Will the Fintech Visa Help to Rebuild the Industry in the UK Post-Brexit?
- 3 years 3 months ago
- FinTech StartUps
What is a Fintech Visa and will it help UK fintech businesses? Read on to find out more… January 2020 marked the end of the UK’s 47-year membership with the European Union, in a move which left a lot of UK business owners feeling unsettled; particularly within the fintech industry. Little did they know that, in just a couple of short months, a global pandemic would add further challenges into the mix.
Provenir Appoints Emre Ünlüsoy to Spearhead Expansion in Turkey, Middle East and the Balkans
- 3 years 3 months ago
- Artificial Intelligence, FinTech StartUps
Industry veteran will lead regional team to meet growing demand Provenir, a global leader in AI-powered risk decisioning software, today announced Emre Ünlüsoy has been appointed Regional Manager, following a year of record growth and continued global expansion. Ünlüsoy will oversee sales operations, business development and go-to-market strategies for Turkey, Middle East and the Balkans as Provenir responds to growing demand in the region.
SavvyMoney Announces $45 Million Growth Investment Led by Spectrum Equity
- 3 years 3 months ago
- Banking, FinTech StartUps
Fintech innovator improves the financial lives of consumers via market-leading credit score solutions
Fast-growing Fintech Baton Systems Strengthens Management Team Appointing Industry Leader David Ornstein as First Coo
- 3 years 3 months ago
- FinTech StartUps
Baton Systems (“Baton”), the fintech transforming post-trade processing using distributed ledger technology (DLT), has announced the appointment of David Ornstein as the company’s first Chief Operating Officer.
Finovate Re-Engages IBN’s NetworkNewsWire for FinovateEurope 2022
- 3 years 3 months ago
- Investment, FinTech StartUps
InvestorWire -- NetworkNewsWire (“NNW”), a multifaceted financial news and publishing company part of
YCombinator-Backed Verto Appoints new Chief Operating Officer to Support Geographic Expansion
- 3 years 3 months ago
- Payments, FinTech StartUps, People Moves
Verto has announced the appointment of a new Chief Operating Officer, Tim Rudman. Global financial technology firm Verto has announced its expansion with the appointment of new Chief Operating Officer, Tim Rudman. The pioneering company brings cross-border payment solutions to the world’s fastest growing organisations and is on a mission to help businesses of all sizes access innovative banking solutions. Tim’s appointment will support Verto’s... more
Embedded Finance Startup Falcon Emerges From Stealth; to Hit $30M Revenue by March ‘23
- 3 years 3 months ago
- FinTech StartUps
Syndicate of global marquee investors back the full stack issuance platform Embedded Finance startup Falcon has launched in India, announcing its target of hitting $30M revenue by March 2023. Falcon has already received backing from a number of all-star investors from the USA, India, and the Middle East, indicating interest of the global community in the $24B market opportunity as companies rush to offer embedded payments and lending products.
21/01 – Weekly Fintech Recap – What’s Interesting This Week?
- 3 years 3 months ago
- RegTech, Banking, Data, FinTech StartUps, IT Innovations, Infrastructure, M&A Deals, People Moves
Partnerships Altura Credit Union taps Scienaptic’s AI-powered credit decisioning platform
New Outseer Fraud & Payments Report Shows Giant Increase in Brand Abuse Cyber Attacks, Jumping 274% Year-over-Year
- 3 years 3 months ago
- Payments, FinTech StartUps
Worldwide 3-D Secure transaction volume accelerates further, increasing 50% year-over-year Outseer, the leader in payment authentication and monitoring solutions, has published its latest quarterly Fraud & Payments report, confirming a troubling and massive spike in worldwide brand abuse attacks. The Q4 instalment of the report features insights from July through September of 2021 as captured through the Outseer Global Data Network™, and... more
Fintech in 2022: Solutions for Solo-entrepreneurs, Metaverse Payments and Green Fintech
- 3 years 3 months ago
- Payments, FinTech StartUps
VC Digital Horizon launches new ‘Fintech Trends for 2022’ report Digital Horizon, one of the fastest growing European venture capital funds and venture builders specialising in fintech and SaaS companies, has released its annual ‘Fintech Trends for 2022’ report. It predicts the rise of fintech supporting micro-entrepreneurs, metaverse and “second reality” digital payments and green fintech, will be among the major trends driving fintech forward... more
Sequoia Makes Gulf Debut With $33 Million Investment in Saudi Fintech Lean Technologies
- 3 years 3 months ago
- FinTech StartUps
Sequoia's funding for the Saudi fintech's Series A round is joined by other international investors including New York-based Liberty City Ventures and former General Electric CEO Jeff Immelt. Riyadh and London-bas Saudi fintech start-up Lean Technologies has won a $33 million Series A round funding injection from Sequoia Capital India, marking the firm's first foray into investing in the Arab Gulf region.
Routefusion raises $10.5M round to simplify cross-border payments
- 3 years 3 months ago
- Fundraising News, FinTech StartUps
Routefusion co-founders
Startup Funding - Wikisoft Corp. plans Digital Shake-up
- 3 years 3 months ago
- Fund Management, FinTech StartUps
Wikisoft Corp, a big data and business analytics company, today announced plans to digitize startup funding and accelerate matching startups with investors. Once a startup's seed investment round is secured then the fledgling company powers ahead to create a minimal viable product (MVP). Once the MVP is proven, the founders of the startup will soon require further investment to accelerate growth. They participate in a series of investment... more
SFC Capital & FINTECH Circle Launch £1.5 Million Fund
- 3 years 3 months ago
- FinTech StartUps
SFC Capital and FINTECH Circle are partnering to find the next top 10-20 fintech startups or scaleups. SFC Capital has assigned £1.5m in funds which will be distributed among the selected startups. The final list of startups will be revealed by mid April 2022. Candidates must be UK based eligible for the UK Government’s Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS). The scheme is designed to help companies raise money at the start of their growth... more
Worldline Unites Major Companies and Start-Ups for Its 4th ‘E-payments Challenge’ Hackathon
- 3 years 3 months ago
- Transaction Banking, Payments, FinTech StartUps
The industry’s best in class Fintech co-creation event, powered by Europe’s leader in payments Worldline, the European leader in the payments and transactional services industry, is thrilled to announce it will be hosting the fourth edition of its industry leading e-Payments Challenge hackathon which is due to take place in an innovative fully virtual format on 26-28 January 2022.
