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Twitter doesn’t exist anymore. As shown by a court filing, the company was merged with X Corp. The company, owned by Elon Musk, adds another piece ...

Despite the recent downturns that hit the digital assets market, Paul Chan Mo-po – Hong Kong’s Financial Secretary – said he’s optimistic about the...

ChatGPT has a Chinese rival. Tongyi Qianwen is the AI model created by Alibaba. The name of the chatbot can be translated as “seeking the truth fro...

Frank, the fintech app created in 2017 by Charlie Javice, is facing serious troubles. The founder of the application, created to help students appl...

After the very short administration of Liz Truss, Rishi Sunak is now the Prime Minister of the UK. The unrealized tax cuts he inherits have just wo...

Fintech skills are in great demand, as well as companies able to find innovative solutions. This is the goal behind the FinTech Innovation Lab New ...

Especially during an economic crisis, business is the real game-changer. Of course, businesses also need help to cope with economic difficulties – ...

Vice President of Ghana, Mahamudu Bawumia, addressed the economic crisis suffered by Ghana during a speech delivered at the FinTech Festival in Acc...

According to the J.D Power 2022 Canada Small Business Banking Satisfaction Study, 6 out of 10 small businesses in Canada are considered financially...

The African fintech space thrives, and the 2022 edition of the Ecobank Fintech Challenge has recently rewarded a fintech company, Touch and Pay, wi...

The FTX collapse has legal consequences for its founder, Sam Bankman-Fried. The young entrepreneur is known not only for FTX, but also for being a ...

BlockFi, the cryptocurrency lender mainly focused on small businesses, finally filed for bankruptcy in the US on Monday, following the fall of FTX.

African fintech thrives, and it's improving the quality of life and allowing for impressive innovation in the continent. Orda, the African cloud op...

Even if the UK has been considered, for a long time, the best place to build a fintech - especially a global fintech, now the best place may be the...

Despite the fact that fintech is going through tough times, some fintech firms still manage to succeed and raise their valuations. One of these suc...

Another report, published by Market.us, confirms the success of artificial intelligence: according to the report, AI in the fintech sector alone sh...

Despite the open letter, it might be that the market doesn’t want the development of artificial intelligence to stop. The controversy is not only b...

The fintech Tellus made headlines many times because of the promises of high interest rates on customers’ funds. But the company used a specific s...

It’s no secret that the US is using the hard line with the digital asset market. One of the consequences is that developers are leaving the nationa...

Artificial intelligence seems to play a pivotal role also in the disputes between the United States and China. According to the investment firm Wed...

Startups focused on limiting the effects of climate change are attracting more investors. African fintechs make no exception, and among them the mo...

As Warren Buffett suggested to shareholders in the 80s, during a period of high inflation, the best businesses to buy have rapid growth as one of t...

Blockchain without cryptocurrencies: it's possible, but only with certain blockchains – and many businesses are using them. Since blockchain and...

Another report, published by Market.us, confirms the success of artificial intelligence: according to the report, AI in the fintech sector alone sh...

Despite the open letter, it might be that the market doesn’t want the development of artificial intelligence to stop. The controversy is not only b...

The tech giant Google is planning to add AI – Artificial Intelligence – to its business model. As reported by the New York Times, the company is wo...

In the meantime in Europe, investors and business owners are concerned about the new proposed law to regulate generative AI. The AI Act is only a d...

OpenAI and ChatGPT are also revolutionizing the fintech space. Fintech companies can use the AI chatbot especially to improve consumers’ experience...

The African fintech Kredete launched its AI-based lending platform on April 16th, during an event held in Victoria Island. The new platform will al...

According to the Global Startup Ecosystem Report: Fintech Edition shared by Startup Genome, the top five fintech ecosystems in 2021 are Singapore, ...

Another successful fintech company is the London-based Toqio. The company, which offers a software-as-a-service (SaaS) model that allows its custom...

Alibaba Cloud partners with the Avalanche blockchain to launch its Node-as-a-Service initiative. Avalanche users will be able to use the Alibaba Cl...

According to Jonathan Krane (KraneShares), the Chinese government won't introduce new regulations for the tech sector. Regulations introduced so fa...

Italy joins the European countries that are cashing in on crypto trading profits. This move comes after the choice of many crypto-related businesse...

According to data shared by Dealroom, London is one of the top countries to attract fintech investments. Since the beginning of 2022, the city has ...

Even if African fintech is still a young sector, it proved to be successful in terms of investments. For 2023, the BDO Fintech In Africa report ide...

Fintech plays a major role in financial inclusivity not only by providing the tools to allow people to have easier access to financial services, bu...

Peter Thiel's Valar Ventures, which has already invested in top companies like Qonto, Bitpanda, N26, is one of the top investors behind TreeCard. F...

Top tech companies, among which we find Amazon, Apple, Meta, Lyft, Stripe, and Twitter, stopped hiring or announced huge layoffs. This is the resul...

Fintech in Latin America and Africa is a thriving sector: the need to solve the issues of unbanked people made startups and established companies o...

OpenAI, the nonprofit organization founded by Sam Altman and Elon Musk then became a for-profit company, launched a new program – called Converge –...

Chime, the popular fintech firm, is now among the fintech companies that needed to announce layoffs. The neobank has to cut 12% of Chime’s staff t...

The government tasked the Bank of Canada with supervising fintech and paytech firms that provide businesses with innovative payment methods. This t...

The 2022 edition of the Singapore FinTech Festival was the occasion for institutions and fintech firms to launch new fintech products and services,...

While tech giants increasingly invest in AI, there are also increasing concerns about how far it can go. One of the last interviews to Elon Musk do...

In the meantime in the UK, the attempts to become a fintech hub still don’t produce the expected results. The Deputy Chairman of the Policy Committ...

With the surge of tech layoffs, there’s also a surge in opportunities for fintech companies and startups: they can now find tech talents, and choos...

The European Payment Initiative (EPI), acquired Currence Ideal and Payconiq, but it now has to lower its ambitions. Born with the intention to allo...

Artificial intelligence, along with blockchain, was included in our list of the fintech trends for 2023. Discover how different technologies have a...

