At the heart of Africa’s fintech evolution: Exness opens new Cape Town regional hub
Exness (www.Exness.com), one of the world’s largest multi-asset brokers, has officially opened its new office in Cape Town, marking a…
SimCorp appoints Iyan Adewuya in newly created CPO role
Investment management software provider SimCorp has appointed Iyan Adewuya in the newly created role of chief product officer (CPO), effective…
Fifth Third partners with Brex to power its commercial card offering
Fifth Third Bank has inked a deal with US fintech Brex to power its new corporate card offering. The deal…
NatWest sells Cushon unit to WTW
US insurance broker WTW has agreed a deal to acquire Cushon, a workplace pensions, savings, and financial wellbeing provider currently…
Zilch secures payments services licence from UK FCA
UK-based consumer payments unicorn Zilch has secured a new payments services licence from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). In a…
Open Banking fintech Noda partners with Pats.lv to enable Pay by Bank
Noda, a global Open Banking platform providing technologies to power efficient payments and financial automation for online businesses, has partnered…
Kennel Connection Combines FinTech and Philanthropy with Giving Tuesday Donation to Frankie’s Friends
Kennel Connection, a leading family-owned software provider for pet care professionals, and its parent company, 100GROUP, are proud to celebrate…
Capitec Bank agrees $23.5m Walletdoc acquisition
Capitec Bank in South Africa has entered into a binding agreement to acquire Walletdoc for up to ZAR 400 million…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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…