UK-based lending platform Funding Circle has partnered with Sage, the accounting, finance, HR and payroll technology company for small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs). This partnership aims to simplify secure financing for small businesses. With the integration of Sage Accounting and Funding Circle API, businesses will now be able to apply for loans and manage their
The Citi Foundation announced the first-ever Global Innovation Challenge to help scale the impact of nonprofits around the world developing innovative solutions to improve food security. This first challenge will provide a total of $25 million to 50 organizations to support piloting or scaling up ideas and projects designed to address this issue and strengthen
Nexi, Europe’s Payment Technology, in partnership with Jakala, Italy’s leading Martech company, established CVM Martech Lab, the new customer value management center for the financial services sector, to provide giving banks and fintech better knowledge of data science and marketing. -how and technology to advance CVM, through solutions that leverage the key role of digital
It has been an eventful year. Fintech is far from reaching the peak of 2021, and while 2022 is largely about resetting the funding environment, 2023 will be a year of recalibration for fintech companies. The good news is that large and midsize companies are more concerned than ever about the impact on their bottom
Flutterwave, Africa’s leading payment technology company, today announced that it has obtained a Payment Provider and Payment Facilitator license in Egypt. The licenses will allow Flutterwave to act as an official payments provider in the country, collect payments on behalf of its customers, and settle payments locally and globally. These licenses will allow Flutterwave to
STRIPE STORY HAS CREATED $2.5 BILLION Fundraising News 01.02.2023 12: 8 p.m. Stripe is in talks to raise $2.5 billion Stripe hits a massive $2.5 billion funding deal with existing investors that will value the payments giant between $55 billion and $60 billion, according to The Information. This increase would fall sharply from Stripe’s last
Trustly, the global payments platform for account-to-account (A2A) digital transactions, today announced the close of its acquisition of UK-based Open Banking payments platform EcoSpend UK, after being approved by the FCA. Trustly and EcoSpend together become the leading Open Bank payments company in the UK, providing connectivity to over 80 banks and reaching around 50
FNZ, the global asset management platform, has agreed to acquire YieldX, a US provider of bond portfolio management technology, optimization services and direct indexing tools to the industry. Asset Management. Financial institutions, advisors and their clients will benefit from the unique combination of FNZ’s full-service platform and YieldX’s digital infrastructure and technology solutions. These innovative
Ongoing economic uncertainty and inflated valuations are having a dramatic impact on the fintech funding cycle. Last year’s numbers paint a bleak picture – according to CB Insights, fintech companies raised $20.4 billion in Q2 2022, almost half the amount raised in the quarter. 2 years in 2021. With fintech valuations and start-up capital plummeting
Younger generations are demanding accessible digital banking services from their providers. They turn to neobanks and fintech unicorns like Robinhood to do their banking, payments, and investments. Neobanks, the bank in which all their services are online and accessible digitally, and the fintech unicorn, the startup that has reached a valuation of $1 billion, are
TMX Group Limited announced that it has made a strategic investment in VettaFi Holdings LLC (VettaFi), a US private sector data, analytics, indexing, digital distribution and thought leadership company. VettaFi fosters a cutting-edge, data-driven platform designed to empower and educate the modern financial advisor, asset manager and institutional investor. TMX Corporation purchased approximately 21% of
Copper, the go-to banking app that truly teaches teens and kids about money and sets them up for future financial success, announced its expansion to Copper Investing, a teen-centric Registered Investment Advisor (RIA). Copper Investing offers accessible, automated investing portfolios for teens to learn about (and actually start) building wealth in a safe environment. Its
