03/01/2022
Turkish fintech seeks Qatari investment
The financial technology sector in Turkey has grown significantly, and is looking to Qatar for further expansion.
Innovation & Startups
03/01/2022
Barclaycard to launch two new credit cards
The Barclaycard Avios and Avios Plus cards are available to new and existing Barclaycard customers.
03/01/2022
Danske Bank tests quantum communication for data transfer
This means it can be used in the bank’s network, offering a path for future data security and the race against cyber criminals, says a statement.
03/01/2022
Secret JPMorgan Division Developing Startup Investment Platform
Other services could include assisting companies with selling shares in tender offers, extending loans on private stakes
02/28/2022
TISE launches new trading system, NOVA, with first auctions
The auction model is designed to benefit market participants through the concentration of liquidity into specific events.
02/24/2022
SigFig Branches Out, Defends Its Technology After UBS-Wealthfront Deal
SigFig CEO and co-founder Mike Sha said longtime partner and investor UBS needs his firm, even as it moves forward with the acquisition of rival robo Wealthfront.
02/24/2022
Finary wants to reimagine private banking
Finary wants to build a private bank from scratch with a different set of founding principles.
02/24/2022
Pensions platform Guiide considers institutional funding
Primarily the new funding will be used to develop Guiide+, an extension to its free online pension modelling tools.
02/24/2022
ING Labs spinout raises $16m for AI-powered search engine software
New Enterprise Associates and Cortical Ventures co-led the Series A round for SeMI
02/24/2022
GB Bank chooses TruNarrative for customer onboarding and transactional risk
The TruNarrative platform enables banking, lending, ecommerce and payments firms to safely onboard customers, detect fraud and identify risk via a single API.
02/24/2022
Canada Life UK Goes Live with Temenos Multifonds
The assurance and pensions firm will administer more than £40 billion of assets on the Temenos fund accounting platform
02/24/2022
Iress to expand its footprint to new Euronext colocation site in Bergamo, Italy
The new data centre is anticipated to be online and connected to the company’s network of 19 other data centres in the coming weeks.
02/24/2022
DD|hub launches free platform due diligence service
It also contains research questions looking at details of the proposition, pricing, features and options, online services, and adviser support.
02/23/2022
Hargreaves Lansdown is waking up to fintech’s digital disruption
The UK’s largest direct to consumer investment house can still thrive in the digital era but budding competition from once scrappy startups is now a real threat to its business.
02/23/2022
Egypt HR tech start-up SAmAS Gamify raises $125,000 in pre-seed round
Firm looks to raise $1mln to drive expansion into GCC
02/23/2022
Finastra partners with DataGear to help corporate banks in Egypt optimize core processes
Reseller agreement will enable DataGear customers to automate corporate banking operations, reduce costs and seize new opportunities for growth
02/23/2022
Fintech momentum is growing in Cyprus, but challenges must be resolved
It is abundantly clear that regulatory progress can spark economic growth in Cyprus
02/22/2022
Scottish fintech Guiide raises investment
These licences have provided Guiide with its first significant revenue.
02/22/2022
Fintech M-DAQ to Acquire Wallex
M-DAQ plans the Wallex deal as the first in a series of acquisitions in a global growth plan to expand its downstream reach, the release said.
02/22/2022
Inside $1bn insurtech unicorn Zego: "We have no plans to slow down"
Zego, founded in London in 2016, hit a $1bn value last year, the first UK insurtech to reach Unicorn status, and is now targeting the European market.