In the meantime in Hong Kong, monetary authorities go on with their plan to create a regulatory framework that can help crypto firms to be fully co...

Owners Bank, the digital bank designed to offer small businesses the same financial opportunities offered by big banks to big companies, announced ...

New fintech companies arise to meet the needs of Muslims that want to be a part of the fintech boom experienced by Southeast Asia. These fintechs f...

Good news for Twitter creators. Elon Musk’s plan to turn Twitter into an “Everything” and user-centric app took a step forward. Musk announced the...

Amidst all the difficulties CeFi had to cope with in 2022, we talked about the top CeFi lawsuits under a 2023 perspective – read the complete artic...

Artificial intelligence seems to play a pivotal role also in the disputes between the United States and China. According to the investment firm Wed...

The big Chinese e-commerce, JD.COm, wants to win Beijing’s approval for its fintech arm. Even if the regulatory measures of the Chinese government...

2022 marks the 10ht anniversary of fintech, and despite the impressive rise of this industry, fintech companies and startups should prepare for the...

Fintech meets healthcare with the launch of the fintech platform offered by Nomi Health. The healthcare company, already focused on making healthca...

Once again, fintech is able to solve common issues that might not be properly addressed by more traditional businesses. One of these problems is ho...

Integrated Finance, the fintech infrastructure provider, launched its Fintech Foundation. Thanks to this incubator, emerging fintech realities can ...

In 2022, over 150,000 workers lost their jobs, especially in fintech sectors, because of the layoffs of big fintech companies. What about all those...

Despite the challenging times, there’s no doubt that fintech is one of the thriving industries, and it spans across multiple sectors. Turkey organi...

Japan is not only reconsidering its regulations regarding cryptocurrencies, but also expanding its investments in the fintech sector. The Indonesia...

Smartpay, the Japanese fintech company founded by seasoned fintech professionals with previous experiences in companies like Facebook and Stripe, l...

Predictions seem to already prove their reliability. The focus on decentralization, the will of giving people control over their data and the need ...

At the end of 2021, fintech entrepreneurs and experts predicted that blockchain would be a useful technology to find innovative solutions within th...

Asia, as well as the rest of the world, witnessed ups and downs for what concerns fintech. But financial technology is still one of the main driver...

Bubbles and layoffs made regulators focus more on the fintech market. All the fintech companies involved in scandals and problems also made critics...

Predictions for 2022 saw fintech as the top player in financial inclusion. To reach this goal and, at the same time, comply with stricter regulatio...

To face another top issue of fintech, frauds, fintech firms are finding new solutions to avoid them and help customers to operate in a safer enviro...

Economists surveyed during the World Economic Forum (WEF - Davos) all predict a recession this year. Among the many dramatic events that occurred d...

The stocks of Wise, one of the most popular fintech companies, are down again, as shown by the reports produced at the end of 2022. Investors are f...

Revolut, after the criticisms that hit the company, is assembling a new team of professionals to track the behavior of the entire staff. In fact, s...

Despite ESG – environmental, social and governance – being a new trend in investments, not everyone agrees. Many concerns are not related to ESG it...

As mentioned, not only consumers but also investors care about ESG and want the businesses and institutions they cooperate with to follow ESG best ...

Fintech plays a major role in the achievement of ESG-related goals. Singapore keeps this in mind, and one of the most significant speeches delivere...

In fact, the MAS has developed an ESG Impact Hub, where ESG fintech startups can meet investors and financial institutions, to create an ESG-friend...

India is another country where ESG and sustainable finance are taken into high consideration: a panel of the IFSCA – International Financial Servic...

Sam Bankman-Fried was arrested on Monday in the Bahamas, and it's likely he will be extradited. The founder of FTX and protagonist of the FTX scand...

CoinDesk, owned by Digital Currency Group - the same group that owns Grayscale Bitcoin Trust - reports that the largest bitcoin fund hit a record-h...

Grayscale Bitcoin Trust is currently selling off faster than Bitcoin - the cryptocurrency that the fund owns. Even if this is generating for the fu...

In these messy times, banks and fintech companies are cooperating more to reach financial results for their clients. This decision might be a direc...

The Fed may rise interest rates once again to face inflation. During the next FOMC (Federal Open Market Committee), the Fed could announce rates be...

Walmart has always been interested in fintech, and now it's backing a fintech startup called One. The startup is aimed at creating tailor-made BNPL...

Economists surveyed during the World Economic Forum (WEF - Davos) all predict a recession this year. Among the many dramatic events that occurred d...

The stocks of Wise, one of the most popular fintech companies, are down again, as shown by the reports produced at the end of 2022. Investors are f...

Revolut, after the criticisms that hit the company, is assembling a new team of professionals to track the behavior of the entire staff. In fact, s...

Alternative payment methods create competition between banks and fintech businesses focused on favoring people to use both debit and credit cards a...

ESG and global warming are two of the most discussed topics today, and for sure, fintech firms and the modern economy in general need to work to so...

The Porsche NFT collection hasn’t met expectations. After the launch, the price of the non-fungible tokens produced by the German carmaker fell bel...

Fintech and fintech businesses, driven by the intention to solve global issues and to be inclusive, focus on topics like ESG. For what concerns the...

The fintech firm Stripe signed a deal with Amazon to become a strategic payment partner of the giant founded by Jeff Bezos. The result of this deal...

ESG investing constantly increases, and 2022 proved to be a successful year for this type of investments. In fact, climate fintech companies reache...

Home automation is one of the trends of these years, and fintech meets IoT to deliver products that improve automation and make life a little easier.

The fintech startup Wahed, which is backed by the popular player Paul Pogba and the oil giant Saudi Aramco, launches a new bank branch in London to...

The seed investment round of Coverdash, an insurtech startup focused on providing insurance to businesses of all sizes, was so successful to be ove...

Power Finance, the 2-year old New York-based fintech firm, has been acquired by Marqeta – and this represents the first acquisition for the company...

Elon Musk’s Twitter is going to allow payments directly on the social media platform. In fact, the company began to apply for the required licenses...

ChatGPT has been making headlines since it was created in November 2022. The artificial intelligence model is able to write creatively, answer ques...

