Singapore’s Aspire lands $100m in Series C funding
With the new funding, Aspire plans to build out its product offering and expand its regional presence.
With the new funding, Aspire plans to build out its product offering and expand its regional presence.
Prior to joining Sequence, Grose served as head of UK for Plaid for four years.
Mueller will focus on “helping other companies and entrepreneurial fintech enthusiasts in their growth ambitions”.
Most recently, Wäckerlin was CTO and executive director at Swiss crypto bank Sygnum.
Murphy will be tasked with developing ID-Pal’s growth strategy and overseeing its governance requirements.
Hipperson will remain on Ziglu’s board as a part-time non-executive director.
The UAE is aiming to become a “financial and digital payment hub”.
Nationwide confirmed it is cutting around 450 jobs as it looks to “streamline” its non-customer-facing teams.
FIS expects the spin-off to be completed within the next 12 months.
The partnership makes Baiduri the first bank in Brunei to migrate to an AI-led credit risk management solution.
Gate.io says the Coinfirm partnership will give the firm “a solid foundation” and shore up its compliance.
It is hoped the partnership will “accelerate digitisation” and boost entrepreneurship in Africa.
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PayPal says it will begin its search for Schulman’s successor imminently.
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Temenos’ core banking system will be implemented by the vendor’s regional partner, Foranx.
Alabede was previously vice president of product development in Mastercard’s installments business.
The funding will be used to boost recruitment, forge new partnerships and develop new products.
Most of Lunar’s existing investors took part in the funding round, the neobank says.
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Developers from fintechs and banks can now access the sandbox environment of FedNow via Finzly’s API.
Deutsche Börse will leverage Google Cloud’s capabilities to develop its digital securities platform D7.
The Innovation Advisory Group (IAG) will meet for the first time in February, the FCA says.
The use of the EU wallet will “always be voluntary”, MEPs say.
The company intends to double down on its core business while “sunsetting” initiatives including Affirm Crypto.
The round brings Tazapay’s total capital raised to $18.9 million.
With the new funding, Carbonplace plans to scale its platform, expand its team and forge partnerships.
FNZ says the acquisition will strengthen its client proposition and build out its presence in Luxembourg.
The funding will grow Merchant Money’s lending books across its secured and unsecured product offerings.
The Bank and HM Treasury plan to “accelerate” work on the technology and policy architecture for a digital pound.
The firm is aiming to maintain its growth in data traffic while reducing its energy consumption.
The round was co-led by Mangrove Capital Partners and 14W Venture Capital.
Jobber’s SaaS solution enables small businesses to accept credit card payments and send invoices.
Inter&Co provides financial services through its ‘super-app’ to more than 25 million users.
Arab Bank says the solution will boost client experience while maintaining high levels of security.
Voiles joins Pipe from Square, where he served as general manager of Square Banking.
According to CFPB estimates, excessive fees cost American families about $12 billion each year.
Bowen joined Target Group nearly five years ago as a finance business partner.
Divyesh Vithlani brings more than 30 years’ worth of banking and technology experience to his new role.