Sage hits $1 million fundraising for grassroots charities around the world
Celebrating the achievement at the Sage Reading Half Marathon, CEO Steve Hare announced plans to double the target...
Category : Finance
EBA Clearing’s RT1 expands presence in Germany
The real-time payments system RT1 has welcomed three additional major German payment market players—Deutsche Bank, DZ BANK and Commerzbank—since November 2018...
Creditinfo Group expands Middle Eastern presence with new regional office
Following a recent strategic partnership with the Central Bank of Oman and the creation of the Oman Credit Bureau, Creditinfo continues its commitment to increasing financial inclusion, through further investment into the Middle East to support the national economy...
Adyen launches new payment method powered by open banking
Payments powered by open banking also offer real-time credit transfers, guaranteeing the payment and enabling merchants to ship the product immediately—something that was previously impossible with traditional direct debits...
iwoca raises £150mn in equity and debt capital
iwoca’s most recent fundraising included a Series D equity round led by Augmentum Fintech, the specialist fintech venture capital investor...
Thunes joins forces with Singtel and UNCDF to accelerate financial inclusion in Myanmar
Through this partnership, Thunes is connecting the Singtel Dash mobile wallet to various payout partners across Myanmar, and will be responsible for processing remittance transactions to Myanmar through Dash...
Only 38% of VC investors use data to grasp investment opportunities
PitchBook, the premier data provider for private and public equity markets released the findings of its first annual Venture Capital Data Usage Survey for the sake of investors...
The First Norwegian Bank selected to demo at Finovate
Monobank, a cloud-based bank focused on consumer finance in the Nordics, showcased its new white label credit card app Mono Pay for Europe's finance and fintech industry in London...
SMEs which receive EU funding significantly outperform those that don’t
SMEs which receive EU-guaranteed loans significantly outperform those that don’t, in areas including asset, sales and productivity growth, says research from emlyon business school and Politecnico di Milano School of Management...
Investors prefer ‘disruptive’ startups—but provide them with less funding
Entrepreneurs pitching ‘disruptive’ start-ups are 22% more likely to get funding, but receive 24% less investment than less risky ventures, according to new research from Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University...