Cryptocurrency, once considered a fringe financial asset, has been steadily gaining ground in recent years. As it moves into the mainstream, more industries are beginning to explore the potential benefits and risks of adopting digital currencies, and fintech companies are…
At NextGen Nordics in Stockholm this week, Finextra’s senior reporter Paige McNamee was joined by Patrik Havander, head of B2B connect/cross border money movement Europe, Visa; Daragh Kirby, head of sales & marketing, Intercope; Katja Lehr, managing director, EMEA payments…
Eleven former Silicon Valley Bank technology dealmakers, including a fintech and payments expert, have joined the investment bank Moelis & Company. The boutique firm doubled the size of its technology investment banking team in order to pounce on the group…
Gary Wright, the head of research at Finextra, returned to the podium and said that in order to promote global trade and financial inclusion in 2023, it will be necessary to address the networks’ unpredictable nature, high cost, slow speed,…
The European Payments Initiative, a bank-backed initiative originally created to create a competitor to Mastercard and Visa in Europe, will purchase the Dutch payment system iDeal and Payconiq, a mobile payments app backed by a number of Belgian and Dutch…
Shield, a security firm that works to shield users from online scams, has secured $2.1 million in pre-seed funding from Kraken Ventures, Eterna Capital, Alchemy, Moonpay, and several other top security investors. Shield’s goal is to revolutionise internet security by…
As previously stated, Bank of America will release its financial results for the first quarter of 2023 on Tuesday, April 18. A presentation for investors will start at 8:30 a.m. ET after the results are announced at around 6:45 a.m.…