Kate Moody and Benjamin Ensor discuss the more relevant fintech news with professionals – the digital bank Vexi case, the financial inequality that...

ChatGPT, the AI product created by OpenAI and backed by Microsoft, continues to make headlines, but there might be a strong competitor around the c...

The growth of the fintech industry is led also by crypto and blockchain companies. The non-profit organization Mena Fintech Association is partneri...

BaaS – Banking-as-a-Service – has benefited from the fintech investment boom, but it’s now facing some challenges: not only the increasing competit...

It’s no mystery that the UK wants to become a leading country in the fintech space. To further favour financial innovation, the UK is launching a n...

CRED, the Indian fintech company, is launching a BNPL – Buy Now, Pay Later – service. This will help the company to expand its services and offer m...

Integrating blockchain technology with your business model needs careful planning, and this is a move that can allow your business to face competit...

As businesses of any size can integrate blockchain technology, fintech startups can use DLT to stay ahead of competition, attract more investments,...

Stripe, the popular internet payment processor, found a solution to solve the main problem faced by many Web3 companies. The “cold start problem” ...

BharatPe, the Indian fintech that facilitates payments and money lending for merchants, has already received $650 million in funding rounds. Dhanra...

Even the most successful fintech companies are going ahead with layoffs – and it’s really likely that we will witness new layoffs in the near futur...

Valentina Drofa, founder of the fintech PR consultancy Drofa Comms, reflects on the current state of fintech: fintech startups, in Q3 2022, raised ...

The German fintech Mondu announces MonduSell. This fintech firm, focused on B2B payments, will now focus also on B2C payments. Some of the strength...

The digital investment platform Stackwell is focused on eliminating the racial wealth gap. The company announced its Redefining Black Wealth, aimed...

On Monday, Karine Jean-Pierre, the White House press secretary, said that the Biden administration is comparing the situations of the different cry...

Benjamin Henson, host of the Fintech Insider podcast, invited Lena Hackeloer, Mary Agbesanwa and Ruth Foxe Blader to his recent podcast episode to ...

John Ray III, new CEO of FTX who is also leading the FTX debtors, spoke during a House Financial Services Committee, accusing Grayscale. The sister...

The fintech firm Griffin is now transitioning from fintech startup to bank. The London-based fintech is officially on the Financial Conduct Authori...

Fintech layoffs don’t stop. Banking technology company Amount cut off 25% of its workers, about 130 people. These cuts are the second round of layo...

In just a couple of months, the fintech application GloriFi winds down. The startup wanted to celebrate conservative values for conservative custom...

FTX, the crypto exchange that is making headlines, chose Bahamas as the country for its headquarters over one ago. The country wants to attract cry...

FTX collapse seems to affect other crypto companies like Coinbase. The shares of the popular centralized crypto exchange tumble – despite its CEO, ...

But the most affected by the collapse of FTX are, of course, its customers. The bankruptcy of the exchange is one of the largest ever seen in the c...

What about companies that actually had exposure to FTX? BlockFi is one of them, and the popular crypto company is preparing for bankruptcy. Genesis...

Patrick Jenkins asks an interesting question, we’re paraphrasing: why top players in the payments industry are still not facing their Kodak moment?...

Alloy and Gartner Peer Insights released a report that is the result of a survey of 100 fintech personalities. The report shows that the main conce...

Despite these messy times for the global economy, crypto investors and fintechs, there are some cases more successful than others – despite what th...

In the meantime, the Hong Kong based fintech firm Quantifeed, backed by HSBC, has acquired Alpima, the UK based SaaS company, to offer new services...

According to American Banker, 20% of users abandon opening a new account or a transaction because it was taking too long. Fintech firms address thi...

Fintech Insider asks an interesting question: what's the role of engineers in financial services? And what's their role in a constantly changing ma...

Elon Musk is still making headlines for how he manages Twitter. A recent poll showed that most users don't want him to manage the company, and also...

The Chinese fintech market is transforming how money is managed and fintech is perceived around the world. Moreover, the power of the market of thi...

InsurTech Superscript has completed a £45 million series B funding round, which will be used to develop Superscript’s underwriting and broking capa...

Salesforce announced that it’s slashing off 10% of the staff. At the same time, Amazon announced layoffs after the massive over-hiring activity due...

Financial and tech stocks underperformed in 2022, maybe because of the many occasions for growth offered by the pandemic. The fintech sector was a...

Tap, the crypto trading app founded by 29-year old Arsen Torosian, allows users to trade currencies and use them also for purchases thanks to the p...

In the past few years, fintech has dominated startups in India. Since then, India has taken giant steps in fintech. 2023, we will see the rise of r...

Also the fintech giant PayPal halted its projects related to cryptos. After all the actions taken by regulators, the fintech company stopped its pr...

The fintech space thrives and expands, especially in emerging markets, even if the blockchain sector is in trouble. InsurTech is making headlines: ...

TechCrunch analyzes the fintech failures of the last 10 years: some ideas didn’t go mainstream, some just picked the wrong time.

In the US, Fidelity National Information Services, which acquired Worldpay in 2019, announced the spin off of the payment business. The fintech gro...

Fintech constantly grows: users prefer fintech companies because, as it emerged from a The Harris Poll’s survey, they help to save money, time and ...

In the meantime in Hong Kong, the centralized exchange LBank is ready for new listings: on February 16, the platform will list Entropy (ENT) – whic...

Banking as a Service (BaaS) is a great occasion for companies that want to easily integrate banking services into their models.

On Monday, the long-announced launch of Aptos Labs’ blockchain happened. Even if the ecosystem is far from being complete, the project was realized...

The rising demand for solutions like those proposed by Aptos could not be a coincidence. Blockchain technology has the advantage of being flexible ...

Blockchain doesn’t necessarily have to be the technology behind new and innovative startups, but also a technology that can be integrated with alre...

On Monday, Karine Jean-Pierre, the White House press secretary, said that the Biden administration is comparing the situations of the different cry...

Benjamin Henson, host of the Fintech Insider podcast, invited Lena Hackeloer, Mary Agbesanwa and Ruth Foxe Blader to his recent podcast episode to ...

John Ray III, new CEO of FTX who is also leading the FTX debtors, spoke during a House Financial Services Committee, accusing Grayscale. The sister...

