Allica Bank, the leading fintech SME challenger bank, has announced a £100 million Series C funding round led by global growth technology investor, TCV, with participation from existing investors Warwick Capital Partners and Atalaya Capital Management. Allica now joins TCV’s strong portfolio of businesses, which also includes household names like Airbnb, Netflix, and Spotify as
The future of finance could be better if it was accessible to the majority of society. Broad-based financial inclusion is the enabler of Sustainable Development Goals, and achieving that goal is of paramount importance today. Digitization spans the globe across different industries and verticals. The financial sector is no exception. We are rapidly moving towards
KuCoin, one of the largest exchanges worldwide, announced that it has engaged Mazars, a leading international audit, tax and advisory firm, to provide a third-party factual findings report. Mazars will provide greater transparency and reporting on whether their in-scope assets are collateralized to KuCoin’s current and potential consumers. It will also give specifics to demonstrate
Fintech companies have been storming emerging markets for a while. In Latin America, for example, innovations have made it possible for unbanked people to access the financial services they have long awaited. And as mobile adoption has surged in recent years in Africa and Asia-Pacific, new payment solutions have emerged to serve the traditionally excluded.
Temenos announced that Mbanq, one of the US’s leading Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) providers, has expanded its relationship with Temenos to accelerate BaaS adoption in the US.’ This agreement deepens cooperation between the companies following the launch of a joint credit union providing services last year (affiliate). Temenos also made a small investment in Mbanq to enter
Amex Business Link, a new business-to-business (B2B) payments environment that network issuing and acquiring participants can provide to their business customers, was introduced by American Express. Amex Business Link facilitates domestic and international transactions while taking the card and non-card payments, making it simpler for buyers and suppliers of all sizes to manage payments. The
Positive news, yes? Actually, no. The percentage of after-tax income that consumers save personally is known as the personal savings rate. The increment’s 1% increase is an issue. Among 100 people, none spend. Because they may only purchase in certain quantities, they “save.” Their after-tax income that hasn’t been spent rises along with their income.
OneConnect Financial Technology Limited, a leading provider of technology services to financial institutions in China, announced today that it will change the proportion of American Depositary Shares (“ADS”) that represent equities. ordinary shares from one ADS representing three ordinary shares to one ADS representing thirty shares of common stock. The rate change will take effect
In 2016, Andrew Hoag, a former senior executive at Verisign and web project manager at NASA’s Ames Research Center, founded Teampay, a platform that attempts to automate the software purchasing process for businesses. Hoag’s idea is that the way companies spend their money is changing, especially as they embrace digital transformation, and visibility and control
July 6-9, 2023, Shanghai, China
July 6-9, 2023, Shanghai, China The China International Conference in Finance (CICF) provides an open platform that brings worldwide scholars together to present current research and stimulate new development in finance. CICF presented its first conference in 2002. Over the years, CICF has grown to be one of the leading finance research conferences in the
The closure of a $12 million Series B capital raising was announced today by Strategic Risk Associates (SRA), a top supplier of comprehensive risk and performance management SaaS technology (WatchtowerTM) for the financial services and insurance industries. Along with longtime SRA client, Atlantic Union Bankshares Corporation and other existing investors, this round of funding were
InvestCloud, the global leader in financial digital transformation, today announced that Huntington National Bank has launched Advisor Connect, a branded digital experience based on Find My Advisor’s technology. InvestCloud. Huntington is a subsidiary of Huntington Bancshares Incorporated (Nasdaq: HBAN), a $179 billion regional bank holding company headquartered in Columbus, Ohio. Retirement savings, insurance worries, and
