business to business (b2b)

Nearly a decade ago, Andreessen Horowitz declared that software is eating the world. Evolving from applications designed to solve enterprise-specific problems, the advent of open application programming interfaces...

Cashplus, a UK-based challenger which landed a full UK banking licence earlier this month, is in the swings of a £50 million funding round. The fintech’s CEO, Rich Wagner, tells Reuters the company’s board approved...

Stripe, whose last private valuation stood at $36 billion, could be worth as much as £115 billion. Bloomberg reports in November suggested Stripe’s valuation could reach $100 billion imminently. According to Forbes,...

OutSystems, a Lisbon-founded low-code application development firm, is raising $150 million at a $9.5 billion valuation. New investors Abdiel Capital and Tiger Global have joined existing backers Goldman Sachs, KKR,...

Opera, a freeware web browser founded in Norway, is launching its very own fintech called “Dify” in a bid to take on Europe’s financial industry. The software firm, founded back in 1995, has made two...

Marqeta, the California-based card-issuing platform, has confidentially filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for its initial public offering (IPO). Founded in 2010, Marqeta operates in the US,...

Yolt Technology Services (YTS), an open banking arm of Dutch smart money app Yolt, has landed its very own Second Payments Services Directive (PSD2) licence in the UK. YTS has operated on ING’s licence – its 100%...

The UK’s government has unveiled a trust framework for its proposed digital identity system. Conservative MP and minister for digital infrastructure, Matt Warman, led the policy paper and calls it “a first stage...

HSBC, which has been preparing to sell its French retail banking activities unit for more than a year, has told employees it will act by 23 February, according to Les Echos. Cerberus Capital Management, a New York-based...

Digital challenger 11Onze is gearing up to become one of Catalonia’s first non-Spanish-linked banks. With 148 founding members, the start-up intends to be a representation of the region’s 7.6 million...

Cape, a banking challenger looking to disrupt Australia’s business credit market, has appointed Funding Circle’s former chief risk officer (CRO), Rahul Pakrashi, as its new CRO. The Sydney-founded fintech, which...

Welcome to #itsamatter of comms! My name is Gihan A.M.Hyde, and I am the CEO & founder of Communique, a corporate communication social enterprise start-up specialising in clarifying and amplifying a company’s...

A compilation of funding deals across the fintech sector worldwide for the week of 8-14 February 2021. Featuring Fraction, BharatPe, Agibank, Monzo, and Coinsquare: Source: Tracxn, a platform for tracking start-ups and...

Valour, a digital asset wealth manager based out of Switzerland, has snapped up former HSBC global head Diana Biggs as its new CEO. The start-up allows users to buy digital assets through their bank or broker. Biggs...

Bank of New York (BNY) Mellon announced two major changes to its services and technology last week. First reported by The Wall Street Journal, the custody bank plans to finance cryptocurrencies later this year. It will...

Nymbus, a US-based core banking vendor, has landed $53 million in a round led by its existing investor Insight Partners. Nymbus CEO and chairman, Jeffery Kendall The investor’s principal, AJ Malhotra, will join...

Raiffeisen Bank International (RBI) has agreed to wholly acquire Czech Republic’s Equa bank, which focuses on consumer lending, for an undisclosed sum. Austria’s RBI is Equa bank’s third owner since its creation...