The fintech firm Griffin is now transitioning from fintech startup to bank. The London-based fintech is officially on the Financial Conduct Authori...

Fintech layoffs don’t stop. Banking technology company Amount cut off 25% of its workers, about 130 people. These cuts are the second round of layo...

Banking as a Service (BaaS) is a great occasion for companies that want to easily integrate banking services into their models.

On Monday, Karine Jean-Pierre, the White House press secretary, said that the Biden administration is comparing the situations of the different cry...

Benjamin Henson, host of the Fintech Insider podcast, invited Lena Hackeloer, Mary Agbesanwa and Ruth Foxe Blader to his recent podcast episode to ...

John Ray III, new CEO of FTX who is also leading the FTX debtors, spoke during a House Financial Services Committee, accusing Grayscale. The sister...

The fintech firm Griffin is now transitioning from fintech startup to bank. The London-based fintech is officially on the Financial Conduct Authori...

Fintech layoffs don’t stop. Banking technology company Amount cut off 25% of its workers, about 130 people. These cuts are the second round of layo...

Banking as a Service (BaaS) is a great occasion for companies that want to easily integrate banking services into their models.

Stripe, the popular internet payment processor, found a solution to solve the main problem faced by many Web3 companies. The “cold start problem” ...

The tech community in the UK, one of the most exciting environments for fintech development, is worried about the troubled political times witnesse...

But the fintech space is also concerned about global issues like climate change. This is an issue that in California is made even tougher by the me...

While inflation rises prices, people struggle with debts – also credit card debts. The fintech company Nickels works with financial institutions to...

The fintech company Marqeta is launching its banking-as-a-service platform that will allow its partner banking institutions to offer more financial...

Also the fintech pioneer Bill Harris wants to focus on people’s financial health. The entrepreneur is launching Nirvana Money, a credit card produc...

The bank of Silicon Valley has come to an end this week and it shocked everyone, even the most experienced and the most expert people in finance. F...

Chinese enterprises said that the sudden collapse of the Silicon Valley Bank had a limited impact on them, but they should be aware of the risks of...

The MENA WadzPay president, Khaled Moharem, an expert in the financial sector also thanks to his previous work with SWIFT, has been implementing di...

Regulators are having some trouble in finding a buyer for the firm over the weekend, after their try in auctioning the Silicon Valley Bank. But acc...

A complete definition of FinTech is the starting point to understand what is happening in the industry, why fintech is disruptive, where regulators...

In the meantime, China is facing deflationary pressure. The consumer price index increased by 0.1%, the lowest level in 2 years. China’s people are...

Ethiopia has so far been dominated by Ethio Telecom, a state-owned telecommunication company. For the first time, the National Bank issued a mobil...

The summit of the leaders of BRICS countries will be extremely interesting in 2023. Hosted in Johannesburg on August 22, the summit will be dominat...

The centralized financial space has recently shown many weaknesses. In this article, FinTech Weekly analyzes the top CeFi lawsuits.

In the meantime, China is facing deflationary pressure. The consumer price index increased by 0.1%, the lowest level in 2 years. China’s people are...

Ethiopia has so far been dominated by Ethio Telecom, a state-owned telecommunication company. For the first time, the National Bank issued a mobil...

The summit of the leaders of BRICS countries will be extremely interesting in 2023. Hosted in Johannesburg on August 22, the summit will be dominat...

The centralized financial space has recently shown many weaknesses. In this article, FinTech Weekly analyzes the top CeFi lawsuits.

Artificial intelligence seems to play a pivotal role also in the disputes between the United States and China. According to the investment firm Wed...

Existing banking ecosystems can't keep up with the growth of cryptocurrencies. This might be the reason behind the last successful funding round of...

But fintech, as we often said, is resilient, and fintech companies continue to look for innovative solutions despite regulatory and financial issue...

San Francisco is for sure one of the US cities that most rely on tech. And investment in artificial intelligence and generative tech are an importa...

Also, Elon Musk, one of the top personalities in the tech and AI spaces, talked about the currency banking situation. Following the tweet of the fi...

Artificial intelligence can have a huge impact also in emerging markets. As Nigel Green, CEO of deVere Group, highlighted, AI has the capability to...

But fintech, as we often said, is resilient, and fintech companies continue to look for innovative solutions despite regulatory and financial issue...

San Francisco is for sure one of the US cities that most rely on tech. And investment in artificial intelligence and generative tech are an importa...

Also, Elon Musk, one of the top personalities in the tech and AI spaces, talked about the currency banking situation. Following the tweet of the fi...

Artificial intelligence can have a huge impact also in emerging markets. As Nigel Green, CEO of deVere Group, highlighted, AI has the capability to...

Artificial intelligence seems to play a pivotal role also in the disputes between the United States and China. According to the investment firm Wed...

The Fed launches a new initiative, FedNow, that will allow instant payments. The initiative is aimed at favoring small businesses, banks and consum...

Aspire is one of the few fintechs that managed to increase their value despite the tough times that hit the industry. In this case, Aspire was able...

Benjamin Ensor and Amy Gavin are joined by fintech experts and professionals to discuss the latest fintech news - especially the decision of Britai...

Coinbase is another fintech company that has to deal with layoffs. But the new rounds of layoffs announced by the fintech see involved many profess...

The NBA and the Chinese fintech company Ant Group, entered a partnership that will allow the two to cooperate to create video content, digital coll...

After Jeremy Hunt praised Revolut as a top fintech, which should be part of his vision of the UK as the "next Silicon Valley", questions arise abou...

Despite the drop in funding witnessed in the last few years, the fintech sector in Africa is thriving. The continent managed to gather almost $1.5 ...

Banks and similar financial companies in India have almost stopped their relationships with fintech for what concerns lending products and services...

In the meantime, fintech companies continue focusing on people's needs, and Arnie is an example of this philosophy - its goal is the improvement of...

Artificial intelligence seems to play a pivotal role also in the disputes between the United States and China. According to the investment firm Wed...

Fintech is not just a trend: it created a model that is sufficiently agile to recover after crises and offer solutions that can cope with an increa...

