are working on finance solutions for the Metaverse. Managed by Sella’s venture incubator dpixel with the OGR Torino hub, the Metaverse 4 Finance Accelerator is focused on identifying and supporting… Read More

June 20, 2022 @ 7:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

BOND.AI, a “human-centered” artificial intelligence firm, recently announced the creation of The BOND Network, a “first-of-its-kind” network of financial institutions and employers for “truly interconnected finance.” The network gives partners – like banks, credit unions, large enterprises, and small businesses – access to modern financial… Read More

June 6, 2022 @ 8:53 am By Omar Faridi  |  

In its “first” major corporate milestone following its acquisition by MONEYME Ltd (ASX:MME), digital finance platform SocietyOne has launched transaction and savings accounts “powered by Westpac’s Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS).” SocietyOne is Westpac’s second partner “to launch products through its BaaS platform with two new additions to… Read More

May 30, 2022 @ 11:21 am By Omar Faridi  |  

  Hardbacon, a personal finance application used by more than 38,000 Canadians, has launched an equity crowdfunding campaign through the FrontFundr portal “where it has secured no less than $422,829 in the first 24 hours.” As part of the campaign, Hardbacon has “obtained $303,965 in… Read More

May 23, 2022 @ 11:43 am By Omar Faridi  |  

CreamFinance reports that 2021 was a “record-setting” year for the company, “finishing with a €3.4 million net profit – the highest in Group’s history.” It also reports that it continued “to improve on these results during Q1 2022.” CreamFinance has provided the following operational and… Read More

May 16, 2022 @ 6:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Sudozi, a financial software innovator, recently announced new solutions to help finance teams automate workflows and improve spend decisions, as well as “the close of a $4.3 million seed round led by Pear VC with participation from S3 Ventures and Mischief.” Founded by the former… Read More

February 14, 2022 @ 9:51 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Many people have come to own and embrace crypto-assets because of a powerful sense of mission that includes: fairness and efficiency meaning a desire to see transferring money more like sending a text message — “instantaneous and low cost to all, and not something that… Read More

February 4, 2022 @ 8:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Trovata, the Fintech firm focused on automating cash workflows via multi-bank API data aggregation for corporate finance and treasury teams, recently announced a distribution agreement with Capital One (NYSE: COF). In connection with the partnership, Capital One will “market and refer Trovata’s cash management platform… Read More

December 10, 2021 @ 7:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Paymerang, a provider of finance automation solutions, has announced that it has entered into an alliance with ECI Software Solutions, a company focused on offering Cloud-enabled business management (ERP) solutions that should enable Paymerang to integrate its Cloud-powered Invoice Automation and Payment Automation solutions into… Read More

May 10, 2021 @ 9:21 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Babel Finance, a Hong Kong-based crypto financial service provider, announced on Monday it secured $40 million through its Series A funding round, which was led by Zoo Capital, Sequoia Capital China, Dragonfly Capital, BAI Capital and Bertelsmann, with participation from Tiger Global Management. Founded in 2018, Babel… Read More

April 28, 2021 @ 10:42 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Splitwise, a U.S.-based interpersonal finance app for sharing expenses, announced on Wednesday it raised $20 million through its Series A funding round, which was led by global venture capital and private equity firm, Insight Partners. The company previously raised a total of $10.2 million in… Read More

March 26, 2021 @ 10:38 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

        Ping An Insurance Group announced earlier this week it has teamed up with Zhongshan Hospital for healthcare service enhancements, medical research innovation, and talent incubation across the healthcare, finance and technology fields to help deliver on the national Healthy China initiative…. Read More

December 17, 2020 @ 9:28 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

RateSetter, a leading UK based peer to peer lender, announced on Wednesday it has sold its £120m portfolio of property development loans to Shawbrook Bank. According to RateSetter, the acquisition follows the announcement in August that the lending platform was focusing on consumer finance. The… Read More

August 8, 2020 @ 11:19 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Smith School of Business at Queen’s University has introduced Canada‘s very first Fintech Masters course. According to the Smith School of Business, the course has been designed mainly for financial or tech professionals who are already working in the industry. The first Master of… Read More

December 17, 2019 @ 12:28 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Marqeta, a fintech unicorn that claims to be the first global modern card issuing platform, announced on Tuesday it is set to issue its 140 millionth card in 2019, ending a calendar year filled with major growth milestones as its open API payments issuing and… Read More

May 27, 2019 @ 10:03 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Less than a week after securing its initial £1.5 million funding target in under an hour through its latest Crowdcube round, Money Dashboard is now nearing £2.5 million thanks to more than 1700 investors. As previously reported, Money Dashboard’s app empowers over 100,000 users to… Read More

May 23, 2019 @ 3:48 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Less than two years after securing more than £1.3 million through its previous Crowdcube round, Money Dashboard was returned to the equity crowdfunding platform and has surpassed more than £2.1 million in funding. The funding round was launched, originally seeking £1.5 million, and has so… Read More