Ezra, the fintech company that partners with financial service providers to offer credit solutions to financially underserved consumers and SMEs, has appointed Erwan Gelebart as its new CEO to drive its agenda for growth.

Built upon 12 years of success, Ezra was born from TransferTo Group along with leading Fintech companies including DTOne and Thunes. Gelebart now leads a 100-strong team which operates across three offices in Dubai, Nairobi and Singapore.

Cinchy Announces $14.5 Million Series B Funding Led by Forgepoint

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NEAR Wallet Users Soar to 20+ Million Thanks to Groundbreaking Partnership with SWEAT Economy

Cinchy, the pioneer of dataware technology and leader of data liberation, today announced a $14.5 million USD Series B financing round led by Forgepoint Capital. Forgepoint Managing Director Leo Casusol will join Cinchy’s Board of Directors, while Reynaldo Kirton comes on board as an advisor.

NEAR Foundation, the Swiss non-profit supporting the governance and development of the NEAR protocol, today announced a tenfold increase in the number of NEAR Wallet users since the start of this year, rising from 2 million to over 20 million.

Yabx, a FinTech venture headquartered in the Netherlands, today announced its foray into Nigerian markets with a mission to democratize credit across the country with its digital lending offerings.

iLex, a Platform-as-a-Service fintech that designs, builds and operates digital market infrastructures for the US$6 trillion syndicated loans and private credit market, announced today that it has US$10 billion of assets listed on its platform.

Bakkt Holdings, Inc., a digital asset platform that unlocks crypto and drives loyalty to create delightful, connected experiences for a broad range of clients, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Apex Crypto, LLC from Apex Fintech Solutions, Inc. This acquisition is expected to significantly bolster Bakkt’s cryptocurrency product offering and expand its footprint into additional client verticals including fintechs, trading app platforms, and neo-banks.

8 startups from 6 countries from over 100 applications were selected for the inaugural Climate Fintech incubation program across the Nordics & Baltics by F10, the leading innovation ecosystem powering the future of finance.