Despite the economic downturn, some fintech companies found a way to become stable, different from many unicorns that couldn’t rise sustainably. Fo...

Jeremy Almond, CEO of the fintech company Paystand, injected a sense of optimism in crypto and fintech investors and businesses: despite these hard...

As fintech companies primarily offer payment services, keeping every transaction safe is important. This is even more urgent when you consider that...

The French banking company Qonto is expanding across Europe. The company announced that it’s planning to acquire the German Penta: the deal should ...

Moove is a mobility fintech company also able to underwrite loans to drivers. Its financial and mobility technology mix makes it the largest supply...

The US is about to publish the March Conference Board Consumer Confidence index – CB Consumer Confidence. A high index records positive sentiment o...

The billionaire Jack Ma plans to give up control of the Chinese fintech giant Ant. The decision comes after years of pressure from the Chinese gove...

In this episode of Hacking Insurance, the host of the podcast – Rodrigo Alfonso – is joined by Hilario Itriago (Boxx Insurance USA) and Pablo Tisco...

Lami Technologies, the Kenyan insurtech, has raised $3.7 million investments for its insurance products. Thanks to its digital insurance platform a...

While several businesses enter the NFT market and the Metaverse, it’s useful for business owners to understand how these innovative sectors can hel...

Miami has just announced a program that integrates the city with the Web 3.0 experience. 56 local artists will create an NFT collection of 5000 pie...

Dee Hock passed away in July 2022, and this article helps understand how his work and beliefs were able to set the ground for modern fintech. The f...

The billionaire Jack Ma plans to give up control of the Chinese fintech giant Ant. The decision comes after years of pressure from the Chinese gove...

In this episode of Hacking Insurance, the host of the podcast – Rodrigo Alfonso – is joined by Hilario Itriago (Boxx Insurance USA) and Pablo Tisco...

Lami Technologies, the Kenyan insurtech, has raised $3.7 million investments for its insurance products. Thanks to its digital insurance platform a...

While several businesses enter the NFT market and the Metaverse, it’s useful for business owners to understand how these innovative sectors can hel...

Miami has just announced a program that integrates the city with the Web 3.0 experience. 56 local artists will create an NFT collection of 5000 pie...

Dee Hock passed away in July 2022, and this article helps understand how his work and beliefs were able to set the ground for modern fintech. The f...

The billionaire Jack Ma plans to give up control of the Chinese fintech giant Ant. The decision comes after years of pressure from the Chinese gove...

As we anticipated in our FTW Weekend newsletter, it seems that fintech companies are the solution to the current crisis. The co-CEO and co-founder ...

In this episode of Hacking Insurance, the host of the podcast – Rodrigo Alfonso – is joined by Hilario Itriago (Boxx Insurance USA) and Pablo Tisco...

Lami Technologies, the Kenyan insurtech, has raised $3.7 million investments for its insurance products. Thanks to its digital insurance platform a...

While several businesses enter the NFT market and the Metaverse, it’s useful for business owners to understand how these innovative sectors can hel...

Miami has just announced a program that integrates the city with the Web 3.0 experience. 56 local artists will create an NFT collection of 5000 pie...

Dee Hock passed away in July 2022, and this article helps understand how his work and beliefs were able to set the ground for modern fintech. The f...

The billionaire Jack Ma plans to give up control of the Chinese fintech giant Ant. The decision comes after years of pressure from the Chinese gove...

In this episode of Hacking Insurance, the host of the podcast – Rodrigo Alfonso – is joined by Hilario Itriago (Boxx Insurance USA) and Pablo Tisco...

Lami Technologies, the Kenyan insurtech, has raised $3.7 million investments for its insurance products. Thanks to its digital insurance platform a...

While several businesses enter the NFT market and the Metaverse, it’s useful for business owners to understand how these innovative sectors can hel...

Miami has just announced a program that integrates the city with the Web 3.0 experience. 56 local artists will create an NFT collection of 5000 pie...

Dee Hock passed away in July 2022, and this article helps understand how his work and beliefs were able to set the ground for modern fintech. The f...

The reason behind the decision of Elon Musk to terminate the acquisition of Twitter seems to be that the company shared false data. The billionaire...

The fintech sector in Africa is thriving, and in Uganda, fintech companies manage to bring even rural communities into the fintech revolution.

In the meantime, according to a study shared by Deloitte, blockchain could take over 50% of the commercial real estate market. The irreversibility ...

Ukrainian fintech companies proved to be extremely resilient. With a tradition of valuable fintech products and firms, the industry didn’t stop wor...

The green economy is constantly developing: despite its concentration in specific countries – like the US and China, it’s expanding across differen...

The Middle East is home to 85 million unbanked people. Fintech companies and their simplified and innovative payment solutions, allow everyone to b...

Fintech Automation is now a part of Mastercard’s Engage network. The goal of this program is to make it easier for businesses to access fintech and...

The Australian insurtech company Coverhero launched a new API (Application Programming Interface) that could be launched in the US next year. The ...

Zoomers want flexibility at work. They don’t prioritize money, but a hybrid working environment, benefits and mental health. That’s what companies ...

ReceiptHero, the fintech company that became one of the most advanced receipt platforms available in the market, joined the Visa Fintech Partner Co...

The digital payment sector is young in Indonesia, but it developed quite fast. Fintech firms can develop competitive products, but they should put ...

Fintech companies have the advantage to be available for customers all over the world, often without geographical boundaries. But this requires dif...

The Lagos-based fintech company TeamApt enables basically anyone to become a local bank branch: its business model was able to support micro and sm...

If you’re wondering what moonlighting is, it’s the word used to define all those workers who have a side job. Sometimes, this can conflict with the...

Business approach in South Korea may change soon. After the election of Yoon Suk-yeol, a supporter of a more crypto-friendly economy, mayn South Ko...

Egypt-based businesses can benefit from a new acquisition: the BNPL vaIU has acquired Paynas to provide micro, small and medium businesses with mor...

This conversation with Lena Hackelöer clearly shows how fintech firms can revolutionize the payments sector – and some key differences between the ...

Ripples Nigeria shares with us some interesting stories, among which the new campaign launched by the fintech PalmPay to improve cyber security awa...

