Banking Infrastructure

Ordway scores $10m in Series A round

Ordway, a billing and revenue automation platform, has scored $10m in its Series A funding round which was led by CRV.

What’s going on in the Nordic challenger bank scene?

Neobanks in the Nordics may have had a slow start, but things may soon be about to change.

FIS has signed up German Opel Bank as its first European client for its...

Hot on the heels of having extended its partnership with PayPal, FIS has now signed its first European banking client to use its core banking system.

Copper.co collects $8m in its funding round to build new products

Copper.co, a custodian for digital assets, has collected $8m in its Series A round as it looks to launch a series of new products.

Avaloq to provide securities technology to apoBank

Core banking software developer Avaloq has been selected by German bank Deutsche Apotheker- und Ärztebank eG (apoBank) to improve its securities settlement.

additiv partners with QCENTRIS to expand into Middle East and North Africa

additiv, a SaaS provider for credit and wealth management, has partnered with QCENTRIS as it looks to expand presence to countries in the Middle East and North Africa.

Curve and Starling Bank accused of having edited their own Wikipedia pages to remove...

Two of the UK’s most prominent FinTech scaleups have been accused of altering their own Wikipedia pages to make them seem more positive.

UK banking platform Tide announces new expense management tool

Tide, the UK banking platform targeting small- and medium-sized businesses, have launched a new expense management tool.

Envoy said to raise $13.5m in funding

Envoy, a blockchain-powered trade finance platform, has reportedly raised $13.5m investment from Alcedo Digital Ventures.

Commonwealth Bank of Australia launches FinTech accelerator X15 Ventures

One of the big four banks in Australia has launched a new accelerator to support FinTech companies with solutions that could be integrated in the bank’s services.

News Stories

Strong week in the FinTech sector with $1.7bn raised

FinTech Global this week reported on 21 recorded deals in the FinTech sector, with a strong showing in the reinsurance space bringing the total value recorded over $1bn.

EU regulator suggests revamp in sustainable investment rules

The ESMA has recently recommended a significant overhaul of the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) within the EU.
MNT-Halan, Egypt’s largest non-bank financial institution and FinTech, has acquired Tam Finans, a prominent commercial finance company in Turkey.

MNT-Halan expands into Turkey with acquisition of Tam Finans

MNT-Halan, Egypt’s largest non-bank financial institution and FinTech, has acquired Tam Finans, a prominent commercial finance company in Turkey.

EU banks and insurers lag in green compliance, PwC study finds

A recent PwC study has uncovered a striking deficiency in the alignment of financial institutions’ activities with the EU's taxonomy for sustainable activities. According...
India

India’s new climate finance taxonomy to propel green transition

India is poised to implement a climate finance taxonomy, as announced by the Minister of Finance, Nirmala Sitharaman, during the annual budget.

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