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Swiss BNPL startup HeidiPay has closed a new funding round led by Italian banking group Mediobanca’s consumer credit arm Compass. The amount, which comprised equity and debt financing, was not disclosed.
The funding builds on the companies’ existing...
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Apple has partnered with Goldman Sachs to provide Apple Card users with a savings account where they will be able to automatically deposit their Daily Cash cashback rewards.
Apple Card users will be able to set up, manage and monitor their savings ac...
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French banking group BNP Paribas announced plans to acquire UK currency risk management company Kantox, building on the companies’ existing partnership which started in 2019.
Kantox’s software solution helps companies automate their entire foreign ex...
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After timid growth in 2020, marketplace lending in Switzerland witnessed a strong upturn last year, with total volume rising 20% between 2020 and 2021.
That uptick was driven mostly by improved crowdlending loan volumes, notably in real estate and sm...
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1 year ago
The Fintech industry in Latvia has enormous opportunities lying ahead – this was one of the insights at a recent forum held by the Financial and Capital Markets Commission (FCMC) and the Investment and Development Agency of Latvia (LIAA), with LPB Ba...
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1 year ago
SDX Web3, the newly launched business unit from SIX Digital Exchange, is now live with its institutional custody service for crypto assets.
The SDX Web3 Custody service includes key storage, transfer execution and monitoring with banking-grade compli...
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Crypto.com announced plans to invest €150 million in France to support the establishment of its market operations and regional headquarters in Paris.
The announcement comes shortly after the cryptocurrency platform was cleared to operate in France as...
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Reuters Events will be hosting their event The Future of Insurance Europe 2022 in Amsterdam from 18th-19th October 2022. The fully-in person event will connect more than 40 Insurance professionals and 350+ industry representatives to investigate how...
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The European Union’s (EU) Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee voted 28 to 1 in favour of the Markets in Crypto Assets regulation (MiCA), a uniform legal framework for crypto-assets in the EU.
Under the MiCA, entities issuing and trading crypto-as...
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1 year ago
Digital private bank Alpian has launched its mobile-first digital service which combines everyday and private banking services for the mass affluent client segment.
The service aims to differentiate itself by providing clients access to personalised...
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Swiss digital payments company Netcetera’s ToPay Mobile Wallet and Click to Pay solutions won the platinum and gold awards respectively at the Juniper Research’s Future Digital Awards 2022.
The ToPay Mobile Wallet is a solution for issuing, using and...
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1 year ago
Deutsche Börse’s digital post-trade platform D7, facilitated by service provider Clearstream’s infrastructure, has executed the first digital securities issuance in Germany.
The first automated issuances on the D7 platform were performed by universal...
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1 year ago
French payments company Worldline has been selected as a payments provider to the Lufthansa Group, the aviation group which operates Germany’s flag carrier.
The partnership will give the Lufthansa Group the possibility to onboard a selection of World...
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1 year ago
Paris-based social trading app Shares has brought on tennis legends Venus and Serena Williams as investors and its first ambassadors.
The news follows the company’s US$40 million Series B round in July led by Peter Thiel’s Valar Ventures.
Shares comb...
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London-based embedded finance platform Railsr, formerly known as Railsbank, has closed a US$46 million Series C led by Anthos Capital.
The round comprised US$26 million equity, as well as US$20 million debt from Mars Capital. Existing investors Ventu...