After the comments of Fed Chairman Jerome Powell about higher interest rates to address inflation, the US dollar continued to appreciate. Higher in...

It seems that the number of crypto billionaires – that is, those who built their wealth by investing in cryptocurrencies or crypto-related companie...

According to McKinsey analysis, between 2020 and 2021 African fintech thrived despite the pandemic and social and economic issues faced by the cont...

As proof of the fintech success in Africa, investments in the country are still increasing despite hard economic times. The Nigerian fintech Grey h...

In 2020, interest rates reached historically low levels, and the pandemic led more people to think about different living solutions and enter the r...

While the financial market and businesses are changing very rapidly after the most severe phases of the pandemic – and while they face more challen...

The crypto market decline seems to be a good occasion for big moves from big players. One of these moves could be the decision of Binance, the larg...

To prove once again the strength of the African fintech environment, and the possible cooperation between companies and institutions, the fintech c...

The Singapore-based fintech company DT One renews its top management positions to go ahead with its plans to expand across different sectors of the...

A fintech company that doesn’t suffer the effects of fewer investments is Solid: the fintech company, which offers fintech-as-a-service products to...

African fintech is a thriving market, no doubt about this. The founder of Cardano, Charles Hoskinson, knows that very well. During his pan-African ...

According to Future Market Experiences, the BNPL (Buy Now Pay Later) market should reach a value of over $45 billion by 2031. Despite risks related...

A pivotal element in digital lending is actually data analysis. To implement this kind of analysis, AI modeling and machine learning play major rol...

Banks and fintech firms are long-time competitors, but it seems that by offering people what they want, the two are partnering more than expected. ...

Since we’re talking about sustainable finance, a European city was elected the center of sustainable finance education. The city is Edinburgh, the ...

Benjamin Ensor and Kate Moody are joined by Nilixa Devlukia (Payments Solved) and Karen Kerrigan (Moneybox) to discuss Stripe’s latest launches, th...

Scroll wants to revolutionize homeowners’ finances: the fintech firm has built its own lending platform, and its partnership with Modulr will allow...

Alternative payment methods are rising and they are showing all the weaknesses of the tools we are used to. Variable Recurring Payments (VRP) repre...

Millenials want to be homeowners: many firms noticed this generational goal, and Xrent - the New York based fintech - is helping them with rent-to-...

Request to Pay looks like an easy and flexible solution to improve payment systems and transactions between payers and billers. Despite customers a...

Gas prices are rising – it’s not something new. But the real news is that Klarna is allowing users to use BNPL schemes also to buy gasoline. This s...

Ross Gallagher and Deepa Anikhindi are joined by Kiaan Pillay - co-founder and CEO of Stitch - and Catherine Birkett - CFO at GoCardless. Fintech I...

Finally, Klarna announced the launch of its physical card: the card will be launched in the UK as part of Klarna's “Pay in 30” program, so consumer...

Xrent opened the waitlist for its new debit card. The fintech firm wants to provide users with a debit card that serves their “rent-to-mortgage” pr...

Internet of Things (IoT) is being massively adopted by fintech companies and financial institutoins: IoT allows for cost-optimization, better analy...

Mastercard wants to expand its business to the Metaverse: the latest trademark applications filed by the company proves that, and Mastercard is not...

Covid-19 forced us to reconsider traditional business models, and tourism makes no exception. The Metaverse could become the future of tourism, and...

Climate change is also an economic issue, and traditional systems might not be able to deal with the innovative solutions that this problem needs. ...

The Korean fintech company BankSalad expanded its business to health technology: so far, the company has used data to provide financial services, b...

Also the investment company Fidelity joins the several brands that entered the metaverse to expand their businesses in the digital world. The new p...

The crypto exchange Okcoin, founded in 2013, announced a new market for NFTs (non-fungible tokens): its CEO, Hong Fang, announced that in this NFT ...

Klarna and similar companies have raised millions especially thanks to the new payment model – BNPL, Buy Now, Pay Later. But Klarna’s partner, Bil...

Akshay Krishnaiah, founder of Line, points out that real inclusion could be hard, even for fintech. According to the CEO of the fintech company, th...

Allseated is about to launch a new meeting platform – the Meetaverse. It’s not like the Metaverse, but it recreates a 3D environment when users wil...

The Swedish fintech Dreams, focused on financial well being, partners with Mastercard to create new and more sustainable banking products.

Jeff Wilser’s article answers a few questions that metaverse-curious people ask all the time: why do people buy land in the metaverse? Not just hyp...

Tred, a UK fintech company, successfully reached – and exceeded – the goal of its crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube. The company produces a green ...

Tony Coleman, CTO of the fintech firm Tenemos, talks about how the company is helping banks to keep up with modern business models.

API companies are rising – and not only in the fintech industry. Being able to connect different services via easy-to-use interfaces, API-first com...

4most, the UK-based credit risk consultancy company, and Swishfund, a fintech lender firm, are developing the “Green credit score”: a score will be...

For all those who own a business, the Metaverse could be your next destination. The digital world is the choice of an ever-increasing number of com...

Today, any business that wants to be competitive needs to interact with fintech somehow, and that’s just the natural result of innovation.

Ben Goertzel, founder of the SingularityNET Foundation, shares his thoughts about the Metaverse. Despite the digital reality is one of the most dis...

The South Korean company Hyundai wants to join the metaverse and NFT market. As tweeted by Mike Kondoulis, the company has filed a US application t...

India and Singapore, two nations with thriving fintech markets, signed an agreement for cooperation. The agreement was signed by the Monetary Autho...

Inclusion doesn’t have to involve only customers, but also companies. In Southeast Asia, even if SMEs represent 99% of the total number of companie...

Walmart has been working on a fintech solution for a while, even involving top investors Ribbit Capital and executives like Omer Ismail and David S...

Regulators are still hitting fintech and crypto businesses. Binance, the largest centralized crypto exchange, and its CEO, Changpeng Zhao, were sue...

AI in finance. The use of artificial intelligence in the financial sector raised questions about the future of work and the fintech industry. Despi...

In the meantime, fintech and the crypto space find new solutions and opportunities. Metamask and MoonPay partner to make crypto purchases easier in...

