FinTech Futures: Top five stories of the week – 27 October 2023
Here’s our pick of five of the top news stories from the world of finance and tech this week.
Here’s our pick of five of the top news stories from the world of finance and tech this week.
The latest cash injection brings YouTrip’s total funding to date to over $100 million.
The Series B round was led by GGV Capital and takes the start-up’s total funding to date to $50 million.
Monese’s Santosh Radhakrishnan and Bhavik Sanghvi discuss the reasons behind the switch with FinTech Futures.
Blackbullion will deploy Bud’s Assess solution and its open banking and transactional AI tech.
The round was led by Bain Capital Ventures, with participation from existing backers, angel investors and customers.
Greener’s business solution was launched earlier this month following its seed funding round.
The solution is set to launch commercially in H1 2024 and will be led by CEO Guillaume Massis.
With the ClearBank partnership, Alba Bank aims to offer “near real-time payments” to its customers.
The licensed electronic money institution will be able to onboard new customers with just a passport.
TodayPay’s solution aims to help merchants provide “instant” refunds to their customers.
A handy round-up of the recent funding endeavours of fintech companies across the globe.
Here’s our pick of five of the top news stories from the world of finance and tech this week.
The service seeks to bridge the gap between cash and the e-commerce market.
With the new facility, Uncapped aims to expand its reach and provide more digital businesses with access to financing.
Exploring various aspects on how to attract, hire and retain talent – a crucial contributor to a company’s success.
The round was led by Canapi Ventures and builds upon the company’s $50m Series B from 2020.
The deal is thought to complement Block’s 2021 acquisition of Jay Z’s music streaming service Tidal.
The start-up offered a multi-user financial account where consumers could pool their money and make payments.
Fintech founders reflect on the past year and ponder how to move forwards.
Gupta joins Arival Bank from US-based consumer fintech company Eco, where he served as head of compliance.
A handy round-up of the recent funding endeavours of fintech companies across the globe.
In this brief video, fintech founders share their learnings on how to attract funding.
CPO Mike Walters will take over as CEO, with COO Eimear O’Connor stepping in as CPO.
Fintech founders provide useful tips on funding and share the surprises they encountered.
Fintech founders share their advice on how to acquire funding and what makes an ideal investor.
Useful insights from fintech entrepreneurs and founders on funding and the best strategies.
Carefull’s tech helps banks and wealth advisors protect senior customers from financial fraud.
Alba Bank says the migration will enable it to build products at speed to meet evolving market demands.
Carlesi is to depart Molo, which she has led since its inception in 2018, on 25 November 2023.
In a statement, Synapse says it has “a strong group in place” to manage its operations and customers.
The payment service provider is to deploy the regtech’s solutions to enhance its customer onboarding processes.
He joins from DF Capital, a UK-based savings and lending bank, where he served as CRO for nearly three years.
Its merger with NESFB will see Slice transition into a small finance bank.
The round also saw participation from existing investor SBI Holdings, and succeeds the platform’s $23.5m Series C.
Keebo applies open banking data in its credit decisioning process to lend to those with thin or limited credit histories.
With the Care Card, patients can access PayZen’s post-service payment plans through a physical and virtual debit card.
It plans to develop its proprietary Brite Instant Payments Network that facilitates 24/7 “instant” processing.
PayPal Ventures, CRE Venture Capital and The Raba Partnership also participated.
The initiative will be led by Visa Ventures, the global payment giant’s corporate investment arm.