London-headquartered Northzone has announced that its newest fund has raised in excess of €1 billion. Not only is this the firm’s largest raise to date, but one of the biggest venture capital refuelings across the European ecosystem. While the VC arms race of 2021 might be a once-in-a-lifetime occurrence, Northzone is still forging ahead, this time
Palazzo Versace Dubai will now allow guests to pay for dining, stays and spa experiences with cryptocurrencies. The accepted cryptocurrencies include BNB, Bitcoin, and Ethereum. The Binance payment gateway will be used for the transactions. “Accepting cryptocurrencies as payments is yet another innovative step that we have taken towards making our business future-ready,”
Insurers have accelerated their digitalization tremendously over the past two years. They now need to build on this to strengthen their offerings and relationships with existing customers while attracting new ones. 1. Personalization Is Essential In recent years, customers’ expectations for individualized experiences have dramatically increased. This also holds true for the insurance industry. Personalization,
Global coffee chain Starbucks has announced a partnership with Ethereum scaling solution Polygon to build its Web3 experience titled ‘Starbucks Odyssey’. This will combine the existing Starbucks Rewards loyalty program with an NFT platform. The program will allow the company’s US clients to buy digital collector stamps in NFT form that give rewards and immersive
Marqeta, the global modern card issuing platform, today announced that it has been chosen by Bread Financial, a tech-forward financial services company that provides simple, personalized payment, lending and saving solutions, to enhance the in-store checkout experience for shoppers using Bread Pay, its flexible suite of Buy Now, Pay Later products. Using Marqeta’s platform, Bread Financial
Wise Platform has launched our newest integration solution, International Receive. Customers at partner organizations using International Receive will be able to quickly, easily and affordably receive cross-border payments, even if their bank is not connected to the SWIFT network. Banks can communicate with one another via financial messages thanks to SWIFT. Major financial institutions use
September 22, 2022 | 2:00PM EDT
September 22, 2022 | 2:00PM EDT Leaders across the financial services ecosystem discuss how they’re thinking about a possible coming recession and what it could mean for SMB lending. How are they seeing conditions from their vantage point? What have we learned from prior recessions we can apply and what’s different about this one? In
The day after it emerged that a funding round for Freetrade fell apart earlier this year, the UK stock trading app has gone back to the public with another crowdfunding campaign. According to a letter obtained by the Financial Times, Freetrade inked term sheets with new investors some months ago to raise capital at a £700 million
Clip, Mexico’s leading commerce and digital payments platform continues to strengthen its operations and offerings that drive the digital transformation of Mexico’s economy by entering a $50 million, three-year, unsecured revolving credit facility with Morgan Stanley, J.P. Morgan, and HSBC. The funding will be used by Clip to expand its efforts to meet businesses’ demand for innovative
21.co, the world’s leader in providing access to crypto through simple and easy-to-use products, today announced a $25 million round led by Marshall Wace. This round values the business up to $2 billion, making 21.co Switzerland’s largest crypto unicorn. With this round of financing, 21.co will continue to drive rapid, targeted growth through first-of-their-kind products, key market expansions and
Oct 2022 | Dubai, UAE
Oct 2022 | Dubai, UAE To Accelerate Humanity’s Success with the Sustainable Development Goals, Future Tech Summit Launches with a Line up of 100 Global Speakers and Partners in Dubai on October 2020 in harmony with Expo 2020 Dubai. The summit also serves to teach fundamentals of future technology, leading social impact applications of future
12th - 13th September 2022 | Oman
12th – 13th September 2022 | Oman After its successful launch, as Oman’s First Virtual Expo and Summit in 2020, Future Tech Expo & Summit is back, taking place from 12 – 13 September 2022, as a Hybrid Event. Future Tech is Sultanate of Oman’s foremost B2B and B2G bespoke Technology Event. It is a definitive meeting
