Wise customers worldwide will be able to make fast, convenient and affordable international money transfers to Weixin users in China from 11 currencies, including SGD, USD and GBP. 

Asheesh is the CEO and Founder of Kristal.AI, a global digital private wealth platform for  comprehensive wealth management solutions for sophisticated high net worth and first time investors. He oversees all company operations and spearheads strategy and product  development, as well as client acquisition and company growth. Asheesh also personally  oversees the Kristal Founders Fund - a high performance hedge fund strategy that manages  money for Kristal.AI founders and key clients. 

Tink, Europe’s leading open banking platform, has appointed Tom Pope to lead its UK office. 

Joining Tink in June 2021 as Head of Payments and Platforms, Tom will now lead both the London office and the global payments business for the open banking platform. Prior to Joining Tink, Tom ran product strategy and new product management for FIS and was Head of Growth and Commercialisation for Worldpay.

Buy now, pay later (BNPL) provider Zip confirmed reports that it is “in discussions” to acquire rival Sezzle. The disclosure notes that these talks are preliminary and that there’s “no certainty” that a transaction will happen.

New “neo bank” Leatherback is poised to disrupt the financial services sector with its one account, multiple currency solution that allows businesses and individuals to conduct global transactions easily, quickly and securely.

Leatherback founder and CEO, Ibrahim Toyeeb, says the introduction of Leatherback to the global market is underpinned by a desire to democratise banking and provide opportunities for borderless global trade and commerce.

CoinSmart now the official crypto trading partner for the CHL; National partnership one of the first of its kind in Canada

CoinSmart Financial Inc., one of Canada’s leading crypto asset trading platforms, today announced a long-term national sponsorship agreement with the Canadian Hockey League (CHL) to become the CHL’s Official Crypto Trading Partner across its three member leagues, the OHL, WHL, and the QMJHL.

Former Director of Corporate Affairs and Communications at Innovate Finance joins Streets Consulting to steer the business through its next phase of growth

Streets Consulting, the financial services and technology business development, marketing and communications consultancy, today announced the appointment of Clare Black as Managing Director. Clare joins from Innovate Finance, where she served as Director of Corporate Affairs & Communications for the UK Fintech industry trade body.

Today the British Business Bank publishes a list of 108 additional companies in which the Future Fund holds an equity stake, taking the total to 265 as at 31 December 2021. Launched on 20 May 2020, and open for applications until 31 January 2021, the Future Fund issued 1,190 companies with Convertible Loan Agreements worth £1.14bn in total. Third-party investors were required to at least match the Future Fund’s investment.

Partnership helps drive and increase growth for Mollie’s customers 

Mollie, one of the fastest growing payment service providers in Europe, today announced its partnership with subscription management platform Chargebee to help drive growth for its customers.