fintech

Fintech start-up FlexPay raises $6m in new funding

Canadian fintech start-up FlexPay has raised $6m in a fresh funding round led by venture capital firm Impression Ventures. The…

Visa adds fintech partners to enable payment card issuance

Global payment technology firm Visa has teamed up with four fintech firms to enable them to issue the plastic and…

Mastercard creates new programme to drive fintech growth

Mastercard has launched the new programme called Accelerate to drive growth of fintech firms and help them reach scale at…

Singapore’s CardUp raises $1.7m in funding

CardUp, a Singapore-based card payments startup, has raised S$2.2m ($1.7m) capital in a funding round led by Sequoia India and…

Seven US states team up to simplify fintech licensing

The banking regulators of seven US states have agreed to standardise and simplify the licensing process for financial technology (fintech)…

DIFC launches $100m fintech fund

Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) has set up a $100m fintech- focussed fund to support start-ups entering fintech industry. The…

Israel, Switzerland forge fintech ties

The governments of Israel and Switzerland have inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to strengthen cooperation in the financial services…

Fintech firm Dream Payments opens first Canadian office outside Toronto

Dream Payments, a Canada-based fintech company, has opened its first Centre of Excellence outside of Toronto in Moncton, New Brunswick.…