Banking Circle, the payments specialist, has reported a significant uplift in payments flow and clients a year after it launched its Banking Licence.

At the end of February 2020, Banking Circle received its Banking Licence from the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF) in Luxembourg, enabling it to give financial institutions direct access to real-time payments regardless of borders or size. It also launched its new headquarters in Luxembourg in a ceremony attended by Mr Pierre Gramegna, Luxembourg Minister of Finance.

Exactpro, a leading software testing provider for mission-critical financial market infrastructures, today announces it has been chosen by LedgerEdge, the next-generation ecosystem for corporate bond trading, to deliver functional testing and ensure the resilience of LedgerEdge’s global corporate bond trading platform powered by distributed ledger technology.

E-wallet specialist STICPAY is launching a cashback service for its gaming and gambling customers worldwide in early May.

Cardiff-based talent intelligence provider, Talent Intuition, has been ranked in JP Morgan Private Bank’s Top 200 Top 200 Female Powered Businesses. The list, published last week, recognises high-growth private UK businesses that have grown sales, headcount or valuation at extraordinary rates. Talent Intuition, the company behind Stratigens, is ranked 186.

Banking technology company LEVERIS has announced its partnership with Marqeta, the global card issuing platform, to integrate its modern card capabilities within the LEVERIS digital banking platform.

Today ikigai, the premium fintech app, launches its new stocks & shares ISA.

Personal loans, also known as signature loans, unsecured loans, and signature-based financing, allow a borrower to borrow funds from a lending institution with the loan amount not backed by any collateral. Unsecured personal loans typically have lower interest rates, lower fees, and longer repayment terms than credit cards or payday loans. Additionally, unsecured personal loans are usually easier to obtain than other types of loans.

Having a business loan may seem necessary if you're trying to expand your company. For whatever reasons you're getting a loan, you should be careful where you apply for one. Even if loans and borrowing money from licensed moneylenders have been a thing since decades ago, people still get scammed and cheated on. In Singapore, you can search up the list of legitimate money lending agencies to know which licensed money lender are you going to apply to. 

WhatsApp users in Brazil can quickly, conveniently, and securely transfer money directly on the app

Starting today, Mastercard cardholders in Brazil can send and receive money to and from friends and family through WhatsApp. Mastercard debit cardholders with cards issued by Banco Inter, Itaú, Nubank and Sicredi will be able to use the innovative P2P WhatsApp service. The payments service on WhatsApp is enabled by Facebook Pay and processed by Facebook Pagamentos and Cielo.

The Canadian fintech surpassed the 2 million user mark in its home country, up from around 1.5 million when it last reported the figure in October. Wealthsimple unveiled the user updates alongside a CAD$750 million ($559.2 million) funding round on Monday, which values it at CAD$5 billion ($3.73 billion)—more than triple the CAD$1.5 billion ($1.12 billion) valuation it reached after its previous round in October.