As the banking and payments sector stands on the cusp of 2025 on a new regulation-averse government worldview, one of the issues that bears watching is the partnerships between banks and FinTechs. As a group, they have created new ways of moving money, across apps,...
The B2B payments landscape is at a pivotal juncture as 2025 approaches. On one hand, the imperative to digitize and integrate payment processes has never been more pressing. On the other, legacy systems and entrenched processes pose significant obstacles, creating a delicate balancing act for...
Payments innovations impacted small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in 2024. For years, SMBs lagged behind larger enterprises in adopting digital payment solutions, hindered by limited budgets, resources and expertise. To this day, many SMBs are operating in a hybrid payment environment, balancing legacy systems with...
The stakes for fraud prevention and data security are rising with innovation across digital payments. Trust remains the cornerstone of today’s dynamic ecosystem, but it is increasingly tested by a web of risks, including fraud and security vulnerabilities, compliance demands, counterparty reliability, payment failures and...
December 20, 2024
As the banking and payments sector stands on the cusp of 2025 on a new regulation-averse government worldview, one of the issues that bears watching is the partnerships between banks and FinTechs. As a group, they have created new ways of moving money, across apps, platforms and mobile devices. FinTechs have largely been untested in […]
December 19, 2024
The stakes for fraud prevention and data security are rising with innovation across digital payments. Trust remains the cornerstone of today’s dynamic ecosystem, but it is increasingly tested by a...
December 12, 2024
It seems like everything is moving to the cloud — from data to infrastructure — as companies seek to cut costs and scale their operations. In financial services, that means...
December 11, 2024
There are more than a few factors tied to success during the holiday season. To put it mildly, the season is as much about stress as it is about giving....
December 20, 2024
UAE-based startup CredibleX has raised $55 million in a seed round to grow and broaden its embedded finance solutions for small- to medium-sized business (SMBs). The company’s solutions are designed for the UAE’s SMB sector, integrating into SMBs’ daily operations, according to a Monday (Dec. 16) article from FinTech Global that CredibleX shared in a post on LinkedIn. With […]
December 17, 2024
Parafin has raised $100 million in a Series C funding round to grow its embedded finance infrastructure that powers financial services for marketplaces, vertical software-as-a-service (SaaS) providers and payment platforms....
December 12, 2024
Slope launched a commercial buy now, pay later (BNPL) card solution powered by Marqeta. The new Slope Card enables brands and marketplaces to allow their B2B customers to pay in-store...
December 11, 2024
Mynt, a spend management solution focused on Nordic small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs), raised 22 million euros (about $23 million) in a Series B funding round. It will use the...
