03/06 – Weekly Fintech Recap
- 3 years 6 months ago
- Blockchain, Digital banking, Open Banking, Payments, Banking, M&A Deals, People Moves
Partnerships Binance selects TripleA as Global Cryptocurrency Payment Gateway
XLD Launches xSpend in Malaysia, Allows Users to Spend Crypto Assets for Utilities
- 3 years 6 months ago
- Cryptocurrencies
XLD Finance, a stablecoin-based ecosystem that drives financial inclusion through real-world financial services, has announced the launch of its xSpend platform in Malaysia today, which allows play-to-earn users to directly spend their GameFi tokens and stablecoins to pay over 350 billers and utilities.
Laiye Reinforces Its Commitment To Data Security, Completes The SOC 2 Certification
- 3 years 6 months ago
- Artificial Intelligence
Laiye, a global Intelligent Automation (IA) provider, is proud and honoured to announce that it has successfully achieved the Service Organization Control (SOC) 2 Type 1 compliance certification following an audit conducted by Ernst & Young Hua Ming LLP. The SOC 2 report has been awarded to Laiye's entire end-to-end IA platform, which includes Robotic Process Automation (RPA), Conversational AI, and Intelligent Document Processing (IDP).
Exploring UK’s New Era for Money at Money20/20 Europe
- 3 years 6 months ago
- Payments
Money20/20 Europe, taking place in Amsterdam on 7-9 June 2022, will be at the heart of one of the most heated debates in the payments industry: Central bank digital currencies (CBDCs).
Digital Asset Management Platform Liminal Rises $4.7 Million Funding Led by Elevation Capital
- 3 years 6 months ago
- Fundraising News
Liminal, a wallet operations infrastructure that secures digital assets in a simple and efficient way, has raised $4.7 million in its seed funding round led by Elevation Capital. The round also saw participation from prominent investors like LD Capital, Woodstock, Nexus Ventures, and crypto ventures like CoinDCX, Hashed, Cadenza Ventures, Vauld, Better Capital, and Sparrow Capital.
Managed App Raises $5.3M for Automated Rental Payment System
- 3 years 6 months ago
- Fundraising News
Managed App, an end-to-end payment gateway and management platform for the property management industry, has raised $5.3 million and appointed co-founder Nick Bouris as CEO. The round was led by REA Group and Momentum Markets. The funds will be used to grow Managed App’s sales, marketing and development team, as it looks to double its user base over the next 12 months.
Incognia Raises $15.5M in Series A
- 3 years 6 months ago
- Fundraising News
Mobile identity pioneer Incognia today announced it raised $15.5M in Series A funding led by
Marqeta Powers New Klarna Card
- 3 years 6 months ago
- Payments
Marqeta, the global modern card issuing platform, today announced it is working with Klarna, a leading global retail bank, payments and shopping servi
Bexs Pay Enters into partnership with Nubank
- 3 years 6 months ago
- Payments
Bexs Pay, a pioneer in cross-border transactions, has just sealed yet another partnership to provide Brazilians with easier access to international products and services. Bexs Pay will, from now on, be responsible for transactions using NuPay, Nubank’s online e-commerce payments solution. This means Bexs Pay will be intermediating payments for Nubank’s 54 million customers.
MoneyGram Announces New Partnership with Mobily Pay
- 3 years 6 months ago
- Payments
MoneyGram International on Thursday (June 2) announced a partnership with Saudi Arabia-based mobile wallet Mobily Pay that will bring MoneyGram’s international money transfer capabilities to Mobily Pay, giving users the ability to send money around the world in near real-time.
Vantage Strengthens Research and Education Analyst Team for Retail Clients in APAC
- 3 years 6 months ago
- Trading Systems
Vantage, the international multi-asset broker, is pleased to announce the launch of “Market Insights”. Market Insights is an APAC-based team of research analysts, providing free market news and analysis through a multi-channel approach, including daily and weekly reports, telegram community discussions as well as live webinars.
Stripe users can now embed BNPL options from Affirm
- 3 years 6 months ago
- Payments
US merchants using Stripe can now offer customers buy now, pay later instalment plans thanks to an integration with Affirm's adaptive checkout product.
BUX appoints Álvaro Vidal as Country Manager
- 3 years 6 months ago
- People Moves
Binance Labs Closes $500M Investment Fund
- 3 years 6 months ago
- Fundraising News
Binance Labs, the venture capital and incubation arm of Binance, announces the closing of a new $500 million investment fund. The fund is supported by leading global institutional investors such as DST Global Partners, and Breyer Capital. Other major private equity funds, family offices, and corporations also subscribed to the fund as limited partners.
Binance selects TripleA as Global Cryptocurrency Payment Gateway
- 3 years 6 months ago
- Payments
Binance Pay is the bridge between Binance, the world’s leading cryptocurrency infrastructure provider, with the retail world. This partnership with TripleA gives merchants like Novelship access to the spending power of a 300+ million strong and growing crypto user base.