Surbhi Arora for FinTech Weekly. Embedded finance allows businesses to offer payment methods that meet the needs of people. All this is effortless ...

While concerns about the actual power of the US economy, the US dollar, and the discussions related to debt ceiling, other currencies might challen...

GoCardless, the UK fintech unicorn, announced a new layoff round in the fintech industry. The CEO of the company, Hiroki Takeuchi, announced that o...

After Meta, LinkedIn announces new AI-based tools to create different ad copies that would help users with their ad campaigns.

Sam Lyman draws up an analysis of the career of Gary Gensler, from his beginnings as one of the youngest partners at Goldman Sachs, to his role as ...

Mastercard confirms its plans: the company wants to embrace digital currencies. Recently, Mastercard filed a new trademark application related to t...

The fintech platform Trezy, focused on helping SMEs with their financial management thanks to generative AI, has secured €3 million in a seed fundi...

Fidelity International is exploring European markets. The goal of the company is to provide secured loans to SMEs – something that European entrepr...

The DIFC – Dubai International Financial Centre – wants to increase investments in AI and Web3, and it will do that with the “Dubai AI & Web 3....

With the recent global financial turmoil, some fintech sectors might be extremely useful to entrepreneurs. Embedded lending is one of the many opti...

The popular Berlin-based fintech SaveBetter invests in brand awareness. After the conclusion of a multi-stage process, the fintech company – focuse...

The fintech Ramp, focused on providing automation tools to businesses to help them save time and money, announced the acquisition of the AI custome...

As reported by Zosia Wanat (Sifted), Vilnius is repeating the history of its foundation. If 700 years ago the city was founded because of the lette...

The popular Singapore-based Crypto.com is setting up its global innovation hub in Singapore. This will help the company to focus on innovations con...

A new episode to discuss recent fintech news. Among the most important events, the European Union plans for open banking.

A new proposal aims at making Hong Kong more competitive: Hong Kong should issue a stablecoin to compete with US-pegged coins like USDT and USDC. T...

The bad side of artificial intelligence. A financial service recruitment firm warns that the job market will be significantly impacted, but firms m...

Fintech and business – Eva Sgroi for IT News Africa. A list of the 10 ways you can use financial technology to improve your business.

The good side of artificial intelligence. One of the most fascinating characteristics of AI is that it can help with repetitive tasks, and it seems...

A new episode to discuss recent fintech news. Among the most important events, the European Union plans for open banking.

A new proposal aims at making Hong Kong more competitive: Hong Kong should issue a stablecoin to compete with US-pegged coins like USDT and USDC. T...

The bad side of artificial intelligence. A financial service recruitment firm warns that the job market will be significantly impacted, but firms m...

Fintech and business – Eva Sgroi for IT News Africa. A list of the 10 ways you can use financial technology to improve your business.

The good side of artificial intelligence. One of the most fascinating characteristics of AI is that it can help with repetitive tasks, and it seems...

UK small businesses might be “disproportionately affected” by the proposals regarding subscriptions. As a part of the Digital Markets, Competition ...

The Future FinTech Group (FTFT) finally agreed to pay a $1.65 million fine levied by the SEC. According to the regulator, the group filed inaccurat...

In the meantime in Hong Kong, Payment Asia launches its first AI-powered complete payment processing service, “taking merchants’ sales to the next ...

Actors and writers striking in Hollywood are against artificial intelligence: it represents a threat to creative jobs. On the other hand, synthetic...

YouTrip, the multi-currency digital wallet, partnered with Thailand's fourth largest bank Kasikornbank to introduce a new authentication feature to...

UK businesses would like the country to be more open to migrant workers. Why? Because there is a shortage of home-grown talent in the tech industry...

Diversification is becoming a must for Mastercard, and the set of new products it’s launching proves that. Open banking is becoming a major player,...

The iconic blue bird of Twitter disappeared: the logo was replaced by an X, and it’s part of Elon Musk’s plans to create a new, “everything app”. ...

The CEO of Stability AI, Emad Moustaque, is quite pessimistic about AI. According to the CEO, even if artificial intelligence is still in its early...

OpenAI’s Sam Altman launched a new crypto project, Worldcoin. One of the core aspects of the project is World ID, a global digital passport that pr...

As Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google’s parent company Alphabet, said – during the annual developer conference – that Google is an AI-first company since...

In the meantime in fintech, cSigma, the New York-based fintech company, launched a new platform to address another huge issue businesses face today...

Shopify further enters the fintech space – and the credit card space: the commerce giant announced a new tool, Shopify Credit, that will allow its ...

The largest centralized crypto exchange, Binance, wants to enter the Japanese market. Operations to fully activate the platform in the region will ...

Extreme weather events are always more common, and they’re becoming the rule more than the exception. Despite this, Republicans oppose financial tr...

Despite the drop in fintech funding, there are some economies that perform better than others. The UK is one of them: the country ranked second glo...

Dubai, and more precisely the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), is one of those economies that succeed when it comes to fintech and fina...

Shopify further enters the fintech space – and the credit card space: the commerce giant announced a new tool, Shopify Credit, that will allow its ...

The largest centralized crypto exchange, Binance, wants to enter the Japanese market. Operations to fully activate the platform in the region will ...

Extreme weather events are always more common, and they’re becoming the rule more than the exception. Despite this, Republicans oppose financial tr...

Despite the drop in fintech funding, there are some economies that perform better than others. The UK is one of them: the country ranked second glo...

Dubai, and more precisely the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), is one of those economies that succeed when it comes to fintech and fina...

PayPal finally launched its stablecoin pegged to the US dollar. PayPal USD (PYUSD) was created in partnership with Paxos, and it can be used for tr...

Tech giants like Amazon, Google, Meta, and Microsoft have entered the AI space. They're also aware of the risks: since generative AI can make it ea...

Meanwhile, in Singapore, the crypto brokerage Blockchain.com has received an institutional license from the Monetary Authority of Singapore. Blockc...

The demand for Islam-compliant finance is on the rise. The Nigerian fintech company, Enricher, specializes in this area and is now looking to expan...

Amazon recognizes the vast potential in the AI sector and is making substantial investments in this field. Alongside its cloud computing arm, Amazo...

