May 17, 2025 – FintechDaily

Augmentum Fintech Secures £4.5 Million Investment Round for RetailBook

RetailBook, a platform designed to empower retail investors by providing access to primary capital market transactions on par with institutional investors, has successfully raised £4.5...

JP Morgan Launches Payments R&D Center in Athens

JP Morgan is launching a payments innovation lab in Athens as part of its broader expansion strategy in Greece. Initially, the bank plans to recruit...

Coinbase Becomes the First Cryptocurrency Firm to Join the S&P 500

Coinbase shares saw a significant increase in pre-market trading on Tuesday, following the announcement that the company will become the first cryptocurrency firm to be...

NatWest Unveils Climate Hub to Support SMEs in Going Green

NatWest is committed to advancing its £100 billion Climate and Sustainable Funding and Finance initiative by equipping small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with essential tools...

Robinhood Acquires Canadian Cryptocurrency Firm WonderFi

American trading platform Robinhood has announced its acquisition of WonderFi, the Canadian cryptocurrency operator behind Bitbuy and Coinsquare, for approximately C$250 million in cash. The...

JPMorgan Chase Launches Open Source Quantum Computing Software Library

JPMorgan Chase, in collaboration with technology firm Infleqtion, has unveiled a groundbreaking open-source quantum software library aimed at enhancing the efficiency of various applications and...

Sustainable Finance Platform Novus Launches Successfully

Novus Launches in the UK Following Successful $3 Million Crowdfund Novus, a pioneering societal impact app, has commenced customer onboarding in the UK after successfully...

CaixaBank’s Bot Becomes a Success

CaixaBank is celebrating the success of its virtual assistant, which has become a preferred tool among its digital clientele, with one-third of users utilizing the...

Cash Retains Its Role in American Wallets

Credit and debit cards continue to dominate American payments, but cash remains a significant player, accounting for 14% of all consumer transactions in 2024, according...

CaixaBank and BBVA Handle First Cross-Border Requests to Pay between European Banks

CaixaBank and BBVA have partnered with Spanish payments provider Iberpay to process the first Requests to Pay between banks in Europe. Starting in April, the...