September 22, 2021
UK FinTech MarketFinance Raises $382M in Debt, Equity
MarketFinance, the FinTech business lender, has announced a debt and equity fundraising round for £280 million, a press release says, which it will be using to lend to companies in...
September 21, 2021
Mastercard Executive Chairman Ajay Banga to Retire Dec 31
Mastercard announced that Executive Chairman Ajay Banga will retire on Dec. 31, 2021, with current Lead Independent Director Merit Janow filling in as non-executive independent chair of the board, effective...
September 21, 2021
Nuula CEO Sees Data-Fueled Super-App That Re-Bundles the Best of...
Fintechs got big by unbundling old-school banking and financial services — money transfers, for example — and building entire businesses around discrete functions. It’s what brought forth Zelle, Venmo and...
September 13, 2021
Mastercard, Dubai Asset Management Team on Expanding Use of Payments...
Mastercard is keeping an arrangement going with Dubai Asset Management in order to promote more robust digital payments in the UAE, a press release says. The release says this partnership...
September 10, 2021
Mastercard, One Inc Team on Real-Time Insurance Disbursements
One Inc., a digital payment services provider for the insurance industry, has rolled out an extension of its Mastercard partnership to offer more disbursement claims through Mastercard virtual cards and...
September 06, 2021
British Watchdog Demands More Power Over Crypto
Britain’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) called on Monday, September 6, for powers to govern the online promotion of cryptoassets to combat a flood of “problematic content” which it said has...
August 30, 2021
Nigerian B2B Marketplace Sabi Marks 150K Customers
Sabi, the Nigerian women-led B2B marketplace, announced Monday (Aug. 30) it had onboarded 150,000 small business owners to its platform. According to a report in Tech Cabal, Sabi is marking...
August 30, 2021
Deep Dive: How 2020 Increased The Necessity Of Fully Online...
Businesses and consumers alike are heading online to fulfill more of their banking and payment needs, with individuals increasingly using digital tools to send money or pay their rent, utility...
August 23, 2021
SMB Financial Planning Tool Pry Lands $4.2M
Financial management platform Pry Financial announced Monday (Aug. 23) it raised $4.2 million in a seed round. The company will use the money to improve collaboration on the platform, which...
