- + Infinant Secures $15 Million in Series A Funding—Digital banking solutions provider Infinant has raised $15 million in Series A funding . The round was led by FINTOP Capital and JAM FINTOP BankT...
- + Finovate Alums Raised More Than $132 Million in Q4; More Than $553 Million in 2024—Seven Finovate alums raised more than $132 million in the fourth quarter of 2024, and more than $553 million for the full year. The figures trail thos...
- + Fintech Rundown: A Rapid Review of Weekly News—It’s a holiday-shortened week here at the Fintech Rundown . But rest assured that we’ll have you covered on the the top fintech news he...
- + Finovate Global: 10x Banking’s Lewis Ide on High Growth Markets in APAC and Africa—As 2025 approaches, where will new opportunities arise for financial institutions, financial services providers, and fintechs looking to expand into n...
- + Streamly Snapshot: Disrupting the Market with Refunds-as-a-Service—One of the latest developments in the payments space, Refunds-as-a-Service, promises to bring innovation to an area of customer experience – ref...
- + DeepTarget Unveils AI-Powered Email Service AImail—DeepTarget, a digital marketing services provider for financial institutions, has launched its AI-powered email service AImail . The new offerin...
- + Chainalysis Acquires Web3 Security Company Hexagate—Blockchain data platform Chainalysis has acquired web3 security solutions provider Hexagate. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The acqui...
- + BVNK Raises $50 Million for its Stablecoin Infrastructure Platform—U.K.-based stablecoin infrastructure provider BVNK secured a $50 million Series B round, boosting its valuation to $750 million. The round was le...
- + Capitalise Teams Up with Plaid—Capitalise, a business finance platform based in the U.K., has forged a strategic partnership with data and open finance network Plaid. The colla...
- + Current Bags $200 Million in New Capital—Digital challenger bank Current raised $200 million, boosting its total funding to over $600 million. Current plans to use the funding to enhan...
- + A Look Back at What You Loved: Top 10 Posts of 2024—As both a conference producer and a news outlet, we’re always paying close attention to the topics that resonate most with you — our audience of finte...
- + Fintech Rundown: A Rapid Review of Weekly News—Winter officially begins at the end of the week for many of us, and the seasonal, end-of-year holidays are right around the corner. This week in...
- + Mesh Payments Integrates with SoFi’s Galileo—Travel and expense management company Mesh Payments has selected SoFi as its sponsor bank and has tapped SoFi-owned Galileo Financial Technologie...
- + Streamly Snapshot: Creating Revenue Streams for Community Banks and Credit Unions—Community banks and credit unions have long been the cornerstone of local economies. As technology and consumer preferences evolve, however, so must t...
- + Themis Lands $9.2 Million to Scale its Governance, Risk, and Compliance Platform—Regtech platform Themis raised over $9.2 million (£7.25 million) in its scale-up round. The round, which is expected to close on December 16, 202...
- + 3 Fintech Trends You’ll Hear a Lot About in 2025—With only a few weeks to go until 2025, it is time to take a look at some of the trends we can expect to see more of in the next 12 months. There are ...
- + ThetaRay and Microsoft Launch New GenAI Financial Crime Detection Suite—ThetaRay launched GenAI Financial Crime Detection Suite . The new suite is powered by Microsoft’s Azure OpenAI Service, which gives develo...
- + LexisNexis Risk Solutions Agrees to Acquire IDVerse—LexisNexis Risk Solutions has signed an agreement to acquire document authentication and fraud detection solutions provider IDVerse. Terms were not di...
- + Cyber Safety Company Gen Digital Acquires MoneyLion for $1 Billion—Mobile banking platform MoneyLion has been acquired by identity protection and cybersecurity company Gen Digital Inc. The $1 billion deal is expe...
- + Lunar Launches Moonrise to Zero in on Enterprise Payments—Lunar introduced Moonrise , a standalone enterprise payments offering to help organizations scale in the Nordic region’s notably complex paymen...
- + Fighting Financial Crime and Identity Fraud: A Conversation with GBG’s Gus Tomlinson—How can banks and other financial institutions defend themselves and their customers and members against increasingly sophisticated, increasingly orga...
- + Moneyhub and Marygold Team Up to Launch Wealth App—Moneyhub has teamed up with intelligent money management app Marygold & Co. UK. The partnership will integrate Moneyhub’s Account Infor...
- + Fintech Rundown: A Rapid Review of Weekly News—With only two more weeks before the holiday season and 2025 take over the calendar, let’s make this one count. Last week’s news cycle was ...
- + Finovate Global: Innovations and Opportunities in Islamic Finance—Finovate Global is back! This week’s edition leads off with stories about financial institutions around the world that are seeking to better s...
- + Zopa Caps Off 2024 with $87 Million in Funding—U.K.-based digital bank Zopa raised $87 million in an equity round led by A.P. Moller Holding and existing investors. The round boosts Zopa’...
- + Mambu Acquires Numeral to Expand Payment Capabilities—Cloud banking platform Mambu has made its first acquisition, acquiring French fintech Numeral to enhance its payment capabilities and expand its marke...
- + 5 Tales from the Crypto: Trump’s SEC Nominee, Blockchain Banking, Crypto Lending, and More!—This week on 5 Tales from the Crypto , we lead-off with President-elect Trump’s nominee for SEC chair and that nominee’s attitudes towa...