As we're aware, the pandemic prompted individuals and businesses to reevaluate many routine activities. Financial transactions, which form a core p...

PayPal finally launched its stablecoin pegged to the US dollar. PayPal USD (PYUSD) was created in partnership with Paxos, and it can be used for tr...

Tech giants like Amazon, Google, Meta, and Microsoft have entered the AI space. They're also aware of the risks: since generative AI can make it ea...

Meanwhile, in Singapore, the crypto brokerage Blockchain.com has received an institutional license from the Monetary Authority of Singapore. Blockc...

The demand for Islam-compliant finance is on the rise. The Nigerian fintech company, Enricher, specializes in this area and is now looking to expan...

Amazon recognizes the vast potential in the AI sector and is making substantial investments in this field. Alongside its cloud computing arm, Amazo...

As we're aware, the pandemic prompted individuals and businesses to reevaluate many routine activities. Financial transactions, which form a core p...

Michael Burry's Scion Asset Management sold its stakes in Chinese tech giants Alibaba and JD.com, which previously made up 20% of its portfolio. Th...

Adam Brotman discusses Starbucks' latest Web3 project, Odyssey, highlighting the potential of Web3 in enhancing loyalty programs and fostering comm...

Nine fintech companies from Southeast Asia have been recognized in CNBC's 2023 Top 200 Fintech Leaderboard. Selected from over 1,500 firms, these c...

Generative AI is revolutionizing the fintech sector with ten notable use cases, from enhancing fraud detection to tailoring personalized financial ...

Singaporean fintech companies are scaling up despite challenges from banks and reduced funding, targeting an increased demand for payment and remit...

The Middle East, especially nations like UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait, is witnessing a surge in FinTech mobile app development due to increased mo...

Web3 technology, the next internet evolution, emphasizes decentralized networks, blockchain integration, and user-centric values like privacy and d...

AI can be as revolutionary as the internet itself. Business owners, especially SMEs that might not have large financial resources, can use artifici...

The business methods and tools we adopted during the pandemic proved so convenient that they have become permanent fixtures. Eileen Dignen, the Glo...

Blockchain technology represents growth and inclusion. While it can address the challenges faced by developing countries, the right approach to reg...

Some companies may be skeptical that content can drive extraordinary results. However, the story we're about to share might change their perspectiv...

Every business seeks ways to harness AI to enhance their performance. Generative artificial intelligence boasts myriad applications, including in f...

Businesses within the same sector can have varying performances, but what drives these differences? In this story, TechCrunch examines the performa...

South Africa's leading fintech company, Lula, has undergone a rebranding process, marking a significant milestone in its history. But there's more:...

Despite the popularity of cryptocurrencies, their practical use cases remain limited. Kima, a fintech company based in Tel Aviv, aims to bridge thi...

OpenAI takes a leap with the debut of ChatGPT Enterprise, a business-tier AI chatbot. Armed with GPT-4 and no usage caps, it's tested and trusted b...

Special guests Ron Shevlin and Reggie Young delve into generative AI and chatbots. They explore the revolutionary tools banks and fintechs can depl...

In a €70 million acquisition, Trustly takes over SlimPay, bolstering its pan-European recurring payment services and strengthening its Direct Debit...

Retail Capital's ChatSME brings generative AI to the SME sector in South Africa. Unlike other platforms, it's secure and tailored specifically for ...

NVIDIA collaborates with system manufacturers to introduce AI-ready servers. These are engineered to accelerate enterprise generative AI applicatio...

Fintech and AI collide: here are the top 10 fintech startups powered by artificial intelligence, a technology that is creating disruptive solutions...

The Asia-Pacific (APAC) region can become the epicenter of fintech innovation and investments: in an interview preceding the Global Fintech Fest, Y...

Hosted Checkout, Acquired.com's highly customizable and pre-built solution, is designed to allow merchants to accept credit and debit cards, as wel...

Despite the significant impact of fintech startups in Latin America—a region that is notably underbanked—venture capital volumes have decreased by ...

Fintech unicorn Pine Labs is offering a new solution that costs two-thirds less than a regular PoS device. Named 'Mini,' it features a small displa...

Ant Group, the Chinese fintech giant behind Alipay, has unveiled its brand new large language model (LLM), Zhixiaozhu 1.0. This AI tool is designed...

In a move to counter China's growing influence, the U.S. and Vietnam have finalized significant business deals. Spearheaded by companies such as Nv...

The impact of AI remains a topic of debate. Both analysts and workers are uncertain about how this relatively new technology will influence workfor...

Momnt's latest funding round was a success, with the fintech company raising $15 million. With support from both returning and new investors, inclu...

While fintech companies consistently develop innovative solutions to enhance and diversify the financial landscape, challenges arise when these inn...

ProMatch is an exciting new platform that facilitates matches between digital and financial services, enabling collaboration and the delivery of ne...

Sangu Delle is a prominent investor in the thriving fintech scene in Africa. After backing several business successes, he’s conscious of the fact t...

Conscious of the competition brought by fintech firms, one of the largest banking groups in Europe, Intesa Sanpaolo Group, launched a digital platf...

In the meantime in the US, the relationship between the SEC and Binance doesn't seem to improve. The regulator asked a court to approve an inspecti...

LondonLovesBusiness delves into the world of online lending platforms: today, waiting weeks to know if your business’ lending application was appro...

The German fintech company Tilta announced €30 million worth of debt facility from Fasanara Capital. This facility will be used to address the work...

Lakestar, the European VC giant that backed Revolut in its initial phase, invested in the French fintech startup Swan. The startup will use the cap...

Information Services Group, a leading global tech research firm, says that banking and financial firms are navigating economic uncertainty, cyber r...

Breakout Capital, a lending fintech company, and 12Five Capital, a commercial finance company, merged thanks to Altriarch Commercial Finance Inc., ...

Singapore currently attracts the highest level of fintech investments, especially thanks to the regulatory stability it offers. The Savills 2023 Te...

The difficulties experienced by Solaris might be a sign of the current troubles faced by the fintech industry in Europe. The German fintech startup...

Mastercard participated in the Annual Conference organized by FinanceMalta, sharing insights on the Maltese fintech landscape and a set of strategi...