Cryptoassets: the framework is tightening up
The joint committee has reached a compromise on the legal framework that will apply to crypto players from 1 July 2023. They will now be required...
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Feedback: Revolut exceeds 25 million customers
As the successful app pursues a all-important UK licence to continue its expansion, the Lithuanian neo-bank is enjoying record customer numbers a...
Feedback: Soan raises €3.2 million to accelerate its development in the business-to-business payments market
Soan is a Bordeaux-based fintech created in 2018, covering the entire value chain of business-to-business payments via a SaaS subscription platfo...
Square lands in France
Just a few weeks after announcing its launch in Ireland, the payment acceptance giant Square makes another move into the French market.
Payments service Square launches in Ireland
FACTS Better known in the US as "the PayPal of small businesses", Square has diversified its activities while conquering new markets. Today...
Open Banking: By Miles Builds a Payment Institution
FACTS The British InsurTech By Miles, specialising in pay-per-mile car insurance offers, has been granted a licence from the Financial Cond...
Payments News in Brief – November 2019
Players’ Strategy CHINA – Wirecard sets to acquire all shares in Allscore Payments Services. This agreement, amounting to €72.4 million, gi...
ADN’co Payments Insight – October 2019
Players’ Strategy – More Launches and Investments for PayPal UNITED STATES – PayPal and Synchrony are jointly building a credit card for Ve...
Fintonic Granted a Banking Licence
FACTS The aggregation platform for financial services Fintonic, FinTech focusing on scoring and consumer lending activities, has just been ...
ADN’co Payments Insight – September 2019
Players’ Strategy – e-Banking: the Race Towards Customer Acquisition FRANCE – ING launches a free, non-income-dependent offer for the sake...
Payments News in Brief – September 2019
Players’ Strategy UNITED KINGDOM – Curve opened their capital to large audiences for a short while via the crowdfunding platform CrowdCube....
Revolut Aims for 24 New Markets
FACTS The British FinTech Revoilut strengthens their existing partnership with the US card scheme Visa.
FinTech: Checkout.com Enters the French Market
FACTS Checkout.com –London-based e-payment FinTech– has been granted an e-money licence by the ACPR (Autorité de Contrôle Prudentiel et de ...
The Era of Crypto-Banks Opens in Switzerland
FACTS The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) granted banking licences to two start-ups specialising in digital assets: Se...
Max Adds an Account to Account Credit Transfer Service
FACTS Max, personal assistant and aggregation service by Crédit Mutuel Arkéa, expands their range of offers with a credit transfer option b...
News in Brief – May 2019
Players’ Strategy FRANCE – Nickel claims 4,800 agents (1 in 5 newsagents) or 60% increase year-over-year. Goal: attract 10,000 agents by 20...
Open Banking: Tully Helps Individual Customers Pay Back their Debts
FACTS The British FinTech Tully is getting ready to launch an Open Banking-based PFM tool for indebted people.
Zopa Open-Banking Initiative on Track
FACTS The P2P lending platform Zopa was granted a banking licence in the end of 2018. They now intend to take their strategy one step furth...
Nordic Challenger Bank Lunar Way Raises €13 Million
FACTS Lunar Way –banking app mostly aiming for Millennials– just raised €13 million.
News in Brief – January 2019
Players’ Strategy INTERNATIONAL – nexo (international standard for accepting cross-border card payments) kept making progress and attracted...
