ICYMI fintech funding round-up: Communion, CityPay & more
A handy round-up of the recent funding endeavours of fintech companies across the globe.
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Indian neobank Zolve expands into expat-friendly mobile services with telecom-as-a-service platform Gigs
Zolve’s telecom-financial offering is tailored for expats pursuing educational or professional opportunities in the US.
Splitit plans to go private for stringent $60m capital commitment
Part of the commitment requires the US BNPL vendor to redomicile to the Cayman Islands.
FinTech Futures Jobs: London dominates the European start-up ecosystem
Explore thousands of open roles on the FinTech Futures Job Board today.
Cameron Fowler to serve as Early Warning’s new CEO
With more than 20 years of work experience, Fowler joins Early Warning from Canada’s BMO Financial Group.
Innovation at the intersection of money, AI, identity and blockchain
AI is proving to be an existential threat to identity. So how is the world responding?
eBook: Geocoding for business
How to select a geo addressing solution that supports a winning location intelligence business strategy.
eBook: Location intelligence for the cloud
Discover how to accelerate geospatial insights within cloud-native and big data environments.
Payroll fintech OneBlinc secures $100m credit facility with Clear Haven
The fintech landed $20 million in a Series A funding round in June 2022.
Video: What’s hot and what’s not in fintech
We ask three seasoned fintech investors what’s hot and what’s not in the fintech sector this year.
On-demand webinar: Wealthtech disruption – top 5 trends to watch out for in 2023
Learn why high-quality, use case-specific data is crucial to power wealthtech solutions and apps.
eBook: Top trends in wealthtech and how aggregated financial data fuels your innovation
Download our ebook to uncover the four trends in wealthtech driving innovation.
White paper: Make aggregated data your most valuable asset
Discover the four factors of superior aggregation for enterprise level investment use cases.
What the FinTech? | S.4 Episode 13 | AI simulation training in financial services
In this episode of the podcast, we’re joined by Casey Denby, VP of Sales at US tech firm Zenarate.
Paytech Matera acquires Brazilian AI firm Cinnecta for undisclosed sum
The acquisition will enable Matera’s clients to enhance their sales capabilities through actionable insights.
Crayons
If you choose to learn new things, do it properly. Start simple, build up and take your time.
Webinar | 5 October 2023: Four must-haves for data governance in financial services
Evaluating painkillers and vitamins that drive data governance, and more, in this free webinar.
Tasi Bank taps Green Check to cultivate its cannabis banking capabilities
The partnership enables the “maverick” community bank to expand its cannabis clientele across California.
Want to be great at digital transformation? Play Tetris
Tetris can teach business leaders a lot of transferrable skills when it comes to digital transformation.
Mexican challenger Klar lands $100m debt facility to expand credit product offerings
The new facility has been provided by US investment firm Victory Park Capital.
The convergence of CX and FX and the impact to user experience
Companies that create an optimised, secure UX will continue to stand out above the rest.
New digital bank for the US military Roger launches
Roger was built in partnership with banking technology solutions provider Nymbus.
US climate tech start-up Persefoni secures $50m in Series C-1 funding round
The company has now raised more than $150 million to date.
Discover Financial Services’ CEO and president Roger Hochschild steps down
Hochschild will serve in an advisory role at the company until the end of the year to ensure a smooth transition.
Better.com gears up to go public through SPAC merger
According to an SEC filing, the merger is set to close “on or about” 22 August 2023.
US crypto exchange Coinbase expands into Canada
The move comes amid major regulatory enhancements for crypto set by the Canadian financial regulator.
PayPal appoints Alex Chriss as its new president and CEO
Chriss joins PayPal from business software company Intuit, where he worked for over 19 years.
More than 25 US credit unions and community banks tap Eltropy for AI Chat offering
ACFCU and First Credit Union are among the company’s to deploy Eltropy’s AI tech.
Cartoon: Betting on the swing
The crypto industry’s economics is currently dangerously dependent on the next market swing.
FinTech Futures: Top five stories of the week – 11 August 2023
Here’s our pick of five of the top news stories from the world of finance and tech this week.
ICYMI fintech funding round-up: Chargeflow, Knot, Treasure Financial & more
A handy round-up of the recent funding endeavours of fintech companies across the globe.
FinTech Futures Jobs: These four things are what employees want this year
Explore thousands of open roles on the FinTech Futures Job Board today.
Torpago confirms two new senior hires following “significant growth”
James Yacobucci has been appointed to head of bank partnerships and Noah Martin to head of capital markets.
ConnexPay appoints former PayPal exec George Hansen as chief revenue officer
Hansen joins ConnexPay from PayPal, where he served as head of global sales and account management.
Digital dementia: have banks forgotten about their customers?
In the race to optimise cost and efficiency through technology, let’s not forget to ensure a human touch remains.
Microsoft partners Aptos Labs to help connect financial service companies to the Web3 ecosystem
The duo will explore new innovations in areas such as asset tokenisation, CBDCs and payment technology.
US fintech Greenlight launches credit builder tool for teenagers
Greenlight says parents can add their teenagers as authorised users of its credit card to start building credit.
Les absents ont toujours tort
You can’t win a game you’re not in. So turn up. Because the absent are always wrong.
Naga integrates Rezolve AI into its social trading platform
The integration is also set to extend to Naga’s e-payments solution, Naga Pay.
US fintech Block set to close European payments app Verse
The move is part of Block’s plans to reduce brand spending.
