Banks Cut Ties With Crypto Amid Regulatory Scrutiny
The Securities and Exchange Commission and banking overseers are stepping up scrutiny following last year’s collapse of FTX.Read More
Shares of Aircraft Lessors Take Off in Tight Market for Planes
The companies that lease jets to airlines are benefiting from rebounding global travel and production delays at aircraft manufacturers.Read More
Evergrande Probe Finds Management Missteps, Convoluted Financing Arrangements
The investigation looked into how banks ended up seizing $2 billion from a subsidiary of the Chinese property giant.Read More
Zillow Signals More Pain Ahead in Online Real Estate
Investors don’t seem to appreciate the difficulties faced by online home buying platforms.Read More
Stock Futures Waver Ahead of Raft of Economic Data
Index futures wavered Thursday, ahead of new data that could provide further clarity about the state of the U.S. economy.Read More
How Strong Companies Can Survive ‘Fintech Winter’
‘Fintech winter’ is the newly coined term for this current time marked by high inflation and rising interest rates, tumbling company valuations, and layoffs across the financial technology sector. Yet, while seasons don’t change overnight, warmer days are coming for many fintech companies, says Martin Hegelund, co-founder and chief marketing officer of Ageras. Hegelund is […]
Five Major European Economies Show Support for the European Tech Champions Initiative
Five EU member states and the European Investment Bank Group (EIBG) have come together to support a pan-European scale-up initiative, opening a new chapter for Europe’s high-tech sector. In view of opening access to capital for Europe’s tech start-ups in late-stage development, representatives from Italy, Germany, France, Belgium and Spain joined the EIBG in signing […]
This Week in Fintech: TFT Bi-Weekly News Roundup 16/02
The Fintech Times Bi-Weekly News Roundup reveals the new name for fintech Limepay while Saudi fintech Hala acquires Paymennt.com. Partnerships Fintech Froda has formed a partnership with Visa to develop a new loan solution for businesses. Initially, Froda and Visa will also pair up with Nordic digital bank Lunar. Lunar’s customers gain access to businessloans […]
Banks Collected £3.6Billion in FX Fees From UK SMBs in 2022; Finds Wise
UK small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) lost £3.6billion in often hidden foreign exchange (FX) fees when selling goods and services overseas in 2022; new report finds. Banks collected £3.6billion from UK SMBs in 2022 through FX fees incurred when transacting goods and services internationally; a new report from the London-based fintech Wise has found. This […]
The surprising reason why you aren’t guaranteed to see a doctor when you go to the ER
Pregnant and scared, Natasha Valle went to a Tennova Healthcare hospital in Clarksville, Tennessee, in January 2021 because she was bleeding. She didn’t know much about miscarriage, but this seemed like one.Read More
