Tagged: fintech adoption

December 10, 2024 @ 5:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

For the second year in a row, the Australian fintech landscape has seen a decline in the number of independent active fintech firms headquartered in Australia, with “a 7% fall between the 2023 and 2024” according to the KPMG Fintech Landscape. As foreshadowed in KPOM’s… Read More

December 9, 2024 @ 8:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

We have just scratched the surface of what AI can do in Fintech, and 2025 will bring “new trends into play,” according an industry outlook from Giuseppe Sette of Reflexivity and Raakhee Miller of Siebert. CI received insightful comments on the fintech industry’s outlook for… Read More

December 5, 2024 @ 8:34 am By Omar Faridi  |  

NatWest Group is reportedly set to launch its Fintech Growth Program, an opportunity for fintech startups to use the resources, expertise and networks of a high-street bank to help them scale-up in a sustainable manner. The program reportedly supports NatWest’s goal of leading the future… Read More

December 3, 2024 @ 10:51 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

KPMG UK has joined FinTech Scotland, the cluster management organization for fintech in Scotland. The organizations will work together to help foster innovation, accelerate growth and drive tech adoption “within the Scottish financial technology sector.” KPMG UK’s commitment adds expertise to Fintech Scotland’s cluster continuing… Read More

December 3, 2024 @ 9:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Finfare Inc., a Fintech focused on expense management, is marking its three-years of business operations with a brand refresh and several industry updates/milestones. According to the update shared with CI, the brand revamp reflects the company’s evolution and its commitment to its mission to transform… Read More

November 30, 2024 @ 1:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

dLocal, the cross-border payment platform specializing in high-growth markets, marks a regulatory milestone by becoming a certified Payment Initiation Service Provider (PISP) in Brazil, authorized by the Central Bank. This certification enables dLocal to facilitate Pix payments directly within the Open Finance ecosystem, enhancing the… Read More

November 29, 2024 @ 8:41 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Global fintech SumUp, which claims to be one of the fastest-growing fintech companies, has achieved a key milestone by reportedly processing more than 1 billion transactions on an annual basis. The milestone is said to mark a significant moment in the company’s journey of helping… Read More

November 26, 2024 @ 8:53 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Eurobank has announced that it expanded its strategic partnership with UK-based Plum Fintech Limited by advancing a second €5 million minority capital investment to Plum, which claims to be one of Europe’s fastest-growing fintechs that has built a “smart money management” app. With its latest… Read More

November 25, 2024 @ 8:31 am By Omar Faridi  |  

10x Banking, the cloud-native core banking platform, has partnered with Alloy, an identity and fraud prevention platform, to deliver a frictionless customer onboarding, perpetual KYC and KYB monitoring, and credit decisioning platform for financial institutions globally. The partnership brings together 10x’s meta-core platform with Alloy’s… Read More

November 23, 2024 @ 5:58 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital banking platform Nubank‘s (NYSE: NU) rise to Brazil’s “number one” bank provider is highlighted in an update which noted that the challenger has now overtaken Banco do Brasil, the country’s oldest bank founded in 1808, signifying a “paradigm shift” in the banking industry. By… Read More

November 20, 2024 @ 9:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

PitchBook has released the latest Enterprise Fintech report. PitchBook noted in its report that in terms of deal value and count, during Q3 2024, enterprise fintech companies raised “$3.4 billion in venture capital across 212 deals.” The PitchBook report also stated that while both deal… Read More

November 16, 2024 @ 6:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

PitchBook has released its latest Retail Fintech Report. The update highlights key developments in the fast-growing financial technology ecosystem. Deal value and count: In Q3, PitchBook pointed out in its report that retail fintech VC deal value and deal count both “retreated from Q2 levels.”… Read More

November 14, 2024 @ 9:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

SEB Embedded, the banking-as-a-service (BaaS) platform of Tier 1 Swedish bank SEB, chooses Thought Machine’s cloud-native core banking platform, Vault Core, to power its new BaaS offering. Using Vault Core, SEB Embedded launched a banking service for its first client, Hemköp, one of Sweden’s supermarket… Read More

November 10, 2024 @ 10:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

PwC has released their research report, entitled FinTech in ASEAN 2024: A Decade of Innovation. PwC noted that during the past decade, the global FinTech landscape has evolved rapidly, transforming financial services and “driving digital inclusion worldwide.” Yet, the research report explained that considerable challenges… Read More

November 9, 2024 @ 1:49 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Capital.com, the global trading platform and fintech group whose trading volumes have reportedly surpassed the $1 trillion mark in 2023, announced total client trading volumes reached over $450 billion in Q3 2024, which represents a sizeable 20% increase from Q2 2024. During the same period,… Read More

November 8, 2024 @ 8:42 am By Omar Faridi  |  

GoCardless, a bank payment company, has expanded its relationship with Big Red Cloud. The cloud accounting software firm, which is a GoCardless customer, will now become one of its 350+ partners by “integrating GoCardless’ payment capabilities into its platform.’ This means Big Red Cloud customers… Read More

November 8, 2024 @ 6:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

UATP, the global payment network that enables organizations to simplify payment processes and expand their payment capabilities, has announced a new partnership with Klarna, the AI-powered global payments network. The partnership allows airlines to offer Klarna’s flexible payment services, “including interest-free Buy Now Pay Later,… Read More

November 2, 2024 @ 4:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

PitchBook has released its report, entitled Q4 2024 Exploring APAC’s Fintech Pathways: Part II: Southeast Asia. PitchBook has shared a deep dive into Southeast Asia’s fast-evolving fintech developments by navigating regional market nuances. According to the research study, the APAC region has many relatively strong… Read More

October 29, 2024 @ 10:48 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Thunes, which claims to be the Smart Superhighway to move money around the world, announced the launch of its new Pay-to-Card solution, broadening the company’s Global Direct Network’s reach. Via this offering, Thunes now connects Members of its Network to 15 billion cards, including Mastercard,… Read More

October 28, 2024 @ 6:33 am By Omar Faridi  |  

UK based startups are managing to stay ahead of Germany and China in terms of total funding raised during Q3 2024. This, despite an overall decline, according to Tracxn Research. Tracxn’s latest analysis of the UK tech funding landscape reveals a number of  key /… Read More