Lending
Institutional Crypto Lender CLST Raises Seed Funding From Spartan Group, TX Ventures
CLST, an institutional-only lending and borrowing venue for stablecoins and crypto assets, announced that it has successfully closed an oversubscribed seed round for an undisclosed sum. The funding round was led by Spartan Group and also included the Tier 1
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Crowdfunding Volume Regains Strength in Switzerland
In 2021, crowdfunding volumes in Switzerland regained some strength after activity stalled in 2020 due to various effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The year saw a volume of CHF 791.8 million transacted via crowdfunding platforms, a significant market growth of
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BNPL Player Zoodpay Expands to Pakistan With Acquisition of Tez Financial Services
ZoodPay, a Swiss-based buy now, pay later (BNPL) platform for e-commerce customers in the Middle East and Central Asia, has made its entry into Pakistan by fully acquiring the Karachi-headquartered Tez Financial Services. Tez was granted a Non-Bank Financial Company
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Worldline kooperiert mit dem Fintech- Kredit-Prüf-Unternehmen Algoan
Worldline kooperiert ab sofort mit dem Französischen Fintech-Unternehmen Algoan, einem führenden Anbieter von Kreditwürdigkeitsprüfungen. Ziel ist es, gemeinsam eine innovative Lösung zur Bonitätsprüfung zu entwickeln, die Kreditgebern und Dienstleistern hilft, schnelle und gleichzeitig sichere Kreditentscheidungen zu treffen. Der Dienst wird
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Finastra Partners With Microsoft to Offer Financing Options for North American SMEs
Financial services software and cloud solutions provider Finastra announced a Banking as a Service (BaaS) collaboration with Microsoft to bring new lending options to thousands of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). Finastra’s SME embedded finance solution on Microsoft Dynamics 365
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Real Estate Companies Now Refinance via Loanboox
Loanboox, a public sector financing platform, now also offers its services to housing cooperatives, real estate funds and real estate companies. For this purpose, Loanboox has added the experienced real estate financing expert Patrick Zurfluh to the team. To date,
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Swiss SME Lender Tradeplus24 Launches in the UK With £30 Million Debt Facility
Swiss small and medium enterprise (SME) financing startup Tradeplus24 announced that it will be expanding into the UK with the close of a £30 million debt facility provided by San Francisco-headquartered global credit fund, Partners for Growth (PFG), with advice
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BLKB beteiligt sich als strategische Investorin an KMU Crowdlending Platform
Die BLKB beteiligt sich als strategische Investorin an swisspeers AG, die eine digitale Plattform zur Finanzierung von KMU in der Schweiz betreibt. Die BLKB beteiligt sich an der 2015 gegründeten swisspeers AG. Die digitale Plattform von swisspeers ermöglicht den KMU
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Valuu: Das Angebot der Finanzierungsplattform wächst
Was im Februar 2019 als Hypothekenvermittlung für Privatpersonen begonnen hat, weitet sich mehr und mehr zu einer vielseitigen Finanzierungsplattform aus: Seit dem Sommer 2021 bietet Valuu auch einen Zugang für Vertriebspartner:innen und die Vermittlung von Privatkrediten an. Die beiden neuen
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Credit Card Startup Upgrade Raises US$280 Million Series F, Now Valued at US$6 Billion
Upgrade, Inc., a fintech company that offers affordable and responsible credit and mobile banking to mainstream consumers, announced that it raised a US$280 million Series F round at a US$6 billion pre-money valuation. Upgrade said that it has raised US$600
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