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News/wholesale
Business banking platform Tide has made its first acquisition, scooping up SME credit marketplace Funding Options.
29 November 2022
News/retail
Amazon has joined forces with Parafin to launch a merchant cash advance service that ties repayment to future sales.
01 November 2022
News/inclusion
Egyptian fintech Money Fellows has raised $31 million for its mobile-based platform for money circles - where a group of people put money into a pot for a specific period so that they can save and borrow together.
31 October 2022
News/startups
Funding for Portuguese fintechs has exceeded the €1bn mark for the first time.
28 October 2022
News/people
UK challenger bank Atom has named Andrew Marshall as chief financial officer.
21 October 2022
News/crypto
German challenger bank N26 has launched its first cryptocurrency offering which will enable clients to trade close to 200 virtual currencies.
20 October 2022
India's prime minister Narendra Modi has announced the launch of 75 digital banking units (DBUs) in a move that he says will improve the banking experience for users and boost financial inclusion.
17 October 2022
News/payments
Online payments giant PayPal is unlikely to suffer any significant impact from a customer backlash over a supposed charge for users spreading misinformation, acccording to financial analysts.
14 October 2022
The use of alternative data sources and machine learning to assess the credit quality of applicants gives US fintechs an advantage over banks when it comes to small business lending, according to a paper from the Bank for International Settlements.
27 September 2022
Credix, a decentralised credit marketplace connecting institutional investors with fintech lenders in emerging markets, has raised $11.25 million in a Series A funding round led by Motive Partners and ParaFi Capital
06 September 2022
The digital bank market in Singapore has grown following the launch of Trust Bank, a partnership between Standard Chartered and local retailer FairPrice.
02 September 2022
Indian lending fintech EarlySalary has raised $110 million in a Series D funding round led by TPG’s The Rise Fund and Norwest Venture Partners.
31 August 2022
News/wealth
Invesco, a global asset manager with $1.6 trillion of assets under management, has launched an investment fund focused on the metaverse.
22 August 2022
San francisco-based startup finance platform Arc has raised $20 million in a funding round led by Left Lane Capital.
17 August 2022
News/regulation
Fintechs and crypto asset providers have welcomed the UK government’s decision to bring stablecoins into regulatory scope as part of the recently published Financial Services and Markets Bill.
21 July 2022
Nearly half a trillion dollars has been wiped off the valuation of fintech firms so far this year when their current value is compared to their peak valuation, according to CB Insights.
18 July 2022
Crypto firm Coinbase has been granted approval by Italy's financial regulator to operate as a crypto assets service provider.
UK-based B2B buy now, pay later startup Playter has closed on a $55 million debt and equity round from the backers of Klarna, SoFi and Pipe.
22 June 2022
Lloyds Bank is partnering with Sage and Satago to offer instant financing to Sage customers based on the value of unpiad invoices.
10 June 2022
UK alternative finance provider Liberis has formed a deal with Barclaycard to offer revenue-based financing to the acquirer's small business customers.
07 June 2022
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