From Pitch to Partnerships: Fintech Week London's Speed Networking Event Kicks off at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium

• 2 years 9 months ago
• FinTech StartUps

Fintech Week London, the forward-thinking event for the fintech industry, is excited to announce the participation of leading financial and insurance institutions at a highly anticipated speed networking event. Fintech and insurtech startups attending the event on Monday 19 June will have the exclusive opportunity to meet and connect with representatives from 18 financial heavyweights, including: 

Escrowpay Partners with Eqaro Guarantees

• 2 years 9 months ago
• Infrastructure

Escrowpay, India’s first digital escrow platform, has announced its collaboration with Eqaro Guarantees, a technology-led Financial Guarantees company in India. The agreement signed between the two companies both unique first models and pioneers within their respective categories will unlock growth opportunities for MSME’s and emerging businesses and help create an integrated trust ecosystem across multiple use cases.

R3 Doubles Down on Interoperability, High Availability, and Scalability Reinforced by the Next-generation of Corda

• 2 years 9 months ago
• Security

BR-DGE Partners with Group Payments Platform Hands In to Give Merchants Greater Access to Flexible Payments

• 2 years 9 months ago
• Payments

BR-DGE, the leading payment orchestration provider, has today launched a partnership with Hands In, the innovative payments solution that enables customers to split the cost of purchases at the checkout.

Global Banks to Spend $57 Billion on Legacy Payments Technology in 2028, Impacting Costs and Limiting Growth

• 2 years 9 months ago
• Banking

According to a new study by IDC Financial Insights sponsored by Episode Six (E6), a global provider of enterprise-grade payment processing and digital ledger infrastructure, spending on legacy paytech is rising rapidly and damaging the growth prospects of banks around the world. Global financial institution (FI) spend on outdated payment systems is expected to climb to $57.1 billion in 2028 from $36.7 billion in 2022, with an average annual...

Only 29% of Young People Trust Financial Institutions to Act Ethically, According to New Research by Fairer Finance Pioneer etika

• 2 years 9 months ago
• Alternative Finance

etika, the purpose-driven, people-first finance provider of fair and ethical finance, has today released the results of a new consumer insights survey* exploring the attitudes of young people in the UK towards the environmental and social impact of financial products.  

Kaya Founders Raises US$12 Million in First Close to Support Philippine Founders from Start-up to Scale-up

• 2 years 9 months ago
• Fundraising News

Kaya Founders, a Philippines-based venture capital firm, is today announcing the first close at US$12 million in funding across two new funds to back the next generation of tech-enabled, industry-shaping start-ups across Southeast Asia. The funding round was anchored by the Gokongwei family with participation from institutional investors, family offices, high-net-worth individuals, and prominent entrepreneurs. This brings the total committed...

Liminal Becomes Part of Telangana Government’s Web3 Regulatory Sandbox to Foster Blockchain Innovation in the State

• 2 years 9 months ago
• Blockchain

Liminal, a leading wallet infrastructure and custody solutions platform announced today that it has become a part of the advisory panel of the Telangana government’s Web 3.0 Regulatory Sandbox to nurture viable and scalable Web3 projects in the state. Stalwarts from the industry as a part of the governance and advisory panel will enable Web3 startups to scale and grow by providing them technical, management, and operational guidance.

Be Ready - Iliad Offers Testing Solution for Banks Signing Up to Federal Reserve’s FedNowSM Service

• 2 years 9 months ago
• Banking

Iliad Solutions, a global leader in payments testing, is offering support to financial institutions adopting the new FedNow Service to help them get ‘Service’ ready. The FedNow Service, due to go live in July, will give financial institutions across the US the opportunity to provide new, safer and efficient, instant payment services in real-time, 24/7.  Testing is critical

Salmon Expands its Merchant Network Through Partnership with FC Home Center

• 2 years 9 months ago
• Personal Finance

Consumer fintech Salmon today announces its partnership with FC Home Center, one of the top 10 retailers in the Philippines. FC Home Center customers may now shop using Salmon’s point-of-sale financing service, giving them access to installment financing and greater financial flexibility. Salmon is currently building its network of sales ambassadors across FC Home Center’s retail locations and is aiming to reach 106 active stores in Metro Manila...

TD Wealth® Improves Advisor Productivity with Salesforce Financial Cloud

• 2 years 9 months ago
• Cloud

TD Wealth® has tapped Salesforce Financial Services Cloud (FSC) to help advisors automate and quicken client account openings and onboarding with a unified, predictive intelligence console that provides teams with insights and recommendations, such as next best actions and life event alerts.

Hedge Funds, Proprietary Trading Firms Set to Accelerate the Adoption of New and Emerging Markets - Acuiti

• 2 years 9 months ago
• Management

Adoption of trading in emerging markets from hedge funds, proprietary trading firms and bank trading and execution desks are set to grow significantly as firms look to diversify trading strategies, seek unique opportunities and broaden exposures, a new study has found.  The study Expanding Connectivity: Exploring the Challenges and Solution for Trading in New Markets, published today, was produced by Acuiti in association with BSO.

Yooz Launches Their Third Annual Report into the State of Automation in Finance

• 2 years 9 months ago
• Financial

Leading Accounts Payable (AP) automation solution provider, 

Finfra Raises $1M to Scale Embedded Finance in Indonesia

• 2 years 9 months ago
• Fundraising News

Finfra, the one-stop shop for companies launching white-labelled lending products in Indonesia, has announced it raised $1 million in funding. The funding round was a collaborative effort by DSX Ventures and Seedstars International Ventures, regional fintech experts Cento Ventures and Fintech Nation, Baltic-based startup support incubators FirstPick and BADideas Fund, and Silicon Valley-based Hustle Fund.

Tools for Brokers Names Han Ong as the Head of the Singapore Office

• 2 years 9 months ago
• People Moves

Tools for Brokers, a leading technology provider for retail brokers and hedge funds, announced the appointment of Han Ong as the company’s new Head of the Singapore office.