Trulioo — Making Waves through Innovation and Inclusion
The digital economy is rapidly growing. With the pandemic accelerating the urgency for agility, adaptability and transformation, traditional business models are being disrupted. It’s estimated that...
View ArticleNimbus Platform CEO Alex Lemberg on the Intersection of TradFi and DeFi
The metaverse, decentralized finance (DeFi), and crypto are rising up to become some of the hottest themes in fintech this year, taking the place of AI, digitization, and customer experience. So how...
View ArticleFinovateEurope 2022 Sneak Peek: mmob
A look at the companies demoing at FinovateEurope on March 15 digitally and in London on March 22 and 23, 2022. Register today and save your spot. mmob makes embedded finance easy. The company...
View ArticleFinovateEuorpe 2022 Sneak Peek: Persistent Systems and Mambu
A look at the companies demoing at FinovateEurope on March 15 digitally and in London on March 22 and 23, 2022. Register today and save your spot. Persistent Systems and Mambu will demo an intuitive...
View ArticleFinovateEurope 2022 Sneak Peek: SmartStream
A look at the companies demoing at FinovateEurope on March 15 digitally and in London on March 22 and 23, 2022. Register today and save your spot. SmartStream’s SmartStream Air is cloud native,...
View ArticleMeridianLink Acquires Small Business Lending Startup StreetShares
Cloud-based software solutions provider MeridianLink acquired digital lending technology provider StreetShares.MeridianLink will leverage StreetShares’ Atlas Platform, an embeddable digital lending...
View ArticlePlaid and Green Dot Leverage Open Finance to Help Customers Access their Money
Open finance company Plaid and money management solutions provider Green Dot entered into a partnership this week.Green Dot will help its GO2bank customers connect to more than 6,000 apps and services...
View ArticleNium’s New Solution Offers Alternative to SWIFT Settlement
Global payments platform Nium unveiled a new payments solution.The new solution helps international banks increase the speed and reduce the cost of settling transactions to select U.S....
View ArticlePayPal’s 3 Moves Help with Humanitarian Efforts in Ukraine
PayPal is boosting its humanitarian efforts in Ukraine.The payments company is expanding upon its P2P money transfer services, waiving fees, and facilitating funds transfers to payments cards.These...
View ArticleU.K.-Based ClearBank Raises $230 Million
ClearBank raised $230 million (£175 million).The investment was led by private equity advisory firm Apax Digital and brings ClearBank’s total funding to $627 million.ClearBank will use the funds to...
View Article10 Earned Wage Access Providers Across the Globe
Earned wage access (EWA) has seen rising popularity in the past couple of years. These tools, which help businesses send their employees wages as they earn them, instead of on a bi-weekly basis,...
View ArticleExploring Tokenized Assets: Collaborative Innovation in Action
This is a sponsored blog post by Andrew Clarke, Senior Communications Specialist at SWIFT. Working with Clearstream, Northern Trust, SETL and others, SWIFT plans experiments in 2022 to explore how it...
View ArticleAcorns Adds Crypto to Portfolio Options
Investing app Acorns now enables users to invest in bitcoin.Users can invest up to 5% of their Acorns portfolio in the ProShares Bitcoin Strategy ETF.Acorns plans to add other cryptocurrencies in the...
View ArticleGlia Joins Fintech Unicorn Club After $45 Million Funding Round
Glia recently raised a $45 million Series D investment round.The round values the company at over $1 billion, making it a fintech unicorn.Glia said the funds “will be heavily allocated toward research...
View ArticleCurrencycloud Debuts Weekend FX Trading
Currencycloud launched a new tool called WeekendFX.The new tool enables clients to offer competitive FX rates on weekends when markets are closed.Currencycloud is launching WeekendFX in partnership...
View ArticleAvast to Acquire Identity and Authentication Expert SecureKey Technologies
Avast will acquire SecureKey Technologies in a deal expected to close next month.Czech Republic-based Avast will leverage SecureKey’s North American presence to expand internationally.Financial terms...
View ArticleHR and Payroll Company Papaya Global Buys Azimo
HR and payroll platform Papaya Global has acquired global money transfer company Azimo.The deal will allow Papaya Global to offer payments in hours instead of days.Financial terms of the deal were not...
View ArticleFinovateEurope: What’s Hot, What’s Not, and Where to Invest
Have you ever played a game called Fintech Hot or Not? There are no right or wrong answers, you just yell out, “hot” or “not” in response to a fintech trend. The game works best when played with a...
View ArticleGoldman Sachs to Acquire NextCapital
Goldman Sachs Asset Management is buying retirement planning and digital advice company NextCapital.Goldman Sachs will integrate NextCapital’s platform into its Multi-Asset Solutions business, a group...
View ArticleBlockchain.com Raises Series D Funding at $14 Billion Valuation
Cryptocurrency platform Blockchain.com is now valued at $14 billion.The updated valuation, which is almost 3x higher than its valuation a year ago, comes after Blockchain.com closed a Series D funding...
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