Central Bank of Barbados taps Montran to design and implement its national instant payments system
The Central Bank of Barbados (CBB) has selected Montran, a New York-based financial services provider, to design, supply, install, and support the…
Year: 2025
Founder Ben Milne departs Dwolla after 17-year tenure
Ben Milne has concluded his 17-year journey with Dwolla, the account-to-account payments platform he founded in 2008, announcing in a…
CARE 2025: Shaping the Future of Climate Action & Renewable Energy
The world is at a turning point. As climate change accelerates and the demand for renewable energy grows, there has…
Payment Labs secures $3.25m to streamline global payments
Payment Labs, a global FinTech startup specialising in complex payment solutions, has successfully closed a $3.25m seed funding round. The…
Fiinu acquires Everfex before Plugin Overdraft® debut
Fiinu, the London-listed FinTech firm behind the Plugin Overdraft® platform, has finalised the £8m acquisition of European foreign exchange brokerage…
Amwal Capital backs Maalexi with $20m facility
Maalexi, a next-generation B2B food and agri FinTech platform, has secured a shariah-compliant credit facility worth up to $20m from…
Visa reportedly closes US open banking operations
Visa has reportedly shuttered its US open banking unit, according to a report by Bloomberg, which cites unnamed sources familiar with the…
Carlyle buys Intelliflo from Invesco in $200m acquisition deal
Carlyle, a global investment firm with $465 billion of assets under management, has agreed to acquire London-headquartered Intelliflo and its…
Thread Bank taps Fiserv for Finxact core
Thread Bank in Tennessee, US, has partnered with fintech giant Fiserv to implement the Finxact core banking platform as part of…
Workday integrates Chime financial wellness suite
HR software firm Workday has partnered with US fintech Chime for enhanced financial wellness tools. Under the terms of the agreement, Workday will integrate…
Bunq hit with €2.6m fine by Dutch central bank
Dutch neobank Bunq has been fined €2.6 million by De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) for alleged “serious deficiencies in its anti-money laundering (AML) controls during…
Pintarnya to expand financial services with $16.7m Series A
Indonesia-based start-up Pintarnya has secured $16.7 million in a Series A funding round, led by Australian venture capital firm Square…
CFPB files complaint and proposed stipulated final judgment and order against Synapse
The US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has filed a complaint and proposed stipulated final judgment and order against Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) provider Synapse…
Why FinTechs See Credit Unions as Their Next Big Growth Market
The financial services map is being redrawn, and credit unions are at the center. As FinTechs distance themselves from big…
Fintech startup Kiwi raises $24 Mn in Series B round led by Vertex Ventures
Fintech startup Kiwi has raised $24 million (Rs 208 crore) in its Series B round led by Vertex Ventures Southeast…
Grasshopper partners Narmi for MCP server integration
Grasshopper Bank has launched a new Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for business clients in partnership with Narmi, a digital banking technology…
Türkiye’s Moka United selects Algbra Labs to power UK market entry of digital banking brand RUUT
Moka United, the fintech subsidiary of Türkiye’s largest private bank, İşbank, has teamed up with UK-based Algbra Labs to introduce its digital…
Simon Taylor outlines trends in fintech and banking transformations
Simon Taylor, a well-regarded fintech expert, presents the latest developments in the financial technology sector in his recent update, ‘Fintech…
Coop Norge in core banking upgrade with Mambu and Knowit
Oslo-headquartered financial cooperative Coop Norge has partnered with Mambu and Knowit to implement a new core banking solution to manage…
Circle acquires Malachite engine for Arc blockchain
US-based stablecoin fintech Circle Internet Group has acquired the Malachite consensus engine of Informal Systems to help build out its new Layer-1…