FinTech StartUps

MENA’s First Fintech App for School Fees - Zenda Raises $9.4m Seed Round for Pay-now, Pay-later Proposition and Accelerates India Expansion

2 years 8 months ago
Payments, FinTech StartUps

Investors: Leading regional and global investors (STV, COTU, Global Founders Capital, and VentureSouq) participate in the oversubscribed round Opportunity: zenda, is the first fintech app of its kind for families, enables parents to pay school fees with pay-now and pay-later options, and unlock rewards for paying on time. Allowing parents to split the school fee bills and pay later.

22/04 – Weekly Fintech Recap

2 years 8 months ago
Blockchain, Digital banking, E-Commerce, Open Banking, Payments, Banking, FinTech StartUps, IT Innovations, M&A Deals, People Moves

Partnerships Citi Collaborates with Ebanx in Latin America

Phundex Latest Release of Platform and Pathway Enhancements

2 years 8 months ago
FinTech StartUps, IT Innovations

St Helier (April 21, 2022) – Phundex Limited and Phundex UK Ltd Phundex announced its latest release of Platform and Pathway enhancements. This is the second release in 2022, in line with the product roadmap of regular enhancements planned throughout 2022.

F10 Secures Funding Round and Management Buy-in to Fuel Global Growth

2 years 8 months ago
Insurtech, FinTech StartUps

F10, the leading innovation ecosystem for FinTech and InsurTech, with hubs in Switzerland, Singapore, and Spain, today announces that it has secured a funding round in the mid single-digit million range, as well as management buy-in by the F10 executive leadership, to support expansion into new markets and strategic capabilities.

Four in 10 UK Consumers Say Targeted by Online Fraud

2 years 8 months ago
Fraud Detection, FinTech StartUps

According to TransUnion’s 2022 Global Digital Fraud Trends Report, 42% of UK consumers say they have been targeted by online fraud in the past three months

Fast-growing Fintech Start-up Kippa Bolsters Team With Two Industry Veterans

2 years 8 months ago
FinTech StartUps

Kippa, the fast-growing fintech start-up offering digital business and financial management solutions for SMEs in Africa, today announces the appointments of Toyin Albert as Executive Director of Payments Services, and Niyi Ajao as an Independent Non-Executive Director within Kippa’s Nigerian subsidiary. Toyin Albert and Niyi Ayao are two of the most seasoned fintech veterans in Nigeria, who each have over 20 years of industry experience as well... more

15/04 – Weekly Fintech Recap

2 years 8 months ago
Payments, Banking, FinTech StartUps, IT Innovations, M&A Deals, People Moves

Partnerships Bitfinex Collaborates with OpenPayd to enable SEPA Payments

Muse Finance Appoints New CTO to Scale itsTechnology and the Business

2 years 8 months ago
FinTech StartUps, People Moves

Tarek AbdelKader joins the business finance start-up bringing experience from The Co-Operative Bank and Think Money Group Muse Finance - the business finance start-up - has hired Tarek AbdelKader as its Chief Technology Officer.

Fidelity International and Tumelo Launch Market-first Stewardship Hub for Clients, Trustees and Their Advisors

2 years 8 months ago
FinTech StartUps

The Stewardship Hub is a sustainable investing tool providing governance and insights to workplace pension clients, trustees and their advisors · The Hub provides greater visibility of fund managers’ stewardship decisions, while enabling trustees to meet their regulatory obligations in a centralised location · The Hub - built by Tumelo in partnership with Fidelity - is a market first, and is the latest solution from... more

Cogo Joins ING Labs Brussels Cohort for 2022

2 years 8 months ago
FinTech StartUps, IT Innovations

Carbon tracking experts Cogo are collaborating with ING’s innovation accelerator, ING Labs Brussels, as one of the 2022 cohort of start-ups. ING will work with Cogo to validate its unique capability to integrate their carbon tracking technology into digital banking propositions.

Italian Insurtech Nabs €5.5 Million to Boost Video and Photograph-based Claim Management

2 years 8 months ago
Artificial Intelligence, Insurtech, FinTech StartUps

Insoore plans to develop AI projects in damage detection, engage new talent and expand globally.

Madrid-based RITMO Hits a Jackpot with $200 Million Funding to Help E-commerce Firms Raise Capital

2 years 8 months ago
E-Commerce, FinTech StartUps

The Spanish startup aims to help e-commerce entrepreneurs scale up rapidly and overcome the current supply chain challenges by providing them with capital

GreenBox POS Appoints Securities and Transactional Attorney Adele Hogan to Board of Directors

2 years 8 months ago
FinTech StartUps

GreenBox POS (NASDAQ: GBOX) ("GreenBox" or the "Company"), an emerging and rapidly growing Fintech company announced today the appointment of Adele Hogan, a seasoned transactional lawyer, to its Board of Directors. Hogan will replace Carl Williams who is transitioning away from his Director role.

Fintech CEO: MailChimp Attack Shows Hackers Getting More Creative in Illicit Hunt for Crypto

2 years 8 months ago
Cryptocurrencies, FinTech StartUps

It was recently announced that MailChimp was hacked last month, with the criminals absconding information from more than 100 users, using that data to phish owners of Trezor cryptocurrency wallets. Staff of the popular email marketing company were apprised of the breach on March 26, and learned that the hacker used internal tools for account administration.