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Which Incumbent Acts Most Like a Startup? Being a Fintech Without Credit is a Reason for Your Customers to Leave EXCLUSIVE: “Line of Vision” – Jeff Parker, Paymentology in ‘The Paytech Magazine’ TBC Bank Chooses GDS Link to Power Credit Decisioning for Retail Lending Soter Insure Issues World’s First Ethereum-Denominated Slashing Insurance Policy Mambu Celebrates 15 Years of Powering Next Gen Banking Smartstream Smart Agents Delivers 70% Reduction in Back-Office Investigation Time, Proving the Case for Autonomous Operations Bernardo Mingrone Appointed as New Group CEO Manchester United and Moroccan International Noussair Mazraoui Becomes Strategic Partner With the World’s Leading Islamic Fintech, Wahed Fintech Alaan Launches ‘Alaan Sawa’, Pledging AED 3 Million to Cover Utility and Telecom Bills for UAE SMEs Lagos State Goes Live with Parametric Flood Insurance Policy, Protecting up to 4 Million People CoverGo’s Intelligent Document Processing AI Agent Enhances Generali’s Health Claims Automation Cover Genius Strengthens Executive Leadership as It Scales Global Embedded Protection Infosys to Acquire Leading Insurance Consulting Technology Company, Stratus Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Selects EIS ClaimPulse™

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Which Incumbent Acts Most Like a Startup?

In the fast-paced world of financial technology, the line between traditional giant banks and agile […]

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Insurtech

 Peak3 and Lazada Launch New Digital Insurance Joint Venture

Peak3 and Lazada Launch New Digital Insurance Joint Venture

Peak3, a global insurance technology leader, and Lazada, Southeast Asia’s leading eCommerce platform, have launched […]

Funding

 Atlantic Money goes live in the UK and raises $3m to supercharge international expansion | Fintech Finance

Atlantic Money goes live in the UK and raises $3m to supercharge international expansion

Atlantic Money has today announced that its low-cost money transfer service is now available to […]

Insurtech

 Igloo Promotes Raunak Mehta to Co-Founder & CEO to Drive Southeast Asia Expansion | Fintech Finance

Igloo Promotes Raunak Mehta to Co-Founder & CEO to Drive Southeast Asia Expansion

Regional insurtech firm, Igloo, today announced the promotion of Raunak Mehta, previously Chief Commercial Officer as […]

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 Dowsure raised $20 million to fuel the growth of millions of cross-border e-commerce sellers in China | Fintech Finance

Dowsure raised $20 million to fuel the growth of millions of cross-border e-commerce sellers in China

Dowsure Technologies, has attracted the attention of global strategic investors, fueling the growth of millions of e-commerce […]

Fintech

 Thunes Kicks Off Expansion into Greater China | Fintech Finance

Thunes Kicks Off Expansion into Greater China

Thunes, a leader in global cross-border  payments, today announced plans to significantly accelerate the expansion […]

Funding

 Global venture capital firm Antler has announced that it has closed over $300m to date, allowing it an opportunity to provide continued support to its companies in subsequent funding rounds. Investors in the funds include Schroders, Vækstfonden, and Phoenix Group. Antler is on a mission to fundamentally improve the world by enabling and investing in the world's most exceptional people. The primary focus of the firm will remain investing at the pre-seed stage, with the firm now also having the ability to offer its portfolio companies follow-on capital as they grow and scale, up to Series C. Magnus Grimeland, CEO and Founder of Antler, said “We continue to provide support for our founders from the earliest stages, and are thrilled to be able to continue investing in them as they grow. We look forward to backing even more entrepreneurs that are redefining industries in the future.” Antler is continually developing and expanding its senior team, and its global presence. To this end, Antler has recruited new partners Naman Budhdeo, Erik Jonsson, Jiho Kang, and Subir Lo-hani to lead its new Canada, Vietnam, Korea, and Indonesia teams respectively. Teddy Himler from SoftBank also joins as a Partner of the later-stage investment team. Antler has invested in over 350 companies globally across over 30 different industries since 2018. Of these companies, 40% have at least one female co-founder, with 70 nationalities repre-sented. Antler continues to invest in its portfolio companies as they scale. The firm has a global network of over 600 expert advisors, and an online platform of resources, tools and supports its portfolio companies with introductions to global investors, hands-on assistance with new market entry, and access to a global network of expert advisors. In providing continued support and investment, Antler confirms its position as a long-term partner for exceptional entrepreneurs -- from the outset of their journey, to the later stages as they scale. Antler also intends to now invest in a number of companies from outside of its portfolio at seed and Series A stages. Antler has put together a team to oversee on-going investments, led by Martell Hardenberg, Co-Founder of Lazada; Teddy Himler, formerly of SoftBank; Stefan Jung, Chief Investment Officer at Antler, and previously MD at Rocket Internet Southeast Asia; and Navi Singh, a Researcher at MIT's Department of Mechanical Engineering. This on-going evolution is built on what we believe to be a strong structural advantage in deal flow sourcing from regionally focused early-stage investments across 15 countries in 5 conti-nents, including: Australia (Melbourne and Sydney), Canada (Toronto), Denmark (Copenhagen), Germany (Berlin), India (Bangalore), Indonesia (Jakarta), Kenya (Nairobi), Norway (Oslo), Swe-den (Stockholm), Singapore, South Korea (Seoul), The Netherlands (Amsterdam), The UK (Lon-don), US (Austin and New York), and Vietnam (Ho Chi Minh). Lieven Debruyne, Global Head of Distribution at Schroders said, “As a longstanding part-ner and investor in Antler, we are delighted to continue our investment in Antler. It is a unique op-portunity to gain exposure to a global growth portfolio of innovative technology companies, and to ensure a steady stream of capital is being invested in companies that will define how we all live and work in the future” Lars Nordal Jensen, Senior Director at Vækstfonden said, “We are thrilled to continue our commitment to Antler. We have previously invested in Antler, and have been delighted with the firm’s overwhelmingly positive contribution to the technology ecosystem since their market entry. In Vaekstfonden we want to help drive innovation and new technology, and therefore we are very pleased to see Antler continue its commitment to supporting innovative founders throughout their journey” | Fintech Finance

Antler Raises Over $300m and Expands Investment Focus

Global venture capital firm Antler has announced that it has closed over $300m to date, […]

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 Lifestyle superapp Traveloka expands its Financial Services offering and partners with Bank Negara Indonesia | Fintech Finance

Lifestyle superapp Traveloka expands its Financial Services offering and partners with Bank Negara Indonesia

Traveloka, Southeast Asia’s lifestyle superapp, announced the launch of its Traveloka PayLater ‘Virtual Card Number’ today. Developed in partnership with […]

  1. Which Incumbent Acts Most Like a Startup?

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  2. Being a Fintech Without Credit is a Reason for Your Customers to Leave

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  3. EXCLUSIVE: “Line of Vision” – Jeff Parker, Paymentology in ‘The Paytech Magazine’

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  4. TBC Bank Chooses GDS Link to Power Credit Decisioning for Retail Lending

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  5. Soter Insure Issues World’s First Ethereum-Denominated Slashing Insurance Policy

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