Capitolis names Okan Pekin as new president
Capital markets fintech Capitolis has appointed former Citi securities head Okan Pekin as the company’s new president, effective immediately. In…
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Consumer lending platform Fibe raises $35m Series F
Consumer lending platform Fibe has raised $35 million in a Series F funding round led by the International Finance Corporation…
Guatemala’s Banco Industrial taps Thought Machine to power digital innovation unit Zigi
Guatemala’s largest bank, Banco Industrial, has selected UK-based banking tech vendor Thought Machine’s cloud-native Vault Core banking platform to power its new…
Capitec Acquires South African Fintech Walletdoc for $23.5 Million
Capitec, one of South Africa’s leading banking institutions, today confirmed the acquisition of fintech startup Walletdoc for ZAR 23.5 million…
Abu Dhabi launches fintech centre with focus on digital assets
Abu Dhabi has stepped up its efforts to establish itself as the digital assets centre for the Middle East with…
Garanti BBVA International upgrades to latest Temenos core banking system with Maveric Systems
Amsterdam-headquartered Garanti BBVA International (GBI) is working with technology solutions provider Maveric Systems to upgrade its Temenos core banking system. GBI is…
Robinhood expands Southeast Asian presence with two acquisitions in Indonesia
US-based trading and investment platform Robinhood is entering the Indonesian market after securing two new acquisition agreements with Indonesian brokerage PT Buana…
Worldline sells CoreOrchestration to Incore Invest for around €160m
Swedish investment firm Incore Invest has signed a deal to acquire CoreOrchestration AB from Worldline for approximately €160 million. The transaction is expected to…
ID verification firm Socure acquires BNPL consumer credit database Qlarifi
US-based digital identity verification and fraud prevention platform Socure has acquired Qlarifi, the buy now, pay later (BNPL) consumer credit database, for…
EQB to acquire PC Financial in $800m deal
EQB, the Toronto-headquartered parent company of EQ Bank, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire PC Financial from Canadian…
Currensea names Enrique Garland as new COO
Currensea, a UK-based paytech specialising in co-branded travel cards, has appointed Enrique Garland as its new chief operating officer (COO),…
Airwallex notches $8bn valuation with $330m Series G round
Singapore-headquartered payments platform Airwallex has raised $330 million in a Series G funding round led by New York VC firm Addition at…
Shawbrook expands SME financing offering with Playter acquisition
UK challenger bank Shawbrook has acquired business-to-business (B2B) finance platform Playter. The financial terms of the acquisition have not been disclosed.…
FinTech Wales Launches Annual Report and Announces Wales’ First Fintech Festival
FinTech Wales, the independent membership association for the fintech and financial services industry in Wales, has published its Fintech in…
LSEG and OpenAI partner to power secure financial AI access
LSEG has announced a new partnership with OpenAI to expand access to licensed market data through AI-powered financial tools. The pair…
Insurers accelerate AI rollout as OpenAI demand surges
OpenAI reported a surge in demand from the insurance and wider financial services industries, as major insurers and financial institutions accelerate…
Revolut Business unveils Titan ultra-premium card
Revolut Business, the global financial platform for companies serving hundreds of thousands of customers, has opened the waitlist for Titan, its…
AccessPay promotes Ian Clarke to CTO
Former Sage executive Ian Clarke has been appointed as chief technology officer (CTO) at bank integration and payment automation provider AccessPay,…
Conquest Planning promotes CRO Brad Joudrie to CEO
Canadian financial planning software company Conquest Planning has promoted its chief revenue officer (CRO), Brad Joudrie, as CEO, effective 1 January…
Stripe to acquire billing platform Metronome
US fintech giant Stripe has agreed to acquire Metronome, a billing start-up founded by former Dropbox engineering director Scott Woody…