Tagged: financial technology

July 21, 2024 @ 8:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Clear Street, a cloud-native financial technology firm on a mission to modernize the brokerage ecosystem, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Instinet’s Fox River algorithmic trading business. Fox River provides a comprehensive “suite of algorithmic execution solutions in US and Canadian equities.” These… Read More

July 21, 2024 @ 7:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

FIS (NYSE: FIS), a global firm focused on financial technology, announced the launch of its new SMB Digital Lending solution. Created in partnership with Lendio, the nation’s small business financial solutions technology platform, the solution aims to “reduce the barriers to funding for small and… Read More

June 27, 2024 @ 3:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Circle, a global financial technology firm and the issuer of USDC and EURC, has recently announced that it has joined Adan. Adan, an association bringing together professionals in the digital asset and blockchain sector throughout France and Europe, reportedly has “over 200 member companies and… Read More

June 11, 2024 @ 2:50 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

U.S. Bank announced a partnership with Greenlight Financial Technology, Inc., the family fintech company on a mission to help parents raise financially-smart kids, to provide an innovative banking solution for families. Eligible U.S. Bank clients will now “have complimentary access to Greenlight’s debit card and… Read More

June 5, 2024 @ 2:08 pm By JD Alois  |  

Today, the Digital Assets, Financial Technology, and Inclusion Subcommittee, part of the House Financial Services Committee, held a hearing on the tokenization of real-world assets (RWAs) and the migration to digital securities. The hearing was entitled “Next Generation Infrastructure: How Tokenization of Real-World Assets Will… 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

March 13, 2024 @ 12:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Thames Technology, a provider of cutting-edge payment solutions, has announced a strategic partnership with Ellipse World, Inc., a Los Angeles based innovative FinTech company, to offer an additional layer of advanced protection for its banking cards. The collaboration enables Thames Technology to “integrate Ellipse’s EVC… Read More

February 26, 2024 @ 9:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has announced recently that it approved a $23 million loan to enhance access “to quality fintech education, research, and innovation at the Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT) in India.” As stated in a blog post, GIFT is a state-owned enterprise… Read More

February 8, 2024 @ 6:33 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Linqto, the financial technology investment platform democratizing access to private markets for accredited investors, announced that Geno Zawrotny has been appointed as the company’s Chief Revenue Officer. Zawrotny brings more than two decades of experience to Linqto “with expertise across industry sectors, including public equities,… Read More

December 22, 2023 @ 11:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Circle, a global financial technology firm and the issuer of USDC and EURC, has today announced receipt of a conditional registration as “a Digital Asset Service Provider (‘DASP’, or ‘Prestataire de Service sur Actifs Numériques’ (PSAN)) with the French Financial Markets Authority (‘Autorité des Marchés… Read More

December 19, 2023 @ 8:34 am By Omar Faridi  |  

SellersFi, a global financial technology startup, closed a new US credit facility with Citi and independent asset manager Fasanara Capital for $135MM with the potential to grow up to $300M as SellersFi expands. The senior capital is provided “by Citi with a portion from Fasanara… Read More

November 27, 2023 @ 5:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Adyen (AMS: ADYEN), the global financial technology platform of choice for leading businesses, has launched Capital, a product that enables businesses on Adyen for Platforms offer timely access “to funding for their small and medium-sized business (SMB) users in Australia.” Research conducted in partnership with Boston… Read More

November 26, 2023 @ 10:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

AMLYZE, a RegTech specializing in anti-financial crime solutions for FinTechs, banks and crypto businesses, and Plumery, a digital banking solution provider, have joined forces in a partnership in order “to reshape the landscape of financial technology.” With a commitment to combating financial crime, AMLYZE offers… Read More

November 16, 2023 @ 10:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Feedzai, the provider of financial crime and risk management solutions, has partnered with CoreCard, the international provider of prepaid and credit technology solutions and processing services to banks and the financial technology and services market. The partnership will enhance CoreCard’s fraud detection and prevention capabilities… Read More

November 9, 2023 @ 10:50 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

PhonePe recently announced that it has crossed 500 million lifetime registered users on its platform. With this milestone, 1 in 3 Indians are now on PhonePe, the Fintech firm claims. The company is the first Indian Internet company to “have reached this scale globally.” This… Read More

November 9, 2023 @ 12:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Oak View Group (OVG), the global venue development, advisory, and investment company for the sports and live entertainment industries, and DailyPay, a financial technology company, announced it has expanded the rollout of a first-of-its-kind OVG integration into venues across the U.S. The partnership will reach… Read More

November 5, 2023 @ 2:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Adyen (AMS: ADYEN), the global financial technology platform of choice for leading businesses, is pleased to announce its Pay-by-Bank services in North America will launch in early 2024 in partnership with Plaid, the digital finance innovator that makes it easy, safe and reliable for people… Read More

October 31, 2023 @ 5:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In the realm of financial technology, Spaceship claims that it is set to transform the investment experience for young Australians. The company has reportedly “established itself as a visionary in the field but has strategically chosen Alpaca as a service provider to further enhance its… Read More

October 27, 2023 @ 12:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ramp, a financial technology company building payment rails connecting the crypto economy to the global financial system, announced a partnership with Linea, a developer-ready zkEVM rollup for scaling Ethereum dapps. This collaboration combines Linea Network’s blockchain technology “with Ramp Network’s robust global payments infrastructure.” In… Read More

October 25, 2023 @ 10:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

NYMBUS, a provider of cloud-based financial technology solutions, is announcing a strategic partnership with Gesa Credit Union. This collaboration will facilitate the launch of a digital financial brand. The alliance aims to extend the reach of the Washington-based credit union well “beyond the confines of… Read More