Minima, the first cooperative, ultra-lean, blockchain network that enables anyone to run a complete node on a mobile or IoT device, has today announced it has completed a pilot with Minipay, one of the winners from its inaugural Minima Innovation Challenge to bring to market a contactless payment app which connects to Minima wallets and uses NFC and QR codes for everyday purchases.

FinTech West has announced a new partnership with global digital sandbox provider 

Soldo, the European spend management platform, has partnered with UK fraud and financial crime specialist Featurespace to protect Soldo customers from the growing threat of financial attacks.

Today at the Money20/20 conference, Kapitus, a leading provider of financing to small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), announced it has selected

TS Imagine, a global leader in trading, portfolio and risk management solutions for capital markets, today announced the appointment of Frederic Villain as Head of Sales for Asia Pacific.

AQRU plc, an incubator specialising in opportunities in decentralised finance  (“DeFi”), is pleased to announce that it is launching a start-up offering cryptocurrency-collateralised lending services under the brand “BlockLender”. 

BlockLender will offer digital asset-holders the opportunity to use their cryptocurrency as collateral to access instant loans, with a minimum starting value of USD$100. 

Global Processing Services (“GPS”), a leading global payments technology platform, today announced the appointment of Ki

Embedded finance integrator AAZZUR and alternative asset manager Channel Capital (Channel) have formed an embedded lending partnership.

JCB International Co., Ltd., the international operations subsidiary of JCB Co., Ltd., today announced a new partnership with Trust Payments, a leader in fintech powering truly innovative customer commerce solutions. JCB’s growing community of over 140 million cardmembers will now be able to seamlessly make payments across Trust Payments’ vast network of online and physical merchants, spanning 48 regions in Europe.

BMLL, the leading, independent provider of harmonised, historical Level 3 data and analytics across global equity and futures markets, today announced it has secured a USD 26 million Series B investment in its latest funding round. The round was led by Nasdaq Ventures, FactSet and IQ Capital’s Growth Fund, supported by ACF Investors and other new and existing investors.