Business

X Launches Payments Beta with William Shatner Charity Auction

Innovative payment platform debuts alongside charity event featuring Shatner.Highlights: X debuts its payments beta with a charity auction featuring William Shatner.The auction proceeds will support various charitable initiatives.This launch...

Standard Chartered Appoints Former Kinexys Co-Head as Global Payments Chief

New leadership aims to enhance the bank's payment strategies.Highlights: Standard Chartered appoints new Global Payments Chief.Former Kinexys co-head...

Kraken Gains Historic Fed Master Account Approval

Cryptocurrency exchange Kraken becomes the first to secure a master account with the Federal Reserve.Highlights: Kraken becomes the...

NatWest Strengthens Business Banking by Hiring Adeel Hyder from Starling

Hyder will lead the business banking team, enhancing NatWest's services.Highlights: Adeel Hyder joins NatWest from Starling Bank.Hyder will...

Innovate Finance Says BoE Stablecoin Proposals Will Chill UK Market

New stablecoin proposals from the Bank of England raise concerns for fintech growth.Highlights: Innovate Finance criticizes Bank of...
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Nepal’s Kumari Bank taps Compass Plus Technologies for payments processing

Kumari Bank selects Compass Plus Technologies as its new payment processor. The transition from local to international processing is seen as a "pivotal...

The ai Corporation names CCO Piers Horak as new CEO

The ai Corporation, a UK-based paytech, has appointed Piers Horak as its new CEO, effective December 2023. Horak takes over from Dr. Mark...

Subscription billing fintech Recurly names Joe Rohrlich as CEO

Recurly, a US-based subscription management platform, has appointed Joe Rohrlich as its new CEO. Rohrlich, an experienced executive with over two decades of...

Citigroup to cut 20,000 jobs over two years after Q4 downturn

Citigroup Job Cuts: Citigroup plans to cut around 20,000 jobs by 2026. Q4 2023 Performance: In the fourth quarter of 2023, Citigroup reported...

10x Banking raises $45m to fuel expansion efforts

Funding Boost: Core banking solution provider 10x Banking secures $45 million in a funding round. Investors: BlackRock and JP Morgan Chase lead the funding, with...

Digital asset firm HashKey bags $100m Series A funding at unicorn valuation

HashKey Group secures $100 million in Series A funding round at a valuation of over $1.2 billion. Founded in 2018, Hong Kong-based HashKey...

UK car finance fintech Carmoola lands £15.5m in equity funding

London-based fintech Carmoola secures £15.5 million in equity funding. Investors include QED Investors, VentureFriends, InMotion Ventures, AlleyCorp, and u.ventures. Previous funding includes a...

Global Credit Union to acquire First Financial Northwest Bank for $231m

Acquisition Deal: Global Credit Union signs a definitive agreement to acquire First Financial Northwest Bank for $231.2 million in an all-cash deal. Transaction Structure: The...

Paymob lands PSP licence from Oman’s central bank

Paymob, a MENAP-based fintech, is now licensed as a Payment Service Provider (PSP) by the Central Bank of Oman. Paymob claims to be...
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