- + Justt Launches Upgrades to Streamline Chargeback Management—Israel-based Justt has introduced platform upgrades, including multilingual dispute management and centralized chargeback approval, aimed at simplifyi...
- + Mahalo Banking Partners with Solidarity Community FCU—Michigan-based Mahalo Banking announced a partnership with Indiana-based Solidarity Community Federal Credit Union (Solidarity CFCU). The credit ...
- + Insuritas Acquired by HUB International Division—Insurance-as-a-Service company Insuritas has been acquired by VIU by HUB, a division of HUB International, one of the world’s largest insurance brok...
- + Uptiq.AI Acquires Data Integration Company UpSwot —Enterprise AI platform Uptiq.AI has acquired data integration startup UpSwot to enhance its AI Workbench capabilities and expand its applications ...
- + Deel Acquires Atlantic Money for Undisclosed Sum—Deel has acquired U.K.-based international funds transfer company Atlantic Money. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The acquisition marks Dee...
- + Harmoney Acquires Compliance Specialist APPC—Belgian regtech Harmoney has acquired compliance specialist APPC, a subsidiary of the Forsides Group. The acquisition will provide APPC clients w...
- + Could a U.S. AI Czar Reshape Global Fintech?—You may not think of the U.S. when it comes to having a czar in a leadership role. However, Axios reported last week that President-elect Trump ...
- + Fintech Rundown: A Rapid Review of Weekly News—This week in Finovate’s Fintech Rundown , we highlight big fundraisings in wealthtech and mortgagetech, as well as an acquisition in the worl...
- + Signicat Partners with AsiaVerify to Help Businesses Meet Compliance Requirements—Digital identity solutions provider Signicat has teamed up with data specialist AsiaVerify. The strategic partnership will help businesses lookin...
- + Make Headlines at FinovateEurope: Apply to Demo Now—FinovateEurope 2025 takes place in London on February 25 and 26. Register to attend and save up to £600. Fintech headlines often h...
- + interface.ai: Fighting Deepfakes, Training Bots, and Raising Capital—Agentic AI solutions provider for community banks and credit unions, interface.ai , has introduced a pair of new tools to help fight deepfake frau...
- + Alera Group Partners with TIFIN @Work to Personalize Wealth Management—Alera Group has partnered with TIFIN @Work to integrate its workplace benefits and wealth management tools into its FinWell Connect program. The ...
- + Fintech Rundown: A Rapid Review of Weekly News—A holiday-shortened week begins with news of an acquisition, a new partnership, and a new solution to enhance lender-borrower communication. Be sure t...
- + Lowering the Barriers to Alternative Investments with Alto’s Scott Harrigan—With markets near all-time highs and Bitcoin teasing the $100,000 mark, investors have become increasingly interested in new opportunities to diversif...
- + Best of Show Winners from FinovateFall 2024 Join the Finovate Podcast—Looking for some entertaining and insightful listening this holiday week? Greg Palmer and the Finovate Podcast have you covered! This week th...
- + NuBank Weighs Moving Legal Domicile Location to the U.K.—Brazil-based digital bank Nubank is considering moving its legal domicile from the Cayman Islands to the U.K. The domicile move is pending appro...
- + LendingTree Taps Coverdash to Launch Small Business Insurance Offering—LendingTree has partnered with insurtech Coverdash to integrate small business insurance into its platform. Adding insurance solutions complement...
- + Asset Manager Amundi Acquires Aixigo in $157 Million Deal—Amundi Technology has agreed to acquire aixigo in a deal valued at $157 million. Amundi will leverage the acquisition to strengthen its role as a...
- + Google Pay Adds AfterPay and Klarna to BNPL Options—Google Pay is adding Afterpay and Klarna to its checkout flow, complementing its existing partnerships with Affirm and Zip. Adding more BNPL opti...
- + 5 Tales from the Crypto: Acquisitions, New Markets, New Rules, and New Tools—This week in 5 Tales from the Crypto we look at a pair of acquisitions, an expansion into a new market, new guidelines for crypto providers, and a...
- + Blackhawk Network Teams with Mastercard to Add Paper Prepaid Products—Blackhawk Network (BHN) is transitioning Mastercard’s open-loop prepaid products from plastic to paper-based materials, aligning with Mastercard...
- + Collabria Financial Services Taps Trulioo for Digital Identity Verification—Credit union credit card issuer Collabria Financial Services has teamed up with digital identity verification fintech Trulioo . The Canada-base...
- + Back to the Future with Global Payments Trends—Global payments have been gaining popularity in fintech over the past few months. There is increasing demand for faster, safer, and cheaper payment op...
- + Insurtech Qover Teams Up with Mastercard—Qover, an insurtech based in Brussels, Belgium, has partnered with Mastercard to provide return shipping cost protection when retailers do not offer f...
- + Revolut Earns U.K. Trading License from the FCA—Revolut has received FCA approval to offer U.K. and E.U.-listed stock and ETF trading. The new service is expected to roll out in 2025 for its ni...
- + Fintech Rundown: A Rapid Review of Weekly News—This week’s Fintech Rundown begins with a handful of stories about partnerships in wealth management and lending, as well as moves by banks ...
- + Visa Expands its Flexible Credential Card to the U.S.—Visa’s Flexible Credential card is now available in the U.S. and U.A.E., offering cardholders flexibility to pay from multiple account funding s...
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