Buy now, pay later giant Klarna has confirmed a $1 billion funding round, valuing the Swedish firm at $31 billion.
Financial services innovation and how industry participants can keep up with ecosystem culture were two of the key themes on day 1 of the Swift Operations Forum Europe (SOFE) 2019.
Nordic payments operator Nets and Softpay equipped all 7-Eleven stores across Denmark with emergency tap-to-pay SoftPOS kit the day after the chain’s payments and checkout terminals were knocked out by a cyberattack.
UAE-based Optasia, a AI-powered fintech, has listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) in one of the country’s biggest IPOs in recent years.
After less than a year as head of Google Cloud’s FS business, Derek White is joining SoFi-owned API and payments platform Galileo as CEO.
Harley-Davidson Financial Services returned to the asset-backed securitization market in September with its second motorcycle issuance of the year. Harley-Davidson…
Credit unions are seeing an uptick in leasing activity this year as consumers continue to grapple with affordability. Leasing volume…
Credit Acceptance Corp.’s originations decreased in the third quarter as the subprime lender faces increased competition and worse-than-expected loan performance. …
Goalsetter a US financial education platform focused on helping families learn how to spend, save and invest, has raised $9.6 million in a Series A extension round.
JPMorgan Chase has kicked off Devup, its first software enegineering conference that will bring together 500 tech boffins from nearly 30 major cities globally to share experiences and ideas for boosting the bank’s technology programme.
A Spanish startup has launched what it claims is the world’s first tokenised investment fund focused footballer’s image rights.
Alinea Invest has raised $10.4 million in Series A funding to build the investing app for the Gen Z youth market.
