January 2025 – Page 45

Mexican BNPL Company Aplazo Secures $70 Million in Funding

Mexican BNPL platform Aplazo has successfully raised $70 million in equity financing, which includes $45 million from a Series B round. QED Investors led the...

Nomura Partners with ClearToken for Digital Asset Clearing Solutions

Nomura's digital assets subsidiary, Laser Digital, has invested in ClearToken, a startup that is preparing to launch a clearing house for the digital asset marketplace....

NatWest Ranks Celebrity Scam Super League Standings

Dragons' Den star Peter Jones and national treasure Sir David Attenborough are among the top names featured in NatWest's report on celebrity scam ads, which...

French Payments App Lydia Introduces Mobile Banking Service

French mobile payments app Lydia has launched a new challenger bank initiative, planning to invest €100 million into this venture and hire 400 people over...

MangoPay Expands Its Portfolio with the Acquisition of WhenThen

MangoPay, a European payment technology provider focused on marketplaces and platforms, has acquired the Dublin-based payments technology firm WhenThen. Founded in December 2020, WhenThen provides...

Standard Chartered Introduces Blockchain Technology to Payments Through Partior

Standard Chartered has become the first Euro settlement bank to go live on Partior, a global unified ledger market infrastructure that integrates blockchain innovation directly...

Ziglu Seeks Funding at Rock-Bottom Valuation

Ziglu, a cryptocurrency company based in the UK that previously had a valuation of $170 million, is now seeking to raise £2 million at a...

CFPB Alerts Consumers About Risks of Uninsured Payment Apps

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has issued a warning to users of non-bank payment apps, indicating that their accounts do not benefit from federal...

Nineteen Companies Submit Applications for Digital Securities Sandbox Admission

The UK Government has received 19 expressions of interest from established financial market infrastructures, banks, and new entrants to take part in its inaugural tests...

Atlantic Money Launches Desktop Version

UK fintech Atlantic Money has launched a desktop version of its fixed fee currency transfer app, following a milestone of over £400 million in total...