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West Midlands Rises as a Leading Fintech Hub in the UK

The West Midlands is increasingly recognized as one of the UK's leading fintech hubs, according to a recent report indicating that the sector provides over...

JPMorgan Gears Up for Additional Biometric Payment Trials

JP Morgan is collaborating with vendor PopID to trial facial recognition biometric payments with merchants across the United States. According to Goode Intelligence, global biometric...

Mexican Neobank Albo Raises $40 Million in Series C Funding

Mexican neobank albo has successfully secured $40 million in a growth funding round, aiming for profitability by 2024. The financing was led by Morpheus Ventures...

X Developing ‘Payments’ Button Feature

Social network X is reportedly nearing the addition of a payments button as part of Elon Musk’s vision to transform the platform into an "everything...

South African Payments Fintech Stitch Secures $25 Million in Series A Extension Funding

South African embedded payments platform Stitch has successfully secured a $25 million Series A Extension, led by Ribbit Capital. This latest round brings the total...

HSBC Takes the Lead in MarketNode’s Series A Funding Round

HSBC has led a Series A investment in MarketNode, a Singapore-based digital market infrastructure operator established by SGX and Temasek. Since 2020, MarketNode and HSBC...

Biometric Card Innovator Zwipe Withdraws from Payment Card Sector

Biometric card company Zwipe is withdrawing from the payments market due to disappointing adoption of its fingerprint-powered contactless cards. The Norwegian firm is initiating a...

MUFG Allocates $393 Million to Filipino Fintech Mynt

Philippines-based mobile payment and credit service Mynt has achieved a valuation of $5 billion following significant investments from Japan's MUFG and local investor Ayala, each...

Swedish A2A Payments Startup Brite Secures $60 Million in Funding

Swedish account-to-account payments provider Brite Payments has successfully raised $60 million in new funding to further its expansion across Europe. In 2022, Brite more than...

Google Incorporates Greenlight Card into Smartwatch Designed for Kids

Users of Google's new kid-focused smartwatch will have the option to connect a debit card from Greenlight Financial Technology for contactless payments. Atlanta-based fintech unicorn...