Beyond Bitcoin: why developing nations should look to stablecoins
With stablecoins, emerging economies could potentially build more inclusive and fairer monetary systems.
With stablecoins, emerging economies could potentially build more inclusive and fairer monetary systems.
The news follows KreditBee’s $80 million fundraise as part of its Series D funding round last month.
Here’s our pick of five of the top news stories from the world of finance and tech this week.
The funding will support Akulaku’s anticipated growth as it looks to provide banking services across Southeast Asia.
Smartpay claims it is the first digital consumer finance firm to utilise Japan’s open banking system.
Founded in 2018, SarvaGram last raised $10 million in a Series B funding round in 2021.
The goal is to provide a service that assists 50,000 Ukrainian and other refugees by the end of 2023.
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FinTech Futures takes a look back at some of the year’s top developments and stories in payments.
FinTech Futures takes a look back at some of the year’s top new fintechs and neobanks.
Fintech Galaxy will leverage Underlie’s open banking APIs expertise to speed up market penetration in Egypt.
How industry leaders leverage mortgage-as-a-service to increase minority and first-time homeownership.
The bank will utilise Codebase Technologies’ Digibanc platform.
We run down all the buzzwords our podcast guests wanted gone from the industry this year.
Branch closures hurt not only consumers, but also small businesses and their local communities.
Visa says the move will enable “greater access” to digital payments in the region.
Now Money provides mobile banking services to the financially underserved, including low-fee cross-border remittances.
MICT owns “100% of the operating business and assets” of Tingo after snapping up Tingo Mobile.
In this episode, we’re joined by Amreen Sodhi, head of digital product, payments and loyalty at Scotiabank.
Digital platforms can be the glue to help facilitate collaboration, reduce friction and minimise distribution costs.
We chat with Michael Beird of Infused Banking about how banking is changing for US cannabis businesses.
A handy round-up of the recent funding endeavours of fintech companies across the globe.
Avant CEO Matt Bochenek says the funds from Ares will “further fuel our credit portfolio and next-gen platform”.
Through the acquisition, Tonik aims to augment its lending portfolio.
The latest round brings the total capital raised by the challenger to $88 million to date.
The firm has signed up Mongolia’s first neobank, M bank, to help build out its digital lending business.
The not-for-profit association is looking to work with policymakers in a “whole-of-government” approach.
Gaia Investments is a trading platform with a focus on sustainable and ethical investing.
A handy round-up of this week’s fintech funding news from around the world.
The payments link between the two nations is designed to “enhance consumption and tourism”.
DeltaPay leverages alternative data to expand financial access to affordable consumer credit.
As the cost of living continues to rise, what will banks do? What should they do?
With face verification tech, UBS key4 customers can onboard remotely in five minutes, iProov says.
Whiting will join Mercury Financial from Barclays where he served as head of strategy for the Americas.
Flexible solutions for remittances are needed now more than ever to service evolving customer needs.
The latest equity round brings total funds raised by ADDX since 2017 to around $140 million.
The start-up offers investors access to more than 6,000 US stocks and ETFs.
Blockchain tech can power access to alternative assets such as art, real estate and wine.
Belgium’s bpost and France’s Nickel will offer Mastercard’s True Name option to customers.
The funding will enable Gen H to speed up the rollout of its mortgage products.