US financial services super-app Multicent gears up for launch
Multicent will offer personal and business accounts, a crypto exchange and merchant services.
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Video: Greg Palmer at Finovate Europe 2022 – The future of fintech
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SH Payments hires Irmantas Kamienas as new CEO to drive European expansion
Kamienas joins from financial group SEB and will be tasked with expanding the company’s European footprint.
Garanti BBVA International heads to the cloud with Temenos
GBI will deploy the vendor’s Temenos Banking Cloud solution.
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E-book: Knowledge is power – the role of AI in building loyalty in finance
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Osterman research report: privacy compliance in the US, status and progress in 2022
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Investment management platform FundGuard lands $40m Series B
The round saw participation from Citi, State Street, Blumberg Capital, LionBird Ventures and Team8 Capital.
Trading app Robinhood plots global expansion with acquisition of UK crypto firm Ziglu
Robinhood says the deal forms part of its mission to “democratise finance”.
Video: JP Morgan at Finovate Europe 2022 – fostering innovation in payments
FinTech Futures chats with JP Morgan’s Jeremy Balkin about new developments in the payments space.
Business financing platform Muse Finance hires Tarek AbdelKader as CTO
The tech veteran has previously worked at firms including The Co-Operative Bank and Think Money Group.
BaaS platform NovoPayment lands $19m Series A funding
The round was led by Fuel Venture Capital and IDC Ventures.
Brex acquires bookkeeping software firm Pry Financials for $90m
Pry CEO Andy Su says: “With Brex’s scale and reach, we can have a much bigger impact right away.”
PayU acquires Ding and invests in Treinta to boost presence in Latin America
PayU has invested more than $1 billion in fintech companies to date.
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MSU Federal Credit Union taps Nymbus to launch new digital brand for alumni
New digital brand AlumniFi is targeted at Michigan-based alumni.
New UK fintech Frost to launch next month
The firm’s app currently has a waitlist of over 15,000 people.
Aussie fintech Archa lands $24m in equity and debt funding
The pre-Series A investment round consists of $4 million in equity funding and a $20 million debt facility.
UK paytech MYPINPAD merges with Singapore’s SmartPesa
The new combined entity will operate under the MYPINPAD brand and will double its global footprint.
Pakistani fintech start-up Abhi raises $17m in Series A funding
Funds will be used to expand its team and build out marketing capabilities.
BNP Paribas invests in fintech-focused VC firm Anthemis
BNP Paribas’ head of global markets Olivier Otsy says Anthemis has a “strong track record” in fintech investments.
The potential of DLT for capital market firms keen to overcome post-trade challenges
DLT has the potential to bring post-trade processing into the 21st century.
Indian crypto platform CoinDCX raises $135m Series D
CoinDCX CEO says the investment “reinforces the belief in India’s immense potential in the crypto ecosystem”.
Immigrant-focused fintech Welcome Tech raises $30m
The new funding brings the firm’s total capital raised to date to $70 million.
Stripe appoints Microsoft’s James Phillips as new president of financial services
James Phillips joins Stripe after a decade at Microsoft.
Ant Group snaps up majority stake in 2C2P to drive digital payments adoption
Ant Group will become a majority shareholder of 2C2P.
New UK start-up Keyzy gears up for launch with rent-to-own solution
The firm promises hopeful homeowners the ability to “move in now, buy later”.
Anti-fraud platform SEON raises $94m Series B to fuel global expansion
The start-up will use the fresh capital to expand throughout North America, LatAm and APAC.
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Nigerian digital bank Umba raises $15m Series A funding
Following the Series A, Umba has now raised a total of around $17.5 million to date.
How the financial technology sector can correct its gender imbalance
As fintech continues its rapid growth, gender imbalance remains a prominent industry issue.
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FinTech Futures: Top five stories of the week – 15 April 2022
Here’s our pick of five of the top news stories from the world of finance and tech this week.
European fintech start-ups Montonio and Payaut secure funding
Montonio raised €11 million and Payaut secured €8 million, respectively.
