Findr has launched operations in London with the vision of becoming the leading global technology platform for automating and accelerating the creation of commercial partnerships. The company will initially focus on the UK fintech market – the second largest in the world.
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With the number of UK SMEs in significant financial distress reaching over 500,000 due to COVID-19[1], leading invoice insurance provider Nimbla has teamed up with SME credit risk assessment platform, Wiserfunding, to improve the availability and pricing of commercial credit insurance. This will ensure that SMEs can continue trading and prevent the UK economy from stalling.
Marqeta, the global modern card issuing platform, announced today that it has raised an additional $150 million in new capital from a leading institutional investor, valuing the company at $4.3 billion.
Electronics giant Samsung has partnered US digital lender SoFi on a mobile-first money management platform and Mastercard debit card.
Launching later this summer, Samsung Money by SoFi promises higher-interest earning and a combination of the convenience of mobile payments and the control of a debit card.
The impact of the current crisis on counterparty risk models
One could argue, that in a similar way that social distancing can limit the epidemic spread in the current health crisis, applying correct counterparty risk measures can prevent the contagion and propagation of financial defaults. Not by excluding companies from doing business, but by helping them with specific measures, hence avoiding a more systemic economic collapse.
Siebert, a leading national broker-dealer and provider of financial services, has appointed InvestCloud to design and implement its complete digital transformation.
NICE Actimize, a NICE (Nasdaq: NICE) business and the leader in Autonomous Financial Crime Management, has been chosen by Rakuten Securities Inc., a major online brokerage operating throughout Japan and across Asia, to implement an innovative anti-money laundering compliance platform to protect and support its investor clients and meet regulatory requirements. Rakuten Securities will utilize industry-leading solutions from NICE Actimize’s Autonomous Anti-Money Laundering portfolio, initially rolling out the
UK-based FinTech firm Paysend has called for an industry-wide acceleration of innovation across FinTech and payments in response to the global coronavirus situation. Sweeping disruption to the daily financial habits of consumers has created a number of problems that Paysend sees as necessary to be solved by emerging FinTech innovators with the provision of simple, accessible and low-cost solutions.
RTGS.global, the world’s cross-border liquidity network, has announced its appointment of Jim Cowles as an Executive Director of the Board. Jim will work closely with RTGS.global’s leadership team, including its founder, fintech entrepreneur Nick Ogden, who previously founded WorldPay and ClearBank.